Pictures Of The Day: Photos From Wednesday 12th November 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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The Duchess of Cambridge visits a SportsAid workshop at the GSK Human Performance Laboratory in West London. (credit:David Parker/PA Wire)
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The Duchess of Cambridge, patron of SportsAid performs a cognitive testing programme at a SportsAid workshop at the GSK Human Performance Laboratory in West London. (credit:David Parker/PA Wire)
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The Duchess of Cambridge, patron of SportsAid performs a cognitive testing programme at a SportsAid workshop at the GSK Human Performance Laboratory in West London. (credit:David Parker/PA Wire)
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Real Sociedad's new coach David Moyes (R) attends his first training past Real Sociedad's manager Lorenzo Juarros in San Sebastian on November 12, 2014. Former Manchester United Scottish manager David Moyes was heading to Spain today to take over as the new head coach of struggling Real Sociedad. AFP PHOTO/ ANDER GILLENEA (Photo credit should read ANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANDER GILLENEA via Getty Images)
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Real Sociedad's new coach David Moyes (R) waves past Real Sociedad's manager Lorenzo Juarros as he arrives prior to his presentation in San Sebastian on November 12, 2014. Former Manchester United Scottish manager David Moyes was heading to Spain today to take over as the new head coach of struggling Real Sociedad. AFP PHOTO/ ANDER GILLENEA (Photo credit should read ANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANDER GILLENEA via Getty Images)
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A model illustrates how the landing device of the space probe 'Rosetta' stands on the comet '67P/Tschurjumow-Gerassimenko' at the press center of the satellite control center of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Darmstadt, Germany, 12 November 2014. After a ten-year journey, the miniature laboratory 'Philae' is supposed to land on a comet for the first time. (credit:Arne Dedert/DPA)
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Miners work at the salt face, 500ft below the surface at the Compass Mineral Salt Mine in Winsford, Cheshire. (credit:Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
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The Prince of Wales chats with local residents during a tour of Arlington Square Gardens in Islington, London, as one of the Prince's charities warned that policy-makers, developers and architects need to take more notice of what the public wants from its neighbourhoods to help tackle the country's housing shortage. (credit:Chris Radburn/PA Wire)
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Actor Morgan Freeman after he receive the Freedom of the City of London during a ceremony at the Guildhall in London. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
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Volunteers begin to remove the 888,246 hand made poppies from the Tower of London display entitled "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" in the dry moat of the Tower of London, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Each poppy represents a British and Commonwealth military fatality from World War I. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland) (credit:Tim Ireland/AP)
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Dereck Chisora with his six month old daughter Angie after a Press Conference at the Malmaison Hotel, London. (credit:Adam Davy/PA Wire)
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Kevin Fortey, from Cwmbran in Wales, with his prize-winning giant vegetables as it has been announced that he will be Alton Towers Resort's official grocery supplier for the new Crooked Spoon restaurant, which is part of the new Enchanted Village opening at the Staffordshire resort in April 2015. (credit:Rui Vieira/PA Wire)
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John Mould, who has worked at Hampton Court Palace for over fifty years, removes the first poppy from the moat of the Tower of London, as work begins dismantling the 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' installation, which captured the imagination of Britain as it commemorated the centenary of the First World War. (credit:PA)
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Mars probe model debuts at the 10th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition on November 11, 2014 in Zhuhai, Guangdong province of China. The 10th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition held at Zhuhai Airshow Center on Tuesday features new aircraft, trade talks and technological exchanges. (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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Pope Francis gives a thumbs-up as arrives for his weekly open-air general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on November 12, 2014. (credit:ANDREAS SOLARO via Getty Images)
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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, toasts with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Obama is on a state visit after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, Pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 11: Elizabeth Banks attends the 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1' preview event at Kraftwerk Mitte on November 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Christian Marquardt/Getty Images) (credit:Christian Marquardt via Getty Images)
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Alton Towers Resort's chef Simon Jones (left) and Kevin Fortey, from Cwmbran in Wales, with his prize-winning giant vegetables as it has been announced that Kevin will be the Staffordshire Resort's official grocery supplier for the new Crooked Spoon restaurant, which is part of the new Enchanted Village opening at the Staffordshire resort in April 2015. (credit:Rui Vieira/PA Wire)
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Judge Les McKeown, of the Bay City Rollers eats a giant birthday cake in the style of a Scotch pie as he celebrates his birthday during the World Scotch Pie Championship at the Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
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Judges including Bay City Rollers Les McKeown (chequed shirt) during the World Scotch Pie Championship at the Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline, Scotland. (credit:PA Wire)
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Nov 11, 2014 - Kilauea, Hawaii, U.S. - Lava pushes through the fence at the southwest corner of the Pahoa transfer station and moved down the slope onto the station grounds. The flames are caused by burning asphalt. (Credit Image: USGS/ZUMAPRESS.com) (credit:USGS/Zuma Press)
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Marina Elena Delgado, left, with her daughter Cindy Normandin, visits the grave site of her husband, a veteran of the Air Force, at Fort San Houston National Cemetery, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (credit:Eric Gay/AP)
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Oklahoma City Thunder's Nick Collison loses the ball as he tries to drive between Milwaukee Bucks' Larry Sanders (8) and Giannis Antetokounmpo during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) (credit:Morry Gash/AP)
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U.S. President Barack Obama, right, smiles after a group of children waved flags and flowers to cheer him during a welcome ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. When Xi Jinping took the reins of a booming China two years ago, President Barack Obama saw an opportunity to remake America's relationship with the Asian power. But even after Obama's unusually robust efforts to forge personal ties with Xi, the two leaders are meeting in Beijing amid significant tensions, both old and new. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) (credit:Andy Wong/AP)
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Masked teachers detain a police officer during clashes in Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero state, Mexico, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Supporters of 43 missing college rural students, refusing to believe they are dead, have kept up the protests that have blocked major highways and set government buildings ablaze in recent weeks. The students disappeared at the hands of a city police force on Sept. 26 in the town of Iguala. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez) (credit:Alejandrino Gonzalez/AP)
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Double rainbow appears after the rain over the River Itchen in Southampton (credit:Rex Features)
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French President Francois Hollande makes selfies with onlookers after the ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, during the Armistice Day ceremonies marking the end of World War I, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. The Armistice Day is commemorated every year on Nov. 11 to mark the armistice signed between the allies of World War I and Germany to end the war. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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British World War II veterans David Ovenstone, right, and Leslie Potter hold hands during an Armistice Day ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. The Menin Gate Memorial bears the names of more than 54,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are not known. Ovenstone's father served in WWI with the Royal Army and was gassed and wounded on the Somme in 1915. Potter's grandfather was killed in Nov. 1915 and his name is engraved on the Menin Gate. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A goat looks through a hole in the wall in the village of Caykara, Turkey, on the Turkey-Syria border, just across from Kobani, Tuesday Nov. 11, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)