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Africa's week in pictures: 12-18 April 2019

News imageGetty Images Priest burning incense at a church - Sunday 14 April 2019Getty Images
A priest burns incense during a Palm Sunday mass at the Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Mozambique's Sofala Province.

A selection of photos from across Africa and Africans elsewhere this week:

News imageGetty Images A Samburu woman with a placard - Saturday 13 April 2019Getty Images
A Samburu woman holds a placard during the Global March for Elephants, Rhinos, Lions and other endangered species on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya.
News imageAFP A girl with a prosthetic limb taking a step with the help of a doctor - Friday 12 April 2019AFP
A girl receives support from a doctor as she learns how to walk with her new prosthetic limb in South Sudan on Friday.
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News imageGetty Images Boys playing football - Monday 15 April 2019Getty Images
Boys play football passionately in the school grounds in Mozambique on Monday.
News imageGetty Images A young woman covered in yellow powder - Saturday 13 April 2019Getty Images
A young woman is covered in yellow powder during Egypt's first Colour Run in Giza on Saturday.
News imageAFP Kenyan artist completes a graffiti - Friday 13 April 2019AFP
Kenyan artist Bankslave completes his graffiti in Dakar, Senegal, during the festigraff, an urban culture festival on Friday.
News imageGetty Images Police forces controlling the crowds - Sunday 14 April 2019Getty Images
Police officers and the Presidential Guard control the crowds as President Felix Tshisekedi arrives at the airport of Goma in DR Congo on Sunday.
News imageEPA A model behind a dress with a giant mask and multiple blue straws - Saturday 13 April 2019EPA
At Cape Town Fashion Week, a model wears an outfit inspired by a tribal mask...
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News imageGetty Images A model walking during a fashion show - Saturday 13 April 2019Getty Images
While her colleague sports a spectacular hat on Saturday.
News imageEPA Men about to wrestle in front of a crowd - Sunday 14 April 2019EPA
On the same day, Nigerian men get ready to wrestle one another in a traditional Kokawa wrestling contest in Lagos in front of a crowd.
News imageGetty Images Man smashing bricks with his bare handGetty Images
While this fighter from the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army, loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, takes part in his graduation ceremony at a military academy in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Thursday.
News imageGetty Images A woman protester - Friday 12 April 2019Getty Images
In Sudan, women have been vocal in their demand for the dissolution of the Transitional Military Council which toppled long-standing leader Omar al-Bashir last week...
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News imageGetty Images Two smiling Sudanese womenGetty Images
These two women join the call for a civilian government at the same protest on Friday.
News imageEPA Ivanka Trump with local entrepreneur women - Wednesday 17 April 2019EPA
US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka visits local entrepreneurs in Ivory Coast on Wednesday as part of her four-day visit to Africa.

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