A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

The long-serving sergeant was an "inspiration to all who knew him", says one colleague.

Four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson says progress on racism in the United States is not going to happen immediately.

The ex-defence minister was picked by the coup leader to head a transitional government until elections.

She says she and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, are "so excited" about the child, due early next year.

SP Balasubrahmanyam sang more than 40,000 songs for films in 16 Indian languages.

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas is fastest in an incident-packed first practice session at the Russian Grand Prix.

Pop star Lizzo says the movement has been hijacked by those who don't need to benefit from it.

Rafael Nadal returns to Grand Slam tennis, Andy Murray is back on clay and Serena Williams goes again for a 24th major when the French Open starts on Sunday.

Thousands have already paid their respects as she lay in repose outside the Supreme Court this week.

Tottenham are awarded a bye into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup after their tie with Leyton Orient was called off.

Ros Atkins looks at why vaccine nationalism is a growing concern in the global effort to tackle Covid-19.

The company is accused of basing its Duke Caboom character on the 1970s stuntman without permission.

Mine-detecting rat, Magawa, has sniffed out dozens of landmines and unexploded munitions in Cambodia.

The French Open, which starts on Sunday, will now only be allowed to have 1,000 fans a day after new coronavirus restrictions were introduced in the country.

Two suspects are arrested after the incident near the scene of the deadly 2015 attack on the magazine.

Breeding snakes and types of rat for food or medicine is a source of income for some of China's poorest people.

Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world yet to eliminate wild polio.

Former Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali is named the new president and chief executive officer of Formula 1.

Valtteri Bottas sets the pace ahead of Lewis Hamilton in second practice at the Russian Grand Prix despite scruffy sessions for both Mercedes drivers.

EU court ruling that the tech giant does not have to pay hefty back taxes to Ireland goes back to court.