Today in Photos (Jan. 21)

View a gallery of photos from around the world, Jan. 21, 2016.

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Thu., Jan. 21, 2016

An Indian soldier stands underneath a multi barrel rocket launcher during a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. India celebrates Republic Day on Jan. 26 every year, highlighted by a march past by different branches of the military as well as a display of arms and missiles.
Belarusians celebrate a Pull the Kolyada Up the Oak rite in the village of Martsiyanauka, some 77 km (48 miles) east of capital Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. The merry ancient rite Pull the Kolyada Up the Oak marks the end of Orthodox Christmas celebrations in Belarus. On Jan. 21 a wheel, the so-called Kolyada, would be pulled up an oak or any old tree. The Belarusians believed that the ritual heralds a good harvest, luck and happiness for the entire year.
A ball boy waits to deliver a ball to players in the second round match between Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia and Jeremy Chardy of France at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016.
Pakistani villagers offer prayers Thursday during the funeral of a victim killed in an attack on Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan.

Mohammad Sajjad Associated Press
Migrants run away from tear gas thrown by police forces near the Channel Tunnel in Calais, northern France, Thursday, Jan.21, 2016. Bulldozers moved in this week to clean the Calais migrant camp after hundreds of migrants began moving deeper into the squalid camp. Some fear the camp will eventually be razed to rid Calais of migrants.
An elderly Russian woman stands at a bus stop with exchange rates reflecting in glass in Moscow, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. The Russian ruble has hit a new low against the dollar as oil prices continue to slide.
School children attend a a commemoration service of those killed 75 years ago across Romania during a revolt led by members of the Iron Guard fascist party between Jan. 21-23, 1941, at the Coral Temple synagogue in Bucharest, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. Only about 6,000 Jews live in Romania today down from 800.000 before World War II according to official Romanian statistics.