Today in Pictures, January 15, 2014

Sarka Strachova of Czech Republic clears a gate during the first run of the World Cup Women's Slalom race in Flachau on Jan 14, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Sarka Strachova of Czech Republic clears a gate during the first run of the World Cup Women's Slalom race in Flachau on Jan 14, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Spain's Jordi Viladoms rides his KTM motorcycle during the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally 2014 from Calama to Iquique. Former North Korean defectors living in South Korea release balloons containing one dollar banknotes, radios, CDs and leaflets denouncing the North Korean regime.

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