A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.
Tag Archive for: BBC News
Some commercial workers in Afriland Towers jumped out of the third and fourth floors when the fire started.
Despite opposition to the deal, Ghana's president says 40 more deportees will arrive from the US.
A specialist took the gold artefact from a Cairo museum and sold it through a jeweller, officials say.
The parties of both President Lazarus Chakwera and his main rival, Peter Mutharika, say they won Tuesday's poll.
Rwanda will make history when it becomes the first African nation to host cycling's Road World Championships from 21-28 September.
Rwanda will make history when it becomes the first African nation to host cycling's Road World Championships from 21-28 September.
Rwanda will make history when it becomes the first African nation to host cycling's Road World Championships from 21-28 September.
Rwanda will make history when it becomes the first African nation to host cycling's Road World Championships from 21-28 September.
Marguerite Gnakadé has become a vocal critic of Togo's long-serving leader Faure Gnassingbé.