A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.
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A snorkeller dives to identify species growing on the hull of a ship during a marine biology survey off the coast of Cape Town in South Africa... EPA
While a marine biology student snaps this starfish during the underwater safari on Saturday. Reuters
On Christmas Day on Tuesday, a burst pipe provides people with fresh water in Uhuru Park in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. AFP
A group of scouts attend a Christmas Day service near the city of Mbanza-Ngungu in western Democratic Republic of Congo... AFP
While most people are focused on what is happening at the front, the photographer captures the attention of one young girl. EPA
Santa Claus toys are on display in a market in Egypt's capital, Cairo. Reuters
In mainly Muslim Sudan on Christmas Day, demonstrators take to the streets of the capital, Khartoum, to call for an end to President Omar al-Bashir's 29-year rule. Reuters
On Friday, girls get to train for the first time at a football academy in Libya's capital, Tripoli. AFP
Off the coast of Libya on the same day, a Maltese helicopter winches a mother and her new born baby to safety after she was rescued in a stricken boat with nearly 300 others... AFP
The baby is then taken to hospital in Malta.
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