Photos of the day for Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015

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A selection of photos from the U.S. and the world from the Associated Press and Getty Images.

Police officers carry the coffins draped in the French flag of the three Police officers killed in the recent Islamist attacks, on January 13, 2015 in a ceremony to posthumsly decorate them with the Legion d’honneur, at the Paris’ prefecture. PATRICK KOVA

Police officers carry the coffins draped in the French flag of the three Police officers killed in the recent Islamist attacks, on January 13, 2015 in a ceremony to posthumsly decorate them with the Legion d’honneur, at the Paris’ prefecture. PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images

The body of a victim is carried to be buried at a cemetery in Jerusalem on January 13, 2015 during the funeral of four Jews killed in an Islamist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris last week. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images

The body of a victim is carried to be buried at a cemetery in Jerusalem on January 13, 2015 during the funeral of four Jews killed in an Islamist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris last week. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images

Mourners react in Jerusalem on January 13, 2015 during the funeral of four Jews killed in an Islamist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris last week. JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images

Mourners react in Jerusalem on January 13, 2015 during the funeral of four Jews killed in an Islamist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris last week. JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images

Mourners standing on a wall look on at a cemetery in Jerusalem on January 13, 2015 during the funeral of four Jews killed in an Islamist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris last week. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images

Mourners standing on a wall look on at a cemetery in Jerusalem on January 13, 2015 during the funeral of four Jews killed in an Islamist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris last week. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images

An Israeli soldier comforts a man at a cemetery in Jerusalem on January 13, 2015 during the funeral of four Jews killed in an Islamist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris last week. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images

An Israeli soldier comforts a man at a cemetery in Jerusalem on January 13, 2015 during the funeral of four Jews killed in an Islamist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris last week. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images

Hayat Boumeddiene (R) presenting her passport at Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul on January 2, 2015. Hayat Boumeddiene, the wanted partner of one of the gunmen behind the terror attacks in France, crossed into conflict-torn Syria last week after travell

Hayat Boumeddiene (R) presenting her passport at Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul on January 2, 2015. Hayat Boumeddiene, the wanted partner of one of the gunmen behind the terror attacks in France, crossed into conflict-torn Syria last week after travelling through Turkey. /AFP/Getty Images

The forthcoming edition of the weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, on January 13, 2015 in Villabe, south of Paris, a week after two jihadist gunmen stormed the Paris offices of the satirical magazine, killing 12 people including some of the country’s best-kno

The forthcoming edition of the weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, on January 13, 2015 in Villabe, south of Paris, a week after two jihadist gunmen stormed the Paris offices of the satirical magazine, killing 12 people including some of the country’s best-known cartoonists. MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images

A protestor holds a poster showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel wearing a head scarf in front of the Reichtstags building with a crescent on top and the writing ‘Mrs Merkel here is the people’ during a rally of the group Patriotic Europeans against the

A protestor holds a poster showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel wearing a head scarf in front of the Reichtstags building with a crescent on top and the writing ‘Mrs Merkel here is the people’ during a rally of the group Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West, or PEGIDA, in Dresden, Germany, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Internally displaced Afghan children pose for a photograph as their parents collect food relief aid from the World Food Programme (WFP) in Kabul on January 13, 2015. MaraiSHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images

Internally displaced Afghan children pose for a photograph as their parents collect food relief aid from the World Food Programme (WFP) in Kabul on January 13, 2015. MaraiSHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images

Spain’s Laia Sanz Pla-Giribert powers his Honda during 2015 Dakar Rally stage 8 between Uyuni, Bolivia and Iquique, Chile, on January 12, 2015. The Uyuni salt flat is the largest in the world, located in Bolivia near the crest of the Andes. FRANCK FIFE/AF

Spain’s Laia Sanz Pla-Giribert powers his Honda during 2015 Dakar Rally stage 8 between Uyuni, Bolivia and Iquique, Chile, on January 12, 2015. The Uyuni salt flat is the largest in the world, located in Bolivia near the crest of the Andes. FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images

Riders compete during 2015 Dakar Rally stage 8 between Uyuni, Bolivia and Iquique, Chile, on January 12, 2015. FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images

Riders compete during 2015 Dakar Rally stage 8 between Uyuni, Bolivia and Iquique, Chile, on January 12, 2015. FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images

Honda rider Jean de Azevedo of Brazil, right, leads Yamaha rider Michael Metge of France, as they race across the Uyuni salt flat during the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally 2015 between Uyuni, Bolivia, and Iquique, Chile, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/

Honda rider Jean de Azevedo of Brazil, right, leads Yamaha rider Michael Metge of France, as they race across the Uyuni salt flat during the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally 2015 between Uyuni, Bolivia, and Iquique, Chile, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott celebrates after the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Oregon Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. Ohio State won 42-20. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott celebrates after the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Oregon Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. Ohio State won 42-20. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Oregon players walk off the field after the NCAA college football playoff championship game Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. Ohio State won 42-20. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

Oregon players walk off the field after the NCAA college football playoff championship game Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. Ohio State won 42-20. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner huddles with his family after being sworn in as Illinois’ 42nd governor during ceremonies Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner huddles with his family after being sworn in as Illinois’ 42nd governor during ceremonies Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Ford Motor Co., Executive Chairman Bill Ford, left, and President and COO Mark Fields stand next to the new Ford GT during the North American International Auto Show, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Ford Motor Co., Executive Chairman Bill Ford, left, and President and COO Mark Fields stand next to the new Ford GT during the North American International Auto Show, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

A fox runs past the door of 10 Downing Street on Janurary 13, 2015. JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: 8238

A fox runs past the door of 10 Downing Street on Janurary 13, 2015. JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: 8238

Princess Stephanie of Monaco poses with an elephant during the presentation of the 39th Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival in Monaco, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Princess Stephanie of Monaco poses with an elephant during the presentation of the 39th Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival in Monaco, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Sri Lankan Hindu priest Kurakkal Somasundaram, right, presents a shawl to Pope Francis during an inter-religious meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lankan Hindu priest Kurakkal Somasundaram, right, presents a shawl to Pope Francis during an inter-religious meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)


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