The day in photos

The day in photos

Jan 29, 2015

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*** VIDEO AVAILABLE *** VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE - NOVEMBER 2014: A stunning view of Victoria Falls and a double rainbow in November, 2014 at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. FIGHTING fierce wind and spray, two athletes fulfill a long-held dream to become the first people to walk a highline across Victoria Falls. With the force of one of the worlds largest waterfalls behind him, Lukas Irmler and Reinhard Kleindl carefully trod along the thin rope their mind concentrated on the finish point. The pair were faced with a difficult line rigged 100m high and 91m long and an additional challenge as the spray from the cascading wall of water doused the line with moisture and made it slippery. But both adventurers managed to complete the daring task. PHOTOGRAPH BY Planet Talk / 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

A double rainbow forms over Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Planet Talk / Barcroft Media

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HEIHE, CHINA - JANUARY 28: People's Liberation Army soldiers take aim during a field training exercise in snow-covered mountains January 28, 2015 in Heihe, China. PHOTOGRAPH BY Feature China / 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

Soldiers take aim in an exercise in Heihe, China. Barcroft

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JAKARTA, INDONESIA - JANUARY 25: An animal lover shows the Sunda slow loris during gathering with the community on January 25, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Animal lovers invite people to love and protect all reptiles of poaching in order to avoid extinction. PHOTOGRAPH BY Jefta Images / 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

A slow loris makes eyes at audiences in Jakarta, Indonesia. Jefta Images / Barcroft Media

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JAKARTA, INDONESIA - JANUARY 25: An animal lover shows the lizard during gathering with the community on January 25, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Animal lovers invite people to love and protect all reptiles of poaching in order to avoid extinction. PHOTOGRAPH BY Jefta Images / 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

A lizard shows off during an animal show in Jakarta, Indonesia. Jefta Images / Barcroft Media

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JANUARY 29: Emergency services personnel wearing protective clothing participate in an anti-terror and anti-chemical terror exercise held by South Korean Metropolitan Police at Seoul railway station on January 29, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. The drill comes amid international concerns about terrorism, natural disasters and concerns over North Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Emergency workers hold anti-chemical terror exercise in Seoul, South Korea. Getty

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 29: A bronze entitled Twelth portrait of Peggy Jean (The sick child) from 1928 is displayed at The Foundling Museum's exhibition 'Sir Jacob Epstein: Babies and Bloomsbury' on January 29, 2015 in London, England. The exhibition highlights a selection of his bronzes of babies and children, including members of his own family. He made his first sculptures of babies in Paris between 1902 and 1904. The exhibition runs from January 30 - May 10. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Sir Jacob Epstein’s sculptures are displayed in London. Getty

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Homeowners sit in a conference room in Detroit's Cobo Center while waiting for their cases to be heard to avoid foreclosure from tax debts in Detroit Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Hundreds of Detroit homeowners at risk of losing their property are flocking to hearings that offer them a last-ditch chance to avoid foreclosure. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Homeowners wait for foreclosure hearings in Detroit. AP

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The coffins of French Air Force soldiers who died in the NATO F-16 crash at Los Llanos air force base in Albacete on January 28, 2015 are unloaded from a plane at the BA 133 air base in Nancy, eastern France,Thursday Jan. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Mathieu Cugnot)

Coffins of French air force soldiers who died in the NATO F-16 crash at Los Llanos base in Albacete, Spain, are transported to Nancy, France. AP

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Rescue workers comb through the rubble of a children's hospital after a gas truck exploded, in Cuajimalpa on the outskirts of Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The powerful explosion shattered the hospital on the western edge of Mexico's capital, killing at least three adults and one baby and injuring dozens. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Rescue workers comb through rubble of a children’s hospital in Cuajimalpa, Mexico. AP

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Israeli border police officers stand guard during the memorial ceremony of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, on the 1st anniversary of his death at his grave site, in Havat Shikmim southern Israel, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Police guard a memorial service for former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Havat Shikmim, Israel. AP

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 29: Lightning strikes the Crown Entertainment Complex on January 29, 2015 in Perth, Australia. The dramatic scenes were captured by photographer Peter Coe using his Canon 600D. The strike knocked out power to the immediate surrounding area, setting car alarms off. PHOTOGRAPH BY Peter Coe / 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

Lightning strikes over Perth, Australia. Peter Coe / Barcroft Media

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A model wears a creation for Serkan Cura's Spring-Summer 2015 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

A model walks for Serkan Cura in Paris. AP

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Edward Mercer, a nonnative wildlife technician with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, holds a Burmese python, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in Miami. The invasive Burmese python has proliferated in the Everglades, and officials are now working to keep another species, the Northern African python, from slithering into the same territory. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

A wildlife technician handles a Burmese python in Miami. AP

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A Romanian priest exits a church built entirely from ice blocks cut from a frozen lake following a blessing religious service at the Balea Lac resort in the Fagaras mountains, Romania, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The blessing was performed jointly by priests from all Christian denominations in Romania and the church, built at an altitude of over 2,000 meters, will host all types of religious events like weddings and baptizing ceremonies as long as the cold weather lasts.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A priest leaves a church made entirely of ice in the Fagaras mountains, Romania. AP

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Snow falls on a flock of flamingos standing on a snow-covered field at a wildlife zoo in Hefei, Anhui province January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Flamingos prance in a snowy field at a Hefei, China, zoo. Reuters

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epaselect epa04593055 An anti-war campaigner wearing a face mask of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair demonstrates outside the British Houses of Parliament in central London, England, 29 January 2015. Anti-war campaigners protested over the delay in the publication of the Chilcot inquiry report. Parliament debates on the subject 29 January. The Chilcot Inquiry but formally known as The Iraq Inquiry is a British public inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq War. EPA/ANDY RAIN

Anti-war protesters rally in London. EPA

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Daughter Michelle Gomes (L) and wife Jacquita Gonzales of in-flight supervisor Patrick Francis Gomes, who was aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, comfort each other at their home in Kuala Lumpur January 29, 2015. Malaysia declared on Thursday the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 an accident, clearing the way for the airline to pay compensation to victims' relatives while the search for the plane goes on. The Boeing 777 aircraft disappeared on March 8 last year, carrying 239 passengers and crew shortly after taking off from the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, bound for Beijing. REUTERS/Olivia Harris (MALAYSIA - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Daughters of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in-flight supervisor Patrick Francis Gomes comfort one another in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Reuters

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A girl kisses her father, a conscript, after a ceremony marking enrolment for new conscripts in the Ukrainian army in Kiev January 29, 2015. Ukraine's parliament voted January 15 to refresh its front-line forces and resume partial conscription after a top security official warned that Russian forces backing separatist rebels had sharply increased military activity in the east. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A soldier kisses his daughter in Kiev, Ukraine, before leaving for service. AP

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A protestor with fake blood on her hands listens to former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (foreground) at the Senate Armed Services Committee on global challenges and U.S. national security strategy on Capitol Hill in Washington January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A protester listens to former Sec. of State Henry Kissinger in Washington. Reuters

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