Daily life in January | Pictures in the news

In this Jan. 17, 2015, photo, ice covers Bruce and Carol Anderbery’s barn in rural Axtell, Neb. The Anderbery’s wanted to make room for a new building on their farm by demolishing the old barn. According to the Daily Citizen, Bruce decided in December that pouring massive amounts of water on the barn was the easiest way to bring it down. (AP Photo/Daily Citizen, Brad Roberts)

Young volunteers with the Little Helpers make their best ‘funny faces’ while posing with nearly 1,000 bagged bologna sandwiches they made at Neshoba Unitarian Universalist Church Sunday, January 18, 2015 in Memphis, Tenn. to be passed out at the First Presbyterian Soup Kitchen. The monthly service project is an important part of the Little Helpers mission to help kids understand the value of volunteering. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)

A young boy jumps over a puddle by the Tagus riverbank, in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015. At the background is the April 25th bridge, whose name was given after the Carnations revolution that restored the democracy in Portugal in April 1974. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Internally displaced Pakistani children from tribal areas attend their daily Madrassa, or Islamic school on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

A Chinese customer rests as he stands in a store in a shopping district on January 20, 2014 in central Beijing, China. China’s economic growth slowed to its weakest point in years to 7.4 percent. While its growth is stronger than most world economies, China announced Tuesday a strategy to encourage domestic consumption including retail spending in an effort to boost growth. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

7-foot-4 Harlem Globetrotter Stretch Middleton shows off his ball handling skills at the Star for Hope Women & Family Emergency Shelter, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Billy Smith II)

Chasie tries to play with his owner, Juanita Fansler, while she gathers leaves at her Bridgewater, Va., home Tuesday, Jan 20, 2014. (AP Photo/The Daily News-Record, Nikki Fox)

A Palestinian man plays the flute in Gaza City’s sea front on January 21, 2015. (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)

During a winter storm tourists imitate the character Rocky Balboa from the 1976 movie “Rocky,” on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

An Aldabra giant tortoise walks at a conservation compound on Changuu Island, northwest of Zanzibar, Tanzania, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. The endangered species, some of which live longer than 100 years old, continues to be brought to the island for protection from theft and better breeding. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

Daysi Villavicencio rides on the back of a photographer’s assistant to keep her gown from getting dirty as they’re reflected in a mirror at the iconic Cordano Bar in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. Villavicencio is celebrating her 15th birthday and had a series of pictures made in her formal “quinceanera” gown. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A tourist in a wheelchair poses for a picture with female police outside the government palace in downtown Lima, Peru, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. The police requested a group shot with him, using his camera, after he took pictures of them standing guard. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Dancers wearing bowler hats perform in a cloud of theatrical smoke in a pre-feast presentation in honor of Our Lady of Candelaria’s upcoming feast day celebrations, in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. A 15-day festival takes place annually in the patron saint’s honor in Puno, over 800 miles southeast of Lima. The cultural event, which begins Feb. 1, is recognized as one of the most popular and significant in South America. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

A pedestrian walks past Light Bulbs Unlimited during a recent rain shower along Westheimer Road, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Gary Coronado)

A girl rides on a carousel horse at the San Sebastian state fair in San Cristobal, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Miles McQuesten, 5, stands in front of a snowman, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, in Spokane, Wash. The boy and his father, Rick, built the snowman Friday morning, and the legs are constructed from branches and newspapers. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Dan Pelle)

Couples dance tango as fireworks go off in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, late Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. The performance, coined “La vida es una milonga,” or Life is a Milonga, was organized by artist Cai Guo-Qiang. (AP Photo/Ivan Fernandez)

