Today in Pictures, Jan 15, 2016

A day after an attack by suicide bombers and gunmen in Jakarta, Indonesia and trial begins for ousted former Thai prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra. These and more from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Jan 15, 2016, 03:09 PM

An Indonesian policeman inspects a bullet hole on a car window in front of a Starbucks cafe, the site of a militant attack, in Jakarta on Jan 15, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra (second from right) performs the traditional Thai greeting as she arrives for the first hearing in her trial at the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions, in Bangkok, Thailand, on Jan 15, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Tourists take pictures in front of a shoe-shaped church in southern Chiayi, Taiwan, on Jan 11, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Members of a rescue team search in the snow for missing people after an avalanche swept away a group of people that included a party of schoolchildren, in Les Deux Alpes, France, on Jan 14, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A flock of starlings fly in formation at sunset near the village of Tidhar, southern Israel, on Jan 14, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

General view of the natural reserve area of Wadi Al-Hitan, or the Valley of the Whales, at the desert of Al Fayoum Governorate, southwest of Cairo, Egypt on Jan 14, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman in evening gown holds the tail of a cow to side during the beauty contest at the Swiss Expo agricultural show and international cattle competition, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Jan 14, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A man looks out over the frozen Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on Jan 14, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Syrian refugees wait at the north-eastern Jordan border with Syria, near Royashed Town, Jordan, on Jan 14, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Hindu devotees take a holy dip and perform rituals at Gangasagar Island, around 150km south of Kolkata, on Jan 15, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

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