Pope Francis visits Sri Lanka, East Coast ice, Dakar 2015, zoo animal inventory | Jan. 14
The day in photos around the world.
- Arctic sea smoke rises on the Royal River in Yarmouth, Maine, as a worker uses a push boat to break ice forming around a dredging operation, Wednesday morning, Jan 14, 2015. The temperature at sunrise was minus 8 degrees. Sea smoke occurs when extremely cold air passes over warmer water. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
- An Indian Sikh devotee prays as he takes a dip in the holy sarover (water tank ) during the Maghi Mela at the Sikh Shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar on January 14, 2015. The Maghi Mela follows the Lohri or harvest festival and commemorates fighters killed in the Battle of Khidrana fought between the Mughal army and the 10th Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh Ji in 1705. (Narinder Nanu/Getty Images)
- Visitors pose for photos in front of light decorations set up as part of an ice carvings festival held inside the Worker’s Stadium in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
- A male Orangutan climbs in its enclosure at the San Diego Zoo, California. Orangutans, native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia, are considered among the most intelligent primates. (Mark Ralston/Getty Images)
- A hippopotamus also known as the common hippo swims in its enclosure at the San Diego Zoo, California. The name hippopotamus comes from the ancient Greek for “river horse”. Hippos can be very aggressive towards humans. (Mark Ralston/Getty Images)
- Miss Universe contestants Patricija Belousova of Lithuania, center, Abena Appiah of Ghana, left, and Claudia Tavel of Bolivia, right, participate in a Zumba Class for the contestants, in Doral, Fla. The Miss Universe pageant will be held Jan. 25, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
- Indian villagers participate in community fishing during the Bhogali Bihu celebration at Goroimari Lake in Panbari village, some 50 kms from Guwahati. Bhogali Bihu is a harvest festival celebrated in India’s northeastern Assam state which starts on January 14. (Biju Boro/Getty Images)
- A corn snake sits on a rule during an animal inventory at the zoo in Duisburg, western Germany. (Rolf Vennenbernd/Getty Images)
- A leopard tortoise sits on the scales during an animal inventory at the zoo in Duisburg, western Germany. (Rolf Vennenbernd/Getty Images)
- A young girl watches a river dolphin swimming by at the aquarium of the Zoo in Duisburg, Germany. Every year the Zoo counts its animals, size and weight in an inventory. 4,237 animals in 356 species live in this western German Zoo. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
- Pope Francis waves to people as he arrives to lead a mass in the capital Colombo. Pope Francis urged respect for human rights as he began a two-nation Asia tour in a windswept Sri Lanka bearing a message of peace and reconciliation after a decades-long civil war. (Munir uz Zaman/Getty Images)
- Tear rolls down the cheeks of a Catholic devotee as Pope Francis delivers a prayer at the church of Our Lady of Madhu in Madhu, Sri Lanka,Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. Thousands of people waving the white and yellow Vatican flags were on hand to welcome Francis to the Our Lady of Madhu shrine, which is revered by both Sinhalese and Tamil Catholics, as well as Sri Lankans of other faiths. Francis also traveled to the jungles of war-torn northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday to show solidarity with the victims of the country’s 25-year civil war and urge forgiveness and reconciliation “for all the evil which this land has known.” (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
- Pope Francis reaches out to bless a Sri Lankan Catholic woman during his visit to the Church of Our Lady of Madhu in Madhu, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. Thousands of people waving the white and yellow Vatican flags were on hand to welcome Francis to the Our Lady of Madhu shrine, which is revered by both Sinhalese and Tamil Catholics, as well as Sri Lankans of other faiths. Francis also traveled to the jungles of war-torn northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday to show solidarity with the victims of the country’s 25-year civil war and urge forgiveness and reconciliation “for all the evil which this land has known.” (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
- Urmila Gogoi, 65, an Indian villager laughs as she enjoys taking part in the community fishing as part of the Bhogali Bihu celebrations at the Goroimari Lake in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. Bhogali Bihu marks the end of the harvesting season in the north eastern state of Assam. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
- Mourners exit the church after memorial services for 5-year-old Phoebe Jonchuck at Lake Magdalene Methodist Church in Tampa, Fla. Police say Phoebe, 5, died last week at the hands of her father, John Jonchuck Jr., who dropped the little girl from a bridge. She was found dead hours later about a mile away. A St. Petersburg police officer followed Jonchuck for speeding near the Sunshine Skyway bridge and saw him drop the girl into Tampa Bay. Jonchuck fled, but was later arrested and remains jailed on a first-degree murder charge. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, Eve Edelheit)
- Ice coats tree limbs at Riverview Farm Park, Wednesday morning, Jan. 14, 2015, in Newport News, Va. State transportation officials are advising motorists to be careful on Virginia roads because of icy conditions. (AP Photo/The Daily Press, Adrin Snider)
- A cyclist falls as their bike slides along Grace St. during an icy commute in downtown Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. State transportation officials are advising motorists to be careful on Virginia roads because of icy conditions. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Mark Gormus)
- A police officer checks on a wrecked car, while two other vehicles are carted off by wreckers in the background, along westbound Interstate 540 at the Glenwood Ave. interchange, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, in Raleigh, N.C. Some wrecks are being reported as freezing drizzle has fallen across much of central and eastern North Carolina.(AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chris Seward)
- What appears to be a huge snowstorm in Central Park in New York is actually workers making artificial snow in preparation for the annual Winter Jam. The Winter Jam, to be held January 24, 2015 is the ultimate snow day, a free winter sports festival for New Yorkers of all ages, where you can go skiing, snowshoeing, shop in a winter market, and sledding in fresh snow, right in the heart of New York City. (Timothy A. Clary/Getty Images)
- A horse in a field after heavy snow fall near Londonderry (Derry) in Northern Ireland. More than 100 schools and nurseries have been shut and many roads closed as snow and wintry weather swept across the UK. Dozens of schools in Northern Ireland have also been closed because of bad weather. (Paul Faith/Getty Images)
- Ukrainians fish in the frozen river Dnipro in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. Kiev’s temperature on Wednesday dropped to 7 C (44 F). (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
- Toyota’s driver Giniel De Villiers of South Africa and co-driver Dirk Von Zitzewitz of Germany compete during the Stage 9 of the Dakar 2015 between Iquique and Calama, Chile, on January 13, 2015. (Franck Fife/Getty Images)
- Toyota’s driver Giniel De Villiers of South Africa and co-driver Dirk Von Zitzewitz of Germany compete during the Stage 9 of the Dakar 2015 between Iquique and Calama, Chile. (Franck Fife/Getty Images)
- Officials investigate the scene of a prison transport bus crash in Penwell, Texas. Law enforcement officials said the bus carrying prisoners and corrections officers fell from an overpass in West Texas and crashed onto train tracks below, killing an unspecified number of people. (AP Photo/The Odessa American, Mark Sterkel)
- Bulgarian “Kukeri” dancers pose with their masks as they take part in the Kukeri Carnival in the village of Sirishnik. The Kukeri Carnival is a festival which marks the beginning of Spring. Every participant makes his own multi-colored personal mask, covered with beads, ribbons and woolen tassels. The heavy swaying of the main mummer is meant to represent wheat heavy with grain, and the bells tied around the waist are intended to drive away the evil spirits and the sickness. (Dimitar Dilkoff/Getty Images)
- People wait outside a newsagents in Paris on January 14, 2015 as the latest edition of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo goes on sale. The latest edition of Charlie Hebdo since Islamist attacks on the magazines offices left 12 people dead, has sold out in many parts of France. (Martin Bureau/Getty Images)