2015-01-10



People take part in a traditional Roman Catholic Three Kings Day procession in Gdansk January 6, 2015. (Photo by Lukasz Glowala/Reuters/Agencja Gazeta)



A man tries to take pictures of the Mediterranean Sea as waves break on Tel Aviv’s beach promenade January 6, 2015. (Photo by Baz Ratner/Reuters)



A bride (2nd L) and her friends walk behind a photographer as they brave the wind on the shore of the Mediterranean sea in the southern city of Ashkelon January 6, 2015. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)

Palestinians take a photo as snow falls in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, January 9, 2015. Snow fell in parts of the Middle East on Wednesday as a powerful winter storm swept through the region. Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have declared a state of emergency over the storm. (Photo by Nasser Shiyoukhi/AP Photo)

Pedestrians, with a vintage tram in the background, take a “selfie” as snow falls at the main shopping street of Istiklal in central Istanbul January 6, 2015. (Photo by Murad Sezer/Reuters)

A Hubble telescope photograph of the iconic Eagle Nebula’s “Pillars of Creation” is seen in this NASA image released January 6, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team)

A bigger and sharper Hubble telescope photograph of the iconic Eagle Nebula’s “Pillars of Creation” (R) is seen next to the original 1995 Hubble picture in this NASA image released January 6, 2015. By comparing the 1995 and 2014 pictures, astronomers also noticed a lengthening of a narrow jet-like feature that may have been ejected from a newly forming star. Over the intervening 19 years, this jet has stretched farther into space, across an additional 60 billion miles, at an estimated speed of about 450,000 miles per hour, according to a NASA news release. (Photo by Reuters/NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team)

A woman and the Chicago skyline are reflected in the snow covered, curved surface of the “Cloud Gate” sculpture in Chicago, Illinois, January 6, 2015. A bitter cold snap is freezing most of the eastern half of the United States, driving the mercury below zero in the Midwest on Monday, with possible freezing temperatures as far south as Atlanta later this week, forecasters said. (Photo by Jim Young/Reuters)

Policemen dressed as the Three Wise Men, Melchior, Balthasar and Gaspar, ride horses as they greet people during the celebration of Epiphany, or Three Kings’ Day, in central Lima January 6, 2015. (Photo by Enrique Castro-Mendivil/Reuters)

Women chat in front of a McDonald’s restaurant in Caracas January 6, 2015. Venezuelan fast-food lovers are mourning the disappearance of McDonald’s golden staple: the french fry. A recent shortage at the U.S. fast food chain comes as socialist Venezuela grapples with shortfalls of basic goods ranging from medicines to flour due to strict currency controls that stymie imports. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

Six hand-picked shoppers prepare to sleep overnight in the Galeries Lafayette department store, as part of a special event on the eve of the start of winter sales, in Paris, January 6, 2015. (Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters)

Kareen (L), from France, prepares to sleep overnight in the Galeries Lafayette department store with five other hand-picked shoppers, as part of a special event on the eve of the start of winter sales, in Paris, January 6, 2015. (Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters)

Mongolian-born sumo grand champion, or “yokozuna”, Hakuho (R) performs a ring-entering ceremony beside Tsuyuharai Kaisei (L) at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on January 7, 2015. Three sumo grand champions Hakuho, Kakuryu and Harumafuji, as well as Sumo Association leaders, made their New Year pilgrimage to the shrine on January 7, pledging to work hard to make Japan’s national sport a success this year. (Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP Photo)

Russian Cossacks, dressed in a traditional uniform, guard the territory outside the Kazan Cathedral, where an Orthodox Christmas service is held, under a heavy snowfall in Stavropol, southern Russia January 7, 2015. Most Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar on January 7, two weeks after most western Christian churches that abide by the Gregorian calendar. (Photo by Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)

Children play soccer at a settlement on the arid hills north of the Capital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, January 9, 2014. The area was initially only meant to house earthquake refugees stuck in tent shelters considered most at risk for floods or landslides, but it is growing so fast that U.S. State Department officials say the settlement could soon be considered Haiti’s second largest city. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)

Paraguayan Anacleto Escobar (R), veteran of the Chaco War (1932-1935) fought between Paraguay and Bolivia, and his wife Cayetana Roman, smile during a ceremony coinciding with his 100th birthday in which they received a house – the first in their lives they own – as a gift for his merits, in Neembucu, Paraguay, on January 7, 2015. The event was organized by the governor of the state of Neembucu, Carlos Silva, to honour Escobar. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)

