A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent and beyond:
A woman looks out of the window in Touba, Senegal, on Sunday… [CEM OZDEL/GETTY IMAGES]
The holy city is hosting pilgrims who belong to the Baye Fall Muslim group, known for their patchwork clothes. [CEM OZDEL/GETTY IMAGES]
A man sports a mask representing the antelope during Festimasq, the festival of masks, in central Burkina Faso. [FANNY NOARO-KABRE/AFP]
Akinrodoye Samuel leaps into a river in the Nigerian city of Lagos, where he is swimming to raise awareness of mental health and suicide prevention. [MARVELLOUS DUROWAIYA/REUTERS]
On Tuesday in Johannesburg, fans carry photos and memorabilia as they queue to meet South African star of the moment Tyla… [PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP]
Some were lucky enough to get selfies with the Grammy-winning singer. [PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP]
People arrive by minibus to watch the World Rally Championship Safari Rally in Kenya on Sunday. [TONY KARUMBA/AFP]
Women make kahk, a type of Egyptian butter biscuit, in the town of Tana on Tuesday. [KHALED ELFIQ/EPA]
Brightly painted beach huts line this part of the coast in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday. [ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS]
Bassirou Diomaye Faye is sworn in on Tuesday – becoming Senegal’s youngest president and the first to be polygamous. It means Senegal has two first ladies – Marie Khone Faye (L) and Absa Faye (R). [JOHN WESSELS/AFP]
Young worshippers join an Easter vigil on Saturday at St Joanes in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi… [MONICAH MWANGI/REUTERS]
The day before, on Good Friday, a Catholic theatre group in Lagos performs the Passion of Jesus – complete with Roman centurions… [MARVELLOUS DUROWAIYA/REUTERS]
While in Uganda this woman attends a Good Friday procession in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. [ABUBAKER LUBOWA/RETUERS]
And people living in Heideveld, an area of Cape Town, sit down to a meal together on Saturday. [ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS]
