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Africa in pictures: Through a window

Children peeping through a tiny hut window in Gulu in northern Uganda [Photos: Caroline Vallieres]

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Caroline Vallieres's composite of happy children, in northern Uganda, peeping out of a hut kicks off a series of shots themed Through a Window, sent in by BBC News website readers in Africa.

Looking out of Nelson Mandela's former prison cell window on Robben Island [Photo: Tom Kennard]

Looking out of Nelson Mandela's former prison cell window on Robben Island [Photo: Tom Kennard]

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This photograph is by Tom Kennard and as he says: "It's perhaps the most famous window in Africa - Nelson Mandela's cell window on Robben Island."

Children seen playing through a broken window in Nairobi's Kibera neighborhood [Photo: Hunter Nielson]

Children seen playing through a broken window in Nairobi's Kibera neighborhood [Photo: Hunter Nielson]

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Here, two little boys are seen playing with old tyres, through a broken window. Hunter Nielson snapped it while working in Kenya, in Nairobi's Kibera neighbourhood.

A washing line through a window in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town [Photo: Mason Long]

A washing line through a window in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town [Photo: Mason Long]

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Here, a washing line and a blue sky are seen through a window in Khayelitsha township in South Africa, in this photograph taken by Mason Long.

Baboon climbing on a vehicle in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park [Photo: Kimuli Magambo]

Baboon climbing on a vehicle in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park [Photo: Kimuli Magambo]

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And Kimuli Magambo took this picture of a cheeky baboon climbing on his car whilst driving around Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Boy staring through a window in a small village outside of Okene, Nigeria [Photo: Terry Sebastian]

Boy staring through a window in a small village outside of Okene, Nigeria [Photo: Terry Sebastian]

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Terry Sebastian spied this scene while visiting a small Nigerian village: "A boy stares out of a window, who knows what he is thinking about?"

Looking through a bus window in Mozambique [Photo: Erin Graves]

Looking through a bus window in Mozambique [Photo: Erin Graves]

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Here, the first signs of dawn are seen by Erin Graves while travelling from Maputo to Xai-Xai on a bus in Mozambique.

Window looking onto the Cederburg Mountains in South Africa [Photo: Spencer Millsap]

Window looking onto the Cederburg Mountains in South Africa [Photo: Spencer Millsap]

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Spencer Millsap took this picture of the view looking out of his guest house window while staying in Cederburg in South Africa.

The Nile through an aeroplane window [Photo: Elissa Butler]

The Nile through an aeroplane window [Photo: Elissa Butler]

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And Elissa Butler took this photograph of the White Nile, snaking its way across Uganda, while flying through the African sky, high above the clouds.

Crossing a river between Serengeti and Shirati in Tanzania [Photo: Virginia Lepp]

Crossing a river between Serengeti and Shirati in Tanzania [Photo: Virginia Lepp]

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Another travelling view... this time by Virginia Lepp, who snapped this shot while crossing a bridge in Tanzania.

Side-rear view mirror showing a bend in the Ewaso Nyiro River in Kenya [Photo: Aarti Dodhia]

Side-rear view mirror showing a bend in the Ewaso Nyiro River in Kenya [Photo: Aarti Dodhia]

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Lastly, Aarti Dodhia's photograph of a bend in Kenya's Ewaso Nyiro River as seen through a window and a rear view mirror. For future galleries please send in your images of African elders.

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