From Iran to Hollywood, in the domains of space travel, football and tech, 2023 was a year shaped by strong personalities. Some inspired us, most… Read More »From Musk and Tusk to Swift: Figures who defined 2023
A selection of this year’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond.
Israel says it rejects the allegation “with disgust”, calling it “baseless”.
BBC Sport looks at which players are due to be competing in the Africa Cup of Nations and the Asian Cup in January.
Hugues Fabrice Zango, Burkina Faso’s first athletics world champion, wants to inspire a nation in both sport and academia.
A Tigray leader says his region is on the verge of starvation, which is denied by the federal government.
A NASA spacecraft, recently returned from a mission to asteroid Bennu, has been relaunched to study another asteroid as it approaches Earth’s orbit: Apophis, named… Read More »‘God of Chaos’: NASA sends spacecraft to study asteroid approaching earth
From drought in Spain to floods in the Horn of Africa and wildfires in Canada, 2023 was marked by some alarming environmental disasters. However, it… Read More »Heat records and climate accords: How did the environment fare in 2023?
The Islamic State group attacking truffle producers in the Syrian desert, an Ivorian recruited to fight with the Wagner militia in Ukraine and the far-reaching… Read More »The Observers’ top investigations of 2023
Afua Asantewaa’s Guinness World Record attempt, which began on Christmas Eve, had a huge following.
