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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

Image copyright David Rehmar Image caption Passengers could see the damaged engine from windows mid-flight Debris from an Air France jet engine that failed on a transatlantic flight last week has been located on a remote part of Greenland, investigators

Image caption It would be "shocking" to make Ms Uzbeki return, the court said A 106-year-old Afghan woman has told the BBC she is "happy" a Swedish court has overturned a decision to deport her.Khalbibi Uzbeki, who is bedridden and

At least 13 people have been killed and 20 injured in a suicide attack on a Sufi Muslim shrine in Pakistan's south-western province of Baluchistan. Crowds of devotees had gathered for a three-day religious ceremony when the blast happened. The

Image copyright EPA Image caption Pro-independence demonstrations have continued, following Sunday's referendum Spain's Constitutional Court has suspended next Monday's session of Catalan parliament, in a bid to pre-empt a possible push for independence.The court said such a move would be

Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption While recovering from an inflammation in his left arm, Lang Lang has been forced to cancel months of concerts One of the world's best known pianists has found an innovative solution to avoid missing