Africa's top shots: 13-20 April 2017

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.

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Image captionPraise singers in traditional regalia dressed up on Good Friday for a church service in Johannesburg, South Africa...

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Image captionWhile these Christians carry a cross during a silent march in Durban, South Africa...

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Image captionThe following day, an Ethiopian Orthodox priest blesses the faithful in Addis Ababa.

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Image captionA Sudanese girl shows off her face tatoos on Sunday at a local market 480 km from the capital Khartoum.

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Image captionMembers of Zimbabwe's Guard of Honour go on parade on Tuesday as part of celebrations marking the country's 37 years of independence from Britain.

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Image captionThe memorial of the "Unknown Soldier" in Egypt's capital Cairo pictured on Thursday during a visit of US Defense Secretary James Mattis.

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Image captionThe same day, in Morocco's capital Rabat, a female MP is pictured as she walks across the floor at joint meeting of parliament.

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Image captionThis shot taken on Friday shows an antelope by a pond in a national reserve in Sudan.

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Image captionA day earlier on Wednesday, female fighters from Islamist militant groups take their seat in a reform and rehabilitation centre in Libya's capital Tripoli.

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Image captionIn neighbouring Tunisia, where officials recently launched a project against child labour, a boy on Friday sells clothes at a market in the capital Tunis.

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