Multimedia, Pictures Published on 26th January 2016 Day in Pictures – 26 Jan 2016 written by Editorial A summary of the day’s events in pictures. Iranian President Rouhani meets Pope Francis at Vatican UN sends out invitations to participants in Syria talks but does not say which opposition groups have been invited Danish parliament approves plan to seize assets from refugees Israeli defence minister says that if he had to pick a side out of Iran and Islamic State to win in Syria: "I choose the Islamic State".