Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Monday 9th March 2015

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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 and Tahira Mirza.

Pictures of the day 9th march 2015
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 9: Prime Minister David Cameron and education secretary Nicky Morgan meet pupils during a visit to the Green School For Girls on March 9, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. 500 or more free schools would be opened in England in the next five years under a Conservative government, Mr Cameron has pledged. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 09: Madame Tussauds debuts their Miley Cyrus wax figure atop a wrecking ball at The Venetian Las Vegas on March 9, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Madame Tussauds) (credit:Isaac Brekken via Getty Images)
(03 of21)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attends the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on March 9, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attend the Observance for Commonwealth Day Service At Westminster Abbey on March 9, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) (credit:Chris Jackson via Getty Images)
(05 of21)
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Actress Elizabeth Hurley 'Rides like a Royal' to celebrate the premiere of The Royals on E! at NBC's TODAY Show on March 9, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for E!/The Royals) (credit:Kevin Mazur via Getty Images)
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The judge ride zip-line to handle a case in remote mountains on 09 March, 2015 in Fengjie, Chongqing, China.(Photo by TPG/Getty Images) (credit:TPG via Getty Images)
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This picture taken on March 9, 2015 shows the wreckage of the Spanish trailer that transported Spanish pork, that was set ablaze on March 8 during a French pig farmers' operation to check and control the origin of the meat, on a parking lot in Landivisiau, western France. Dozens of pig farmers, worried of meat price plunge for months, took action on March 8, checking the origin of meat in pork processing plant in the in Finistere region, and setting ablaze a Spanish trailer transporting foreign pork meat. (credit:DAMIEN MEYER via Getty Images)
(08 of21)
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Greenpeace activists unfold a banner on the Seine River, next to the National Assembly, in the background, in Paris, Monday, March 9, 2015. Police broke up a stunt by Greenpeace activists who dangled from a bridge and unfurled banners on the river that call for cuts in nuclear power. The banner shows an image of President Francois Hollande and his campaign-trail pledge to reduce Franceâs dependency on nuclear power from more than two-thirds of French energy production today. Hollandeâs Socialist government has promised to reduce that to 50 percent by 2025. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(09 of21)
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Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry attend the Givenchy show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2015/2016 on March 8, 2015 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michel Dufour/WireImage) (credit:Michel Dufour via Getty Images)
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ABU DHABI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - MARCH 9: (Alternate crop of #465648396) In this handout image supplied by Jean Revillard, Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered airplane, takes flight as it begins its historic round-the-world journey from Al Bateen Airport, on March 09, 2015 from Abu Dhabi, UAE. The 35,000km journey is expected to last five months and is piloted by Andre Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland. The Solar Impulse 2 is equipped with 17,000 solar cells, has a wingspan of 72 metres, and yet weighs just over 2 tonnes. (Photo by Jean Revillard via Getty Images) (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
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Rebecca Cross with the Scottish Terrier, 'Knopa' (McVan's to Russia With Love), bred in US, with Russian ownership, from the Terrier Group, and winner of the Best in Show category, celebrate with their trophy at the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, in central England on March 8, 2015. Crufts is one of the largest dog events in the the world, with thousands of dogs competing for the coveted title of 'Best in Show'. Founded in 1891 by the late Charles Cruft, today the four-day show attracts entrants from around the world. Growing competition from foreign-owned dogs has sparked concern that not everyone may be playing fair at Crufts, a British institution since Victorian times now billed as the world's biggest canine show. Owners of a prize-winning Irish Setter who died after competing at the renowned Crufts dog show claimed on Sunday their dog had been poisoned at the English event. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BEN STANSALL via Getty Images)
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The Moulin Rouge cabaret dance troupe from France pose for photographs near the Merlion statue in Singapore on March 9, 2015. The troupe performed in Singapore March 7 at a gala dinner attended by members of the French community to celebrate Singapore's Golden Jubilee. AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ROSLAN RAHMAN via Getty Images)
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HONG KONG - MARCH 09: The inside section of Zhu Jinshi's 'Boat' Installation art is seen at The Rotunda, Exchange Square on March 9, 2015 in Central, Hong Kong. The public exhibition brings to Hong Kong for the first time a monumental 18-metre long, 7-metre high installation, Boat by Zhu Jinshi, composed of bamboo, cotton and over 12,000 sheets of xuan (rice) paper.Zhu Jinshi is one of China's leading contemporary artists who has offered outstanding contributions to the field across various mediums, including painting, performance art and art installation. Xuan paper has been a major medium in the artist's repertoire since 1988 when, working in Berlin, he produced A Cube of Xuan Paper. Working on monumental site-specific xuan paper installations has been a constant line of exploration for Zhu (Photo by Keith Tsuji/Getty Images) (credit:Keith Tsuji via Getty Images)
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ADDING NAME OF MAN- Police escort Tamerlan Eskerkhanov believed to be one of five suspects in the killing of Boris Nemtsov in a court room in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 8, 2015. Five suspects in the killing of prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov have been delivered to the court for arraignment, the spokeswoman for a Moscow court said Sunday. The statement by Anna Fedeeva to reporters outside the courthouse came one day after the Federal Security service said two suspects had been detained. Russian news agencies late Saturday reported that two others had been detained, and Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said Sunday there was a fifth suspect. Details remain vague in the case despite President Vladimir Putin's pledge to pursue the killers vigorously. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Three men, from the left: Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, Shagid Gubashev and Khamzad Bakhaev suspected of involvement in the killing of Boris Nemtsov sit in a court room in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 8, 2015. A Russian court on Sunday charged two men in the killing of leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov and ordered three other suspects to remain in jail pending a decision on whether to file charges. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A woman holds a bird during a peace march coined "March For Life" in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, March 8, 2015. Opposition leaders questioned the legitimacy of the march, saying the government awarded a contract to an NGO founded by Bogota's former Mayor Antanas Mockus to organized it to promote the ongoing peace talks between the government and FARC guerrilla group. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this aerial photo, crowds of people move in a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Sunday, March 8, 2015, in Selma, Ala. This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday,' a civil rights march in which protestors were beaten, trampled and tear-gassed by police at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, in Selma. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Police stand near the building Sunday, March 8, 2015, in Madison, Wis., where Tony Robinson was killed. Robinson, a 19-year-old black man, died Friday night after being shot by a police officer in an apartment during a confrontation. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Crowds gather before a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Sunday, March 8, 2015, in Selma, Ala. This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," a civil rights march in which protestors were beaten, trampled and tear-gassed by police at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, in Selma. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Female police block anti-government protesters on a street where a poster of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega covers a pole in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, March 8, 2015. The police were keeping the march from reaching the area of Congress, as well as keeping them from crossing paths with a rival pro-government march. The anti-government march was organized by women's rights organizations commemorating International Women's Day. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez, from Uruguay, reacts after scoring against Rayo Vallecano during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, March 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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