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

Dilshan Madushanka takes a hat-trick in the final over of the match to ensure Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by seven runs in the first one-day international in Zimbabwe.

Middlesbrough complete the signing of Lausanne-Sport forward Kaly Sene on a four-year contract.

Survivors saved off Mauritania say they left The Gambia with 160 people on board.

Rangers sell Morocco forward Hamza Igamane to French top-flight club Lille for an undisclosed fee.

The deadly fire was called a "wake-up call" but residents are waiting for permanent homes.

The first group of deportees arrived in mid-August, according to government spokesperson Yolande Makolo.

Investigations have been launched following the footage posted to Instagram - which has since been deleted.

Ghana has been described as the fashion industry’s dumping ground.

A nephew of Equatorial Guinea's president is sentenced to eight years for embezzlement.

Gun-wielding drivers, extortion and breakdowns, as couple flee new front line in Sudan's conflict.

The West African nation's security forces are accused of alleged rape, extortion and torture.

Malema's party argues that his remarks were taken out of context.

There has been a backlash over the recruitment scheme and a government warning to young people.

The animal has come as a surprise to experts, who now have to rethink how these armoured dinosaurs evolved

The country wants to move from being the biggest exporter of raw nuts to producing more shea butter.

A proposal to build a nuclear plant in Niger may not come to fruition, but that is not the point.

Turkish club Galatasaray are in talks with Tottenham over a loan deal for midfielder Yves Bissouma.

King Toera was killed by French troops 128 years ago and his head kept in a Paris museum's archive.

The country is facing a shortage of medical equipment and medicines, President Duma Boko says.