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A soldier from 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry leaves a room while checking the inventory of weapons at Strong Point DeMaiwand, Maywand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Jan 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Women carry a coffin belonging to one of two women and two girls killed on Wednesday, along a street to a cemetery in Barberena, 50km from Guatemala City, Jan 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

AS Roma's Francesco Totti shoots to score a penalty against Inter Milan during their Italian Serie A soccer match at the Olympic stadium in Rome on Jan 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

People enjoy the snow in front of Paris landmark, the Pyramid of the Louvre Museum, Jan 20, 2013, after several inches of snow fell on the French captial halting bus transportation and closing public parks. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Worshipers take part in prayer services to discuss gun violence at the First Corinthian Baptist Church in New York on Jan 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Flood victims scramble for drinking water at Pluit district in Jakarta on Jan 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Atlanta Falcons kicker Matt Bryant kicks a field goal as Matt Bosher holds during the first quarter against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL NFC Championship football game in Atlanta, Georgia Jan 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A Malian soldier peeks through a doorway behind which Malian and French soldiers are stationed in Niono on Jan 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Maria Sharapova of Russia hits a return to Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium during their women's singles match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan 20, 2013.-- PHOTO: REUTERS

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy picks up a sticker from the street during a rally organised to welcome Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood, Jan 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

People play near Malian and faded French (right) flags on the bank of the Niger river in Bamako on Jan 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Vitor Belfort (right) of Brazil fights Michael Bisping of Britain during the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a professional mixed martial arts (MMA) competition, in Sao Paulo Jan 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates defeating Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland in their men's singles match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan 21, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Likud-Yisrael Beitenu activists sit atop a wall surrounding Jerusalem's Old City after they hung a campaign banner depicting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Jan 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

U.S President Barack Obama (L) takes the oath of office from U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as first lady Michelle Obama holds the bible and their daughters Malia and Sasha (L-R) look on in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, Jan 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of Fateh al Sham unit of the Free Syrian Army run across a street in Haresta neighbourhood of Damascus on Jan 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS