A selection of photos from across Africa this week:
Image copyrightYASUYOSHI CHIBAImage caption On Friday South Sudanese LGBT activists protest in Kenya’s capital Nairobi about being threatened in their refugee camps. Image copyrightMODImage caption Burkinabe film director Maimouna N’Diaye smiles for the paparazzi at the Cannes film festival on Wednesday ahead of judging the competitors for the coveted Palme d’Or award. Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption On Tuesday people in Malawi went to the polls to choose their new president and parliament. Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption While in Algeria they are doing things differently, by continuing to protest every Friday to demand the whole ruling elite step down. Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption East of Algeria, Sudanese people have also been protesting for many weeks. On Sunday a protestor flies the country’s flag as he also demands a new government… Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption … the next day Islamist movements rally to try and get Sharia included in Sudan’s new plans. Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption And Libya is also going through a transition but this one is proving bloody. On Wednesday a fighter loyal to the Government of National Accord holds a smoking gun. Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption And on Friday a girl rides past the aftermath of an altercation which reportedly started between taxi drivers in northern Ivory Coast.