The day in photos

The day in photos

Jan 27, 2015

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and Auschwitz survivor Eva Fahidi chat as they attend the opening event for the international remembrance of the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz in Berlin January 26, 2015. Nazi Germany built the Auschwitz camp in 1940 as a place of incarceration for the Poles. From 1942, it became the largest site of extermination of the Jews from Europe. In Auschwitz, Nazis killed at least 1.1 million people, mainly Jews, but also Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war and prisoners of other ethnicities. On January 27, 1945 the camp was liberated by the Red Army soldiers. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY - Tags: ANNIVERSARY POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Auschwitz survivor Eva Fahidi chat in Berlin. Reuters

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama watch India's Republic Day parade from behind rain streaked bullet proof glass as they stand in the rain together in New Delhi January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama brave the rain in New Delhi. Reuters

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Lightning strikes over buildings at central Syntagma square during heavy rainfall in Athens January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (GREECE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Lightning strikes over Syntagma square in Athens. Reuters

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A new born Blackbuck antelope (Antilope cervicapra) is seen at its enclosure at the Budapest Zoo and Botanic Garden of the Hungarian capital on January 23, 2015. The young animal was born on January 6, and will be presented for public next week. AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEK (Photo credit should read ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images)

A newborn antelope peeks out of his enclosure in the Budapest Zoo. Getty

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: People brave the wet weather to celebrate Australia Day on one of the Sydney's beloved ferries racing from Circular Quay to Shark Island and back to the finishing post under Sydney Harbour Bridge on January 26, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. Australia Day, formerly known as Foundation Day, is the official national day of Australia and is celebrated annually on January 26 to commemorate the arrival of the First Fleet to Sydney in 1788. (Photo by Jessica Hromas/Getty Images)

Revelers brave rain to watch the annual Australia Day Ferry Race in Sydney. Getty

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MURRURUNDI, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: A woman has a Australian flag painted on her face during Australia Day celebrations in Murrurundi on January 26, 2015 in Murrurundi, Australia. Australia Day, formerly known as Foundation Day, is the official national day of Australia and is celebrated annually on January 26 to commemorate the arrival of the First Fleet to Sydney in 1788. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

A proud Aussie celebrates Australia Day in Murrurundi, Australia. Getty

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 26: Military personnel march into the Houses of Parliament on January 26, 2015 in London, England. 120 military personnel from all three services were accompanied by the Band of the Grenadier Guards as they marched from Wellington Barracks to the Houses of Parliament. The march was led by Commander 102 Logistics Brigade Brigadier Darrell Amison, the final Commander of Joint Force Support for Operation Herrick and is their final march into their Houses of Parliament. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Soldiers march to Parliament in London. Getty

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PIC FROM GERALDINE DAVIES / CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: The otter with the adorable pup ) - This mother and pup are otterly in love - as they float down a river. The young sea otter was filmed lying on its mums belly as the pair floated down a river. The heartwarming moment was captured by Geraldine Davies while on a sailing dingy in Monterey, California. Geraldine, 53, from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, said, I live on a sail boat with my husband and we were out in Monterey Harbour on our dingy when we came across this mother and her pup resting under the boardwalk. SEE CATERS COPY.

Otters float in Monterey, California. Geraldine Davies, Caters News

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Julia takes a selfie with a seal in a water tunnel at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A seal poses for a visitor’s selfie in a Gelsenkirchen, Germany, zoo. AP

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Demonstrators help hold a large "Come and Take It" banner at a rally in support of open carry gun laws at the Capitol, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Protesters hold a banner reading “Come and take it” in Washington. AP

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U.S President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks at the CEO Summit at theTaj Palace Hotel in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Officials in both countries say Obama and Modi developed an easy chemistry when they first met in Washington last fall. The two leaders spent several hours together Sunday and heralded their close relationship. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama speaks in New Delhi, India. AP

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Women sit on a bench at a pavilion in the fog on Mt. Namsan in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Fog covers Seoul, South Korea. AP

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A woman sleeps on top of her luggage at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Airlines canceled thousands of flights into and out of East Coast airports as a major snowstorm packing up to 3 feet of snow barrels down on the region. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

A woman sleeps on her luggage at LaGuardia Airport following blizzard-related flight cancellations. AP

