Africa's week in pictures: 13-19 July 2018

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A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.

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Football fans cheer on the French team as they watch the World Cup final on Sunday in the Ivorian city of Abidjan…
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France's victory - with a multiracial squad including 14 players eligible to play for African teams - has been hailed by many fans as a victory for Africa.
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The next day, Kenyans gather by the side of the road to greet Barak Obama on his visit to his father's home village in the west of the country…
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One man decorated his motorbike in honour of the former US president...
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This nun does not hide her political leanings as she stands waiting for Mr Obama, who was coming to open a sports and training centre...
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Mr Obama tells those gathered for the ceremony about the positive influence of basketball in his life.
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On Wednesday, schoolchildren in the South African city of Durban mark 100 years since the birth of late President Nelson Mandela...
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On the same day, a sand artist creates this tribute to the anti-apartheid icon on a beach in India's coastal city of Puri.
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Dignitaries ride on camels to an election campaign rally in Gao in northern Mali on Wednesday.
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Moroccans in the capital, Rabat, call on Sunday for the release of those jailed for taking part in anti-government protests in al-Hoceima last year.
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People wade through water in Aboisso in south-eastern Ivory Coast on Saturday after flooding caused by heavy rainfall.
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A police officer stands guard in front of a passenger train which derailed south of Egypt's capital Cairo on Friday.
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And Nigerian musician Seun Kuti (R) and his band perform on Saturday at a festival on a floating stage in Huesca in Spain.

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