Holy nights and stunning sunrises: Africa’s top shots

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

From the BBC in Africa this week:

• What an athlete’s murder tells us about women’s safety in Kenya

• Climate change is turbo-charging Somalia’s problems – but there’s still hope

• Kidnapped and trafficked twice – a sex worker’s life in Sierra Leone

• ‘Bipolar, colour and me’ – an artist’s spreadsheet of emotion

• Who was behind one of the deadliest attacks in Sudan?

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