A look at some of the top stories and moments for the day from around the world.
Pope Francis caresses 12-year-old Glyzelle Palomar, a rescued street child during his meeting with youths in Santo Tomas University in Manila, Philippines on Sunday. The pope ditched his prepared remarks and spoke off the cuff in his native Spanish to respond to Glyzelle, who wept as she asked Francis why children suffer so much. Palomar, a former street child rescued by a church-run foundation, told him of children who are abandoned or neglected by their parents and end up on the streets using drugs or in prostitution. | AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino
An Orthodox Christian pilgrim is baptized during an Epiphany celebrations in the Jordan River at the Qasir al-Yahud baptismal on Sunday near Jericho, West Bank. Pilgrims gathered for the annual celebration at the site that the Eastern churches believes Jesus was baptised by John. | Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images
Members of United Christian Movement chant slogans during demonstration against caricatures published in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, in Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday. The banner on top reads, ‘”Pakistani Christians condemn targeting religion in the garb of freedom of expression and demand the French government ban Charlie Hebdo.” Dozens of people of Pakistani Christian community demonstrated in Peshawar against the satirical newspaper and its publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. | AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad
