Somalia's capital has been described as the world's most dangerous city - but some people there are trying to change that. Mary Harper came to know one of them.

Chicha Mariani, who died this week, had still hoped to find the granddaughter seized in 1976.

Rosa Bouglione, who has died aged 107, was said to be "the undisputed queen of the circus".

Lederhosen and dirndl dresses are making a comeback in Austria.

A look at the year's most influential hashtags used by women on social media.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this year.

India's decision to decriminalise gay sex has taken the country back to its roots, some historians say.

Eli Melki looks for traces of a relative who was killed at 33 during a wave of attacks against eastern Turkey's Christians.

From the ridiculous to the more ridiculous, here are the weird stories that caught our eye this year.

Are garment factories in Bangladesh safe five years after the Rana Plaza disaster?

Remembering some of the figures from music, film, TV, radio and literature who died in 2018.

Festival-goers are told that a "dangerous" drug is circulating in Australia, following a man's death.

Dylema leads us through key events on the continent this year in a specially commissioned poem.

A top Republican says the president remains determined to defeat the Islamic State group in Syria.

France's president warns order will be kept "without complacency" after violent anti-government protests.

An official says people did not take precautions as the storm was not classed as a typhoon.

Watch BBC Sport's top 10 funniest moments of 2018 - from bizarre throw-ins, photobombs, incredible own goals and a nutmeg with a golf ball at 140 mph.

Harlequins' Mike Brown says match officials are failing to protect players and claims he could have broken his neck in Saturday's win over Wasps.

Liverpool have gone from hunting Manchester City to being hunted, but Jurgen Klopp's side must relish that challenge, says Martin Keown.

President Putin visits the city of Magnitogorsk, where at least four are dead after a gas leak.

Afro-Argentines often feel like they’ve been written out of history and are mistaken for foreigners in their own country.