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Pic shows: Chinese girl Huang Xijun has gone to the streets offering to marry the first man who will pay the medical bill needed to save her brother's life. This young Chinese girl has gone to the streets offering to marry the first man who will pay the medical bill needed to save her brother's life. Huang Xijun, 24, has been struggling to care for her younger brother Huang Xichao, 19, ever since he was diagnosed as suffering from leukaemia. Together with her father they both worked to earn money while her mother cared for the boy. And despite spending everything they owned on treatment, they still ended up 30,000 GBP in debt. And the situation became critical when there were complications after a bone marrow transplant meaning that the boy needed more surgery, and then tragically the mother died in a car accident. It left the girl desperate and finally she decided that the only thing to do would be to offer to marry the man who agreed to pay the money to save her brother. Now they are standing every day outside Kunming railway station in the city of Kunming in south-western China‚Äôs Yunnan province to seek for help. According to pictures published in local media the girl carried a sign saying: "As long as you can offer the money to save my brother, I will marry you and I can go home with you now to hold the wedding without any delay." To show her sincerity, the girl even wore a wedding dress and insisted when questioned that she was prepared to go through the marriage ceremony immediately. (ends)¬†¬†

Huang Xijun of Yunnan, China, offers herself in marriage to the first person who will pay her brother’s medical bills. Europics

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Pic shows: Guillermo Cienfuegos Perez, known as Little Tear to fans, is to run as a candidate in the mayoral race in the western city of Guadalajara, Mexico. A circus clown could be laughing all the way to the Town Hall after election officials in Mexico gave him permission to stand in an election for a city mayor. Big top star Guillermo Cienfuegos Perez - known as Little Tear to fans - is to run as a candidate in the mayoral race in the western city of Guadalajara. One of only 10 independents allowed to stand, he said: "Politics is full of clowns pretending to be politicians so I should fit right in." Guillermo, 53, added: "I may be a clown but I don't intend to be a joke candidate. "There are serious issues like unemployment and industry to address and I'll make a better job of it than any professional politician. "The mistakes they make are no laughing matter." Opponents tried to stop the entertainer's candidacy by claiming he did not have enough signatures on a petition supporting his candidacy. But the region's Instituto Electoral y de Participacion has backed his application. Spokesman Melin Cuellar said: "He has earned his right to be on the ballot paper. It is up to the voters now." With help from his 24-year-old son Costel Cienfuegos, Guillermo is running a political campaign called: "Stop clown politicians, it is time to politicise clowns. It is time that a real clown actually governs." (ends)

Guillermo Cienfuegos Perez campaigns for his mayoral run in Guadalajara, Mexico. Europics

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epaselect epa04586382 A supporters of SYRIZA approaches its leader and newly sworn-in Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (C) for a hug as he is on his way to enters the Prime Minister's offices, the Maximos Mansion, in Athens, Greece, 26 January 2015. Others are not identified. President Karolous Papoulias had administered the oath in an earlier ceremony at the presidential palace in Athens. EPA/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU

A supporter races to hug newly sworn-in Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens. EPA

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epaselect epa04585535 A float from the Indian state of Goa rolls down at Rajpath during the 66th Republic day function in New Delhi, India on 26 January 2015. President Obama is the first United States president to be guest of honour at India's annual Republic Day parade. EPA/HARISH TYAGI

Republic Day is celebrated in New Delhi, India. EPA

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epaselect epa04584334 Participants are covered in a mixture of flour and bran ('farelos') during the 'Domingo Fareleiro' festivities in Xinzo de Limia town, Ourense province, north-western Spain, 25 January 2015. As a purification ritual, the 'Domingo Fareleiro' is a battle of flour that takes place every year in the town in a unique celebration that gives the starting signal for a long festive period named 'Entroido' ('Carnival' in Galician). Xinzo of Limia's Entroido, declared of National Tourist Interest, is considered the longest Carnival throughout Galicia. EPA/BRAIS LORENZO

Revelers are covered in flour and bran at Domingo Fareleiro festival in Ourense, Spain. EPA

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Orphaned and injured sloths are cared for at The Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica in Central America. The refuge on the country's Caribbean coast takes in dozens of the adorable mammals each year. Sloths do not have many natural predators in Costa Rica but they are often injured by electric fences and other human developments. Spirit the three-toed sloth is between 2-3 months old, she was found sick and alone in the Cahuita National Park. "We do not actually know what happened to her mother, said her handler at the sanctuary in the Limon region of CR. "She was found abandoned by a member of the public who called us in to help her". Toyota, another three-toed sloth, lost her arm on a power cable as an infant and was found dying on the forest floor. "Unfortunately she cannot survive in the wild so she will live here with us for the rest of her days," said the staff member, who educates visitors about the habits and character of these solitary, tree-dwelling creatures. "Most people love slot

A sloth gets some TLC at a Costa Rica Sloth Sanctuary. Splash

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A child plays in Central Park as it snows in the Manhattan borough of New York January 26, 2015. Winter Storm Juno has brought blizzard warning for New York and much of the North East United States. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A sledder makes the most of the 2015 blizzard in Central Park. Reuters

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