Africa's week in pictures: 15-21 June 2018

22 June 2018

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.

A dancer of Turkana tribe performs in blue light during the launching ceremony of the 11th Marsabit-Lake Turkana Cultural Festival in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 20, 2018.

AFP

A dancer from the Turkana ethnic group performs in blue light at a cultural festival in Kenya's capital Nairobi...

A dancer from Samburu tribe performs with other tribes during the launching ceremony of the 11th Marsabit-Lake Turkana Cultural Festival in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 20, 2018. The annual festival will take place between June 28 and 30, 2018, featuring the cultural traditions of 14 ethnic tribes in Marsabit county, the nothern part of Kenya, to promote tourism and their social inclusiveness.

AFP

All in all, 14 ethnic groups were represented, including the Samburu...

A dancer of El-molo tribe performs during the launching ceremony of the 11th Marsabit-Lake Turkana Cultural Festival in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 20, 2018. The annual festival will take place between June 28 and 30, 2018, featuring the cultural traditions of 14 ethnic tribes in Marsabit county, the nothern part of Kenya, to promote tourism and their social inclusiveness

AFP

The small El Molo community, whose language is almost extinct, were also there to showcase Kenya's ethnic diversity...

A dancer of Rendille tribe performs during the launching ceremony of the 11th Marsabit-Lake Turkana Cultural Festival in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 20, 2018. The annual festival will take place between June 28 and 30, 2018, featuring the cultural traditions of 14 ethnic tribes in Marsabit county, the nothern part of Kenya, to promote tourism and their social inclusiveness.

AFP

So were the Rendille, whose close relationship with the Samburu has led to many mixed marriages and the emergence of a hybrid culture.

A bronze work is displayed for sale in front of a shop in Benin City, Edo state, Nigeria (photo released on 20 June)

Reuters

In Nigeria, a bronze work is displayed in a shop in southern Benin city, the seat of one of the oldest kingdoms in the region until its annexation by the British Empire in 1897.

Burundian refugees perform their native Amahoro Cultural Dance to mark World Refugee Day at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa District Central region of Malawi on June 20, 2018.

AFP

Burundians perform at a refugee camp in Malawi to mark World Refugee Day...

Sudanese and Somalian children celebrate during an activity marking World Refugee Day in Khan As"ad Pasha, in the old city of Damascus, Syria, 20 June 2018.

EPA

While Sudanese and Somali children are among those attending World Refugee Day activities in the old city in Damascus, Syria's capital.

Dancers perform during the inauguration ceremony of the Chinese-funded 51-kilometer Expressway linking the capital city and the international airport in Entebbe, Uganda, on June 15, 2018.

AFP

In Uganda, dancers perform during the inauguration of a Chinese-funded 51km (32 mile) expressway linking the capital Kampala and the international airport in Entebbe...

Contestants take part in Uganda"s second annual Entebbe Dragon Boat Race Festival on Lake Victoria on June 16, 2018, at the lakeside city of Entebbe. The Dragon Boat festival has it"s origins in China since 2,000 years ago and commemorates a patriotic poet, Qu Yuan. The Entebbe Drangon Boat Race festival is hoping to attract tourists from China, allowing the country to reach its target of four million tourists per year

AFP

While Chinese nationals take part in the Dragon Boat Race Festival on Lake Victoria...

Uganda"s police band performs before President Yoweri Museveni gives a state of security address during a special session of the Parliament in kampala on June 20, 2018

AFP

And in Uganda's parliament, a police band performs before President Yoweri Museveni during a special session to address security concerns...

Mr Museveni wears a jacket with a hoodie in parliament

AFP

Mr Museveni donned a jacket with a hoodie, to illustrate the difficulty in identifying criminals who wear them.

Ghanaian footballer, Sulley Muntari, takes a selfie with fans at Independence Square the celebration of the Eid al-Fitr, on June 15, 2018 at the Independence Square in Accra

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Ghanaian footballer Sulley Muntari takes a selfie with fans in the capital Accra during Eid celebrations...

Nigeria"s forward Kelechi Iheanacho warms up during a training session at Essentuki Arena in Yessentuki, southern Russia, on June 18, 2018

AFP

At the World Cup in Russia, Nigeria's forward Kelechi Iheanacho warms up during a training session...

A portrait of Egyptian football player Mohamed Salah (L) is on display as visitors attend the opening of the Art Project "Like the Gods", presented by the Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts and Italian artist Fabrizio Birimbelli during the Russia 2018 World Cup in Saint Petersburg, on June, 20, 2018

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While portraits of Egypt's Mohamed Salah and Manchester United's former coach, Sir Alex Ferguson, are displayed in Saint Petersburg as part of the Like the Gods art project...