Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past week.

South African ‘blade runner’ was released on parole last year after murdering his girlfriend in 2013 and has opted to keep a ...

The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, was the scene of a major civil rights confrontation in March, 1965, in which ...

What should you do if you find yourself chased by an elephant? More importantly, how can you avoid a dangerous elephant encounter completely?

Growing up in the Black church, Kyra March was surrounded by love – and big, beautiful hats – the inspiration for an exhibit ...

Reactions to the changes in USAID run the gamut. Some leading voices — like Mexico's president — are in favor. Others fear ...

On the outskirts of Cairo, a cutting-edge space lab was supposed to be the first in Africa to produce homegrown satellites.

The first satellite assembled at the factory, hailed as the first ever made by an African nation, was built mainly in China ...

On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...

Black history, includes art history, and over the years people of color have been portrayed in paintings in various ways and ...

A massive oil painting featuring two of Congolese artist Sisqo Ndombe’s haunting “cracked people” welcomes visitors to the ...

I fully expect to see an exponential increase in new HIV infections,” one expert said. Women and girls are more susceptible ...