Images of the day - Jan 5

Native protesters take part in an Idle No More march at the Peace Arch border crossing between Canada and the US in Surrey, British Columbia Jan 5, 2013. The protest movement continues after Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced he would meet with a delegation of First Nations chiefs, including Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence next week. His meeting, which will discuss social and economic issues, is an olive branch to an aboriginal movement that has blockaded rail lines and threatened to close Canada's borders with the US.[Photo/Agencies]

People dress up as characters from Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle's stories as they celebrate the birthday of detective Sherlock Holmes, one of Doyle's most famous fictional character, in Riga Jan 5, 2013. From 1979 to 1986, a Soviet TV film adaptation of the novel titled "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson" shot most of its episodes in Riga.[Photo/Agencies]