A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

Female farm labourers pick strawberries in the Kenitra province country side of Morocco as the world marks the International WomenImage copyrightAFP
Image captionFemale farm labourers pick strawberries in Moroccan countryside on Wednesday as the world marks International Women's Day...
Female farm labourers pick strawberries in the Kenitra province country side of Morocco as the world marks the International WomenImage copyrightAFP
Image captionMorocco is the world's fifth largest strawberries exporter, according to the country's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Liberian women perform to celebrate International WomenImage copyrightEPA
Image captionOn the same day, Liberian women perform in Monrovia as part of the celebration of International Women's Day.
Kenyan women in traditional regalia on Women's DayImage copyrightAFP
Image captionIn Kenya, where the UN Secretary-General was visiting, these women in traditional regalia celebrated 8 March in style, singing and dancing...
Kenya's Maasai women dance as they welcome UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at an event to celebrate the International Women's Day in Nairobi.Image copyrightEPA
Image captionThese Maasai women danced as they came out to celebrate the day.
Cairo female carpenter, Ousta Asmaa, in her workshop on 8 MarchImage copyrightREUTERS
Image captionCarpenter and Cairo resident, Ousta Asmaa, had a message to convey on the occasion: Beyond the cliches, women can do any job they love.
A female butcher in her Cairo shop on 8 MarchImage copyrightREUTERS
Image captionJust like Ousta the carpenter, fellow Cairo resident Rowaida Hosny, a butcher, is proud to observe: "We're all working hard like men, and I taught my sons how to be butchers."
A fruit vendor in her shop in Abidjan Ivory Coast on 7 March.Image copyrightEPA
Image captionFruit vendor Djenebou Zerbo in Abidjan testifies that women have long played a dominant role in agriculture in Ivory Coast.
People queue to withdraw money from a bank in Harare, ZimbabweImage copyrightREUTERS
Image captionAs festivities marking Women's Day went on around the world, these Zimbabweans queued up at a bank in Harare to withdraw money.
A farmer carries cotton on a cart at a cotton market in Soungalodaga, a village near Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso March 8, 2017.Image copyrightREUTERS
Image captionAnd this cotton farmer might not have paused to acknowledge the day as he wheeled his cart at a market in a village near Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso.
Performers dance during Ghana Independence Day celebrations in Accra, Ghana, 06 March 2017Image copyrightEPA
Image captionOn Tuesday, Ghana marked 60 years since its independence from the UK...
Performers dance during Ghana Independence Day celebrations in Accra, Ghana, 06 March 2017.Image copyrightEPA
Image captionTraditional performers flexed their muscles to mark the big birthday...
Students from different schools of Ghana marching during the celebration of the 60 years of Independence of the country on March 6, 2017 in Accra.Image copyrightAFP
Image captionStudents from different schools paraded during the celebrations...
Soldiers taking part in a military parade for the celebration of the 60 years of Independence of Ghana on March 6, 2017Image copyrightAFP
Image captionWhile soldiers took part in a military parade on the occasion...
A member of the Ghana navy attends Independence Day celebrations in Accra, Ghana, 06 March 2017.Image copyrightEPA
Image captionThis member of the Ghana navy paused in respect and to reflect...
Burkina Faso film director Apolline Woye Traore holds her 3 prizes received for her last movie Image copyrightREUTERS
Image captionBurkina Faso film director Apolline Traore poses on Sunday with the three prizes received a day earlier for her last movie Frontiere during the Panafrican Film Festival, Fespaco.
Algerian fire-fighters on Tuesday show their skills during a ceremony marking the launch of a safety project .Image copyrightAFP
Image captionAlgerian firefighters on Tuesday show their skills during a ceremony marking the launch of a safety project.

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