October 2017

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBerit Reiss-Andersen, the Nobel committee chair, announces the winner. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican).Berit Reiss-Andersen, the Nobel committee chair, said it

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption File photo of an Mi-17 V5 helicopter, acquired by the Indian air force from Russia An Indian air force helicopter has crashed in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, killing five military personnel.A sixth

Image copyright AFP Image caption Police chief Trapero (second from L) arrives at the Madrid court with Mossos colleagues The Catalan chief of police, Josep Lluis Trapero, is appearing before a judge in Madrid on suspicion of sedition against the

Image copyright AFP Image caption Fans held up signs saying "boo" or "Hong Kong is not China" during a world cup qualifier in 2015 A group of Hong Kong football fans have booed their national anthem - which the territory

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Thousands protested in Barcelona against police action during the referendum The front page of Barcelona's La Vanguardia newspaper on 4 October was dominated by the ongoing Catalan crisis.An aerial photograph showed tens of thousands

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere this week. Image copyright AFP Image caption Maitre Gims (L), a rapper born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, poses next to a wax sculpture of himself

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Heavy rain has swollen rivers and affected towns across Costa Rica Tropical Storm Nate has killed at least 10 people in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, before it moves north towards the US.A state of emergency

At least eight babies have died in just one day at a hospital in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, officials have said.Local residents in the town of Barpeta blamed poor infrastructure and negligence.However, health authorities said it was a

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mike Pence delivers his statement in front of Space Shuttle Discovery US Vice-President Mike Pence has expressed the intention for America to send humans back to the Moon's surface.Speaking to the National Space Council, the

Film producer Harvey Weinstein has issued an apology after a newspaper detailed a litany of sexual harassment allegations against him."I appreciate the way I've behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologize