Today in photos (Jan. 22)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014.

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Wed., Jan. 22, 2014

A six and a half month old koala joey sits on the mother Eora's back during a media opportunity at Duisburg Zoo in Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The female koala has not yet been named and the zoo is asking fans to vote for a name on a social networking site.

Frank Augstein Associated Press
A model wears a creation during the Yqing Yin's Spring-Summer 2014 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan.22, 2014.

Christophe Ena Associated Press
Delegates of the Syrian peace talks are on their way back to the conference hall after a break during the first day of the Syrian peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The Syrian peace talks begin with a bitter clash over President Bashar Assad's future. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Assad's decision to meet peaceful dissent with brutal force had robbed him of all legitimacy, while Assad's foreign minister declared that no one outside Syria had the right to remove the government.

Anja Niedringhaus Associated Press
Tyres burn in the street, set alight by protesters in clashes with police in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Police in Ukraine's capital on Wednesday tore down protester barricades and chased demonstrators away from the site of violent clashes, hours after two protesters died after being shot, the first violent deaths in protests that are likely to drastically escalate the political crisis that has gripped Ukraine since late November.

Sergei Grits Associated Press
A protester prepares to throw a Molotov cocktail during clashes with police in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Two people whose dead bodies were found Wednesday near the site of clashes with police have been shot with live ammunition, prosecutors said Wednesday, an announcement that could further fuel violence that spilled on the streets of the Ukrainian capital after two months of largely peaceful protests.

Evgeny Feldman Associated Press
Pope Francis waves to faithful from his pope-mobile as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014.

Alessandra Tarantino Associated Press