[ad_1] A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Krisztian Elek / Getty ImagesWorld-renowned South African artist Breeze Yoko stands in front of his newly created mural in the English town of Margate on Wednesday. A local group teamed up with him to make murals ahead of the town's annual soul festival.Jung Yeon-Je / AFPSenegal's table tennis star Ibrahima Diaw has his eyes on the ball as he serves to Hong Kong's Wong Chun Tinga at the Paris Olympics on Monday. He lost 4-3.Amanuel Sileshi / AFPOn Saturday, a group of men play foosball, or table football, in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters On Monday, South African swimmer Tatjana Smith dives into the Olympic pool in Paris hoping to win the 100m breastroke....Evgenia Novozhenina / ReutersShe wins the race for her country in an emotional victory. Mustafa Yalcin / Getty ImagesAnd the taste of success is sweet as she bites into her Olympic gold medal.Benson Ibeabuchi / AFPWith banners and megaphones in hand, Nigerians take to the streets of Lagos to protest against the high cost of living on Thursday.Paul Botes / AFPOn Sunday, the sound of sweet harmony fills the University of South Africa in the capital, Pretoria, as US conductor William Eddins directs the Africa United Youth Orchestra at a rehearsal. Issouf Sanogo / AFPIn Ivory Coast a woodcutter chops logs at the Abobodoume beach on Tuesday.Mohamed Abd El Ghany / ReutersOn the same day, a young girl cools off under a water fountain amid a heatwave in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada...Mohamed Abd El Ghany / ReutersWhile other children use bubbles to fend off the heat.From the BBC in Africa this week:Getty Images/BBC [ad_2] Source link