In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, skiers take to the slopes of Nanshan ski resort in Beijing. As Beijing makes a final push in its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Chinese President Xi Jinping says winning the bid will encourage over 300 million Chinese to take up winter sports by 2022, according to state-run Xinhua News agency. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Construction workers stand on scaffolding to transfer iron bars at an office building which is being refurbished, in Beijing Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Adam Abadir swings his daughter Hanna, 2, during the grand opening Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at the new Bonita Springs Dog Park. Droves of people came out to have their canines romp through the new fenced play areas. Vendors had booths promoting their dog-centric businesses. The nearly 6 1/2-acre dog park at East Terry Street and Matheson Avenue cost an estimated $360,035. (AP Photo/Naples Daily News, Corey Perrine)

Six-year-old Emily Clark slides down the football practice field behind Danville High School in Danville, Ky., on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/The Advocate-Messenger, Clay Jackson)

Six-year-old Delainey Seaton spots her parents and waves on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, during the Bristol Bridal Expo at the Julian Carroll Convention Center in Paducah, Ky. Seaton is shown in a dress from designer Tip Top from Anne’s Bridals in West Paducah. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, John Paul Henry)

A detail shot of a Onc. Opalescent orchids during the orchid show at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Mich., Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Joel Bissell)

A Pakistani vendor releases bubbles to attract customers visiting Lake View park in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

An Afghan refugee boy holds a tire while standing next to his sheep feeding in a field on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

A trained monkey sits on a can next to his owner as they wait for customers to perform to in a park in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Contestants with ice pop in their mouth dip in a pool of ice-water during the cold endurance challenge event on Zhangjiajie’s Tianmen Mountain in central China’s Hunan province. Chen Kecai, right, stayed in the icy water for 64 minutes to win the event. (AP Photo)

Umbrellas are displayed for sale by a Pakistani vendor on a roadside in Murree, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

A man holds a cardboard toy horse for sale as he packs his portable shop after a street flea market in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Logan Vescovo, 5, shares his Ice Cream Pizza from the Maggie Moo’s booth with his one-year-old sister Kinley Vescovo (right) during the 26th annual Soup Sunday benefiting Youth Villages Sunday morning at FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn. Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, where guests were treated to gourmet food samples from over 40 area restaurants and caterers. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)

Rocket Navarro rides on Congress Avenue towards the Capitol for the Texas Confederation of Clubs and Independents Legislative Day, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Austin, Texas. Hundreds of bikers from around Texas paraded for motorcycle rights. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)

Greg Jensen stands and salutes as “Taps” is played nearby during military honors offered at the chapel nearby Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake, Wash. Jensen, a Vietnam era veterans of the Air Force, goes to the cemetery almost every day with his lawn chair and a Bible to visit the grave of his wife, Estrella, his wife of 42 years. “It’s been sixteen months and I miss her every day.” Indoors, a handful of veterans and a few family members read the names of veterans who died without a military funeral, said prayers and folded a flag, followed by a gun salute and “Taps.” (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Jesse Tinsley)

A person dressed as a bowling pin rides an escalator on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Ye Mystic Krewe pirates stand with Mayor Bob Buckhorn as he holds the key to the city in Tampa, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, Skip O’Rourke)

An Eurasian blue tit flies in a park in Munich, southern Germany, Wednesday Jan. 28, 2015. Weather forecasts predict changeable weather for Germany during the next few days. (AP Photo/dpa, Tobias Hase)

A Pakistani street barber gives a haircut to a customer, reflected on the mirror, on a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, right, instructs Shakayla Blair, left, during swim team practice at the Haslam Family Club University, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in Knoxville, Tenn. Phelps coached the swim team on behalf of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley and participated in an announcement about the “Our Kids, Our Future” campaign. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Adam Lau)

University of Tennessee cheerleaders Delaney Burton, left, and Kylee Dick help patient Emilie Gregg choose beads during the Beads of Courage program at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in Knoxville, Tenn. The program allows children with a serious illness to record their stories of survival by collecting beads for each step of their treatment. (AP Photo/Amy Smotherman Burgess, Knoxville News Sentinel)

