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I) For starters, for higher-dimensional GR with $n\geq 5$ spacetime dimensions, an event horizon (which always has codimension 2) needs not be homotopic to a sphere $S^{n-2}$. E.g. for $n=5$, there are also black rings.

II) On the other hand, low-dimensional GR with $n\leq 3$ spacetime dimensions

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