Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf battled unsuccessfully to ban female genital mutilation during her 12-years as Africa's first female president, and now as she prepares to step down ahead of Tuesday's general election, it's feared hopes of outlawing the practice will fade too.
Over 100,000 refugees have ended up on the island of Lesbos, Greece. Hear some of their stories...
Valgerour Halla came into the world under unusual circumstances. The four-month-old was born in Reykjavik to Syrian asylum seekers who were so thankful they gave her an Icelandic name.
In an interview, the family described an arduous flight from war in Syria, the long journey across Europe and how they chose a cold fishing island deep in the Arctic circle to start anew.
Man who killed nine in Germany had far-right website and was found dead alongside his mum.
Tobias R is thought to have run a far-right website and police are treating the attack as an act of domestic terrorism