A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.
Image copyright AFP Image caption Female farm labourers pick strawberries in Moroccan countryside on Wednesday as the world marks International Women's Day...
Image copyright AFP Image caption Morocco is the world's fifth largest strawberries exporter, according to the country's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Image copyright EPA Image caption On the same day, Liberian women perform in Monrovia as part of the celebration of International Women's Day.
Image copyright AFP Image caption In Kenya, where the UN Secretary-General was visiting, these women in traditional regalia celebrated 8 March in style, singing and dancing...
Image copyright EPA Image caption These Maasai women danced as they came out to celebrate the day.
Image copyright REUTERS Image caption Carpenter and Cairo resident, Ousta Asmaa, had a message to convey on the occasion: Beyond the cliches, women can do any job they love.
Image copyright REUTERS Image caption Just 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."
Image copyright EPA Image caption Fruit vendor Djenebou Zerbo in Abidjan testifies that women have long played a dominant role in agriculture in Ivory Coast.
Image copyright REUTERS Image caption As festivities marking Women's Day went on around the world, these Zimbabweans queued up at a bank in Harare to withdraw money.
Image copyright REUTERS Image caption And 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.
Image copyright EPA Image caption On Tuesday, Ghana marked 60 years since its independence from the UK...
Image copyright EPA Image caption Traditional performers flexed their muscles to mark the big birthday...
Image copyright AFP Image caption Students from different schools paraded during the celebrations...
Image copyright AFP Image caption While soldiers took part in a military parade on the occasion...
Image copyright EPA Image caption This member of the Ghana navy paused in respect and to reflect...
Image copyright REUTERS Image caption Burkina 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.
Image copyright AFP Image caption Algerian firefighters on Tuesday show their skills during a ceremony marking the launch of a safety project.
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