Best Photos of the Day

KNOXVILLE, TENN..- Utah native Jim C. Norton, a longtime member of the Cowboy Artists of America, is renowned for his renditions of the Old West. His skillful use of color adds depth and a vivid quality to his 1996 work titled "Days Gone By". The work is available for absentee or live online bids and may be viewed in LiveAuctioneers' catalog for Case Antiques' Jan. 23 auction. LIVEAUCTIONEERS/CASE ANTIQUES PHOTO.

ACEHUCHE.- Carantonas pose during the Carantonas festival in Acehuche near Caceres in the southwestern Estremadura province on January 20, 2016. Mixing paganism and Christianity the monster-animal like "Carantonas", a patchwork of sheep, cow, rabbit and goatskins under painted masks, search for Saint Sebastian in the streets of the village eventually congregating at the village church, for a procession with the statue of the patron saint. AFP PHOTO/ CESAR MANSO

MOSCOW.- This picture shows a visitor taking pictures of Soviet artist Aleksandr Gerasimov‘s painting “Lenin on the Tribune” displayed in the exhibition “Romantic Realism. Soviet Art of 1925-1945” at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow. Twenty five years have passed since the fall of Communism but Lenin -- who died on Jan. 21, 1924 -- remains an omnipresent figure in Russia. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV

GUANGZHOU.- This picture shows artist Song Feideng looking at one of his painting in Guangzhou. A long time ago in a China far, far away, authorities managed to obtain a copy of America's ultimate cultural weapon, a blockbuster movie with enough special effects to wow an entire planet. and artist Song Feideng was told to use it to promote science. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE

BRIGHTON.- The sun rises over the horizon beyond the West Pier in Brighton on the south coast of England on January 20, 2016. AFP PHOTO / GLYN KIRK

VILNIUS.- Lithuanian painter Patricija Jurskaityte poses for a picture in Vilnius. Several of Jurskaityte's works have been aquired to hang in a planned museum by local philanthropists who teamed up with a world-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind to hand Lithuania's capital Vilnius its first modern art museum, with doors due to open in early 2019.

ABU DHABI.- French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (C) and French architect Jean Nouvel (L) visit the construction site of the future Louvre museum on Saadiyat island, outside the UAE capital Abu Dhabi on January 18, 2016. Fabius visits UAE to attend the 9th edition of the World Future Energy Summit. The new museum satellite, is designed by Jean Nouvel on Saadiyat Island, the future site of a multi-billion-dollar tourist resort just off the coast of Abu Dhabi.

CAIRO.- A picture taken on January 20, 2016 shows buildings along the Nile and their reflections in the water.

HAVANA.- Members of the Danza Voluminosa (Voluminous Dance) Cuban dance group rehearse at the National Theatre in Havana, on January 13, 2016.

NETHERLANDS.- The National Ballet performs during the opening of the European Aviation Summit in Hangar 14 at Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam, The Netherlands on January 20, 2016.