January 7, 2015

People gather to remember the victims of a terror attack against French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, in Paris. Masked gunmen shouting "Allahu akbar!" broke into the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people, including the paper's editor.

A Syrian refugee reacts as he stands barefoot on snow outside a tent at a refugee camp in Zahle, in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon. A storm hit the Middle East with blizzards, rain and strong winds, keeping people at home across much of the region and raising concerns for Syrian refugees facing freezing temperatures without protective shelters.

Mongolian-born grand sumo champion Yokozuna Hakuho performs the New Year's ring-entering rite at the annual celebration for the New Year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo,Japan.

Palestinian children look out through a hole covered with a blanket in their family house, that witnesses said was damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in the east of Gaza City.

Conservator Pam Hatchfield removes a newspaper from a time capsule, which was placed under a cornerstone of the State House in 1795, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. The capsule was placed by a group of the U.S. founding fathers including Samuel Adams, then the state's governor, and patriot Paul Revere.

Princess Charlene and Prince Albert of Monaco appear on a palace balcony, each holding a newborn baby swaddled in white. The twins, Prince Jacques and his older sister - by 2 minutes - Gabriella were greeted by people waving red-and-white flags and banners.

Russian Cossacks, dressed in traditional uniforms, guard the area outside the Kazan Cathedral, where an Orthodox Christmas service is being held, under a heavy snowfall in Stavropol, southern Russia.

Pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong carrying yellow umbrellas, symbols for the Occupy Central movement, leave in the middle of a Legislative Council meeting as part of a government boycott.

Buggy MD Rally driver Pascal Thomasse and co-pilot Pascal Larroque, both of France, race during the third stage of the Dakar Rally 2015 between the cities of San Juan and Chilecito, Argentina.

Bosnian Serb children break the traditional Christmas bread to mark Orthodox Christmas Day festivities in the town of Banja Luka, 350 kilometers west of Sarajevo.

A man squats next to a dead green turtle along Karachi's Clifton beach, Pakistan.

Paraguayan Anacleto Escobar (R), veteran of the Chaco War (1932-1935) and his wife Cayetana Roman smile during a ceremony taking place on his 100th birthday in which they received a house - the first in their lives - as a gift for his merits, in Neembucu, Paraguay.

A participant leaves the shooting area after the first shooting during the women's 4x6 kilometers relay race at the Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof, central Germany.