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A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week. Image copyright EPA Image caption A Zimbabwean boy drinks water from a borehole in Chegutu, about 100km (62 miles) west of the capital, Harare, on Monday. Image copyright EPA Image caption The next day, a dead fish lies on the dry bed of a dam in South Africa's drought-hit Western Cape province. Image copyright AFP Image caption There is no fear of a water shortage in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, where a clergy boy sprays blessed water on followers of the Orthodox Church on Friday... Image copyright AFP Image caption Young clergy girls also attend the Timket, or Epiphany, festival... Image copyright AFP Image caption These young children are not left out either from the festival, which commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan. Image copyright AFP Image caption Three days later in the Israeli city of Herzliya, African migrants protest against the government's...

Image copyright REUTERS Image caption Honey and Barry Sherman were renowned for their charity fundraising The Canadian billionaire couple found dead at their home in Toronto last month were murdered in a targeted killing, police say. The bodies of Barry, 75, and Honey Sherman, 70, were found on 15 December. Police said on Friday no-one had been charged, and declined to comment on any suspects. Barry Sherman, one of Canada's richest men, and his wife were well-known for their philanthropy, and their sudden deaths stunned many in the country. Media reports in the days after the couple's bodies were discovered quoted police sources saying they were investigating a murder-suicide theory. "I don't know where that came from," Toronto police detective Susan Gomes told reporters, adding that it was just one of several theories under consideration. The new details of the case came on the same day that the pharmaceutical giant Apotex that Barry Sherman founde...

Some of Saudi Arabia's most powerful men detained in November in an anti-corruption purge have been released. Among those set free are Waleed al-Ibrahim, the head of MBC television network, and Khalid al-Tuwaijiri, a former chief of the royal court. They have paid substantial financial settlements, reports say - though the amounts have not been made public. More than 200 princes, politicians, and wealthy businessmen were detained in the crackdown. Since then, they have been held in the Ritz Carlton hotel in Riyadh, which is due to reopen on 14 February. The settlements are likely to have been costly. Media caption The Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh is holding about 200 members of the Saudi elite Life inside Saudi Arabia's 'five-star prison' Who is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed? Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, who was released at the end of November, paid more than $1bn  (£750m). Media reports suggest that Mr al-Ibrahim's deal may have included hi...