Africa's week in pictures: 7 -13 July 2017
A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.
Image caption In this photo released on Monday, the Messengers of the Ancestors perform spiritual rituals outside the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa...
Image caption ... while the group's leader Koko Lunda Kamosi shows a collection of writing in Nati-Kongo with its 23-letter alphabet. The group says it advocates the restoration of the spiritual identity that black people lost because of colonisation and the introduction of Christianity.
Image caption On Sunday, Liberians take photos of a US-based Muslim scholar who addressed them at a football stadium in the capital, Monrovia...
Image caption Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Awal visited Liberia, a colony of former slaves, as part of his efforts to promote Islam.
Image caption South Korean model Han Hyun-Min, who has a Nigerian father, has make-up applied as he prepares for a photo shoot at a studio in Seoul. He is a rising star on South Korean catwalks, despite racial discrimination against people of mixed race who are commonly referred to as "mongrels".
Image caption A worker at Ivory Coast's power utility pilots a drone on Monday that will monitor the West African state's high-voltage electric network. The drone is part of a pilot project aimed at making it easier to see whether power lines need repairs.
Image caption Tunisians play on a Super Nintendo console during the closing of the second edition of Comic Con Tunisia on Sunday in Le Kram town, north of the capital.
Image caption These Kenyan men attend a political rally in the capital, Nairobi, on Friday showing that their loyalties lie with the opposition Orange Democratic Movement in the 8 August general election...
Image caption On the same day in another part of Nairobi, a puppeteer holds a placard with a message of peace at a prayer rally addressed by President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is seeking a second term in office.
Image caption On Tuesday, Ugandan reggae star Robert Kyagulani, popularly known as Bobi Wine, is in buoyant mood after he was sworn in as an MP following his victory as an independent in a by-election last month. He has vowed to champion the interests of the poor in parliament.
Image caption While politics was far from the minds of these Egyptian children who took their horses for a swim at a lake in Cairo to escape the heat.
Images courtesy of AFP, EPA, Getty Images and Reuters