A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
On Friday evening the sun sets over salt lakes in Egypt’s Western Desert.Days later in Awsim, close to Cairo, this schoolgirl sports a happy-looking mask.In Guinea on Friday, voters wait in line to cast their ballots in the presidential election.A day earlier in the Ivory Coast, a supporter of the ruling party wears a hat which reads “live together RHDP”. The country is heading into a presidential election at the end of the month.On Thursday in Abidjan, the main city of Ivory Coast, a woman walks past a mural reminding residents to wear masks and stay safe.Supporters cheer and laugh during an annual all-women football tournament in Algeria’s Kabylie mountains on Friday.On Wednesday a Nigerian in South Africa demonstrates against the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad, or Sars…These demonstrators in Ogun state are among thousands of Nigerians who have joined nationwide #EndSARS protests over the past fortnight…As of Thursday, the shooting of protesters in Lagos days before had drawn global condemnation.