Artist Grahame Patrick from Ireland stands next to a photo of late US singer Elvis Presley during a rehearsal of the musical “Elvis – The Musical” in Berlin, Germany, 06 January 2015 (issued 07 January). Patrick is performing as an Elvis look-alike. Presley would have turned 80 on 08 January 2015. He died on 16 August 1977 in Memphis. (Photo by Stephanie Pilick/EPA)

Members of Sydney’s French community gather in the heart of the city to hold aloft banners reading “Je Suis Charlie” (I am Charlie) on January 8, 2015, in tribute to the victims killed after gunmen opened fire in the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris the day before. The vigil, just metres from where two hostages and a gunman died after a cafe siege in Sydney’s Martin Place less than a month ago, saw many French and Australians carrying white and black “Je Suis Charlie” placards. (Photo by Peter Parks/AFP Photo)

The outfit of an Elvis tribute artist is seen as he waits for the Elvis Express headed to the 2015 Parkes Elvis Festival to depart from Central Station on January 8, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. The Parkes Elvis Festival is held annually over five days, timed to coincide with Elvis Priestly’s birthday in January. Over 1300 attendees are expected at this festival to celebrate Elvis’ 80th birthday. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

A visitor poses as she views Song for Coal, a large-scale kaleidoscopic projection inside St. Bartholomews Chapel at Yorkshire Sculpture Park on January 8, 2015 in Wakefield, England. The new work by Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson explores the physical and cultural properties of coal and its history in the formation of Yorkshire, the landscape and it’s people. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Mercedes-Benz decorated with more than 300,000 Swarovski crystals is seen on display at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2015 at Makuhari Messe on January 9, 2015 in Chiba, Japan. It is priced at approximately 835,000 US Dollars. (Photo by Keith Tsuji/Getty Images)

A monkey tries to climb onto a railway platform near a running train on a foggy morning at Chola, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Thursday, January 8, 2015. Intense cold wave swept across large parts of north India as fog disrupted road, rail and air traffic in a few areas. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)

Plumes of steam blow from the Wyman station power plant on Cousins Island in Yarmouth, Maine, where the temperature at dawn was several degrees below zero, Thursday, January 8, 2015. Dangerously cold air has sent temperatures plummeting around the U.S. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)

A woman carries a beverage in a plastic foam cup, Thursday, January 8, 2015 in New York. Nearly two years after former Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested banning foam food containers, Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to announce the ban is a reality. (Photo by Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)

A woman photographs the sea smoke rising from the harbor in Portland, Maine, where the temperature at dawn was minus 9 degrees F, Thursday, January 8, 2015. Dangerously cold air has sent temperatures plummeting around the U.S. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)

Kiyoshi kimura, president of Kiyomura K.K, poses for photos with a 180.4 kilograms (397 pounds) fresh tuna after this year’s first auction at Tsukiji Market on January 5, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. A fresh whole tuna weighing 180.4 kilograms (397 pounds), sold for 4.51 million yen (approximately $37,500) by Sushi Zanmai, a Tokyo-based sushi chain operator. (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images)

People visit Luoxingdun, an island located in the middle of Poyang Lake with ancient pavilions and tower built in Song Dynast, by going through Poyang lake’s lake bed on January 3, 2015 in Xingzi County, Jiujiang city of China. Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake, has seen a very low water level in recent days which let people visit the scenic spot in the middle of the lake by walking throgh its lake bed. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

People gather around and ontop of the Republique Plaza statue during the solidarity demonstration in Paris, Thursday, January 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre, fearing they might strike again. (Photo by Francois Mori/AP Photo)

A girl touches a papier-mache pandas before it is displayed at the National Monument in Kuala Lumpur on January 9, 2015. The event, consisting of placing 1,600 papier-mache pandas in various cities around the world, was created by French artist Paulo Grangeon in collaboration with the WWF and is aimed at raising awareness of the endangered species. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)

The view of the sea near the coastal city of Limassol is seen in the background through the fir trees after four-days of heavy snow on Troodos mountain, in Cyprus, Thursday, January 8, 2015. Cyprus is in the grip of a mid-winter storm bringing heavy rains, low temperatures and snow in the Troodos mountain range. (Photo by Petros Karadjias/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, January 4, 2015 photo, workers place ingredients into instant noodles packaging at a food factory in Huaibei in central China’s Anhui province. China’s consumer inflation edged up in December despite the slump in global oil prices but was still well below the official target. Prices rose 1.5 percent from a year earlier, up from November’s 1.4 percent increase, government data showed Friday, Jan. 9. (Photo by AP Photo)

