Today in photos (Jan.23)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013.

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Wed., Jan. 23, 2013

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

Pablo Monsivais Associated Press
Huskies training in the forests near Feshiebridge, Scotland, for the 30th Siberian Husky Club Aviemore Sled Dog Rally at Loch Morlich near Aviemore, Scotland, Wednesday Jan. 23, 2013. Every year since 1984, mushers from across the UK have gathered in the forests around Aviemore for the biggest event in the British sled dog racing calendar.

Andrew Milligan Pa
A boy who fled northern Mali is seen at a camp for internally displaced persons, in the city of Sevare, Mali, some 620 kilometers (385 miles) north of Bamako, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. The U.S. airlift of French forces to Mali to fight Islamic extremists is expected to go on for another two weeks, Pentagon officials said, as hundreds of African troops from Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso and Senegal are now joining the French-led intervention.

Thibault Camus Associated Press
A model wears a creation by fashion designer Georges Chakra as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 Haute Couture fashion collection, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013.

Zacharie Scheurer Associated Press
Pro-independence supporters wave their "estelada" flags as they celebrate the results of a symbolic declaration of sovereignty in front of Catalonia's Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday Jan. 23, 2013. The parliament of Spain's powerful northeastern region of Catalonia has approved a largely symbolic declaration stating the region is a sovereign entity, paving the way for a referendum on independence from Spain.

Emilio Morenatti Associated Press
Firefighters pour water on the smoldering remains of a warehouse in Chicago Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, after an overnight fire destroyed the building. Officials say it's one of the largest fires in the city in recent years. More than 170 firefighters responded to the five-alarm blaze that started at about 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22.

M. Green Associated Press