Photos of the Day for Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015

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A look at some of the top stories and images around the world for Thursday.

Bangladeshi children travel at the back side of a moving train at a railway station during the second day of a 48-hour general strike called by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. Supporters of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who boycotted the last vote, demand that the government resign and hold new elections immediately, but Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government will remain in office until her term ends in 2019. | A.M. Ahad / AP

Palestinian Greek Orthodox Archbishop Atallah Hanna (C) walks beside Sheikh Hatem al-Bakri (R) in a demonstartion on January 22, 2015 in the West Bank city of Hebron, in protest against a recent cartoon of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed that was published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo last week. The cover cartoon of the prophet carried by Charlie Hebdo, in its first edition since an attack on its Paris offices claimed by Al-Qaeda Islamists killed 12 people on January 7, has sparked angry protests across the Muslim world as most Muslims regard any depiction of the prophet as sacrilege. | Getty Images

Soldiers of the Chadian army guard on January 21, 2015, at the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, some 40 km from Maltam, as part of a military contingent against the armed Islamist group Boko Haram. Chad, seen as having the most capable military in the region, sent on January 17-18, 2015 a convoy of troops and 400 military vehicles into neighbouring Cameroon to battle Boko Haram. | Ali Kaya / Getty Images

A model wears a creation for Irene Luft’s Fall/Winter 2015-2016 collection as part of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, in Berlin, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. | Markus Schreiber / AP

A Russian backed separatist rebel takes cover in a shelter from shelling in the Kievsky district, 3 km from the Airport, in Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. A mortar shell hit a bus in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Thursday, killing at least 13 people, the separatist leader in the city said. It was unclear immediately which side was responsible for the attack, which killed passengers instantly and blew out the windows of a nearby building. | Manu Brabo / AP

Karen Andre releases a sky lantern during the candlelight vigil at the Browns Mills United Methodist Church for a newborn baby that was set on fire, in Browns Mills, N.J., Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. Police found Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier’s baby in flames Friday night in the middle of a Pemberton Township road and arrested her. The baby was alive and breathing when she was flown to a hospital in Philadelphia, but she died two hours later. | Elizabeth Robertson / AP

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s seat is empty before session in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. Silver, who has been one of the most powerful men in Albany for more than two decades, was arrested Thursday on public corruption charges. | Mike Groll / AP

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick reacts during a news conference prior to a team practice in Foxborough, Mass., Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. Belichick addressed the issue of the NFL investigation of deflated footballs. | Elise Amendola / AP

Part of the New York City skyline peers through smoke rising at an apartment complex the morning after flames engulfed the building, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Edgewater, N.J. Authorities had not determined the cause of the fire. | Julio Cortez / AP

Steam rises from a power plant behind the Moskva River as tourists walk along the Red Square with St. Basil’s Cathedral, at left, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2014. The structure at right is the Spassky Tower, which is currently being renovated. | Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP

Pakistani Islamists burn a French flag during a protest against the printing of satirical sketches of the Prophet Mohammad by French magazine Charlie Hebdo in Quetta on January 22, 2015. BANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images

Antti-Jussi Kemppainen of Finland competes during the Men’s Ski Halfpipe qualification at FIS Freestyle and Snowboarding World Ski Championships 2015 in Kreischberg, Austria on January 21, 2015. MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images

US President Barack Obama speaks about the economy at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, January 21, 2015. Obama is traveling on a 2-day, 2 state trip to Idaho and Kansas following his State of the Union address. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

A wounded Syrian child receives treatment at a makeshift hospital in the rebel held area of Douma, north east of the capital Damascus, after he was injured by a reported air strike fired by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on January 21, 2015.ABD DOUMANY/AFP/Getty Images

A wounded Syrian child receives treatment at a makeshift hospital in the rebel held area of Douma, north east of the capital Damascus, after he was injured by a reported air strike fired by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on January 21, 2015.ABD DOUMANY/AFP/Getty Images

A boy dressed in an uniform waits at the Beichuan Red army elementary school in Beichuan, Sichuan province on January, 21, 2015. FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images

Children dressed in uniform sing after raising the national flag at the Beichuan Red army elementary school in Beichuan, southwest China’s Sichuan province. FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images

Little Amur tiger girl Alisha is presented to the public at the Tierpark zoo in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. Alisha is one of three young tigers born in December 2014. Two died because their mother Aurora could not produce enough milk for them, so the zoo decided to feed the cub by hand. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

A Chinese soccer fan talks on his mobile phone prior to the AFC Asian Cup quarter-final football match between Australia and China in Brisbane on January 22, 2015. SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images

A model presents a creation by designer Park Ji-Hyun of South Korea during a fashion show featuring traditional Korean ‘Hanbok’ dresses, as part of Korea Style Week, in Seoul on January 22, 2015. ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images

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