The day in photos

Jessica Sager

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Jan 8, 2015

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Indian soldiers are silhouetted against a traffic signal light as they prepare to rehearse for the Republic Day parade on a foggy winter morning in New Delhi January 8, 2015. India will celebrate its annual Republic Day on January 26. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY MILITARY POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY ENVIRONMENT)

Soldiers rehearse for a parade in New Delhi, India. Reuters

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Officers react during their graduation ceremony on Iraqi Police Day's 93rd anniversary at a police academy in Baghdad January 8, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST ANNIVERSARY LAW)

Newly minted officers hug during a graduation ceremony on Iraq’s Police Day anniversary in Baghdad. Reuters

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A seagull flies past a lamp during sunset in London January 8, 2015. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

The sun sets in London. Reuters

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Placards reading "I am Charlie" and candles are placed as a tribute to victims in front of the French embassy in Zagreb January 8, 2015, following a shooting by gunmen at the offices of weekly satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. French anti-terrorism police converged on an area northeast of Paris on Thursday after two brothers suspected of being behind an attack on a satirical newspaper were spotted at a petrol station in the region. France's prime minister said on Thursday he feared the Islamist militants who killed 12 people could strike again as a manhunt for two men widened across the country. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic (CROATIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A tribute is held for Charlie Hebdo in the French embassy in Zagreb, Croatia. Reuters

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ITALY - JANUARY 06: Ash emissions and explosions seen as smoke rises during the Mount Etna volcanic eruption on January 06, 2015 in Italy. PHOTOGRAPH BY Marco Restivo / Barcroft Media UK Office, London. T +44 845 370 2233 W www.barcroftmedia.com USA Office, New York City. T +1 212 796 2458 W www.barcroftusa.com Indian Office, Delhi. T +91 11 4053 2429 W www.barcroftindia.com

Ash and smoke rise from Mt. Etna in Sicily, Italy. Marco Restivo / Barcroft Media

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***EXCLUSIVE*** LAKE SUPERIOR, MN - JANUARY 04: Alex Brost braves the chilling water as he surfs on January 4, 2015 in Lake Superior, Minnesota. ICE hangs from two surfers' beards as they catch a wave in temperatures of -28 Celcius. The chilling pictures were taken at Stoney Point, on Lake Superior, Minnesota, three days ago in plummeting temperatures. Surfers Alex Brost and Ryan Patin braved the frozen air and water temperature of -2 Celcius to enjoy a sport of surfing. PHOTOGRAPH BY Christian Dalbec / Barcroft USA UK Office, London. T +44 845 370 2233 W www.barcroftmedia.com USA Office, New York City. T +1 212 796 2458 W www.barcroftusa.com Indian Office, Delhi. T +91 11 4053 2429 W www.barcroftindia.com

A brave surfer hits the waves in Lake Superior, Minn. Christian Dalbec / Barcroft

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*** EXCLUSIVE *** JAKARTA, INDONESIA - DECEMBER 21: An oriental garden lizard and snail face each other on a branch on December 21, 2014, in Jakarta, Indonesia. PHOTOGRAPH BY Andri Priyadi / Barcroft Media UK Office, London. T +44 845 370 2233 W www.barcroftmedia.com USA Office, New York City. T +1 212 796 2458 W www.barcroftusa.com Indian Office, Delhi. T +91 11 4053 2429 W www.barcroftindia.com

An oriental garden lizard gets up close and personal with a snail in Jakarta, Indonesia. Andri Priyadi / Barcroft Media

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 08: The outfit of an Elvis tribute artist is seen as he waits for the Elvis Express headed to the 2015 Parkes Elvis Festival to depart from Central Station on January 8, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. The Parkes Elvis Festival is held annually over five days, timed to coincide with Elvis Priestly's birthday in January. Over 1300 attendees are expected at this festival to celebrate Elvis' 80th birthday. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

An Elvis impersonator celebrates the King’s birthday in Sydney. Getty

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WAKEFIELD, ENGLAND - JANUARY 08: A visitor poses as she views Song for Coal, a large-scale kaleidoscopic projection inside St. Bartholomews Chapel at Yorkshire Sculpture Park on January 8, 2015 in Wakefield, England. The new work by Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson explores the physical and cultural properties of coal and its history in the formation of Yorkshire, the landscape and it's people. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Song for Coal, a large-scale kaleidoscopic projection, is on display in Wakefield, England. Getty

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A picture taken on January 8, 2015 shows a rainbow over buildings that were destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas-led militants, in Gaza City's al-Shejaiya neighborhood. Hundreds of schools were closed across Israel and the Palestinian territories on January 7, 2015 as a major winter storm gripped the region, with snow expected in Jerusalem as well. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images

