Africa in pictures: 31 July – 6 August 2015

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  • 8 August 2015
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It is a chance to relax or do somersaults on the packed La Goulette beach in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, on Sunday.
The next day, Rachael Tonjor of Nigeria swims during the women’s 100m breaststroke heats at the Aquatics World Championships in the Russian city of Kazan.
US politician Frederica Wilson addresses the media in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Tuesday during a visit by Congress members to enhance co-operation in tackling Boko Haram militants.
The next day, a Chinese tourist poses with Maasai dancers on her arrival in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. She had travelled on China Southern Airline’s maiden flight from Guangzhou.
Kenyan bikers parade through the streets of Nairobi on Friday during a self-declared National Bikers Day organised by Motorcycle Kenya Association.
A member of a pastoralist community joins top Kenyan athletes on Thursday as they finished their 840km (522-mile) 22-day Walk for Peace, calling for reconciliation between rival groups in the Rift Valley where more than 300 people have been killed this year.
On the same day, Egyptian air force planes trace a heart during the inauguration ceremony of the new Suez Canal in Ismailia…
Here they fly past a sculpture at the newly opened section of the canal. The expansion of the waterway will allow for two-way traffic along part of it.
A Sudanese barber shaves a compatriot in a camp for migrants in the French port city of Calais dubbed “the Jungle” on Thursday.
On the same day, men play cards by the light of a torch lamp in the Libyan city of Benghazi, which is witnessing long power cuts because of clashes taking place between rival militias.
A cheetah is spotted by the BBC team filming in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park on Thursday.
And models in neighbouring South Africa show off swimwear on Saturday during Cape Town Fashion Week.

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