Africa's week in pictures: 17 - 23 May 2024

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

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Image caption, On Friday, an actor sits on a swing during a theatre performance called Black & White Circus in Tunisia.

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Image caption, Cameroon's Emmanual Eseme is in shock on Sunday after winning the men's 100m Diamond League race in Morocco.

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Image caption, On the same day, on the other side of the world, Senegal's Saly Sarr competes in the Seiko Golden Grand Prix women's triple jump, in Tokyo, Japan.

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Image caption, People watch as General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno is sworn in as president on Thursday, making Chad the first junta-led country in the region to return to democracy.

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Image caption, The day before, a South African man carries a broom as he looks for odd jobs in a country battling crippling unemployment.

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Image caption, Cameroon's elite military force marches in the country's 52nd Unity Day parade in the capital, Yaounde.

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Image caption, A rider from the Beni Arous community readies his horse for a traditional equestrian game, in Morocco's Larache province on Friday.

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Image caption, On Saturday, two women walk across the popular Yoff beach in Senegal's capital, Dakar...

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Image caption, As the sun goes down, a young boy comes out of the Atlantic Ocean after surfing in Yoff.

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