A rainbow forms in Gaza City over buildings destroyed in the Israel-Palestine conflict. AFP / Getty

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AP10ThingsToSee - Penguins swim in their pool during the annual stock take at London Zoo, Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Penguins swim in a pool at the London Zoo. AP

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. House Republicans began the new Congress with old divisions on display Wednesday, bitter fallout from a failed rebellion against Speaker John Boehner (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

John Boehner AP

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Children ride in the bed of a truck with a framed image of Fidel Castro, in Regla, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, in a caravan tribute to the 56th anniversary of the original street party that greeted Castro and his rebel army in 1959. Castro and his rebels arrived in Havana via caravan, after toppling dictator Fulgencio Batista. The revolutionary leader and former president has not spoken publicly on the historic Dec. 17th US-Cuba detente. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Families in Havana celebrate the anniversary of the street party welcoming Fidel Castro’s rebel army in 1959. AP

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A heart formed by melted candles is on the ground of the Old-Port to pay tribute to the victims of the satirical newspaper "Charlie-Hebdo", in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, a day after masked gunmen stormed the offices of a satirical newspaper and killed 12 people. French police hunted Thursday for two heavily armed men one with a terrorism conviction and a history in jihadi networks in the methodical killing of 12 people at a satirical newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

A vigil is held in Marseille, France, for slain staffers of Charlie Hebdo. AP

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People gather around and ontop of the Republique Plaza statue during the solidarity demonstration in Paris, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre, fearing they might strike again. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Demonstrators gather at the Republique Plaza in Paris. AP

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Rome's Capitol Hill, designed by Renaissance artist and architect Michelangelo Buonarroti, is lit with the colors of the French flag to express solidarity with those killed in an attack at the Paris offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a weekly newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, methodically killing 12 people Wednesday, including the editor in chief, before escaping in a car. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Rome’s Capitol Hill glows in French national colors. AP

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Members of the crowd takes photographs of President Barack Obama after he gave a speech about housing and home ownership as he announces a cut in mortgage insurance premiums on Federal Housing Administration loans, a move aimed at attracting new homebuyers, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, at Central High School in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Members of the crowd snap photos of President Barack Obama in Phoenix. AP

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Icicles form on the waterfront in the borough of Brooklyn in New York on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2014. Cold air has sent temperatures plummeting into the single digits around the U.S., with wind chills driving them even lower. Lower Manhattan appears in the background. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Icicles form on the Brooklyn waterfront. AP

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epaselect epa04550810 A young woman holds aloft a symbolic people as she joins others gathered for a minute of silence in front of Notre Dame cathedral in memory of the 12 victims in the 07 January massacre at the Paris headquarters of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in Paris, France, 08 January 2015. EPA/IAN LANGSDON

Charlie Hebdo supporters gather in front of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. EPA

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epaselect epa04551252 Israeli French artist Colette Leinman holds up a drawing pencil in a clenched fist inside the French embassy in Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv, 08 January 2015 during a memorial service and protest against Jihadist Islamic 'terrorists' attack. Ten journalists and two policemen were killed on 07 January in a terrorist attack at the 'Charlie Hebdo' headquarters in Paris. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

Artist Colette Leinman clenches a pencil in her fist at the French embassy in Jaffa, Israel. EPA

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epaselect epa04550523 Soldiers of the South Korean army's special forces during a winter survival exercise in the snow in Pyeongchang, some 200 kms east of Seoul, South Korea, 08 January 2015. EPA/JEON HEON-KYUN

Soldiers participate in a winter survival exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea. EPA

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A four-day old zebra foal stands in the zebra house of the Budapest Zoo in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. The foal is the first animal born in the new year of 2015 in the zoo. (AP Photo/MTI, Attila Kovacs)

A four-day-old zebra foal debuts at the Budapest Zoo. AP

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PIC BY TARONGA ZOO / MERCURY PRESS / CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: KIBIBI ENJOYIN BEING HOSED DOWN) Water great time this baby hippo is having cooling off in her morning shower.Kibibi was just 15 weeks old when she was filmed being hosed off with mother Cuddles while eating her breakfast last month.Staff insists the happy hippo loves being blasted by hoses in the summer heat at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, New South Wales Australia...SEE MERCURY COPY

Baby hippo Kibibi gets a path at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney. Taronga Zoo / Mercury Press / Caters News

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President Barack Obama gives a speech about housing and home ownership as he announces a cut in mortgage insurance premiums on Federal Housing Administration loans, a move aimed at attracting new homebuyers at Central High School, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

President Barack Obama speaks in Phoenix. AP

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