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Monday in Pictures: January 11

David Bowie died, the White House joined Snapchat, and more in today's news pictures.

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Image: BESTPIX Tributes Are Made After The Death Of Music Icon David Bowie

A woman leaves flowers beneath a mural of David Bowie in Brixton in London, England. British music and fashion icon David Bowie died earlier today at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer.

 

GALLERY: David Bowie: See Star's Transformation Into Rock Legend

— Carl Court / Getty Images
Image: Anthony Rinaldi NYSE

Specialist Anthony Rinaldi is silhouetted on a screen at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.

— Richard Drew / AP
Image: A U.S. flag flies at the White House in Washington

A U.S. flag flies at the White House in Washington on Jan. 11, 2016. The White House said on Monday that it had joined Snapchat, marking the Obama administration's latest move to reach a younger generation of Americans through social media.  

— CARLOS BARRIA / Reuters
Image: The New Year Is Greeted With The Traditional Burning Of The Clavie

People from Clavie carry a burning barrel on the top of a pole packed with tar soaked sticks in Burghead, Scotland. The burning of the Clavie takes place on January 11th every year as local people welcome in the New Year with the fire ceremony. It has ancient roots dating back to before1750, and is believed to bring good luck for the coming year.

— Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images
Image: Big waves in San Sebastian

A man watches the huge waves which brakes at the Paseo Nuevo's promenade in San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain. 

— JUAN HERRERO / EPA
Image: TOPSHOT-KENYA-UNREST-POLITICS-UNIVERSITY

A man walks outside a lecture hall with bullet-shattered window panes in Garissa University in Kenya. Students went back on Monday for classes at the Garissa campus in north eastern Kenya amid high security after a deadly siege by four gunmen nine months ago.  

 

GALLERY: Al Shabab Gunmen Storm University in Kenya

— TONY KARUMBA / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Fire in Cape Town

A girl wipes her eyes as thick smoke engulf homes in Ocean View, Cape Town, South Africa. Gale force south-easterly winds have been fanning several fires in Cape Town, making firefighting extremely difficult.  

— NIC BOTHMA / EPA
Image: Large pile of truck tyres caught alight at an industrial area in Melbourne

Locals watch as an Elvis helicopter drops water to battle a large tyre fire in Broadmeadows, Melbourne, Australia. A large pile of truck tyres caught alight at an industrial area in Maygar Boulevard.

— TRACEY NEARMY / EPA
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A group of Japanese youths who will turn 20 this year, the traditional age of adulthood in Japan, dress in kimonos and sit in a train after a Coming-of-Age ceremony at Toshimaen amusement park in Tokyo.

— Shizuo Kambayashi / AP
Image: Pope Francis poses with ambassadors during an audience with the diplomatic corps at the Vatican

Pope Francis poses with ambassadors during an audience with the diplomatic corps at the Vatican.

— ALESSANDRO BIANCHI / Reuters
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