Africa in pictures: 20-26 November 2015
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A selection of photos from around the African continent this week:
Thousands of security personnel in Kenya deploy on Thursday for Pope Francis visit to the country, the first stop in his three-nation tour of Africa...
Here a nun records his arrival at St Mary's school in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, to attend a meeting of religious leaders on the same day...
Despite the wet weather crowds gather to attend an open-air Mass at the University of Nairobi...
Many ran in the rain to join the queue to get into the Mass.
It was a victorious race for the riders of Team Rwanda on Sunday celebrating at the end of the Tour of Rwanda.
Two days later, Egypt's Youssef Mohamed celebrates after winning the men's 77kg category at the 2015 Weightlifting World Championships in the US city of Texas.
In the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Monday, a woman is helped by a soldier into a polling station during a second phase of parliamentary elections...
This man casts his vote in a school north of Cairo. Turnout was reportedly low.
Burkina Faso is gearing up for elections this weekend - the first since a popular uprising last year and a short-lived coup in September. Here an entertainer attends a rally on Wednesday.
Supporters of South Africa's Orlando Pirates cheer on Saturday during the first leg of Caf Confederation Cup football final against Tunisia's Etoile du Sahel in Johannesburg...
Some of the fans urge the team to win the trophy for their late captain Senzo Muyiwa, who was murdered last year. The match ended in a draw.
In Cape Town's mountainous suburb of Capri on Tuesday, South African fire-fighters battle to contain a bush fire by dropping water from a helicopter.
On Saturday, an African migrant sits on top of a border fence in an attempt to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla.
Tunisian police officers on Thursday place roses on a tree in the centre of the capital, Tunis, after a deadly attack earlier in the week on a bus carrying presidential guards.
And ahead of the Pope's arrival in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, this coming weekend a carpenter works on cleaning a crucifix in the main Cathedral on Wednesday…
The country has recently been hit by Christian-Muslim conflict. Here a peace dove statue on a main roundabout in Bangui gets a makeover on Thursday.