Africa in pictures: 17-23 April 2015
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A selection of the photos from across Africa this week:
Seven teams compete in a "hackathon" event in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan on Saturday to develop tech applications to give better access to information in Africa.
A fisherman throws his net into a lagoon in Grand Bassam, an historic Ivorian town, on Tuesday…
Here two men wrestle on a beach near Grand Bassam on Saturday. The town used to be the colonial capital of Ivory Coast and is a World Heritage Site.
In Sudan's capital, Khartoum, fans watch two Nubian wrestlers during a tournament on Friday.
On Thursday, a man pushes a "chukudu", a wooden scooter, through a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tea leaf pickers work their way through a field on an estate in Thyolo in southern Malawi on Saturday.
The day before in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, policemen form a blockade during a gathering of opposition supporters protesting against the president running for a third term.
A migrant from Zimbabwe works in his surfboard repair workshop in the South African city of Cape Town on Tuesday…
Xenophobic violence that has erupted in other parts of South Africa has forced some foreigners to return home, including this child who waits for a bus to depart from Durban on Sunday.
Muddy schoolgirls in Zimbabwe perform during celebrations at the national sports stadium in the capital, Harare, to mark the country's 35 years of independence.
The Brazilian city of Sao Paulo hosts an event featuring African designers on Friday. Here designs from Mali (L), Kenya (c) and Cameroon (r) are modelled.
On the same day in Tunisia, a worker sews national flags at a workshop in the capital, Tunis.
In Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, craftsmen work on Monday at a shoe factory, owned by an Ethiopian-born Armenian, that was set up in the 1950s.
Gabonese security forces carry a box of weapons on Tuesday after a cache of 13 boxes was found in Cape Esterias, about 30km (18 miles) north of the capital, Libreville on Tuesday.
The next day, two migrants from Nigeria relax by the sea after taking a swim on the Italian island of Lampedusa.
A float takes part in Nigeria's Lagos Water Regatta on Sunday - an annual event featuring a parade of boats and yachts.
On Wednesday in Nigeria's oil-rich southern Bayelsa state, a vendor sells clocks by the roadside.
On the same day, a campaign poster for Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe is seen through a tyre in the capital, Lome…
Opposition supporters attend a campaign rally for Togolese opposition candidate Jean-Pierre Fabre the day before in a village east of Lome…
And here traditional Togolese dancers perform during a political meeting on Wednesday. The West African nation goes to the polls on Saturday.