January 23, 2013

1 Steam from a heating plant rises as at temperatures of -14 degrees Celsius (-6.8 degrees Fahrenheit) are recorded in Minsk, Belarus.

A person drives a donkey cart as a fire burns fields along the road between Sango and Niono in Mali used by Malian and French convoys heading to Diabaly, which was seized last week by Islamists and then heavily bombed by French planes.

2 A person drives a donkey cart as a fire burns fields along the road between Sango and Niono in Mali used by Malian and French convoys heading to Diabaly, which was seized last week by Islamists and then heavily bombed by French planes.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pounds her fists as she responds to intense questioning on the September attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites in Benghazi, Libya, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

3 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pounds her fists as she responds to intense questioning on the September attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites in Benghazi, Libya, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Indian Hindu pilgrims travel on boats to take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati during the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India.

4 Indian Hindu pilgrims travel on boats to take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati during the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India.