Revivals and farewells: Africa's top shots

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A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:

EMMANUEL ADEGBOYE / EPA Boys wearing blue body paint contort themselves into different shapes. EMMANUEL ADEGBOYE / EPA

Performers from the Innovate Dance Company put on a novel show in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday.

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Ethiopian model Awar Odhiang takes to the catwalk in celestial headgear in the US on Wednesday.

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Upcycled fashion is the star of this event on Saturday in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi...

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Morgan Azedy (right) was among the designers taking part in Wasteland Gikomba Fashion.

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Marching bands provide a triumphant soundtrack to street rallies in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, on Monday...

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Weeks of protests across the nation led by young people, later joined by politicians and factions of the military, culminated in a coup d'etat on Tuesday and the installation of a new military leader.

MONICAH MWANGI / REUTERS A woman places her hands on a mural depicting Raila Odinga and wails. MONICAH MWANGI / REUTERS

MONICAH MWANGI / REUTERS A man climbs up a tall pole with the parliament tower seen behind it. MONICAH MWANGI / REUTERS

One mourner even scaled this pole outside parliament in Nairobi.

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The day before in Lagos, visitors take in the Fela Kuti Afrobeat Rebellion exhibition.

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Overjoyed Cape Verde supporters can hardly believe their eyes on Monday as their team qualify for their first ever football World Cup. These Atlantic Ocean islands with a population of 525,000 are the second-smallest nation to achieve this feat.

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This man at a polling station inside a Yaoundé primary school is among millions of Cameroonians voting for their next president on Sunday. No official results have yet been announced, but Issa Tchiroma Bakary has already declared himself the winner - a move that has been condemned by officials and supporters of President Paul Biya.

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In the famed Malian city of Timbuktu, it's time for the yearly replastering of Djinguereber Mosque which dates back to the 14th Century and is a Unesco heritage site.

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