Pictures of the day from The Huffington Post brings you the very best news and sports images from around the world, chosen and created by our own photo editors, Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza and Michael Cripps.
Pictures Of The Day
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U.S singer Lady Gaga is leaving her apartment with her french bulldog Asia in New York, NY on December 22, 2014. (credit:Charles Guerin/ABACA USA)
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Mourners, members of the media and other gather at a memorial near the spot where two New York Police Department officers, sitting inside a patrol car the previous day, were shot by an armed man, killing them both. The assailant then went into a nearby subway station and committed suicide, police said. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The orangutan named Sandra looks through a window at a journalist inside her enclosure at Buenos Aires' Zoo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. An Argentine court has ruled that Sandra, who has spent 20 years at the zoo, should be recognized as a person with a right to freedom. The ruling would free Sandra from captivity and have her transferred to a sanctuary in Brazil after a court recognized the primate as a "non-human person" which has some basic human rights. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 22: Choristers of the St Paul's Cathedral Choir rehearse for their Christmas carol service at St Paul's Cathedral on December 22, 2014 in London, England. The Christmas Eve Carol Services at the Cathedral will take place on Sunday December 24th. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
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Visitors watch as an installation of umbrellas forming a Christmas tree is illuminated at the Plaenterwald Christmas market in Berlin on December 21, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DPA / KAY NIETFELD +++ GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read KAY NIETFELD/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAY NIETFELD via Getty Images)
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Customers stand in front of a decorated Christmas tree in a shopping mall at Berlin's Potsdamer Platz on December 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ (Photo credit should read TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TOBIAS SCHWARZ via Getty Images)
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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 22: Supporters wear Scorchers Santa hats during the Big Bash League match between the Perth Scorchers and Adelaide Strikers at WACA on December 22, 2014 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Will Russell - CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images) (credit:Will Russell - CA via Getty Images)
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Emergency services at the scene on Queen Street in Glasgow where a bin lorry lost control and hit pedestrians, some are seriously injured with possible fatalities. (credit:SWNS)
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A visitor holds an umbrella as she watches the winter landscape around the Golcuk Natural Park in Bolu a city in Turkey on December 22, 2014. (Photo by Mehmet Emin Gurbuz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 17: (L-R) Paddy Ashdown, Nick Clegg, David Steel, Charles Kennedy and Menzies Campbell attend the funeral of former Liberal Party party leader Jeremy Thorpe at Saint Margaret's Church on December 16, 2014 in London, England. Thorpe served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976 and saw his political career collapse following allegations of a homosexual affair in the early 1960s. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 17: The coffin is carried out during the funeral of former Liberal Party party leader Jeremy Thorpe at Saint Margaret's Church on December 16, 2014 in London, England. Thorpe served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976 and saw his political career collapse following allegations of a homosexual affair in the early 1960s. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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Actors performing scenes from The Wintershall Nativity outside BBC Broadcasting House Piazza, in London. The Wintershall Nativity is at BBC Broadcasting House for two performances only and will also be performed at the Wintershall Estate in Surrey from December 18 -21. (credit:Louisa Collins-Marsh/PA Wire)
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Actors performing scenes from The Wintershall Nativity outside BBC Broadcasting House Piazza, in London. The Wintershall Nativity is at BBC Broadcasting House for two performances only and will also be performed at the Wintershall Estate in Surrey from December 18 -21. (credit:Louisa Collins-Marsh/PA Wire)
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Visitors are silhouetted with decorated lights on trees to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and New Year at Garden of Morning Calm in Gapyeong, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Visitors are silhouetted with decorated lights on trees to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and New Year at Garden of Morning Calm in Gapyeong, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Jon Bon Jovi looks on as the New York Jets and New England Patriots warm up before an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. (credit:AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
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Winter Solstice at Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire, Britain - 21 Dec 2014 - The Beorma Morris perform dances around the ancient stone circle at Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire at sunrise on Winter Solstice, marking the shortest day in the year. (credit:Rex)
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Winter Solstice at Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire, Britain - 21 Dec 2014 - The Beorma Morris perform dances around the ancient stone circle at Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire at sunrise on Winter Solstice, marking the shortest day in the year. (credit:Rex)
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Santa Claus visits the Favela da Mare, North Zone of the city, and distributes gifts to children while walking through the streets. (Photo by Fabio Teixeira/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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Portuguese football player Cristiano Ronaldo from the Real Madrid poses with his son beneath a statue of himself during the unveling ceremony in his hometown in Funchal on December 21, 2014. (credit:GREGORIO CUNHA via Getty Images)
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A white lion cub plays with another baby white lion at the Lion Park, situated 35 km away from Johannesburg, South Africa . The Lion Park provide opportunity for tourists to learn more about African animals and visitors could do a game drive or drive themselves around the park. (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Portuguese football player Cristiano Ronaldo from the Real Madrid poses with his son beneath a statue of himself during the unveling ceremony in his hometown in Funchal on December 21, 2014. (credit:GREGORIO CUNHA via Getty Images)
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Iggy Azaela performs during the Y100 Jingle Ball 2014 at the BB&T Center on December 21, 2014 in Miami, FL. (credit:Jeff Daly/Invision/AP)
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A cat plays with a mouse that it caught on a farm in Sehnde near Hannover, northern Germany, Saturday, Dec. 20 2014. The game had a tragic end for the mouse. (AP Photo/dpa, Julian Stratenschulte) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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ZAGREB, CROATIA - DECEMBER 21: Hundreds of participants dressed as Santa Claus take part in the Santa Claus race at Ban Jelacic square in Zagreb, Croatia on December 21, 2014. The charity event is part of the pre-holiday event 'Advent in Zagreb' and organized to raise funds for flood victim children in Croatia.(Photo by Stipe Mayic/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 21: Dancers perform during a NBA basketball game between Brooklyn Nets and Detroit Pistons at the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City, on December 21, 2014. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Sina Candrian of Switzerland in action during the women's final in the Big Air Snowboard World Cup on the campus of Istanbul Technical University, ITU, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014. Istanbul host the first-ever World Cup on Turkish soil but also the first-ever Big Air event for both, men and women.(AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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New York Police Department officers Mark Cava, left, and Jason Muller participate in a moment of silence for two slain NYPD officers before an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Detroit Pistons Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, in New York. A gunman ambushed NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in Brooklyn Saturday, fatally shooting them as they sat in their patrol car before running into a nearby subway station and killing himself. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A woman offers biscuits to honor guard soldiers before a commemoration at the Revolution Heroes Cemetery in Bucharest ,Romania, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014. The anti-communist uprising, which left more than thousands dead, and ended the rule of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who was executed, started in the western Romanian town of Timisoara on Dec. 16, 1989 and in Bucharest, Romania's capital on Dec. 21, 1989.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Detroit Red Wings goalie Petr Mrazek (34) wears a snow man painted on his helmet against the Colorado Avalanche during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Detroit Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People prepare to release paper lanterns in the Panama City Bay as part of a public event held as a tribute to the victims of the US invasion of Panama one day before the 25th anniversary of the military operation in Panama City, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. On Dec. 20, 1989, US armed forces in an operation code-named Just Cause, invaded Panama to overthrow Panama's dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega and the Panamanian Defense Forces were dissolved. (AP Photo/Tito Herrera) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Three of the newly born cheetah quadruplets rest at their enclosure in Prague's zoo, Czech Republic, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The four cubs we're born on Nov. 21, 2014. Scientists say every cheetah cub is critical to saving the species, which is threatened with extinction in the wild. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)