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Africa’s top shots: 3-9 May 2019

By Terry Paul2 min read
Updated May 16, 2019 7:21 am
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A selection of photos from across Africa this week:

Image copyright MARCO LONGARI
Image caption On Saturday we see a sea of blue in a rally for South Africa’s main opposition party, the DA, ahead of the election…
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Image caption A day later it is the turn of the governing ANC supporters to put on their party colours…
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Image caption … and the big day is on Wednesday.
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Image caption Meanwhile in Sudan, demonstrators are still fighting for democracy. On Monday a protester wears a Guy Fawkes mask at a sit-in outside the army’s headquarters…
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Image caption The protesters are continuing their sit-in during Ramadan, insisting the military council hands over to a civilian government.
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Image caption Another long-running mass protest is seen over in Algeria. As in Sudan, these protesters have toppled their president but want the whole old guard to go.
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Image caption On Saturday, Vianney Rusanganwa holds a portrait of his late wife Liberatha Mukangira during the mass funeral to bury 81 coffins containing newly discovered remains of 84,437 victims of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
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Image caption On Tuesday a shipwreck is hauled through Venice’s streets ahead of being an exhibit at the biennale. The fishing vessel regularly took the trip from Libya to Italy until it sank in 2015 with hundreds of migrants hidden in its hull.
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Image caption On Friday competitors take part in the Titan Desert mountain biking race in Morocco.
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Image caption And on Sunday Malian footballer Kalifa Coulibaly has a head-to-head with Nantes team mate Abdoulaye Toure in the French L1 match.

Images: AFP, EPA and Reuters

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