An Israeli girl takes photos of high waves in the Mediterranean Sea with her mobile phone in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, January 7, 2015 during a heavy winter storm seeping through the Middle East. (Photo by Oded Balilty/AP Photo)

A member of an historic club wearing 1812-era French army uniform fires his rifle, during an historic festival to mark the Russian Orthodox Christmas in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, January 7, 2015. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)

Artist Kaya Mar holds a painting of British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel near Downing Street on January 7, 2015 in London, England. The two leaders are expected to discuss a range of issues including the crisis in Ukraine, the European economy and Germany’s year-long presidency of the G7 group of nations ahead of the G7 summit, being held in the Bavarian Alps in June. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)

An Indian soldier from the Border Security Force camel mounted division speaks to his camel as it rests during preparations for the upcoming Republic day parade amidst the morning fog, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, January 7, 2015. U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit India as the chief guest for this year’s Republic Day celebrations, marked on Jan. 26. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)

Caroline Yoder, center, the baby daughter of Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-KS) makes a friend across the aisle as representatives stand for the prayer on opening day of the 114th Congress, on January, 06, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post)

People sit in a carriage drawn by a horse during the traditional Epiphany celebration in the village of Pietrosani, Romania, on January 6, 2015. As every year, horse owners and their animals gathered on a field next to the village to be blessed by an orthodox priest and to take part in a horse race. (Photo by Daniel Mihailescu/AFP Photo)

A window mannequin wrapped into clothesline and spined with cable ties stands in Hanover, Germany, 05 January 2015. The sculpture is part of the crowd art project “PENvolution – PencilmobilRoom” iniciated by German artist Kerstin Schulz. The sculptures will be part of an exhibition that merges different pieces of art into a big installation at the municipal art gallery Kubus in Hanover end of January. (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte/EPA)

Catherina Pareto, left, and her partner Karla Arguello celebrate on the court house steps after Circuit Court Judge Sarah Zabel lifted a stay on her July ruling that Florida’s same s*x marriage ban violates equal protections under the U.S. Constitution, Monday, January 5, 2015 in Miami. Judge Zabel provided a jump-start Monday to Florida’s entry as the 36th state where gays and lesbians can legally marry, saying she saw no reason why same-s*x couples couldn’t immediately get their licenses in Miami-Dade County ahead of a midnight launch statewide. (Photo by Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo)

A Rajasthani folk dance artist performs while standing on two glasses during the “Dhora Ri Mahak” festival in Bhopal, India, 07 January 2015. The event is being organised by the “Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya” anthropology museum. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA)

Women look at an art installation as part of the Street Art project “Laman Seni” in Shah Alam, Malaysia, 09 January 2015. Laman Seni is organized by the local council that redefines prevents unhealthy activities and make a useable space for the community at the same time enhancing the urban condition, to improve the standard of life. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)

A girl practices her dance steps before participating in the traditional parade of La Diablada en Pillaro, Ecuador, Sunday, January 4, 2015. Originally people dressed in devil costumes where used to open up space to allow other participants to dance, but over the years the character gained popularity and became the most popular costume of the feast. (Photo by Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo)

Ice forms on an depiction of Skip Baumhower standing behind a camera on a tripod on the front lawn of Baumhower’s home in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Thursday, January 8, 2015. This winter’s coldest weather yet plunged Alabama into a deep freeze and broke records early Thursday, with temperatures dropping into the single digits before dawn across the northern third of the state. (Photo by Michelle Lepianka Carter/AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News)

Indian students pour water on each other as part of a ritual bath on the eve of Magh Purnima in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, January 4, 2015. Many Hindu devotees take holy bath during the auspicious festival hoping that their sins are washed away according to ancient Hindu tradition. (Photo by AP Photo/Press Trust of India)

A young girl poses with a Morpho Polyphemus butterfly during a butterfly exhibition in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 09 January 2015. According to local reports the exhibition “Happy Tropics” opened 30 December 2014 and runs until 09 February 2015 and includes a number of colorful and rare butterfly species. (Photo by Igor Kovalenko/EPA)

A woman walks down a snowy sidewalk on January 6, 2015 in New York City. Today the city will be hit by its first major snowstorm of the winter season. (Photo by Andrew Burton/AFP Photo)

The Holly Man, a character from pagan myths and folklore, holds the crowns of the new King and Queen, during a performance in a folk play near the Globe Theatre in central London on January 4, 2015, in celebration of Twelfth Night, marking the end of the twelve days of winter festivities. (Photo by Andrew Cowie/AFP Photo)

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