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Africa's week in pictures: 18 - 24 September 2020

News imageEPA A girl picks up a plastic bottle on the Hout Bay shoreline during a clean up on World Cleanup Day in Cape Town, South Africa, 19 SeptemberEPA
A woman picks up dirt at the Hout Bay shoreline in Cape Town, South Africa, as the world marked World Clean Up Day on Saturday.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:

News imageReuters Members of Al-Nour Wal Amal (Light and Hope) chamber orchestra of blind women wearing protective masks play during their first concert, in Cairo, Egypt, September 20, 2020.Reuters
On Sunday, members of the Al-Nour Wal Amal (Light and Hope) chamber orchestra of blind women play during their first concert after months of inactivity because of the coronavirus at the Manasterly Palace in Cairo, Egypt.
News imageReuters A gorilla from the Nyakamwe family holds her newly born twin babies at the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo in this picture released on September 22Reuters
A gorilla at the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo breastfeeds her new-born twin babies on Tuesday.
News imageEPA A Ghana policeman walks with his dog during a confidence building march through the streets of capital Accra, Ghana 21 SeptemberEPA
On the previous day, a dog walks with his handler as Ghana police officers take a confidence-building march through the streets of the capital, Accra, ahead of the general elections in December.
News imageEPA Human rights activist from Somalia, Fatuma Musa Afrah, attends a demonstration in Berlin, Germany, 20 SeptemberEPA
On Sunday, Somali human rights activist Fatuma Musa Afrah raises a fist at a demonstration of the Seebruecke organisation in Berlin, Germany, calling for safe harbours for refugees from Greece and their evacuation from all Greek refugee camps.
News imageEPA Malians protest against France"s military presence in Mali on the 60th anniversary of Mali"s independence in Bamako, Mali, 22EPA
Two days later, Malians use the occasion of their 60th independence anniversary to protest against France's military presence in the country.
News imageEPA People burn an Israeli flag during a protest against the normalization of relations with Israel and symbolic stand of solidarity with Palestinians, in front of the Parliament headquarters in Rabat, Morocco, 18 SeptemberEPA
On Friday, people in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, burn an Israeli flag during a protest against the prospect of normalising relations with the country.
News imageReuters Maasai men of Matapato attend the Olng"esherr (meat-eating) passage ceremony to unite two age-sets; in Maparasha hills of Kajiado, Kenya September 23Reuters
Maasai men of Matapato attend the Olng'esherr (meat-eating) passage ceremony at the Maparasha hills of Kajiado, Kenya, on Wednesday...
News imageReuters Maasai men of Matapato attend the Olng"esherr (meat-eating) passage ceremony to unite two age-sets; in Maparasha hills of Kajiado, Kenya September 23Reuters
...after it was initially postponed because of the coronavirus. The ceremony unites the older Ilpaamu and the younger Ilaitete into senior elderhood at the final rite of passage.
News imageEPA People sing at a Sufi committee gathering during Kharja Issawiya Sidi Omar Boukhtiwa, in the Sidi Omar Boukhtiwa mausoleum in Raoued in Tunis,Tunisia, 20EPA
A Sufi committee performs religious songs and dances to commemorate the life of the saint, Sidi Omar Boukhtiwa, in Tunis, Tunisia, on Sunday.
News imageEPA Vincent Nhidza (R) and colleague Mathew Simango (L) arrange coffins at a workshop in Mbare, Harare, Zimbabwe, 18 SeptemberEPA
On Friday, coffin makers in Harare, Zimbabwe, prepare to put the finishing touches to their work.
News imagePA Media South Africa"s Dean Burmester lines up a putt on the 6th during day one of The Irish Open at Galgorm Castle Golf Club, Ballymena on Thursday September 24,PA Media
Just as South Africa's Dean Burmester lines up a putt on the 6th hole, during day one of The Irish Open on Thursday.

Pictures from Reuters, PA and EPA.