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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Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against Badger culling outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London. (credit:PA)
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Kumbuka the silverback gorilla gets measured at the annual London Zoo weigh-in where animals are weighed and measured. (credit:PA)
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Local residents remain in a shelter, one day after a landslide hit a residential area in Hiroshima, western Japan on August 21, 2014. Thousands of rescuers combed through the wreckage of homes engulfed by landslides in western Japan on in the slim hope of finding survivors, a day after a wall of mud claimed at least 39 lives. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JIJI PRESS via Getty Images)
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HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 21: Rescue teams continue the search for missing people among the debris of houses destroyed by a landslide caused by torrential rain at the site of a landslide in a residential area on August 21, 2014 in Hiroshima, Japan. Rescue work continues as at least 39 people were confirmed dead and 7 people are missing one day after the torrential rain caused flooding and landslides in the city of Hiroshima early Wednesday August 20, 2014. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images) (credit:Buddhika Weerasinghe via Getty Images)
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lululemon athletica hosts a mass yoga class at the Serpentine Pavilion, Hyde Park, London as a celebration of summer. Photo credit should read: Matt Alexander/PA Wire
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Tom Lackey, 94, at his home in Solihull, as he prepares to complete his 33rd wing walk on top of a Boeing Stearman biplane. (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
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A person dressed as Darth Vader, center, from the movie "Star Wars" throws out the ceremonial first pitch as Storm Troopers stand by prior to a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Milwaukee Brewers, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Darth Vader throws out a ceremonial first pitch before the start of a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday, August 20, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Japanese pro-wrestler-turned-politician Kanji "Antonio" Inoki bows at the end of a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. Inoki plans to stage a two-day martial arts extravaganza in Pyongyang later this month featuring former NFL player Bob "The Beast" Sapp in an oddball attempt at sports diplomacy just as relations between North Korea and Japan are beginning to thaw. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Newcastle United assistant manager John Carver, Newcastle United managing director Lee Charnley and manager Alan Pardew, followed by club captain Fabricio Coloccini (right), as they arrive for the funeral of Flight MH17 victim Liam Sweeney at St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle.Picture date: Thursday August 21, 2014. Mr Sweeney was travelling with fellow super fan John Alder on their way to watch their Newcastle United in New Zealand, when the plane came down in the east of the Ukraine. See PA story FUNERAL MH17. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
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Floral tributes are left at the funeral of Flight MH17 victim Liam Sweeney at St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle.Picture date: Thursday August 21, 2014. Mr Sweeney was travelling with fellow super fan John Alder on their way to watch their Newcastle United in New Zealand, when the plane came down in the east of the Ukraine. See PA story FUNERAL MH17. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
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Brooklyn Beckham arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of 'If I Stay' at TCL Chinese Theatre on August 20, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage) (credit:Gregg DeGuire via Getty Images)
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Protesters stand in the street as lightning flashes in the night sky in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. A grand jury has begun hearing evidence as it weighs possible charges against the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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U.S. President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the killing of journalist James Foley in Syria during a statement in Edgartown, Mass., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. The president said the U.S. will continue to confront Islamic State extremists despite Foley's brutal murder. Obama said he spoke Wednesday with Foley's family and offered condolences. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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After speaking with U.S. President Barack Obama by phone, John and Diane Foley talk to reporters, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, outside their home in Rochester, N.H. Their son James Foley was abducted in November 2012 while covering the Syrian conflict. Islamic militants posted a video showing his murder on Tuesday and said they killed him because the U.S. had launched airstrikes in northern Iraq. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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George Orwell's Animal Farm performed at Newham City Farm, London (credit:Rex Features)
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People are moved by a line of police as authorities disperse a protest in Ferguson, Mo. early Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Police begin arresting dozens of protesters on West Florissant Avenue after they refused to leave the area and some began throwing objects at officers in Ferguson, Mo. early Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, in the St. Louis suburb. (credit:PA)
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A Palestinian boy sits on rubble and next to destroyed buses and houses, following late night Israeli strikes in Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. (credit:PA)
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Palestinian women look outside from the window of their destroyed house, following late night Israeli strikes in Gaza City on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Rowan Atkinson plays Mr. Bean during filming session for a TV commercial at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai (credit:Rex)
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Colored water from a police water cannon hits Kashmiri government employees as they shout slogans during a protest in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Aug 21, 2014. Police used force to disperse Kashmiri government employees during the protest demanding regularization of contractual jobs and a hike in salary. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Police Shooting Missouri(23 of24)
Protesters march in the street as lightning flashes in the distance in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
APTOPIX Police Shooting Missouri(24 of24)
Protesters stand in the street as lightning flashes in the night sky in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. A grand jury has begun hearing evidence as it weighs possible charges against the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)