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

How will Mohamed Salah slot into the new Liverpool regime? BBC Sport Africa looks at this and four other key questions on the eve of the new campaign.

The prosecutors say they have insufficient evidence to charge the men and they will be sent back home.

Tottenham suspend Yves Bissouma for the game at Leicester City on Monday after footage appeared to show the midfielder inhaling laughing gas.

Israel Adesanya says the UFC "can't erase Francis Ngannou's legacy" after it appeared to distance itself from the former heavyweight champion.

The statues were widely ridiculed and described as "embarrassing" and a poorly done "joke".

Nineteen years and 10 miles separated Zambia's football team from a lost, golden generation on a fateful night in Libreville.

Scientists are alarmed at the high fatality rate and rapid spread of a new variant of the virus.

Chidinma Adetshina will get another shot at a crown following the controversy around her nationality.

The request has raised eyebrows as citizens ask why their taxes aren't being used to reward the Olympians.

The Paris public prosecutor's office says it has launched a cyberbullying probe.

Hopes for a ceasefire are dashed as Sudan's army boycotts negotiations in the Swiss city of Geneva.

Nigerian authorities are trying to unravel how the governor’s number was compromised.

She was married to the country's third President Levy Mwanawasa, who served from 2002 until his death in 2008.

The judges were impressed by Bulle’s resilience and ability to handle challenging stories.

Local authorities are seeking to build a seawall to prevent further intrusion of the ocean to the village.

Most national newspapers refuse to publish on Tuesday following tensions with the government.

Botswana's first Olympic gold medallist returns to a dancing president and stadium-sized blowout.

Thomas Kwoyelo is the first LRA commander to be tried by a Ugandan court.

Scientists in Africa are alarmed by the speed at which a new strain of mpox is spreading.