A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
On Saturday, the highly anticipated Miss Universe Nigeria competition is in full swing as contestants get ready backstage… [Emmanuel Adegboye / EPA]
The competition is fierce as participants put their best foot forward to win the crown… [Emmanuel Adegboye / EPA]
In an emotional end to the pageant, Chidimma Adetshina, the South African beauty queen who faced xenophobic abuse wins the title [Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP ]
On Tuesday, a former circus animal, named Charley, roams around their new retirement home on a South African game reserve in Limpopo after years of performing. [EPA]
The next day, children hold the flags of Chinese and African countries to welcome the continent’s leaders at a banquet in the capital Beijing… [Andres Martinez Casares / Reuters]
It was all part of the entertainment for those attending the China-Africa summit. [VCG / Getty Images]
On Saturday, Namibia’s Lahja Ishitile crumbles to the floor with her guide Sem Shimanda after winning the Women’s 400m final at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. [Franck Fife / AFP]
A Ugandan police officer detains a woman on Monday taking part in a “naked protest” against corruption outside parliament in the capital, Kampala. [Abubaker Lubowa/ Reuters]
On the same day, members of a royal regiment in Eswatini – Africa’s last absolute monarchy – are seen on the last day of a cultural festival at the Ludzidzini Royal Palace. [Emmanuel Croset / AFP]
And on Wednesday on a street in Gadaref in Sudan, a Sufi man performs a traditional dance during a Muslim festival to mark the birth of the Prophet Muhammed. [AFP]
From the BBC in Africa this week:
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