Africa in pictures: 6-12 October

Nigerian heavyweight boxer Samuel Peter celebrates victory over his US opponent Jameel McCline after 12 rounds in New York on Saturday.

On the same day, an official from Kenya's opposition Orange Democratic Movements urges the crowd to calm down during an election campaign rally in the capital, Nairobi.

Togolese soldiers look for their names on a voters' register on Thursday before casting their vote for a new parliament, three days ahead of the rest of the country.

On Thursday, government soldiers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo walk along a path near Karuba town, captured from rebel fighters of Gen Laurent Nkunda.

On the same day, a woman leads a herd of camels carrying water containers near Dadaab, a town in a remote arid region of eastern Kenya.

On Wednesday, a Sudanese civilian wounded in fierce fighting in the Darfuri town of Muhajiriya the day before is carried towards a waiting African Union helicopter.

Vendors throng around the Dakar-Bamako express as it pulls into the Malian trading post of Kati on Tuesday. It takes almost 48 hours to do the 1,200km (745-mile) journey.

On Friday, a Somali boy plays with a toy gun as he celebrates the end of Ramadan in the capital, Mogadishu. For more on Africa's week tune into BBC Weekend Network Africa.

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