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

Life has returned to normal for many in Singapore, but one group of people still remain in lockdown.

A few weeks of nationwide restrictions to slow a second coronavirus surge could be introduced.

A visual guide to the wildfires ravaging California, Oregon and other western states.

Scientists are warning about the consequences of vast swathes of ground thawing in Siberia.

The US president relied on over-65s to win the White House in 2016 but their support this time is not assured.

Some call them copyright trolls, but these companies say they defend photographers' rights.

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

Reports of under-age marriage and child labour rose as the lockdown pushed people deeper into poverty.

Three years into an escalating insurgency, the president admits the "resource curse" is to blame.

BBC's Ros Atkins explains the latest Brexit row and the thorny issue of customs checks and Northern Ireland.

Women want to hold to account the masked people picking protesters off the street in Belarus.

US Open champion Naomi Osaka pulls out of the French Open, which is scheduled to start on 27 September, with a hamstring injury.

Many northern hemisphere countries are bracing for a second wave of the pandemic as winter approaches.

She says she has acted to try to prevent the return to power of ex-President Evo Morales' party.

The device is already being used in some hospitals to identify Covid patients.

Shaun Smith said he had suffered serious brain injury from repeated concussions in matches.

The military drills near the Taiwan Strait comes as China accuses the US and Taiwan of "collusion".

Officials in India and the UK worked together to find the bronze sculptures.

If you're leaving your rubbish in a Thai national park, you might be reunited with it by post.

Liverpool consider signing Ismaila Sarr, Manchester United eye free midfielder, Arsenal seek £10m keeper, plus more.