A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent:
On the eve of presidential elections in Mauritania, a man arrives at the Grand Mosque in Nouakchott for Friday prayers…
Days later, supporters of the current president celebrate his re-election. The second, an anti-slavery campaigner, claims the vote was stolen.
On Saturday, Ayra Starr becomes the first Afrobeats artist to appear on the Pyramid Stage at the UK’s Glastonbury Festival…
She was followed the next day by Nigerian star Burna Boy.
Also on Sunday, South African singer Tyla appears at the BET Awards in the US and picks up two trophies – for best new artist and best international act.
Angola’s Silvio de Sousa and Spain’s Willy Hernangomez battle for the ball during an Olympic basketball qualifier on Wednesday.
Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay takes in the moment after winning the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday. He becomes the first black African competitor to win one of the 21 stages in this annual endurance feat.
Fishermen bring their catch ashore in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Saturday.
The next day, Nigerian golfer Georgia Obo lines up her chicken at the Dow Championship in the US.
Protests continue in Kenya on Tuesday, even as an unpopular tax hike bill is rejected…
Young people have been at the forefront of these protests in cities and towns across the country.
And on Friday in the Tunisian town of Nabeul, a woman spreads out couscous to dry in the sun.