BBC Africa

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

Activists in Chad are demanding that the government restore access to social media after it was cut a year ago.

Residents in a rural South African community get cheap online access from a network they own and run.

How Asmara in Eritrea unintentionally became a cycling paradise.

A Kenyan writer wanted to conceal a damp patch in his house - and ended up creating a work of art.

The BBC investigates illegal and unsustainable fishing off the west coast of Africa to find out how one of the most fertile ecosystems on earth has been pushed to the brink.

The men who watch over the Atlantic Ocean, saving the lives of the swimmers of Nigeria's main city.

In a country so used to government corruption, have ordinary Kenyans totally lost hope?

Journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani writes about an influential ruler's bid to promote farming.

The speaker of Zimbabwe's parliament wants MPs to get an education to ensure a better level of debate.

The UK is one of the main export destinations for Kenyan cut flowers.

Violent attacks are making treating the worst Ebola outbreak in the history of the DR of Congo even harder.

Meet the seven-year-old Nigerian girl who wants to be become a boxing world champion.

A strike condemned as "criminal " by a government minister causes major disruption to flights.

Madagascar's Football Federation extends the contract of national team coach Nicolas Dupuis until the end of this year's Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Veteran striker Emmanuel Adebayor is included in the Togo squad for their crucial 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Benin on 22 March.

Outgoing Zambia coach Sven Vandenbroeck says he will reflect positively on his time with the team, despite spending less than a year in the role.

Two white farmers accused a black teenager of stealing sunflowers worth $5 and threw him from a van.

Champions League winner John Mikel Obi says helping Middlesbrough to the Premier League would be one of his finest moments in football.

Algeria's president has barely been seen since he had a stroke in 2013, so how can he run a country?