A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:FEISAL OMAR / REUTERSBranches graze the top of this mural in eastern Mogadishu, Somalia, on Tuesday.QUINN...

People in Yunnan province, China have captured the moment a landslide was triggered by heavy rainfall.Onlookers watched as debris and foliage flowed down the side of a mountain and...

Erika BenkeBBC News, RovaniemiBBC/Erika Benke"Make sure the reindeer have plenty of water - and don't forget to drink a glass every hour too," Santa reminds a team of elves...

Nawal Al-Maghafi and Jasmin DyerBBC World Service, reporting from Port-au-PrinceBBC/ Phil PendleburyHelene says the gang told her to have an abortion but she wanted to keep her baby and...

Aoife Walsh and Paulin KolaBBC NewsBBCThe UN says the hunger crisis in Gaza 'has never been so dire'One in five children in Gaza City is malnourished and cases are...

Nadine YousifBBC News, London, OntarioReutersFrom left to right: Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube, Cal FooteFive Canadian ice hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman have...

Australia will lift restrictions on the import of beef from the US, a trade barrier which had angered the Trump administration.American beef has effectively been banned from the country...

Russian rescue services have found the wreckage of a plane that disappeared about 16km (10 miles) from its destination in the far-eastern Amur region.The Angara airlines An-24 plane, carrying...

ReutersA new constitution that has allowed Togo's long-time head of state Faure Gnassingbé to shift to a new role as all-powerful prime minister – and escape the constraint of...

A summit between China and the European Union (EU) has kicked off in Beijing on Thursday, with leaders set to discuss issues ranging from trade conflict to the war...

Charlotte GallagherIn KyivBBC"Corruption loves silence! Don't be silent" - Thousands gathered in Kyiv to protest on WednesdayUkraine's government is facing growing backlash after President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law...

Human remains found near an archaeological site in the Guatemalan jungle are thought to be those of a US birdwatcher who was reported missing almost two and a half...