Best Photos of the Day

SOUTHAMPTON, PA..- Who let the birds out? These remarkably realistic parrots are actually cold-painted bronzes and larger than lifesize. Each of the birds is more than 2 feet high from tip to tail, and they flew the coop from a upscale estate in suburban Philadelphia. The avian duo is a highlight of Stephenson's Jan. 1 New Year's Auction, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers. LIVEAUCTIONEERS / STEPHENSON'S PHOTO

SEOUL.- South Korean policemen (L) stand guard near a statue (R) of a teenage girl in traditional costume called the "peace monument" for former "comfort women" who served as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II, in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul on December 29, 2015. South Korean officials met with former "comfort women" to seek their support for a landmark deal with Japan, after criticism it does not properly atone for the treatment of women forced into WWII army brothels. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE

PARIS.- This file photo taken on September 18, 2015 shows a view of the Georges Pompidou center in Paris. The Georges Pompidou center will display 250 artworks by late German artist Paul Klee in 2016.

LOS ANGELES.- Artists perform at The Vector Gallery Presents "The Retrial Of Charles Manson" at Vector Gallery on December 28, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP

MONACO.- Olga Smirnova performs in the"Casse-Noisette et Compagnie" (Nutcracker and Company), a new creation by French dancer and choreographer, Jean-Christophe Maillot, on December 28, 2015 in Monaco.

LONDON.- In this file picture taken on August 12, 2012, John Bradbury (C) plays drums with British Ska Band The Specials at the BT London Live - Closing Ceremony celebration concert in Hyde Park, London, on the last day of the London 2012 Olympic Games. John Bradbury, the drummer of The Specials, has died at the age of 62, his family said on December 29, 2015. AFP PHOTO / ANDREW COWIE

LONDON.- Actor Alex Hassell poses for a photograph in his dressing room at The Barbican Theatre in London on November 10, 2015. Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company embarks on its first major tour of China in 2016, hoping the Bard's history plays can say as much about the world's second-largest economy as they do about medieval England. Marking 400 years since William Shakespeare's death, the prestigious theatre company will take productions of "Henry IV Part I", "Henry IV Part II" and "Henry V" to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong in February and March. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS

NEW YORK.- Actress Olivia Wilde poses for a picture at the "Meadowland" New York Screening and Q&A at Museum of Modern Art on December 29, 2015 in New York City. Mike Coppola/Getty Images/AFP

ROME.- People take pictures in front of a Christmas decoration depicting a giant illuminated gift box inside the Galleria Colonna shopping mall, in central Rome, on December 29, 2015.

PARIS.- This file photo taken on December 18, 2015 shows the facade of the Comedie francaise in Paris. Belgian theatre director Ivo Van Hove will open the 2016 Avignon theater festival directing Comedie francaise actors to perform his last play "The Damned" from Visconti's movie.