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

The Nobel Foundation says it advocates dialogue but a critic suggests it is being "incredibly naive".

A California scuba diver returns lost trinkets to their owners for free and picks up trash along the way.

The statue, believed from Turkey, is part of an antiquities smuggling probe, NY investigators say.

England head coach Sarina Wiegman dedicates the Uefa women's coach of the year award to Spain's national team.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been at the centre of a row over paid-for trips and gifts.

The world's second largest economy faces deep-rooted challenges in the years ahead.