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Africa's week in pictures: 24 February-2 March 2023

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

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News imageGetty Images Footballers having their photo taken infront of a mural of Christian Atsu at at Awudu Issaka Park, Tema, Ghana - Friday 24 February 2023Getty Images
Photos are taken on Friday in the Ghanaian city of Tema of a newly unveiled mural in memory of world-famous footballer Christian Atsu, who died in the earthquake in Turkey.
News imageAFP A man with body paint advertising Fespaco waits on the edges of the red carpet a the film festival's opening ceremony in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Saturday 25 February 2023AFP
A painted man attends the opening ceremony of the pan-African Fespaco film festival in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, on Saturday.
News imageReuters A Maasai man using his mobile phone to record in a village in Kajiado County, Kenya - Sunday 26 February 2023Reuters
A Maasai man records US First Lady Jill Biden's visit on Sunday to a village in Kajiado County in southern Kenya.
News imageEPA Burning sandalwood spells the word NO at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya - Tuesday 28 February 2023EPA
Illegally harvested sandalwood confiscated by Kenyan security agents is set alight on Tuesday on the orders of a court in the capital, Nairobi.
News imageReuters Sahara Marathon competitor runs near camels standing in the wreckage of abandoned cars in Tindouf, Algeria - Tuesday 28 February 2023Reuters
On the same day, a Sahara Marathon competitor runs past camels fenced in by car wrecks in Algeria's desert area of Tindouf.
News imageEPA Demonstrators hold placards of young missing Moroccans outside the EU Delegation office in Rabat, Morocco - Friday 24 February 2023EPA
Relatives of Moroccans who went missing while trying to reach Spain by boat demonstrate outside a European Union building in the capital, Rabat, on Friday.
News imageGetty Images Anti-racism protesters hold up flowers in Tunis, Tunisia - Saturday 25 February 2023Getty Images
Two women hold up bouquets of daffodils during a demonstration in Tunisia's capital on Saturday to protest against racism and the president's comments criticising the influx of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.
News imageGetty Images Guest arriving on the red carpet at the Oval Cricket club in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa - Friday 24 February 2023Getty Images
The red carpet is out for guests arriving at a cricket stadium on Friday in South Africa's city of Pietermaritzburg for a high-profile provincial political event…
News imageGetty Images Members of the EFF opposition party, dressed in red, arriving at the Oval Cricket club in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa - Friday 24 February 2023Getty Images
Members of the radical EFF opposition party also attend for the KwaZulu-Natal premier's annual address - but were later kicked out for calling her a liar during her speech.
News imageGetty Images Girls decked out in the South African flag at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa - Friday 24 February 2023Getty Images
On the same day in Cape Town, patriotic spectators gather to watch the South African women's cricket team in the T20 World Cup semi-final…
News imageAFP South African female cricketers celebrating at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa - Friday 24 February 2023AFP
Their ecstatic team went on to win the match against England - though it was Australia who took the crown on Sunday.
News imageAFP A skateboarder in Lagos, Nigeria - Wednesday 1 March 2023AFP
A skateboarder shows his moves at a session at the National Stadium in the Nigerian city of Lagos on Wednesday.
News imageReuters Women praying at the Celestial Church of Christ National Headquarters in Makoko, Lagos, Nigeria - Friday 24 February 2023Reuters
Christians prayed for peace at a shrine in the city's Makoko suburb on Friday, the eve of Nigeria's elections…
News imageReuters Voters under an umbrella in Yola, Nigeria - Saturday 25 February 2023Reuters
Voting day for many was long and hot - here people stand under an umbrella in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Yola...
News imageReuters A man playing a guitar on a bicycle as he waits to vote in Yola, Nigeria - Saturday 25 February 20233Reuters
One man plays his guitar as he waits in the queue…
News imageReuters Men playing chess at a polling station in Awka, Anambra state, Nigeria - Saturday 25 February 2023Reuters
Others in the eastern city of Awka play chess at a polling station as they wait. Delays and violence in some areas caused problems...
News imageBBC/Mansur Abubakar A sugarcane seller in Kano, Nigeria - Saturday 25 February 2023BBC/Mansur Abubakar
It was peaceful in the northern city of Kano, where this sugarcane seller did swift business with those casting their ballots...
News imageAFP Celebrating people at a polling station in Agege, Lagos, Nigeria - Saturday 25 February 2023AFP
In Lagos, where there was some trouble, people cheer after results are announced at their polling station…
News imageAFP A may lying on his car on Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria - Monday 27 February 2023AFP
Two days later, when opposition parties came out to call the election a sham, a man lies on his car in Lagos - taking a rest from the drama.
News imageAFP French President Emmanuel Macron in the Foret des Géants (Forest of Giants) near Libreville, Gabon - Thursday 2 March 2023AFP
On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron looks up at a 700-year-old tree in the Forest of Giants near Gabon's capital, Libreville.
News imageReuters A security official looks on a cyclists taking part in the Tour de Rwanda in Kigali, Rwanda - Saturday 25 February 2023Reuters
Cyclists in Rwanda, known as the land of a thousand hills, compete in the final stage of the Tour de Rwanda in the capital, Kigali, on Saturday - won by Eritrea's Henok Mulueberhane.
News imageGetty Images A man holding up a small crocodile in West Suhail, Egypt - Friday 24 February 2023Getty Images
And a man in West Suhail, near Egypt's Aswan Dam, holds up a crocodile on Friday. Residents of the Nubian village raise the reptiles as tourists pay to see the tamed creatures.

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