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

Chris Barker hasn't let a diagnosis of Crohn's disease stop him from becoming a personal trainer.

Zulekha Daud started practising medicine in the UAE when it had no proper hospitals or doctors.

The story of Rahmah and her experiences as a Chinese woman in a hijab.

Lola Ogunyemi says the ad, which appeared to show her turning into a white woman, was taken out of context.

Immunotherapy is a breakthrough technology that scientists hope will one day lead to cures for previously untreatable cancers.

There's a polarising group of entrepreneurs jumping into Canada's pot market: cops and politicians.

Despite being banned, humiliating and traumatic, virginity tests remain widespread in Afghanistan.

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The year saw optimism among US investors, despite the turmoil of President Trump's first year in office.

Palanichamy Sarathkumar is a hero after lifting a calf out of a ditch and reuniting it with its mother.

More investigation is needed into the death of Australian Justine Damond, a prosecutor says.

The fire at a rooftop restaurant at the popular Kamala Mills compound has killed 15 people.

A baby was among the dead in an apartment blaze described by the mayor as an "unspeakable tragedy".

Dolphins in southern Brazil have a special relationship with the local fishermen.

The family of eight, including small children, are refusing to go home but can't travel elsewhere.

The two had a heated meeting about interest rates in January 1991, newly-released papers reveal.

At least 12 people have been killed in a fire at an apartment building in New York.

The former PM believed pandas did not make "happy omens", National Archives' files reveal.

The US president says China was caught "red-handed" after a report of illegal ship-to-ship transfers.

David Warner and Steve Smith combine before rain halts England's push for victory on day four of the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne.