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A selection of photos from across Africa this week.

A €2,000 prize is offered for whoever can decipher a weird rock inscription in western France.

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Makers of a film of Aretha Franklin recording her biggest gospel album say it was shelved due to her frustration over it not making her movie star.

Could meat-free foods that 'bleed' take the place of traditional burgers and sausages?

Lawmaker Hector Olivares is injured and another man is killed in a shooting in Buenos Aires.

But the ex-US intelligence analyst may be held again over her refusal to testify in a Wikileaks probe.

Jatupat Boonpattararaksa was jailed for sharing a BBC Thai profile of the Thai king on Facebook.

The wild cat is encouraged to climb down from the post by workers with a cherry picker truck.

The president's comments come after the US raised tariffs on $200bn of China's products.

UK rapper and Manchester United fan Nutty P reps his club's glory days, in the fourth of our 90-second freestyle videos.

The 62-year-old who is said to be worth $50b has bought over the world's oldest toy retailer.

Blue Origins claims that the lunar lander will be able to take humans to the Moon's south pole by 2024.

Warren Gatland agrees a deal to take charge of the British and Irish Lions on their tour of South Africa in 2021.

Mike Phelan is confirmed as Manchester United's assistant manager on a three-year deal having returned to Old Trafford in December.

Opposition MPs take shelter in the Argentine and Italian embassies after being stripped of immunity.

Observers say it could be sign that the former president of Zimbabwe is in financial trouble.

A Norwegian woman is thought to have been infected by a stray while on holiday in the Philippines.