Africa’s week in pictures: 28 June

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*******’s week in pictures: 28 June

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

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On the eve of Mauritania’s presidential election, a man arrives at the Grand Mosque in Nouakchott for Friday prayers…

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Days later supporters of the incumbent president celebrate his re-election. The runner-up, an anti-slavery campaigner, alleges that the vote was stolen.

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On Saturday, Ayra Starr becomes the first Afrobeats artist to perform on the Pyramid stage at the ***’s Glastonbury Festival…

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Followed the next day by fellow ********* star Burna Boy.

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Also on Sunday, South ******** singer Tyla appears at the BET awards in the US and takes home two trophies – for best Best New Artist and Best International Act.

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Angola’s Silvio de Sousa and Spain’s ****** Hernangomez vie for the ball during an Olympic basketball qualifier on Wednesday.

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Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay takes in the moment after winning the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday. He becomes the first ****** ******** competitor to win one of the 21 stages in this yearly feat of endurance.

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Fishermen bring their catch to shore in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Saturday.

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The next day, ********* golfer Georgia Oboh lines up her putt at the Dow Championship in the US.

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Protests continue in Kenya on Tuesday even though an unpopular draft law to raise tax is dropped…

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Young people have been at the forefront of these demonstrations in cities and towns across the country.

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And on Friday in the Tunisian town of Nabeul, a woman spreads couscous out to dry in the sun.

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