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Africa's week in pictures: 14-20 August 2020

Getty Images An aerial view taken in Mauritius on August 17, 2020, shows the MV Wakashio bulk carrier, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that had run aground and broke into two parts near Blue Bay Marine Park.Getty Images
On Monday pictures emerge of the ship that ran aground off the coast of Mauritius split in two...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:

Getty Images Workers collect leaked oil at the beach in Riviere des Creoles on August 15, 2020Getty Images
... on the previous Saturday workers collect oil that had leaked from the ship...
Getty Images A picture taken on August 15, 2020 shows iridescence on the water at the beach in Petit Bel Air.Getty Images
.... The oil from the ship, the MV Wakashio, causes ecological devastation in the reef.
Getty Images A man watches local TV coverage of resignation of Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita at a printing shop near the Independence Monument in Bamako, Mali.Getty Images
On Tuesday Malians watch television to see their president's resignation speech...
Getty Images Armed members of the FAMA (Malian Armed Forces) are celebrated by the population as they parade at Independence Square in Bamako on August 18, 2020.Getty Images
... President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita had been arrested earlier that day by Malian mutineers who stormed through the capital, Bamako.
Getty Images A farmer rides on his horse during a protest against farm attacks in Mookgophong on August 18, 2020.Getty Images
On Tuesday South African farmers stage a protest about attacks on farms. The two in the picture, Alwyn van Zyl, and his wife Pauline, were attacked in March. She survived but he died.
Getty Images Morocco's Soufiane EL Bakkali (C) competes in the men's 3000metre steeplechase event during the Diamond League Athletics Meeting at The Louis II Stadium in Monaco on August 14, 2020.Getty Images
On Friday Morocco's Soufiane EL Bakkali competes in the steeplechase in Monaco.
Getty Images A priest administers the Holy Communion during the service at the Notre Dame du Congo cathedral in Kinshasa on August 16, 2020Getty Images
On Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kishasa, Catholic Mass is celebrated for the first time since lockdown began in March.
Getty Images Algerian volunteers desinfect the prayer hall ahead of the noon prayer at the El Fateh mosque in the El Afia de Kouba neighbourhood of the capital Algiers, on August 15, 2020.Getty Images
The previous day, volunteers disinfect the prayer hall in the El Fateh mosque in Algeria's capital Algiers to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
Getty Images A policeman, mask-clad due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, watches as people cool off in the water at el-Kettani beach in the Bab el-Oued suburb of Algeria's capital Algiers on August 15, 2020.Getty Images
In another part of the city people cool off at the beach.
Getty Images A Senegalese man cleans himself along the coastline in Bargny on August 15, 2020.Getty Images
... Same day, different beach. This time in the small fishing village of Bargny in Senegal.
Getty Images People bathe in the Mediterranean sea water off a beach in Libya's capital Tripoli near sunset on August 18, 2020.Getty Images
On Tuesday people relax at the beach in Libya's capital Tripoli amid a heat wave and a power cut.

Pictures from AFP, Getty Images, EPA and Reuters.