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

Lamine Diack says he slowed the handling of Russian doping cases between 2011-2013 "for the financial health" of the organisation.

The 15-year-old was taken into custody in March after stabbing the man who had tried to rape her.

They accused the Kenyan woman of involvement in a robbery, as another man whipped her.

Outbreaks are spreading from capital cities to rural areas, with supplies running short, says WHO.

The opposition says three women tortured by state agents have been charged over their allegations.

The African-American is immortalised in the West African state where people were once enslaved.