Live News Pictures Of The Day: Photos From Wednesday 2nd July 2014

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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.

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Lady Gaga wears a wedding dress in Montreal
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An Indonesian Muslim man offers a prayer as others wait for the time to break their fast at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, June 2, 2014. Muslims around the world are observing Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, where they refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. (credit:AP)
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Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov in action against Great Britain's Andy Murray (credit:EMPICS Sport/EMPICS Sport)
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attend the Simone Halep v Sabine Lisicki match on centre court during day nine of the Wimbledon Championships at Wimbledon
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Roy Keane during a photocall at the Bodymoor Heath Training Ground,Tammworth.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 02: Andy Murray of Great Britain's girlfriend Kim Sears watches his Gentlemen's Singles quarter-final match against Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria on day nine of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon on July 2, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images) (credit:Jan Kruger via Getty Images)
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HENLEY-ON-THAMES, ENGLAND - JULY 02: Specatators use a boat to watch as boat crews race on the River Thames at the Henley Royal Regatta on July 2, 2014 in Henley-on-Thames, England. Opening today and celebrating its 175th year, the Henley Royal Regatta is regarded as part of the English social season and is held annually over five days on the River Thames. Thousands of rowing fans are expected to come to watch races which are head-to-head knock out competitions, raced over a course of 1 mile, 550 yards (2,112 m) which regularly attracts international crews to race. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)
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Lady Gaga left her hotel in Montreal all dressed in white, as if she was ready to get married. She had a long white dress with a veil on her necklace.
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Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to the Commonwealth Games Uniform and Accreditation Centre, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. (credit:Danny Lawson/PA Wire)
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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (L) is interviewed by readers of 'First News', a national newspaper for children and teenagers, on July 2, 2014 in London, England. Six children are posing questions to Mr Osborne as part of the 'First News Hot Seat' series of interviews, which are also being broadcast on Sky News television and LBC radio
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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (L) is interviewed by readers of 'First News', a national newspaper for children and teenagers, on July 2, 2014 in London, England. Six children are posing questions to Mr Osborne as part of the 'First News Hot Seat' series of interviews, which are also being broadcast on Sky News television and LBC radio
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A Photojournalist is injured during clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli Police near to the house of murdered Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdair, in Jerusalem on July 2, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. Israeli Police found a burnt body in a forest west of Jerusalem, early on Wednesday morning, in what appears to have been a revenge kidnapping and murder carried out by right-wing Israeli extremists after three Israeli teenage boys were found dead on Monday north of the Palestinian town Halhul, near Hebron.
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William Duke of Cambridge attend day nine of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon on July 2, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images) (credit:Jan Kruger via Getty Images)
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Sky employees unveil the world's biggest cycling jersey in Millennium Square as a show of support for Team Sky as they set off on The Tour de France this Saturday from Leeds City Centre, on July 2, 2014 in Leeds, England. (Photo by Nigel Roddis/Getty Images for Sky) (credit:Nigel Roddis via Getty Images)
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Leeza Ormbsy (L) of New Zealand talks with her lawyer Ari Soenardi as she waits for her verdict on July 2, 2014 in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Leeza Ormsby was handed a 10 month sentence for possessing drugs after she was arrested during an anti drugs operation by Indonesian Police whilst on holiday in Bali on February 12, 2014. (Photo by Putu Sayoga/Getty Images) (credit:Putu Sayoga via Getty Images)
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A pile of mild stimulant drug Khat llies beside the wreckage of a Fokker 50 cargo plane after it crashed into a building on take-off at Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. According to a police official said Joseph Ngisa, the airport's head of police investigations, four people aboard the plane were killed when their cargo plane crashed, transporting the mild stimulant drug known as Khat to the Somali capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his home on July 2, 2014 in Paris. France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged with corruption and influence peddling, French prosecutors said on July 2, a dramatic move in a criminal probe that could wreck his hopes of a political comeback. The decision came after Sarkozy was questioned for 15 hours, marking the first time a French ex-head of state had been taken into custody in a criminal investigation. AFP PHOTO / JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACQUES DEMARTHON via Getty Images)
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A Palestinian farmer carries away burnt material after his yard was vandalized and graffiti daubed on a wall, allegedly by Jewish settlers, in the village of Aqraba, in the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank, on July 2, 2014, in what has come to be known as 'price tag' attacks. the term 'price tag' is a euphemism for nationalist-motivated hate crimes by Jewish extremists aimed at Palestinian and Arab property, but have also targeted non-Jews and occasionally left wing Israelis and the security forces. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH (Photo credit should read JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JAAFAR ASHTIYEH via Getty Images)
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Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage attends a debate on the results of the June 26-27 European Council, on July 2, 2014 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. AFP PHOTO/FREDERICK FLORIN (credit:FREDERICK FLORIN via Getty Images)
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Waxwork gets a glamorous new look at Madame Tussauds, London. The Duchess now wears an ISSA London gown, L.K. Bennett shoes and clutch bag, while The Duke wears a Gieves and Hawkes dinner suit.
