When Nashville musician Amanda asked violinmaker Ray to make her one, little did she know where it would lead.

It's a leap year which means there's an extra day in the calendar - 29 February 2020. But why do we need it?

Have you been paying attention to what's been going on during the past seven days?

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

Oil drilling and construction is creating a din for sealife - new tech is hoping to turn the volume down.

The BBC speaks to a Chinese doctor who has been on the front line of fighting Coronavirus in Wuhan.

A virology expert demonstrates how viruses can spread using UV light.

The climate activist has been arrested in Sweden and the UK as a result of her protests.

Venezuela's economic crisis is driving some mothers unable to feed their children to drastic measures.

The blast in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster left a cavity 15 times bigger than our Milky Way galaxy.

The addiction management method used in Europe and Canada has met determined opposition in the US.

US shares slide as fears over the impact of the coronavirus continue to grip investors.

The 71-year-old multi-millionaire, a critic of the Hong Kong government, has now been charged.

Hong Kong and Japan have shut schools as the coronavirus spread worsens leaving parents stuck at home.

It is unreasonable to suggest he was comparing BP managers to Nazis, an Australian ruling finds.

Neeraj Jadaun made a split-second decision to break protocol, cross a border, and save families.

Liverpool forward Sadio Mane on Premier League medals, whether Jurgen Klopp deserves a statue and why his mum "hates football".

China's three-time Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang is banned from competing for eight years for missing a doping test in September 2018.

The teenage activist was welcomed by some 15,000 people at the event in Bristol.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has not ruled out next month's international fixtures being postponed as the spread of coronavirus continues.

It is unclear how the Belgian woman got hold of the contaminated bottle.