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Photos of the day for Monday, Jan. 12, 2015

By Rich Hein

Charlie Hebdo newspaper staff, with editorialist Patrick Pelloux, right, cartoonist Renald Luzier, known as Luz, left, react during a march in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Thousands of people gather at Republique square in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A child holds a poster declaring “I am Charlie”, as people attend a public demonstration for peace and respect in Stockholm on Sunday Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Henrik Montgomery)

A woman with a pencil shape hairstyle takes part in a unity rally (Marche Republicaine) on January 11, 2015 on the old harbour in Marseille, southern France, in tribute to the 17 victims of the three-day killing spree.ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images

From the left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, EU president Donald Tusk and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas march during a rally in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. A rally of defiance and sorrow, protected by an unparalleled level of security, on Sunday will honor the 17 victims of three days of bloodshed in Paris that left France on alert for more violence. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)

French President Francois Hollande embraces German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, as she arrives at the Elysee Palace, Paris, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

A woman holds a pencil and her mobile phone showing four victims killed in Friday’s attack on the kosher supermarket in Paris, during a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Residents watch from a balcony people taking part in a Unity rally Marche Republicaine on the Place de la Republique (Republic Square) in Paris on January 11, 2015 in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree by homegrown Islamists. BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/Getty Images

A girl holds a banner reading “Islam is love” during a demonstration in support of the victims who were shot by terrorists at the Charlie Hebdo satirical journal and the kosher store in Paris last week, in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Muslim participants gesture from a departing train following the conclusion of the World Muslim Congregation, also known as Biswa Ijtema, at Tongi, on the outskirts of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, on January 11, 2015. AFP PHOTO/STRSTRDEL/AFP/Getty Images

Bangladeshi Muslim boys jump from the top of one overcrowded train to another as thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims try to return home after attending three-day Islamic Congregation on the banks of the River Turag in Tongi, 20 kilometers (13 miles) north of the capital Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Pakistani children travel to school in a van in Peshawar on January 12, 2015. Schools in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar re-opened on January 12 for the first time since a Taliban raid massacred 150 people, mainly children, with returning students expressing defiance tinged with apprehension. AFP PHOTO / A MAJEEDA Majeed/AFP/Getty Images

An Afghan refugee child pumps water from a well, while waiting her elder sister in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Protesters burn tires during a march against the government of Haitian President Michel Martelly in Port-au-Prince, on January 11, 2015. HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images

Drivers compete during 2015 Dakar Rally stage 8 between Uyuni and Iquique, Bolivia, on January 11, 2015. The Uyuni salt flat is the lasrgest in the world, located in Bolivia near the crest of the Andes, some 3,650 metres above sea level. FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images

Afghan children who work as water vendors search for customers at the Kart-e-Sakhi cemetery in Kabul on January 12, 2015. Thousands of victims of the country’s civil war which raged from 1992 to 1996 are buried in cemetries across the Afghan capital. SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images

Pope Francis meets with ambassadors to the Holy See, on January 12, 201?5? at the Vatican. CLAUDIO PERI/AFP/Getty Images

Afghan security forces pray during a ceremony in Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Two Alawite women mourn as they look from a window during the funeral procession of those who were killed in an overnight suicide bombing at a coffee shop in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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