Africa's top shots: 13-20 April 2017

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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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Praise singers in traditional regalia dressed up on Good Friday for a church service in Johannesburg, South Africa...
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While these Christians carry a cross during a silent march in Durban, South Africa...
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The following day, an Ethiopian Orthodox priest blesses the faithful in Addis Ababa.
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A Sudanese girl shows off her face tatoos on Sunday at a local market 480 km from the capital Khartoum.
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Members of Zimbabwe's Guard of Honour go on parade on Tuesday as part of celebrations marking the country's 37 years of independence from Britain.
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The memorial of the "Unknown Soldier" in Egypt's capital Cairo pictured on Thursday during a visit of US Defense Secretary James Mattis.
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The same day, in Morocco's capital Rabat, a female MP is pictured as she walks across the floor at joint meeting of parliament.
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This shot taken on Friday shows an antelope by a pond in a national reserve in Sudan.
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A day earlier on Wednesday, female fighters from Islamist militant groups take their seat in a reform and rehabilitation centre in Libya's capital Tripoli.
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In neighbouring Tunisia, where officials recently launched a project against child labour, a boy on Friday sells clothes at a market in the capital Tunis.

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