Photos of the day for Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015

A look at some of the stories happening around the U.S. and world in photos.

A person dressed as “bigfoot” makes their way through the strong wind and snow in the Back Bay neighborhood during a blizzard on January 27, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images)

Dexter Newcomb begins cleanup at his house in Scituate, Mass., Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, the day after a winter storm left his neighborhood coated in frozen sea spray and sand. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

A car makes its way down a street filled with snowed-in vehicles in Boston’s Charlestown section, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 one day after a blizzard dumped about two feet of snow in the city. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Courtney Miller (L) and Leah Weinraub spend a day at the beach after their return flight to New York was delayed until Thursday after most Northeast coast airports were shut down last night as a winter storm hit the area on January 27, 2015 in Miami Beach, Florida (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Junko Ishido, left, mother of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto who was taken hostage by the Islamic State group, speaks during a press conference at her home in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Pope Francis is greeted by Argentinian officers of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, UNFICYP, as he arrives for his weekly general audience Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

An Afghan refugee man refugee man shows his son how to use a slingshot, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

A Kurdish fighter smiles as he drives a car in the center of the Syrian border town of Kobane, known as Ain al-Arab, on January 28, 2015. Kurdish forces recaptured the strategic town on the Turkish frontier on January 26 in a symbolic blow for the jihadists who have seized swathes of territory in a brutal onslaught across Syria and Iraq. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images

A Kurdish fighter walks with his child in the center of the Syrian border town of Kobane, known as Ain al-Arab, on January 28, 2015. BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images

A Kurdish man talks with a radio as he checks the eastern part of the Syrian border town of Kobane, known as Ain al-Arab, on January 28, 2015. BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images

The picture shows the wreckage left by fighting on a street in the center of the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, on January 28, 2015. BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images

Israeli soldiers carry their injured comrade after an anti-tank missile hit an army vehicle in an occupied area on the border with Lebanon on January 28, 2015. At least four Israelis were wounded, sparking a cross-border firefight. JALAA MAREY/AFP/Getty Images

Sotheby’s staff pose for a picture with ‘Le Grand Canal’ by Claude Monet, during a preview of their upcoming Impressionist and Modern, Surrealist and Contemporary Art sale, at the auction house in London, England, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. The collection of paintings and sculptures, with an estimated total value of $354 million, is due to go under the hammer on Feb. 3 and Feb. 10. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Female orangutan baby, Surya, rests in the enclosure in the zoo in Rostock, northeastern Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/dpa, Bernd Wuestneck)

U.S. actor Johnny Depp gestures for photographers during a photo session prior to the press conference of for his latest film “Mortdecai” in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. Depp is in Tokyo for film “Mortdecai” promotion Japan Premiere. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Ukrainian servicemen put their dogs under the jackets to keep them warm in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. The military conflict between Russia-backed separatists and the government forces in eastern Ukraine has been raging since April, claiming more than 5,100 lives, according to the United Nations. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A fireball rolls upward after a section of a wall toppled into the interior of the Unadilla Store, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, in Undadilla Township, Mich. Authorities say one firefighter has been hospitalized. (AP Photo/Livingston County Daily Press & Argus, Alan Ward)

Naomi Campbell models wears a creation as part of French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier’s Spring-Summer 2015 Haute Couture fashion collection, presented in Paris, France, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)