Turkish army tanks and soldiers gather close to the Syrian border on January 21, 2018 at Hassa, in Hatay province. Turkish forces on January 20, 2018, began a major new operation aimed at ousting the Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) Kurdish militia from Afrin, pounding dozens of targets from the sky in air raids and with artillery. Turkey accuses the YPG of being the Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) which has waged a rebellion in the Turkish southeast for more than three decades and is regarded as a terror group by Ankara and its Western allies. / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
Turkish artillerys shell the People's Protection Units (YPG) positions near the Syrian border on January 21, 2018 near Hassa, in the Turkish province of Hatay, as Turk's ground troops entered Syria today to push an offensive against Kurdish militia as rocket fire hit a border town in apparent retaliation. Turkey on January 20 launched operation "Olive Branch" seeking to oust from the Afrin region of northern Syria the YPG which Ankara considers a terror group. / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
Bulent Kilic, AFP/Getty ImagesA Turkish army soldier sits an Armoured personnel carrier waiting near the Syrian border before entering neighbouring Syria at Hassa, in Hatay province on Jan. 21, 2018. Turkish forces on January 20, 2018, began a major new operation aimed at ousting the Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) Kurdish militia from Afrin, pounding dozens of targets from the sky in air raids and with artillery. Turkey accuses the YPG of being the Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) which has waged a rebellion in the Turkish southeast for more than three decades and is regarded as a terror group by Ankara and its Western allies.
Sakis Mitrolidis, AFP/Getty ImagesA man and a woman wearing traditional clothing take part in a demonstration to protest against the use of the name Macedonia by the neighbour country, in a long-running row between Athens and Skopje, in Thessaloniki on Jan. 21, 2018. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of northern Greece's biggest city Thessaloniki on January 21, police said, in a long-running row between Athens and Skopje over the use of the name Macedonia.
Sakis Mitrolidis, AFP/Getty ImagesPeople holding flags of Greece take part in a demonstration to protest against the use of the name Macedonia following the developments on the issue with the neighbour country, in Thessaloniki on Jan. 21, 2018. Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of northern Greece's biggest city Thessaloniki on January 21, 2018 as hardliners seek to block any deal in the long-running name dispute between Athens and Skopje that contains the term Macedonia. Athens argues that the name Macedonia suggests that Skopje has territorial claims to the northern Greek region of the same name, of which Thessaloniki is the capital.
Turkish anti-riot police officers patrol in the streets as they hold their shields during a demonstration called by Halklarin Demokratik Partisi (Peoples' Democratic Party - HDP) members to protest against Turkey's "Olive Branch" operation in Syria on January 21, 2018 at the Kadikoy district, in Istanbul. Turkey launched operation "Olive Branch" on January 20, 2018 seeking to oust from the Afrin region of northern Syria the Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) which Ankara considers a terror group. Operation "Olive Branch" is Turkey's second major incursion into Syria during the seven-year civil war. / AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSEOZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images
A woman reacts as Turkish anti-riot police officers arrest her during a demonstration called by Halklarin Demokratik Partisi (Peoples' Democratic Party - HDP) members to protest against Turkey's "Olive Branch" operation in Syria on January 21, 2018 at the Kadikoy district, in Istanbul. Turkey launched operation "Olive Branch" on January 20, 2018 seeking to oust from the Afrin region of northern Syria the Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) which Ankara considers a terror group. Operation "Olive Branch" is Turkey's second major incursion into Syria during the seven-year civil war. / AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSEOZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images
Hyon Song-Wol (C), leader of North Korea's popular Moranbong band, arrives at the Gangneung Arts Center where one of the planned musical concerts is due to be held, in the eastern city of Gangneung on January 21, 2018. North Korean delegates arrived in South Korea on January 21 to inspect venues and prepare cultural performances for next month's Winter Olympics, in the first visit by Pyongyang officials to the capitalist South for four years. / AFP PHOTO / KOREA POOL / KOREA POOL / South Korea OUTKOREA POOL/AFP/Getty Images
Ed Jones, AFP/Getty ImagesIn this photo taken on Jan. 17, 2018 shows a overview of Haean-Myeon, a small military town near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and border between North and South Korea, in Gangwon province.
A member of feminist movement Femen group with lettering on her body reading "medically assisted procreation for all" gestures next to an anti riot police in Paris on January 21, 2018 during a "March for life" demonstration against abortion and medically assisted procreation. / AFP PHOTO / Eric FEFERBERGERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images
Rahmat Gul, The Associated PressMen try to escape from a balcony of the Intercontinental Hotel after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. Gunmen stormed the hotel and sett off a 12-hour gun battle with security forces that continued into Sunday morning, as frantic guests tried to escape from fourth and fifth-floor windows.
