The secret ceremonies and intimate details of an ancient African empire are revealed in an exhibition of rare photographs in Washington.

People with Ebola are being turned away from a medical facility in West Africa as it is full.

A new glass floor has been unveiled at the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Focus on Africa's Dennis Okari has been to meet a woman who suffered horrific injuries in the violence that followed the 2007 elections.

An American photographer has documented the striking works of art left behind by soldiers who spent WWI in underground caverns.

The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola within the US has deteriorated from a serious to a critical condition, doctors in the state of Texas say.

Roman Catholic Church leaders begin a two-week brainstorming session, on how to better present their teachings on marriage, family life, and sexuality.

A fierce battle between Kurds and Islamic State militants is taking place around the Syrian town of Kobane, near the border with Turkey.

More than 142 million Brazilians are voting to choose the country's next president, following a dramatic election campaign.

Turkish police have fired two tear gas canisters at a vehicle carrying a BBC reporting team as it was leaving the border area near Kobane.

An attempt by an Iranian exile to travel more than 1,000 miles (1,600km) from Florida to Bermuda in a giant inflatable ball has ended in failure.

Hundreds of hot air balloons took to the skies above New Mexico on Saturday at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Clashes between Islamic State militants and Kurdish forces over the besieged Syrian town of Kobane are continuing.

A key stronghold of al-Shabab Islamists has been captured by Somali government troops backed by African Union forces, local officials say.

A mass grave is found on the outskirts of the Mexican town of Iguala, where 43 students went missing on 27 September.

Formula 1 Marussia driver Jules Bianchi suffers a "severe" head injury in a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix.

A mass grave is found on the outskirts the Mexican town of Iguala, where 43 students went missing on 27 September.

As Ukraine prepares for parliamentary elections at the end of the month, a series of what are being called "trash bucket challenges" are spreading across the country.

Islamic State militants have intensified attacks on the town of Kobane, near Syria's border with Turkey, from where thousands of Syrian Kurds have fled.

Two kayakers have been rescued in California after they said they had been attacked by a great white shark.