Today in Photos (Jan. 20)

View a gallery of photo from around the world, Jan. 20, 2016.

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Wed., Jan. 20, 2016

French professional surfer rides a wave during the World Surf League quarter finals in the Mediterranean sea in Netanya, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016.

Ariel Schalit Associated Press
Afghan firefighters work at the site of a suicide attack near the Russian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. The attack has killed and wounded dozens, an Afghan official said Wednesday.

Rahmat Gul Associated Press
A pelican rests at the frozen pond of St. James Park in London, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Temperatures in London dropped below zero, the lowest this winter yet.

Frank Augstein Associated Press
Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan celebrates after defeating Han Xinyun of China in their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016.

Andrew Brownbill Associated Press
Protesting farmers from the agricultural region of Thessaly arrive with their tractors in Tempe Vale, Greece, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Convoys of about 800 tractors arrived at the vital point on the main highway traversing Greece from north to south as farmers prepared to block highways to protest unpopular draft pension reforms that will further cut incomes in the austerity-weary country.

Thanassis Stavrakis Associated Press
Army soldiers apply insect repellent as they prepare for a clean up operation against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is a vector for transmitting the Zika virus in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. A U.S. warning urging pregnant women to avoid travel to Latin American countries where the mosquito-borne virus is multiplying threatens to depress tourism to the region, one of its few bright spots at a time of deep economic pain.

Andre Penner Associated Press
Specialist Michael Pistillo, left, works with traders at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Energy stocks are leading another sell-off on Wall Street as the price of oil continues to plunge.

Richard Drew Associated Press
A polar bear enjoys the cold winter weather at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016.

Martin Meissner Associated Press
A Syrian refugee boy walks back to his family's tent after collecting wood to be used for heating, at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016.

Muhammed Muheisen Associated Press
''Tamborilleros'' wearing their uniforms march in the traditional ' La Tamborrada' the big day or 'El Dia Grande', the main day of San Sebastian feasts, in the Basque city of San Sebastian, northern Spain, Wednesday Jan. 20, 2016. From midnight to midnight companies of perfectly uniformed marchers parade through the streets of San Sebastian playing drums and barrels in honor of their patron saint.

Alvaro Barrientos Associated Press
An old "Tamborillero'' wearing his uniform marchs in the traditional "La Tamborrada'' the big day or "El Dia Grande", the main day of San Sebastian feasts, in the Basque city of San Sebastian, northern Spain, Wednesday Jan. 20, 2016. From midnight to midnight companies of perfectly uniformed marchers parade through the streets of San Sebastian playing drums and barrels in honor of their patron saint.

Alvaro Barrientos Associated Press