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
(01 of27)
Madame Tussauds London today released pictures of Benedict Cumberbatch with his startlingly life-like clay head, which will be used to create the mould for his hotly anticipated wax figure launching at the world famous Baker street attraction later this year.
(02 of27)
BARCELONA, SPAIN - AUGUST 29: Thomas Vermaelen in action during the FC Barcelona training session at Ciutat Esportiva on August 29, 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Miguel Ruiz/FC Barcelona via Getty Images) (credit:Miguel Ruiz via Getty Images)
(03 of27)
Handout photo issued by the Ministry of Defence of HMS Ramsay as they return home to Faslane on the Clyde, after a recent deployment to the Gulf. (credit:PA)
(04 of27)
Handout photo issued by the Ministry of Defence of HMS Ramsay sailors (names not given) being greeted as they as they return home to Faslane on the Clyde, after a recent deployment to the Gulf. (credit:PA)
(05 of27)
First Minister Alex Salmond visits Time Twisters Indoor Activity Park as Mr Salmond and Prime Minister David Cameron hit the Scottish independence referendum campaign trail. (credit:PA)
(06 of27)
Undated handout photo issued by London Zoo of the two newborn twin emperor tamarin monkeys latched onto their dad, they have been named Winnie and Pigley by the zookeepers (credit:PA)
(07 of27)
Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso (C) of Real Madrid leaves after a medical checkup at a sports physician in Munich, southern Germany on August 28, 2014. German champions Bayern Munich on Thursday announced they had agreed terms with Alonso for his move from Real Madrid. AFP PHOTO / DPA / PETER KNEFFEL +++ GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read PETER KNEFFEL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PETER KNEFFEL via Getty Images)
(08 of27)
A swarm of locusts invades the center of Madagascar capitol Antananarivo on August 28, 2014. AFP PHOTO/RIJASOLO (Photo credit should read RIJASOLO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RIJASOLO via Getty Images)
(09 of27)
Keira Knightley poses topless in a beautiful new photo spread for Interview. Fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier captured the 29-year-old for the magazine's September issue, themed The Photographer's issue. Knightley graces one of its six covers, each shot by a different photographer or pair of photographers.
(10 of27)
A swarm of locusts flies over the center of Madagascar capitol Antananarivo on August 28, 2014. AFP PHOTO/RIJASOLO (Photo credit should read RIJASOLO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RIJASOLO via Getty Images)
(11 of27)
Caretaker Joelle Palmer, foreground and intern Ally Levy, background, feed the manatees at the Miami Seaquarium in Key Biscayne, Fla. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reviewing whether the manatee should be reclassified as a âthreatenedâ species, which would allow some flexibility for federal officials as the species recovers while maintaining most of the protections afforded to animals listed as endangered. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(12 of27)
President Barack Obama speaks the economy, Iraq, and Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(13 of27)
Named the best player of the year, Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, kisses his trophy during the UEFA Champions League draw, at the Grimaldi Forum, in Monaco, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Real Madrid Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, center, reacts after winning the best player of the year trophy during the UEFA Champions League draw, at the Grimaldi Forum, in Monaco, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Bayern Munich's Dutch forward Arjen Robben , right and Bayern Munich's German goalkepper Manuel Neuer, left, applaud.(AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Aleksandra Krunic, of Serbia, slides on the court as she watches her shot fall against Madison Keys, of the United States, during the second round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(16 of27)
One-month-old triplet panda cubs receive a body check at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. China announced the birth of extremely rare panda triplets in a further success for the country's artificial breeding program. The three cubs were born July 29 in the southern city of Guangzhou. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(17 of27)
An Indian man climbs a 60 feet idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha to decorate it in preparation for the upcoming Ganesha Chaturthi festival in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. The 10-day festival that celebrates the birth of Ganesha begins Aug. 29 and ends with the immersion of Ganesha idols in the Arabian Sea and other water bodies. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(18 of27)
A supporter of Pakistan's cricket celebrity-turned-politician Imran Khan takes part in an anti-government rally with writing on her forehead "Go Nawaz Go," in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Pakistani police have registered allegations of abetting murder against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother over the June killing of 14 supporters of a cleric who is currently leading thousands of anti-government demonstrators in Islamabad. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(19 of27)
New England Patriots' Logan Ryan, left, breaks up a pass intended for New York Giants' Preston Parker during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(20 of27)
Spanish bullfighter Manuel Escribano stretches his hand towards a bull's horn during a bullfight in Toro, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. In August hundreds of villages around Spain celebrate their patron saints, with bullfights, music and parties on the streets.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Ecuador Tungurahua Volcano(21 of27)
The Tungurahua volcano blows steam and ash, seen from El Tingue, Ecuador, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. The volcano entered an eruptive phase in 1999 and continues to this day. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(22 of27)
Mo Farah (right) alongside his wife Tania takes a selfie as they attend his 'Night of Champions' in aid of the Mo Farah Foundation, at the Hurlingham Club, London. (credit:Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)
(23 of27)
Prime Minister David Cameron addresses the CBI Scotland Annual Dinner at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow, Scotland. (credit:PA)
(24 of27)
French volunteers, supporters of Pro-Russian rebels, walk along destroyed Ukrainian military machines at the Lenin square in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko called an emergency meeting of the nation's security council and canceled a foreign trip Thursday, declaring that "Russian forces have entered Ukraine," as concerns grew about the opening of a new front in the conflict. (credit:PA)
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The Tungurahua volcano blows steam and ash, seen from Guadalupe, Ecuador, early Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. The volcano entered an eruptive phase in 1999 and continues to this day. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(26 of27)
Jorge Alberto Parra lies partially buried in the ground with his lips sewn shut, on the sidewalk area outside the U.S. embassy in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Parra and three other men said they are protesting the General Motors Company (GM) for being unfairly laid-off three years ago. Parra partially buried himself today. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, Iraq, and Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)