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10:27 GMT, Monday, 13 October 2008 11:27 UK

Africa in pictures: 4-10 October

Uganda soldiers during independence day celebrations

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Ugandan soldier cadets perform for the crowds during celebrations in the capital, Kampala, to mark the country's 46th anniversary of independence on Thursday.

A man jumps over a puddle in Dakar, Senegal

A man jumps over a puddle in Dakar, Senegal

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On the same day, a Senegalese man jumps over a huge puddle as he returns to his home in the suburbs of the capital, Dakar.

Tunisian Mohamed Ben Boubaker Ben Salem on a camel in Switzerland

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Tunisian Mohamed Ben Boubaker Ben Salem rides his camel called Sphira, which went on to win the first camel race to be held in Dielsdorf in Switzerland on Sunday.

Desmond Tutu in Cyprus

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On Thursday, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu did some souvenir shopping in the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, where he was supporting talks to reunify the island.

Alexis "Alex" Nguitte-Bekongo from Central African Republic, an asylum seeker in the US, hugs his family

Alexis "Alex" Nguitte-Bekongo from Central African Republic, an asylum seeker in the US, hugs his family

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Alexis Nguitte-Bekongo hugs his family after being released from a US immigration office where he was held for two months after requesting asylum from the Central Africa Republic.

A Kenyan school child holds eggs over their eyes

A Kenyan school child holds eggs over their eyes

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A Kenyan boy at a Rift Valley province orphanage shows eggs laid by 400 hens acquired from money raised through charity World Emergency Relief's Be a Good Egg campaign.

The Moroccan kings son, right, on his first day at school

The Moroccan kings son, right, on his first day at school

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Morocco's five-year-old Crown Prince Moulay Hassan (r) is pictured on Thursday getting stuck in on his first day at school of the new term in the capital, Rabat.

Mauritanians look at newspaper headlines in the capital, Nouakchott

Mauritanians look at newspaper headlines in the capital, Nouakchott

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Mauritanians read newspapers in the capital on Monday, the day the African Union set as a deadline for ousted leader Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi to be freed and restored to power.

Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klitschko (left) faces Nigeria's Samuel Peter

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Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klitschko squares up to Nigerian Samuel Peter on Friday, a day before Saturday's WBC world title bout in Berlin. For more on Africa's week tune into BBC Weekend Network Africa.

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