Photo of the Day: January 19, 2016

Gali Tibbon/AFP

BETHANY,JORDAN: A young Georgian girl reacts as she is baptised by a Romanian Christian Orthodox priest in the waters of the Jordan River during the Epiphany celebrations at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site near the West Bank city of Jericho on January 18, 2016. Thousands of Christian Orthodox pilgrims participated in the procession at the Jordan River to celebrate the annual feast, marking Jesus' baptism according to the gospels Jesus Christ was baptised in the waters of the Jordan River by John the Baptist. Photo by: GALI TIBBON

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