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Oscar Pistorius arrives at a court in Pretoria, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Pistorius' trial continues with evidence being heard from his agent testifying being tried at the double-amputee runner's murder trial surrounding the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (AP Photo/Werner Beukes, Pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Containers are lined up on the deck of the the Danish vessel Ark Futura to be moved to the U.S.-owned MV Cape Ray, at Gioia Tauro port, southern Italy, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. A Danish ship carrying hundreds of tons of Syrian chemical weapons steamed into the southern Italian port on Wednesday for a rendezvous with a U.S. cargo vessel that will destroy the toxic material. Within an hour of arrival, a forklift truck was at work on the Ark Fortuna's deck beginning to move the containers. Local officials estimate the transfer of chemicals might take as long as 20 hours, depending on sea conditions. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Israelis light candles as they gather in Jerusalem after the announcement that the bodies of the three missing teenagers were found near the West Bank town of Hebron. The Israeli military found the bodies of three missing teenagers on Monday, just over two weeks after they were abducted in the West Bank, allegedly by Hamas militants. The grisly discovery culminated a feverish search that led to Israel's largest ground operation in the Palestinian territory in nearly a decade and raised fears of renewed fighting with Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was huddling with his Security Cabinet late Monday to discuss a response. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Prospective plebes learn how to properly wear their covers during Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md. More than 1,200 young men and women reported for "I-Day," where they received haircuts, medical examinations, new uniforms and instructions on how to salute before taking an oath of office to become members of academy's newest class. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People grieve over the body of their friend, a policeman killed during assault by pro-Russian fighters the Interior Ministry headquarters in downtown Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. The rebels captured the Interior Ministry headquarters in a major city after an hours-long gun battle, a day after the president said rebels weren't serious about peace talks and ended a cease-fire. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Indian members of the forest elephant squad treat an injured male wild elephant in theTaipu forest under Kurseong division, some 25 kms from Siliguri on July 1,2014. Indian forest wildlife squad located the injured elephant and, with the help of the elephant squad team and two domesticated elephants, they were able to tranquilise the wild elephant and successfully treat it, a forest official said. AFP PHOTO/ Diptendu DUTTA (Photo credit should read DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Indian Hindu Brahmins perform rituals to appease the Rain God on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on July 1, 2014. Many regions of India are fearing rain deficiency but Indian Metrological Department is hopeful of more rains in July and August months. AFP PHOTO / Sam PANTHAKY (Photo credit should read SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BRIDGEND, WALES - JULY 01: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales met staff and toured the factory during a visit to the Sony UK Technology Centre, Bridgend on July 1, 2104 in Bridgend, Wales. (Photo by Arthur Edwards - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Ofir, the father of Gilad Shaer, 16, hugs a mourner as they stand in front of his son's body during a funeral service at his hometown, the Talmon Jewish settlement, near the West Bank city of Ramallah,on July 1, 2014. Shaer along with two other Israeli youths Naftali Frenkel, 16, and Eyal Ifrach, 19, disappeared from a roadside in the southern West Bank on June 12. Their bodies were found on June 30, in a nearby field, with Israel blaming Hamas for their abduction and death and vowing to hunt down the killers. Shaer, Frenkel and Ifrach will be laid to rest in the central Israeli city Modiin in a joint ceremony. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)