Africa's top shots: 17-23 November 2017 Published duration 23 November 2017

A selection of this week's best photos of Africans and Africa.

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In a dress made from seed pods, Miss Tanzania Lilian Ericaah Maraule prepares backstage to represent the best of her nation's culture at The National Costume Show in Las Vegas on Saturday.

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On the same day in Kenya, women from the Maasai ethnic group wear their costumes for a performance to promote peace and community cohesion in the Rift Valley region.

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The focus of these young girls is on education, as they attend school with their chalkboards in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan on Friday...

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Elsewhere in the city, a weaver works on a loom...

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While visitors look at a display of cotton at an agriculture and animal resources exhibition. Ivory Coast is a leading cotton producer...

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Rams from neighbouring Mali were also on show at the annual exhibition, which aims to improve farming methods and promote trade.

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On Wednesday, a bicycle rider carries a wood rack full of bread on his head as he does deliveries in Egypt's capital, Cairo.

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Workers sew clothes at a textile factory in south Ethiopia's Hawassa Industrial Park on Friday. The clothes are for some of the world's leading fashion companies.

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In Kenya's capital Nairobi on Monday, a man holds a placard of President Uhuru Kenyatta after a court upheld his victory in last month's highly divisive presidential election re-run, paving the way for him to be sworn in next week for a second term.

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In Zimbabwe's capital Harare on Saturday, women take selfies with soldiers to celebrate the military's decision to put President Robert Mugabe, 93, under house arrest, and to demand his resignation...

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On Tuesday, crowds gathered outside parliament to show support for MPs who had initiated impeachments proceedings against the 93-year-old ruler...

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When he resigned a short while later, celebrations broke out among Zimbabweans around the world, including in neighbouring South Africa where they burnt banners bearing his image...

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The next day in Harare, this man carried a cuddly crocodile to welcome the next President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is nicknamed "the crocodile" because of his reputation for being politically cunning.

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In Tunisia, the mood is very different on Tuesday, as mourners attend the funeral of fashion designer Azzedine Alaia, who died aged 77...

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Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi was among the high-profile mourners who prayed for him as he was buried at cemetery in the capital, Tunis.

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In South Africa's Cape Town on Saturday, a bee flies next to a lavender bush. Bee colonies are under stress following the American foulbrood disease outbreak in 2015, which killed about 40% of bees in the Western Cape region.