January 5, 2016

His cheek wet with tears, President Barack Obama President Barack Obama recalls the 20 first-graders killed in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School, while speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington about steps his administration is taking to reduce gun violence.

Policemen walk past “Je suis Ahmed," or "I am Ahmed,” spray painted on the sidewalk, in the red, white and blue colors of the French flag near a plaque commemorating late police officer Ahmed Merabet in Paris, France. President Francois Hollande honored 17 victims killed in Islamic extremist attacks on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher market and police a year ago this week.

The Volcano of Fire releases lava, seen from Escuintla, Guatemala, Jan. 4, 2016.

An Afghan policeman inspects a building used by insurgents after an operation near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghan special forces killed a group of insurgents holed up in a house in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, bringing to an end a 24-hour siege following the insurgents' attack on the nearby Indian consulate.

Pupils hold sheets with kanji characters they wrote during a calligraphy contest to celebrate the New Year in Tokyo, Japan.

Kiyoshi Kimura, second from left, president of Kiyomura Co., poses a bluefin tuna at his Sushi Zanmai restaurant near Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan.

Internally displaced people carry buckets of water as they walk during the cold weather in Jerjnaz camp, in Idlib province, Syria.

Ice formations are seen at the beach near Fakse Ladeplads, south of Copenhagen, Denmark. Daytime temperatures in the area are between zero and -4º C.

Noriaki Kasai of Japan soars through the air during his trial jump at the fourth stage of the 64. four hills ski jumping tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria.

American white pelicans are seen in the waters of Lake Chapala in Cojumatlan de Regules, Michoacan State, Mexico, Jan. 4, 2016.

Fireworks light up the sky behind ice sculptures during the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China.

Robin Roy (C) reacts as U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets her at a campaign rally in Lowell, Massachusetts, Jan. 4, 2016.

Draft horses gallop through a field, with the air temperature at about minus 24º C (-11.2º F), outside Malaya Tumna village south of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Jan. 4, 2016.

The FFZero1 by Faraday Future is displayed at CES Unveiled, a media preview event for CES International in Las Vegas, Navada, Jan. 4, 2016.

A Pakistani Kushti wrestler prepares the ground in the ring while others practice during a training session, in Lahore.

Australian artist Jaimi Luthrmann performs in a giant balloon in the Blanc De Blanc Champagne Circus at the Sydney Opera House.