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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Undated handout artist impression issued by Chungbuk National University of a newly discovered planet (far right) orbiting one star (right) of a binary star system. The discovery increases the likelihood of finding new planets, some of which may habitable. (credit:PA)
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Check out the first official image from Batman V Superman
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Hillary Rodham Clinton meets fans and signs copies of her book 'Hard Choices' at Waterstones, Piccadilly on July 3, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images) (credit:Tim P. Whitby via Getty Images)
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Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh as they attend the Thistle Service. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
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Photographer riding on the back of motorcycles takes pictures of Britain's Christopher Froome, rear right, and his Sky teammates during a training ahead of the Tour de France cycling race in Leeds, Britain, Thursday, July 3, 2014. The Tour de France will start on Saturday July 5th in Leeds, and finishes in Paris
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English actor Colin Firth and singer and actress Cilla Black sit in the royal box on Centre Court as they wait for the start of the women's singles semi-final matches on day ten of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 3,
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Ed Miliband (L), the Leader of the Labour Party, is thanked by Ed Balls, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, after he delivered a speech at the 'Policy Network Conference' held in the Science Museum on July 3, 2014 in London, England. The conference, hosted by the Policy Network think tank, is convened under the title: 'on how Britain can build a strong, sustainable and inclusive economy for the future'.
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An employee of the Grevin Museum, Berangere Prost, right, applies the final touches to the life-size wax model of US actress Angelina Jolie, in front of the museum, during a media presentation in Paris, Thursday, July 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne during a visit to the University of Liverpool's Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics. (credit:Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
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Oscar Pistorius has his tie adjusted by his uncle Arnold Pistorius, right, in court during his ongoing murder trial in Pretoria, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Pistorius is charged with the 2013 Valentine's Day shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (AP Photo/Herman Verwey, Pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Tameka Lawson, right, executive director of a local non-profit group called 'I Grow Chicago' leads a yoga class along the often violent streets of Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. Lawson said yogaâs meditative focus could help cooler heads prevail the next time violence or vengeance looms. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An employe of Russian Space Training Center hangs out to dry space suits of Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, NASA's U.S. flight engineer Kathleen Rubins, and Japanese space agency's flight engineer Takuya Onishi, right, after their undergoing training near in Noginsk, 60 km (38 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. The training was intended to simulate the capsule landing on water. Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, Japanese space agency's flight engineer Takuya Onishi, and NASA's U.S. flight engineer Kathleen Rubins are being trained for a future mission to the International Space Station. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The skeletons of a family of Palaeoloxodon naumanni, male (R), female (L), baby (C), are seen after being restored and displayed to the press for the upcoming special exhibition prehistoric mammals at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo's Ueno Park on July 3, 2014. The exhibition will be held from July 12 to October 5. (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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The Yorkshire leg of the Tour de France will be captured this year by an unlikely source – a flock of sheep. Five sheep from Harewell Hall in Harrogate have been recruited by Sony and converted into sheepcams. The sheep are fitted with the wearable full HD AS100VR ActionCam which has Advance SteadyShot image stabilisation that smoothes camera wobbles, offering more stable and blur-free images whilst the sheep are on the move.
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Sophie Ellis Bextor and Richard Jones enjoying a refreshing Kopparberg Elderflower & Lime/Cloudberry cider at the launch of the Kopparberg Urban Forest (credit:Kopparberg Urban Forest)
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Large crowds queue for entry to the Game of Thrones exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art on July 3, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Since the exhibition opened on Tuesday, Patrons have reported waiting times of up to 6 hours. (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
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Piccadilly Circus in central London has been closed after an explosion which resulted in a lorry catching fire.Metropolitan Police officers and London Fire Brigade (LFB) attended the scene at the Piccadilly junction with Sackville Street just before 11pm yesterday.
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This image released by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the U.S. Forest Service, shows the first time a wolverine has been photographed in Utah since 1979. Wildlife biologists scanned photographs taken by a trail camera in the Uinta Mountains last winter, they found it had taken photos of a wolverine. (AP Photo/Utah Division of Wildlife Resources/U.S. Forest Service) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The Wales Office of a new portrait of the Duke of Cambridge painted by Dan Llywelyn Hall that will be unveiled during a reception at Gwydyr House in London
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A spotted seal pup suns itself along Nome Harbor on Friday, May 30, 2014, in Nome, Alaska. Nome residents report seeing more seal pups on shore this year with an early disappearance of sea ice. Sunning themselves help pups shed lanugo, the white, wooly coat they’re born with, and grow new fur.
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With the United Nations and Tudor City in the foreground, lightning strikes in the sky over the East River as a major storm approaches New York City July 2, 2014.
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Lighting strikes over the Empire State Building as a major storm comes in New York City July 2, 2014. Tropical Storm Arthur is headed up the East Coast and could become a hurricane in some areas by
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International Space Station, weather system Arthur travels up the east coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean near Florida on July 2, 2014 in space. The robotic arm of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System or Canadarm2 is seen at upper right. According to reports, Arthur has begun moving steadily northward at around 5 kt. and the tropical storm is expected to strike the North Carolina Outer Banks over the Fourth
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Members of Honduras' Special Unit against Drug Traffickng and Organized Crime arrange packs containing 400k of cocaine seized in a container carrying soft drinks coming from Costa Rica, in San Pedro Sula, 240 km north of Tegucigalpa,
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Model Renee Somerfield poses during the filming for an ad made by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) at San Telmo Studio
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Plastic bags and other rubbish are collected from the waters of Manila Bay on July 3, 2014 during a campaign by environmental activists and volunteers calling for a ban of the use of plastic bags. Volunteers from various environmental advocates collected and separated assorted plastic rubbish polluting Manila Bay and called for national legislation against plastic bags in observance of the 5th International Plastic Bag-Free Day
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San Diego Padres starting pitcher Tyson Ross is doused by teammates after pitching a complete baseball game 3-0 shutout over the Cincinnati Reds,
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The Duchess of Cambridge watches Great Britain's Andy Murray on Centre Court from the Royal Box during day ten of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon.
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Keira Knightley attending the Meet the Cast from Begin Again event held at the Apple Store, Regent Street, London.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right back, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrive for a flower laying ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of Minsk's liberation from Nazi's troops during WWII, in Minsk, Belarus. (credit:PA)
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Lady Gaga wears a wedding dress in Montreal (credit:Splash)
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Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, foreground, jumps out from a landing capsule during training near Noginsk, 60 km (38 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. The training was intended to simulate the capsule landing on water. Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, Japanese space agency's flight engineer Takuya Onishi, and NASA's U.S. flight engineer Kathleen Rubins are being trained for a future mission to the International Space Station. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Fan on Murray mound shelters from the sun under a union jack umbrella on day nine the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon on July 2, 2014 in London, England. (credit:Al Bello via Getty Images)
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Muslims around the world refrain from eating, drinking and sexual intercourse from dawn till dusk during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. (credit:Rex)