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Africa's week in pictures: 16-22 June 2023

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week:

News imageIssouf Sanogo/AFP A mother holds her premature baby at the Kangaroo Mothers Unit at the University Hospital of Treichville in Abidjan on 19 June.Issouf Sanogo/AFP
A mother and her newborn share skin-to-skin contact at a hospital in Ivory Coast on Monday.
News imageAndrew Kasuku/Anadolu Agency Kenyans release hatchlings into the ocean to raise awareness on World Sea Turtle Day at Nyali Beach in Mombasa, Kenya, on 16 June.Andrew Kasuku/Anadolu Agency
These hatchlings make a run for it at a beach in Mombasa, Kenya, on World Turtle Day on Friday.
News imageKim Ludbrook/EPA Street artists painted in gold and silver stand motionless as they wait for donations from passers-by and shoppers at the Rosebank Shopping Mall on 17 June 2023.Kim Ludbrook/EPA
On Saturday, street artists called Gold and Silver Nation busk at a shopping centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
News imageAmr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters Men abseil from the top of a building to clean its glass front on 21 June.Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
Window-washers clean the Central Bank of Egypt's new headquarters near Cairo on Wednesday.
News imageMohamed Messara/EPA A woman with plaster on her face and white clothing peers up onstage.Mohamed Messara/EPA
On Saturday in Tunisia's capital city, Tunis, dancers perform the closing number at this year's Carthage Choreographers Days festival.
News imageZed Jameson/Getty Images Habib Diallo of Senegal celebrates on the pitch in Lisbon, Portugal, on 20 June.Zed Jameson/Getty Images
Senegalese footballer Habib Diallo (right) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against Brazil in Tuesday's international friendly. The West Africans won 4-2.
News imageDaniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP Central African Republic supporters cheers and wave flags in the stands.Daniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP
On Saturday in Cameroon, Central African Republic fans are in good cheer before losing 1-2 to Angola. They had hoped to see their team qualify for its first ever Africa Cup of Nations.
News imageAlex Davidson-ICC/Getty Images A scoreboard operator smiles through a gap in the board.Alex Davidson-ICC/Getty Images
The day before, a scoreboard operator enjoys himself at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier match between the West Indies and US in Zimbabwe.
News imagePius Utomi Ekpei/AFP People walk past a huge billboard for a computer game.Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP
Nigerian eSports and game enthusiasts flock to a tournament run by GamrX Africa in Lagos on Saturday.
News imageJohn Wessels/AFP Protesters hold up banner saying "Konneh must go" and other slogans.John Wessels/AFP
On Wednesday opposition supporters in Sierra Leone call on electoral commissioner Mohamed Konneh to step down after allegations of electoral fraud ahead of Saturday's presidential vote.
News imageSia Kambou/AFP Malian nationals look at electoral lists for the referendum on the draft of the new Malian constitution in the district of Adjame, Ivory Coast, 18 June.Sia Kambou/AFP
On Sunday, Malian citizens living in Ivory Coast look at electoral lists during a referendum vote on their home country's constitution that was called by the ruling junta.
News imageMahmud Turkia/AFP A woman shops for spices at a market in the old town on 18 June.Mahmud Turkia/AFP
On the same day in Libya's capital, Tripoli, a woman shops for spices at a market in the Old Town.
News imageKim Ludbrook/EPA People practice yoga in the early morning at a venue in Johannesburg on 21 June.Kim Ludbrook/EPA
Wednesday is World Yoga Day - and a time of contemplation for these practitioners in Johannesburg and many others around the globe.
News imageAlexander Hassenstein/Getty Images Members of Team Eswatini make her way into the stadium during athletes' parade on 17 June.Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
Team Eswatini join the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games in Germany on Saturday...
News imageMaja Hitij/AFP Mitchell Prosper of Mauritius competes during Long Jump Level B Men semi-final, during day five of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023.Maja Hitij/AFP
And days later, Mitchell Prosper of Mauritius competes in the long jump.

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