Pope visits Asia, Miss Universe press conference, protest in Germany | Jan. 12

Jan 12, 2015

Pope visits Asia, Miss Universe press conference, protest in Germany | Jan. 12

Matt Bracken 0 Comment Daily Brief, The Baltimore Sun

The day in photos around the world.

: An Indonesian worker (top center) cuts the tail of the AirAsia flight QZ8501 in Kumai on January 12, 2015, after debris from the crash was retrieved from the Java sea. (AFP/Getty Images)

: A Cambodian man (top) takes a picture of a generator in a powerhouse during the inauguration of the Stung Russey Chrum Krom hydro-electric dams in Koh Kong province on January 12, 2015. (AFP/Getty Images)

: Ford Motor Co., Executive Chairman Bill Ford, left, and President and COO Mark Fields stand next to the new Ford GT during the North American International Auto Show, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

: A competitor races past Cactus Island along the Uyuni salt flats during the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally 2015 between Uyuni, Bolivia, and Iquique, Chile, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

: KTM rider Jordi Viladoms from Spain races during the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally 2015 between Iquique, Chile, and Uyuni, Bolivia, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. The race will finish on Jan. 17, passing through Bolivia and Chile before returning to Argentina where it started. (AP photo/Felipe Dana)

: Latifa Ibn Ziaten, right, president of the Imad association and mother of French soldier Imad Ibn Ziaten who was killed by Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah, attends a ceremony at the Grand Synagogue in Paris, France, for all the victims of the attacks in Paris this week, which claimed 17 lives, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Matthieu Alexandre, Pool)

: A protestor holds a poster showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel wearing a head scarf in front of the Reichtstags building with a crescent on top and the writing ‘Mrs Merkel here is the people’ during a rally of the group Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West, or PEGIDA, in Dresden, Germany, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

: Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner huddles with his family after being sworn in as Illinois’ 42nd governor during ceremonies Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

: Indonesian air force personnel carry the flight data recorder of the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 that crashed in the Java Sea, at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

: Pope Francis boards the airplane on the occasion of his trip to Sri Lanka and Philippines, at Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

: A Bahraini anti-government protester holds a national flag and a poster of jailed Shiite opposition leader Sheik Ali Salman during clashes with riot police firing tear gas in Bilad al Qadeem, Bahrain, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

: Miss Universe contestant Desire Cordero, of Spain, poses for a photo after a news conference for contestants from Latin America and Spain, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

: A Nepalese labor works at a cement lined pipe factory on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

: FC Barcelona’s Neymar, from Brazil, right, celebrates with Lionel Messi after scoring against Atletico Madrid during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

: Denver Broncos fan Shane Hergenreder, of Denver, stands on top of his RV as he holds a tail gate party outside of the venue before a 2015 AFC Divisional Playoff game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on January 11, 2015 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

: A placard reading “I am human” is seen on top of flowers at a makeshift memorial near the headquarters of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo at the end of the unity rally “Marche Republicaine” on January 11, 2015 in Paris in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree by homegrown Islamists. (JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

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