An Afghan security personnel stands guard as smoke billows from the Intercontinental Hotel during a fight between gunmen and Afghan security forces in Kabul on January 21, 2018. Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Kabul killing at least six people, including a foreigner, sparking a twelve hour fight with security forces that left terrified guests scrambling to escape and parts of the building ablaze. Afghan security forces killed four attackers during the night-time siege, interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish told Tolo News, during which people trapped inside the landmark hotel were seen climbing over balconies to escape. / AFP PHOTO / WAKIL KOHSARWAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images
Afghan journalists take cover behind an ambulance near the Intercontinental Hotel during a fight between gunmen and Afghan security forces in Kabul on January 21, 2018. Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Kabul killing at least six people, including a foreigner, sparking a twelve hour fight with security forces that left terrified guests scrambling to escape and parts of the building ablaze. Afghan security forces killed four attackers during the night-time siege, interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish told Tolo News, during which people trapped inside the landmark hotel were seen climbing over balconies to escape. / AFP PHOTO / SHAH MARAISHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images
People watch as actors dressed as World War II Soviet Red Army soldiers fight against actors dressed as Nazi German troops as they take part in the reconstruction of the battle marking the 75th anniversary of the breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad (actual St-Petersburg) in WWII, at the memorial "Sinyavin Heights" some 60 km of Saint Petersburg, on January 21, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVAOLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/Getty Images
Dmitri Lovetsky, The Associated PressA boy shoots a World War II machine gun armed with blanks at an weapon exhibition during a military show near Kirovsk, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018.
People look on as protesters burn tyres during a demonstration calling for the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)to step down on January 21, 2018 in Kinshasa. At least one person was killed in Kinshasa on January 21 after security forces opened fire to disperse protesters at a banned march demanding that the President stand down, the UN and witnesses said. / AFP PHOTO / JOHN WESSELSJOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images
A Togolese woman with the national flag watches a protest rally by women in the capital Lome against Togo's president on January 20, 2018. A coalition of 14 political parties has staged almost weekly demonstrations since August last year, calling for President Faure Gnassingbe to step down and the introduction of a two-term limit for presidents. Gnassingbe, leader of the ruling Union for the Republic (UNIR) party, has been in power since 2005 when he took over from his father, General Gnassingbe Eyadema, who himself ruled Togo for 38 years. / AFP PHOTO / Yanick FollyYANICK FOLLY/AFP/Getty Images
Myanmar and Thai Buddhist monks participate in an alms offering ceremony in Mandalay on January 21, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / THET AUNGTHET AUNG/AFP/Getty Images
Dancers perform during the carnival in Encarnacion, Paraguay on January 20, 2018. Encarnacion is located 375 km south of Asuncion, describes itself as the "Carnival Capital of Paraguay. / AFP PHOTO / NORBERTO DUARTENORBERTO DUARTE/AFP/Getty Images
A Togolese woman dressed in black takes to the streets of the capital Lome during a protest rally against Togo's president on January 20, 2018. A coalition of 14 political parties has staged almost weekly demonstrations since August last year, calling for President Faure Gnassingbe to step down and the introduction of a two-term limit for presidents. Gnassingbe, leader of the ruling Union for the Republic (UNIR) party, has been in power since 2005 when he took over from his father, General Gnassingbe Eyadema, who himself ruled Togo for 38 years. / AFP PHOTO / Yanick FollyYANICK FOLLY/AFP/Getty Images
Alessandra Tarantino, The Associated PressNuns look at sheet music as Pope Francis leads mid-morning prayer at the Shrine of Our Lord of the Miracles in Lima, Peru, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018.
Karel Navarro, The Associated PressPope Francis arrives to celebrate Mass at the Las Palmas Air Force base in Lima, Peru, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018.
Rodrigo Abd, The Associated PressA crowd of people aim their smartphones at Pope Francis as he arrives for a mid-morning prayer with contemplative nuns at the Shrine of Our Lord of the Miracles in Lima, Peru, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. Francis is wrapping up the most contested, violent trip of his papacy Sunday with a series of meetings with Peruvian church leaders and a final Mass at an air base in Peru's capital.
