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Day in photos - January 3

Shiite Muslim worshippers pray at the holy shrine of Imam Hussein during the Muslim festival of Arbaeen in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 2 , 2013. The holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Image 1 of 11 A Tourist kayaks down the main street in Westport today 2nd Jan 2013 SUPPLIED Credit Sheree Cargill Freelance Photographer Westport P - 03 7894069 Rights managed image fee payable on use.
A Tourist kayaks down the main street in Westport today 2nd Jan 2013 SUPPLIED Credit Sheree Cargill Freelance Photographer Westport P - 03 7894069 Rig
Image 2 of 11 Roopa Suchdev, chairperson of the Roopa aur Aap Charitable Trust, records a message that will be sent to India about the brutal rape and death of a young woman in India hoping it will help to change some local laws there. 2 January 2013 New Zealand Herald Photograph by Greg Bowker NZH 03Jan13 - Roopa Suchdev, with members of the local Indian community, speaks out against violence towards women. Picture / Greg Bowker
Roopa Suchdev, chairperson of the Roopa aur Aap Charitable Trust, records a message that will be sent to India about the brutal rape and death of a yo
Image 3 of 11 Greg Murphy with his son Jackson, 3. Natalie Murphy, Greg's wife and Jackson's mother, died of cancer in December 2011. 18 December 2012 New Zealand Herald Photograph by Brett Phibbs
Greg Murphy with his son Jackson, 3. Natalie Murphy, Greg's wife and Jackson's mother, died of cancer in December 2011. 18 December 2012 New Zealand H
Image 4 of 11 Members of the historic grenadier corps fire twelve shots in salute of the new year in Villingen-Schwenningen, southern Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The first new year cannonade took place in 1633. (AP Photo/dpa, Patrick Seeger)
Members of the historic grenadier corps fire twelve shots in salute of the new year in Villingen-Schwenningen, southern Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013
Image 5 of 11 A reveller takes the plunge during the annual New Year's polar bear dip in Herring Cove, N.S. on Tuesday, Jan.1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Andrew Vaughan
A reveller takes the plunge during the annual New Year's polar bear dip in Herring Cove, N.S. on Tuesday, Jan.1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, A
Image 6 of 11 Fralinger String Band captain Thomas D'Amore performs during the 113th annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia, on Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)
Fralinger String Band captain Thomas D'Amore performs during the 113th annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia, on Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Josep
Image 7 of 11 Bangladeshi boatmen wait for passengers at the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
Bangladeshi boatmen wait for passengers at the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
Image 8 of 11 A young snowy owl looks into the camera at the zoo in Krefeld, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The species is native to northern Eurasia and North America. (AP Photo/dpa, Roland Weihrauch)
A young snowy owl looks into the camera at the zoo in Krefeld, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The species is native to northern Eurasia and North A
Image 9 of 11 Visitors move through a so-called
Visitors move through a so-called "art fog" during the opening of the "Art Experiment" exhibition at the Garage Center for Contemporary Cultures in M
Image 10 of 11 A Chadian soldier wearing reflective sunglasses observes the convoy ahead of him, as Chadian soldiers who are fighting in support of Central African Republic president Francois Bozize, ride on the road leading to Damara, about 70km (44 miles) north of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. More than 30 truckloads of troops from Chad line the two-lane highway just outside of Damara, supporting government forces who want to block a new rebel coalition from reaching the capital, and Gen. Jean Felix Akaga, who heads a 10-nation regional force, says the town is a
A Chadian soldier wearing reflective sunglasses observes the convoy ahead of him, as Chadian soldiers who are fighting in support of Central African R
Image 11 of 11 Shiite Muslim worshippers pray at the holy shrine of Imam Hussein during the Muslim festival of Arbaeen in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 2 , 2013. The holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Shiite Muslim worshippers pray at the holy shrine of Imam Hussein during the Muslim festival of Arbaeen in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of