Africa in pictures: 15-21 May 2015
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A selection of photos from around Africa this week:
Luanda's popular beachfront area is seen through a window of a building in Angola's capital on Friday.
The next day, Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson dons a floppy hat and holds an paraffin lamp as she leads a protest against power cuts in Ghana's capital, Accra.
Ugandan singer Jemimah Kansiime, aka "Panadol wa bassajja" (medicine for men), poses on Sunday ahead her court appearances this week on pornography charges in relation to a music video. Her case has been adjourned to 9 July.
Here we see a woman a shopping for fruit and vegetables in a street market in Djibouti City, the capital of Djibouti, on Monday.
In an entirely different marketplace, a sculpture by late Nigerian artist Benedict Enwonwu is pictured on the same day. It sold later in the week for £74,500 ($115,570) at auction in London.
A painted police car takes part in a parade to mark the 24th self-declared independence day for Somaliland on Monday...
People in the capital, Hargeisa, dress up to celebrate the occasion. Somaliland broke away from Somalia after the overthrow of Somali President Siad Barre in 1991...
The next day, a man in Hargeisa moves bundles of Somaliland shilling notes near a bureau de change where $100 is exchanged for about 750,000 shillings.
On Wednesday, a woman walks past a cholera poster in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. At least 65 people have died of water-borne disease in a nearly five months, according to local officials.
On the same day, Ethiopian director Yared Zeleke kisses actor Rediat Amare at the photo call for his film Lamb at Cannes Film Festival in France.
And in the South African city of Cape Town, which boasts a diverse collection of street art, this painted house is snapped on Thursday.