Pope Francis wearing typical Peruvian cap (Uchu) greets a boy in Plaza de Armas square in Buenos Aires neighborhood, southeast of Peruvian city Trujillo, on January 20, 2018. Pope Francis headed to Buenos Aires neighborhood, affected last March by "El Nino" weather pattern, after an open-air mass he officiated at the beach resort town of Huanchaco. / AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO / HO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS HO/AFP/Getty Images
Men and soldiers pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on January 21, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images
Indian cadets take part in a rehearsal ahead of the forthcoming Republic Day parade in Kolkata on January 21, 2018. India will celebrate its 69th Republic Day on January 26. / AFP PHOTO / Dibyangshu SARKARDIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images
A child plays with giant ice cream statues during the 39th International trade Show of Artisan Gelato (ice cream), Pastry, Bakery and Coffe World (SIGEP) in Rimini, on January 20, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLAROANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images
Flowers are pictured next to a statue of French chef Paul Bocuse in the courtyard of his restaurant, 'L'auberge du Pont de Collonges,' on January 20, 2018 in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, near Lyon. French chef Paul Bocuse died at the age of 91 on January 20, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / JEFF PACHOUDJEFF PACHOUD/AFP/Getty Images
Supporters of the presidential candidate for the Honduran Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship, Salvador Nasralla, clash with riot police and soldiers in a protest in Tegucigalpa on January 20, 2018. New Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez inaguration ceremony will take place on January 27, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Orlando SIERRAORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images
German chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of her Christian Democratic Party (CDU) in Berlin on January 21, 2018 after the social democratic SPD party voted to begin formal coalition talks with German Chancellor's CDU/CSU bloc. / AFP PHOTO / DPA / Gregor Fischer / Germany OUTGREGOR FISCHER/AFP/Getty Images
Residents carry religious icons of the baby Jesus during the annual Sto Nino (baby Jesus) feast in Manila on January 21, 2018. The Philippines is Asia's Catholic bastion with a flock of more than 80 million. Spain colonised the archipelago in the 16th century and spread the faith. / AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELISNOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images
Supporters of the presidential candidate for the Honduran Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship, Salvador Nasralla, clash with riot police and soldiers in a protest in Tegucigalpa on January 20, 2018. New Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez inaguration ceremony will take place on January 27, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Orlando SIERRAORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images
Emily Grubb watches as the swell hits the rocks at the Pacific Rim National Park in Ucluelet, British Columbia, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018.
A competitor warms up on Lake Annecy prior to competing in the 5th edition of the GlaGla Race, a race of some 300 paddlers competing on icy waters off Talloires, in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of southeastern France on January 20, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / JEFF PACHOUDJEFF PACHOUD/AFP/Getty Images
An Indian labourer rides a bike through agricultural land to work in the fields during a cold foggy morning in Kolkata on January 21, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Dibyangshu SARKARDIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images
Indian labourers walk through agricultural land to work in the fields during a cold foggy morning in Kolkata on January 21, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Dibyangshu SARKARDIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images
A boy and a man carrying a child walk across a bridge in the early morning in Yangon on January 21, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung THUYE AUNG THU/AFP/Getty Images
A man pushes a stroler past a FIFA World Cup 2018 emblem placed in front of the Nizhny Novgorod's Kremlin on January 21, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Mladen ANTONOVMLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images
Young ballet dancers warm up for the Youth America Grand Prix regional semifinals at Dominican University Performing Arts Center in River Forest, Ill., Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. The organization awards more than $250,000 a year in scholarships to send young dancers to leading schools and dance companies to continue their training.
Ice skaters compete during the "Redbull Crashed Ice", the Ice Cross Downhill World Championship, in Saint Paul on January 20, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Lionel BONAVENTURELIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images
Australia's Nick Kyrgios prepares to serve against Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov during their men's singles fourth round match on day seven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 21, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images
A musher and his sledding dogs race a stage in Val-Cenis during the 14th edition of "La Grande Odyssee" sledding race across the Alps on January 21, 2018, in Val Cenis Lanslevillard. / AFP PHOTO / JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEKJEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP/Getty Images
Vincent Thian, The Associated PressSpain's Rafael Nadal serves to Argentina's Diego Schwartzman during their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018.
Indian army personel perform acrobatics on their bikes as they take part in a rehearsal ahead of the forthcoming Republic Day parade in Kolkata on January 21, 2018. India will celebrate its 69th Republic Day on January 26. / AFP PHOTO / Dibyangshu SARKARDIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images
Thibault Camus, The Associated PressA woman shouts slogans during a gathering to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump, in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018.
Thibault Camus, The Associated PressPeople gather at the Trocadero square, near the Eiffel Tower, to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump, in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018.
Jim Young, AFP/Getty ImagesButtons are seen at a protest marking the one year anniversary of the election of US President Donald Trump in Chicago, Jan. 21, 2018.
Jim Young, AFP/Getty ImagesA supporter of US President Donald Trump waves a flag outside Trump International Hotel and Tower marking the one year anniversary of Trump's election in Chicago, Jan. 21, 2018.
J. David Ake, The Associated PressLights shine inside the U.S. Capitol Building as night falls in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018 and Congress continues to negotiate during the second day of the federal government shutdown.
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Turkish army tanks and soldiers gather close to the Syrian border on January 21, 2018 at Hassa, in Hatay province.
Turkish forces on January 20, 2018, began a major new operation aimed at ousting the Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) Kurdish militia from Afrin, pounding dozens of targets from the sky in air raids and with artillery. Turkey accuses the YPG of being the Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) which has waged a rebellion in the Turkish southeast for more than three decades and is regarded as a terror group by Ankara and its Western allies.
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