Best Photos of the Day

MT. CRAWFORD, VA..- What's your pleasure? Sherry? Whiskey? The bar at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates is fully stocked with a large selection of 18th and 19th century free-blown decanters and drinking vessels for their Jan. 29 auction - more than enough to quench any glass connoisseur's thirst. All 369 lots are listed in LiveAuctioneers' online catalog. LIVEAUCTIONEERS/JEFFREY S. EVANS & ASSOCIATES PHOTO.

NEW YORK.- New York Philharmonic President Matthew VanBesien (L) introduces Conductor Jaap van Zweden at the New York Philharmonic at the David Geffen Hall after a news conference in New York City January 27, 2016 where it was announced he will become the orchestra's next Music Director beginning in 2018-19, the Orchestra's 177th season.

CALI.- A man leans against a wall with graffiti reading "Fewer bullets, more art" in the Siloe neighbourhood in Cali, Colombia on January 9, 2016. Considered vandalism in the past, graffiti is enjoying a boom in Colombia, where it has even been promoted in authorized places and where visitors can take private tours to see giant murals in the cities. Street art reflects the desire for peace in Colombia, while the government and the FARC guerrillas negotiate an end to the country's half-century armed conflict. AFP PHOTO/LUIS ROBAYO

ROME.- Visitors look at the Constantine bronze head (2nd L) and the original equestrian bronze statue of Marco Aurelio (R) on display at Rome's Capitoline Museum (Musei Capitolini) on Capitol Hill on January 26, 2016. Italy's desire to court visiting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani extended to covering up classical nude sculptures in the Capitoline Museum, where he met Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, it emerged on Tuesday.

PHNOM PENH.- US Secretary of State John Kerry looks at a statue while touring the National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh on January 26, 2016. Kerry is in Cambodia on the fourth leg of his latest round-the-world diplomatic mission, which will also take him to China. AFP PHOTO / POOL / JACQUELYN MARTIN

WADI AWIS.- A general view taken on January 1, 2016 shows vandalised pre-historic drawings on the wall of a cave in Wadi Awis, in Libya's Akakas mountain region, in the desert of the western Ghat District. Rock art work in the Akakas moutain range has been threatened for many years by vandals spraying graffiti and engraving on the ancient drawings and carvings or splashing water to bring out the colours for better photos.

NEW DELHI.- The image of French architect known as Le Corbusier adorns the side of a float taking part in India's Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2016. Thousands gathered in New Delhi amid tight security January 26 for India's annual Republic Day parade, a pomp-filled spectacle of military might featuring camels and daredevil stuntwomen, with French President Francois Hollande the chief guest. AFP PHOTO / Roberto SCHMIDT

PARIS.- French philosopher Mathieu Potte-Bonneville (L), French sociologist Bruno Latour and Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas take part in a debate on January 27, 2016 during La Nuit des Idees (The night of ideas) held at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs also know as the Quai d'Orsay in Paris.

PARIS.- A picture taken on January 27, 2016, shows a partial view of "La Canopee" (the canopy), a curvilinear roof of a building inspired by plant life at the redevelopment site of the Forum of Les Halles in Paris. In 2016, Parisians will be able to take a walk through the huge sail, "La Canopee" (the canopy), designed by French architects Jacques Anziutti and Patrick Berger, but for now, nearly 300 workers are still working on the construction site started in July 2012.

LOS ANGELES.- People take photographs as they come to say goodbye to the iconic 6th Street Bridge that connects downtown Los Angeles with its eastern districts after its closure to traffic in Los Angeles, California on January 27, 2016.. The crumbling Sixth Street Viaduct that has appeared in scores of Hollywood productions will be closed and demolished due to safety concerns after its concrete has become weakened by a rare chemical reaction.