Pope Francis in Asia, Charlie Hebdo victims’ funerals, Biathlon World Cup| Jan. 15
The day in photos around the world.
- Filipino activists unfurl a painting with an image of Pope Francis as they prepare to welcome him during his visit to Manila, Philippines Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. The Pope is set to arrive later Thursday for a pastoral visit which is expected to draw millions of faithful where about 81-percent of the population is Catholic. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
- Pope Francis souvenirs are displayed by street vendors in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. Pope Francis arrives Thursday from Sri Lanka for a pastoral visit which is expected to draw millions of faithful where about 81-percent of the population is Catholic. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
- A performer checks her make-up as they wait for the arrival of Pope Francis Thursday, Jan.15, 2015 at suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. Pope Francis arrives Thursday for a five-day apostolic visit in this predominantly Catholic nation in Asia. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
- Sri Lankan girls throw flowers towards Pope Francis as he arrives to visit the ëOur Lady of Lankaí chapel at the Benedict XVI Cultural Institute in Bolawalana, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. Pope Francis departed Sri Lanka Thursday for the Philippines, Asia’s most populous Catholic nation, where ecstatic crowds await the first papal visit in 20 years. During his time in Sri Lanka, he traveled to the jungles of the war-torn north for a show of solidarity with the victims of the country’s 25-year civil war, urging people to forgive one another “for all the evil which this land has known.” (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
- Pallbearers carry the casket of Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Bernard Verlhac, known as Tignous, decorated by friends and colleagues of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, at the city hall of Montreuil, outside east of Paris, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. Funerals are being held today for at least of the six staff members of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, who were killed last week in a terror attack on their offices in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
- Pope Francis waves to Filipinos upon his arrival in Manila, Philippines Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. The Pope arrived today for a pastoral visit which is expected to draw millions of faithful where about 81-percent of the population is Catholic. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
- Germany’s Severin Freund soars through the air during his trial jump at the 17th World Cup Ski Jumping competition, in Wisla, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
- Quentin Fillon Maillet of France in action during the IBU Biathlon World Cup Men’s Relay on January 15, 2015 in Ruhpolding, Germany. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Bongarts/Getty Images)
- Runners in The Higos Insurance Services Somerton Handicap Hurdle Race make their way down the back straight at Wincanton racecourse on January 15, 2015 in Wincanton, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)
- A Kashmiri boy plays on a swing in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. Set in the Himalayas at 5,600 feet above sea level, Kashmir is a green, saucer-shaped valley surrounded by snowy mountain ranges with over 100 lakes dotting its highlands and plains. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
- Indian paramilitary soldiers rehearse for the upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. U.S. President Barack Obama will be Chief Guest in this year’s Republic Day parade, marked annually on Jan. 26. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
- Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland (R) is watched by his coach Michael Bannon (L) and caddie JP Fitzgerald on the practice range during the first round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club on January 15, 2015 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)