Kaiden Wells, 10, throws a baseball during Odessa Rage Youth baseball team practice Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in Odessa, Texas. (AP Photo/Odessa American, Courtney Sacco)

A Bangladeshi boatmaker works on a skiff amid drying laundry as daily life goes on during a nationwide strike called by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led alliance in Dhaka on January 29, 2015. The coalition called the shutdown in protest against cases on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, and the arrest of its leaders and activists. (Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)

A man wearing a Spiderman costume walks outside the central market of Lima, Peru, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The man disguised as a comic strip hero is a street vender who sells toys, such as rubber balls. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Bangladeshis on country boats cross the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)

Children play under the water that they manage to spill over from a water tank, to cool off from the summer heat, at the Alemao Complex slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. State Environment Secretary Andre Correa acknowledged the region is ìexperiencing the worst water crisis in its history,î but said water provisioning would continue as normal through July, even in the worst-case scenario of continued drought over the coming weeks and months. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Lebanon City Fire Commissioner Duane Trautman pulls a cat from the storm drain on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 in Lebanon, Pa. (AP Photo/Lebanon Daily News, Jeremy Long)

Several inches of snow from the snowstorms of the past few days cover a row of colorful outdoor chairs for sale in Zelienople, Pa. on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Forecasters are predicting another clipper storm to pass through the region delivering freezing rain and snow through Friday. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Dave Eck talks to reporters on the upper balcony of the Allen Casey Barge on the north shore of the Tennessee River on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Eck works for Jackson Wingfield, who owns the adjoining property, and is staying on the barge to deter trespassers and keep and eye on Wingfield’s property. The barge suffers from structural problems and neglect, and has been the focus of long-term controversy. (AP Photo Chattanooga Times Free Press, John Rawlston)

A couple plays under a bridge on Lady Bird Lake as they take advantage of spring-like weather, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A crew member on theTowline, a 65-foot steel-hull ice breaking vessel, keeps watch while working in a snow storm to clear ice for a dredging operation on the Royal River, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, in Yarmouth, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Bangladeshi daredevil S.M. Rashed performs inside a Well of Death at a trade fair in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. In the Well of Death, stunt drivers on motorbikes and cars drive in circles around the vertical walls of the well-shaped construction. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)

A man jogs in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A goat named Lady stands at the front door of Lynne Rowe’s home at the Constance Creek Wildlife Refuge in Dunrobin, Ontario on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. As a way to recycle Christmas trees, Lynne feeds them to her herd of 13 goats at the refuge. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Cole Burston)

A Nepalese labor works at a cement lined pipe factory on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Laborers usually work from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. everyday earning $105 per month. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

An Afghan refugee schoolgirl displays her hands decorated with Bangles and painted with Henna paste during class at a makeshift school on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Pakistani children and staff returned to a school in northwestern Pakistan where Taliban gunmen nearly a month ago killed 150 people ó almost all of them students. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Anthony Zabielski takes a shot while playing ice hockey at Saratoga Spa State Park on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Samuel Alamo walks on Grand St. in Paterson, N.J. on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/The Record of Bergen County, Viorel Florescu)

A big Buddy Holly statue invites guests to an American diner restaurant in the city of Essen, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Cleo Gholizadeh, 25, of Raleigh, and her Terrier mix dog Bear, 13, walk some of the 3 miles of trails at the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. They typically go there about every other day, and Bear walks slow enough so that she can walk and read a book too. (AP Photo/News & Observer, Corey Lowenstein)

Afghan refugee children chase a balloon on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Cars drive by a faint rainbow as a water main rupture spews water across all four lanes of traffic on Humbert Road in Godfrey, Ill., Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. Numerous motorists took advantage of the water, deliberately stopping under it to wash the road salt off their vehicles. (AP Photo/The Telegraph, John Badman)

Workers with Jenkintown Building Services wash a skyscraper’s windows Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, in the Center City section of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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