Africa's week in pictures: 12-18 February 2021

February 19, 2021

Updated: 7 days ago

A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent:

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Women stand in line wearing jewellery, blue dresses and multicoloured headwraps in Mali - Friday 12 February 2021

A woman ties and fastens another woman's headwrap at an event in Mali - Friday 12 February 2021

A man sells roses of various colours from an outdoor stall in Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Friday 12 February 2021

Two women chat as they look at flowers and gifts at a stall in Kampala, Uganda - Saturday 13 February 2021

A girl carries a balloon that reads "I [heart] Libya" in Tripoli, Libya - Wednesday 17 February 202

A handler guides a rearing Arabian horse in a red bridle and matching red horse boots in Libya - Friday 12 February 2021

A man climbs a palm tree to harvest palm nut in Oussouye, Senegal - Friday 12 February 2021

People stand on a hotel balcony. Dozens of other balconies are also visible, but they are empty in Cairo, Egypt - Tuesday 16 February 2021

A pair of child-sized rubber sandals stand on a wooden crate in Kagara, Niger State, Nigeria - Thursday 18 February 2021

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