More than 200 people are arrested as anti-government demonstrators clash with police in the French capital.
Chinese troops abducted the five Indian civilians in a disputed border area, reports say.
Image copyright Getty Images Toots Hibbert, frontman of the legendary reggae band Toots and the Maytals, has died at the age of 77.
One of Jamaica's most influential musicians, he helped popularise reggae in the 1960s with songs like Pressure Drop, Monkey Man and Funky Kingston.
He even claimed to have coined the genre's name, on 1968's Do The Reggay
Image copyright Getty Images "All too many men still seem to believe, in a rather naive and egocentric way, that what feels good to them is automatically what feels good to women."
Such terse pronouncements made Shere Hite - a sex researcher who died this week at the age of 77 - both a feminist hero and a controversial figure in 1970s America.
Her pioneering work The Hite Report upended
From diamonds to mammoth bones - some gems you may not have seen this week.
The 22-year-old Slovenian woman was found guilty of cutting off her hand to make an insurance claim.
Image copyright Reuters The first peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban are due to begin in the Gulf state of Qatar on Saturday, after months of delay.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the meeting "historic" as he flew to Doha for the opening ceremony.
The talks were due to start after a US-Taliban security deal in February.
But disagreements over a controversial prisoner swap stalled the next stage,
Image copyright Getty Images Six months since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic, false claims continue to circulate on social media.
Here's our latest round-up of some of the most widely shared.
Verdict: A database of worldwide shipments of chemical supplies created in 2020, but going back to 201
The countries say they will end a violent border stand-off, but differences will be hard to overcome.
With European museums on the back foot following Black Lives Matter protests, the emphasis moves to Nigeria.