Egyptian protesters hang a giant banner in the colors of Egypt’s national flag on barbed wires in front of anti-riot soldiers at the entrance to the presidential palace in Cairo. (AP)

A female Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officer, center, leads a squad of her male and few female colleagues during their passing out ceremony in Bangalore. BSF with a total strength of about 250,000 personnel including women is one of the world’s largest border patrol forces. (AP)

Young men sell homemade French and Malian flags at a junction in downtown Bamako, Mali. (Reuters)

An Indian Muslim boy holds a religious flag and walks in a procession to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed in Mumbai. (AP)

Local residents ride on a bamboo raft in a flooded street in northern Jakarta, Indonesia. Government officials have downplayed predictions that heavy rain and rising tides due to the full moon could cause the worst flood in the past six years. (AP)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish visitors look at a display of Nazi flags at Yad Vashem’s Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day which will be marked on January 27. (Reuters)

Cyclists are seen on the Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge as they participate in the World Bike Tour in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event involves 8,000 people that will ride their bicycles for a better quality of life, according to the organizers. (Reuters)

Sara Errani (R) and Roberta Vinci of Italy kiss their trophy after defeating Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua of Australia in their women’s doubles final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. (Reuters)

Nepalese children walk home from school at Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur, also known as the city of devotees, is an ancient city and part of the Katmandu valley, which holds the status of a World Heritage Site. (AP)

A Zambian soccer fan reacts, during the African Cup of Nations Group C soccer match against Nigeria at Mbombela Stadium, in Nelspruit, South Africa. (AP)

A delivery van drives on alley near Hanover, northern Germany, at dawn. Weather forecasts predict cold and sunny weather for the weekend in large parts of the country. (AP)

Matt Gone, the ‘Checkered Man,’ poses during the Venezuela Expo Tattoo in Caracas. (Reuters)