Photos of the day for Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015

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A competitor in action during Women’s Snowboard Cross training ahead of the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships on January 13, 2015 in Kreischberg, Austria. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

People walk their dogs at Bear Creek Dog Park, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Jerilee Bennett)

A man walks through a tunnel that connects two buildings of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in Houston. The tunnel, titled The Light Inside, is a work by American artist James Turrell. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Leonardo Mayer of Argentina serves against Jerzy Janowicz of Poland during their men’s singles match on day four of the Sydney International tennis tournament in Sydney on January 14, 2015. CRAIG GOLDING/AFP/Getty Images

A tribal Tiwa villager sits on a bamboo fishing tool and waits to participate in community fishing as part of the Bhogali Bihu celebrations at the Goroimari Lake in Panbari village, east of Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Indian villagers participate in community fishing during the Bhogali Bihu celebration at Goroimari Lake in Panbari village, some 50 kms from Guwahati, on January 14, 2015. Bhogali Bihu is a harvest festival celebrated in India’s northeastern Assam state which starts on January 14. BIJU BORO/AFP/Getty Images

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. NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images

Boston Bruins left wing David Pastrnak gives his stick to a young fan as he was named “No. 1 star of the game” after the Bruins’ NHL hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. The Bruins won 4-3. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

A Catholic priest adjusts the uniform of boys who are dressed as Vatican Swiss guards during a rehearsal for the visit of Pope Francis outside the Manila Cathedral Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Pope Francis greets a child as he arrives in Madhu on January 14, 2015. ALESSANDRA TARANTINO/AFP/Getty Images

A French police officer holds the hat of late police officer Ahmed Merabet during a ceremony to pay tribute to the three police officers killed in the attacks, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, pool)

People wait outside a newsagents in Paris on January 14, 2015 as the latest edition of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo goes on sale. MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images

Soldiers patrol a street in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. France ordered 10,000 troops into the streets Monday to protect sensitive sites, nearly half of them to guard Jewish schools, as it hunted for accomplices to the Islamic militants who left 17 people dead. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens at left as President Barack Obama speaks to media during his meeting with bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss a wide range of issues, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)


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