Today’s top pics: Governor, Lt. Governor sworn in Calif. and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
APTOPIX CFP National Championship Clemson Alabama Football

Clemson's Travis Etienne celebrates after the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Alabama, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Santa Clara, Calif. Clemson beat Alabama 44-16. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
APTOPIX India Strike

Trade union members shout slogans on the first day of a two-day general strike called by various trade unions in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. The strike has been called against the government's alleged anti-worker policies and unilateral labour reforms. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
APTOPIX Peru Dakar Rally

Toby Price of Australia rides his KTM motorbike during the first stage of the Dakar Rally between Lima and Pisco, Peru, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
APTOPIX Central American Migrant Caravan

A boy looks at the border wall, topped with razor wire and bathed in floodlights from the U.S. side, as he walks on the beach Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Tijuana, Mexico. With no breakthrough in sight, President Donald Trump will argue his case to the nation Tuesday night that a "crisis" at the U.S.-Mexico border requires the long and invulnerable wall he's demanding before ending the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
APTOPIX Government Shutdown

The Capitol and Washington Monument are seen at dawn as the partial government shutdown lurches into a third week with President Donald Trump standing firm in his border wall funding demands, in Washington, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. After no weekend breakthrough to end a prolonged shutdown, newly empowered House Democrats are planning to step up pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
APTOPIX Britain Brexit

A man takes a photograph of a mural by street artist Banksy, depicting a star being chiselled from the European flag in Dover, south-east England, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. Britain is testing how its motorway and ferry system would handle a no-deal Brexit split from the European Union by sending a stream of trucks from a regional airport to the port of Dover. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Sexual Misconduct Kevin Spacey

Actor Kevin Spacey departs from district court on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Nantucket, Mass., after he was arraigned on a charge of indecent assault and battery. The Oscar-winning actor is accused of groping the teenage son of a former Boston TV anchor in 2016 in the crowded bar at the Club Car in Nantucket. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
APTOPIX Philippines Religious Procession

Thousands of replicas of the image of the Black Nazarene are blessed with holy water during the traditional blessing ahead of Wednesday's celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 in Manila, Philippines. Tens of thousands of Filipino Roman Catholic devotees are expected to join the long and raucous procession around Manila streets on Wednesday to celebrate the Feast Day of the Black Nazarene that usually ends before dawn the next day. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
APTOPIX Peru Dakar Rally

Matthias Walkner of Austria rides his KTM motorbike during the first stage of the Dakar Rally between Lima and Pisco, Peru, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
APTOPIX California New Governor

Eleni Kounalakis celebrates after being sworn-in as California's lieutenant governor, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. Kounalakis, a former ambassador to Hungary, is the first woman to be elected to that office. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)