Today’s top pics: 34th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
Brian Tyree Henry, left, kisses Danielle Deadwyler as he presents her with the breakthrough performance by an actress award for "Till" at the 34th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Palm Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Brendan Fraser accepts the spotlight award for "The Whale" at the 34th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Palm Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Sam Rockwell, right, presents Colin Farrell with the Desert Palm achievement award for an actor for "The Banshees of Inisherin" at the 34th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Palm Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Eric Idle, left, poses with Sarah Polley, winner of the award for director of the year for "Women Talking," at the 34th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Palm Springs, Calif. (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
Director Steven Spielberg accepts the Vanguard award for "The Fabelmans" at the 34th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Palm Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
South Carolina forward Victaria Saxton (5) loses the ball as Auburn guard Sania Wells (2) and guard Aicha Coulibaly (5) defend during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Columbia, S.C., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Maximilian Steiner of Austria soars through the air at the fourth stage of the 71th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
People skiing on a slope in Filzmoos south of Salzburg, Austria, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Sparse snowfall and unseasonably warm weather in much of Europe is allowing green grass to blanket many mountaintops across the region where snow might normally be. It has caused headaches for ski slope operators and aficionados of Alpine white this time of year. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
President Joe Biden speaks about border security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Chelsea's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, left, and Manchester City's Nathan Ake challenge for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge stadium in London Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Manchester City's Erling Haaland, left, and Chelsea's Kalidou Koulibaly challenge for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge stadium in London Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Men play bagpipes and drums as they form a procession into the cold Tundzha River to celebrate Epiphany in the town of Kalofer, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. The legend goes that the person who retrieves the wooden cross will be freed from evil spirits and will be healthy throughout the year. After the cross is fished out, the priest delivers a special blessing to that man and his household. In the small mountain city of Kalofer in central Bulgaria the ritual lasts longer, as nearly a hundred men dressed in traditional white embroidered shirts wade into the Tundzha River to perform a slow men's dance. (AP Photo/Alexander Nikolov)
Reporters surround Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as he walks out of the House chambers after the House met for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Members of a traditional firefighting preservation group perform ladder stunts during the annual New Year's Fire Brigade Review Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Newly sworn-in lawmakers stand for a group photo with National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, center, National Assembly Secretary Rosalba Gil, left, and Sub-Secretary Maria Alejandra Hernandez, at the start of the legislative year in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A woman plunges into the water after a sauna in Oslo, Norway, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
People bathe after a sauna in Oslo, Norway, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
A police officer tries to take away a makeshift shield from a demonstrator during a protest against President Dina Boluarte's government and Congress, in Arequipa, Peru, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Wednesday marks the resumption of protests against Boluarte that followed the ouster of her predecessor, Pedro Castillo, after he tried to dissolve Congress. (AP Photo/Fredy Salcedo)
Ohio State guard Roddy Gayle, left, fouls Purdue guard David Jenkins during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Purdue on 71-69. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)
A fallen tree is seen on S Street in downtown Sacramento, Calif., following a winter storm Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Sam Stanton/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
A Toyota Prius splashes through a large puddle as it heads west on Vanowen Street in Van Nuys, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP)
Boone White leaps from his car with no injury after a large tree fell on it while he was driving Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, near Capitola, Calif. (Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)
Powerful waves batter the Capitola Wharf after the storm destroyed a section of the structure on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Capitola, Calif. (Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)
While holding signs, missionaries and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bennet Lim, 21, left, and Jack Bodmer, 18, are enveloped in water as commuters give them a splash during the first major storm of the year in Chino, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP)
Bill Drummond looks over damage after high winds caused a tree to crash through two of his upstairs bedrooms the previous day in Hazel Dell, Wash., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian via AP)
Three kings of The Cabalgata Los Reyes Magos (Cavalcade of the three kings) are reflecting on the water of Arga River as they cross the ancient Magdalena bridge before to entrance in the old city during the cavalcade the day before Epiphany, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. The parade symbolizes the coming of the Magi to Bethlehem following the birth of Jesus, marked in Spain and many Latin American countries Epiphany is the day when gifts are exchanged. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Viktor Hovland, of Norway, plays a shot from a bunker on the 14th hole during the first round of the Tournament of Champions golf event, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, at Kapalua Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Faithful attend the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Benedict died at 95 on Dec. 31 in the monastery on the Vatican grounds where he had spent nearly all of his decade in retirement. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Holy communion vessels are filled ahead of the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Benedict died at 95 on Dec. 31 in the monastery on the Vatican grounds where he had spent nearly all of his decade in retirement. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
People gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Benedict died at 95 on Dec. 31 in the monastery on the Vatican grounds where he had spent nearly all of his decade in retirement, his days mainly devoted to prayer and reflection. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Members of the church attend the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Benedict died at 95 on Dec. 31 in the monastery on the Vatican grounds where he had spent nearly all of his decade in retirement. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Faithful arrive into St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, ahead of the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Benedict died at 95 on Dec. 31 in the monastery on the Vatican grounds where he had spent nearly all of his decade in retirement, his days mainly devoted to prayer and reflection. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
People occupy their positions at the St. Peter's Square at the Vatican ahead of the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Benedict died at 95 on Dec. 31 in the monastery on the Vatican grounds where he had spent nearly all of his decade in retirement, his days mainly devoted to prayer and reflection. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Musicians from Bavaria, Germany, arrive into St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, ahead of the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Benedict died at 95 on Dec. 31 in the monastery on the Vatican grounds where he had spent nearly all of his decade in retirement, his days mainly devoted to prayer and reflection. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
A guard stands as the fog covers the St. Peter's Basilica Dome in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican ahead of the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Benedict died at 95 on Dec. 31 in the monastery on the Vatican grounds where he had spent nearly all of his decade in retirement, his days mainly devoted to prayer and reflection. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
The coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is brought to St. Peter's Square for a funeral mass at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Benedict died at 95 on Dec. 31 in the monastery on the Vatican grounds where he had spent nearly all of his decade in retirement. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
A woman wearing a face mask walks by empty coffins placed at a mortuary of a hospital in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month’s Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures.(AP Photo/Andy Wong)
An elderly patient receives an intravenous drip while using a ventilator in the hallway of the emergency ward in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Patients, most of them elderly, are lying on stretchers in hallways and taking oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as COVID-19 surges in China's capital Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Canada's Connor Bedard carries the Championship Cup after the team's overtime win against Czechia in the title game of the IIHF world junior hockey championships Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via AP)