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

Arguably one of his best goals ever? Worthy of a larger audience? But would Odion Ighalo have even tried his sensational strike in a packed stadium?

The scheme aims to ease the burden on Greece, where migrant camps are squalid and overcrowded.

Odion Ighalo grew up in Nigeria as an avid Manchester United fan. Now he is living his "dream" by playing for them.

Athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie on the impact on competitors of sports events being cancelled.

Guinea-Bissau, which has a long history of coups, briefly had two presidents following disputed elections.

Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed hailed Ambo as "our New York", but now residents complain of police brutality.

A company in Benin harvests water hyacinths which can be used to soak up oil.

African football body Caf is to maintain the schedule of all its competitions despite the outbreak of coronavirus, which was labelled a pandemic on Wednesday.

A review decides that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's conviction can be taken to a fresh appeal.

Football's world governing body Fifa postpones its Congress, scheduled to take place in June, in Ethiopia by three months owing to the outbreak of the coronavirus.

Electric motorsport series Formula E wants to expand both the number of races and drivers in Africa, says the sport's founder Alejandro Agag.

Blasian - black and Asian - couples now exist in South Africa... but they don't always have an easy time.

Rangers found the carcasses of a female and her calf in a village in north-eastern Kenya.

Kenya's Sports Ministry bars travel to international events for Kenya's sports competitors for at least the next month.

The high court dismisses the public protector's findings over a donation to President Ramaphosa.

The BBC's Emmanuel Igunza reflects a year on from the deadly Ethiopia Airlines Boeing 737 Max crash.

The Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet says this month's Afcon qualifiers should be postponed as he cannot access seven key players owing to the coronavirus.

Muhammadu Sanusi II says the new emir should be embraced after he is ousted for "insubordination".

East Africa could be on the verge of a food crisis, if swarms of locusts are not controlled.