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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Shocking picture of Eastbourne Pier on fire, the blaze believed to have started in wall panelling (credit:Jon Bathard-Smith)
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Mud and slush surround a building after a mudslide in Malin village, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Torrential rains triggered a massive landslide that buried a remote village in western India Wednesday, sweeping away scores of houses and possibly trapping more than 150 people, officials said. (AP Photo/Press Trust of India) INDIA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A sculpture of representing Homo Antecessor by the French paleo-artist, Elizabeth Daynes is displayed in the chamber of evolution at the Museum of Human Evolution (MEH) on July 30, 2014 in Burgos, near the archaeological site of Atapuerca. The sculpture is so far considered to be a reproduction of the first settler of Europe who lived some 900,000 years. (credit:CESAR MANSO via Getty Images)
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Austrian singer and Eurovision Song Contest 2014 winner Conchita Wurst (Thomas Neuwirth) poses for a photograph during an interview at a hotel in Stockholm, Sweden, on July 30, 2014. Wurst is in Sweden to perform during the inauguration of the annual Stockholm Pride Week later tonight.
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The Prince of Wales meets the public during his visit to the Sandringham flower show held on the Royal Estate in Norfolk. (credit:Chris Radburn/WPA-Rota)
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Team GB stars Zara Dampney reaches for the ball on the Foster's Radler beach volleyball court at Covent Garden Piazza on July 30, 2014 in London, England. Because a world with more beach volleyball can only be a good thing, the pair are campaigning for the sport to be part of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Foster's Radler) (credit:Tim P. Whitby via Getty Images)
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Ola Jordan launches Gallo Family Vineyards Summer Rosé on London's iconic Southbank
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TV reporters try to interview people dressed as Batman, Spiderman and Catwoman but they are pushed away
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Boats make their way through the bright green algae that sits on the surface of the canal due to the sunny and hot conditions
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Boats make their way through the bright green algae that sits on the surface of the canal due to the sunny and hot conditions
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Flyers are dropped over Gaza City by the Israeli army urging residents to evacuate their homes on July 30, 2014. Israeli bombardments early on July 30 killed 'dozens' of Palestinians in Gaza.
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Last night aquarists at the SEA LIFE London Aquarium kick started the week-long task of performing health checks on every single one of the 6,600 animals in their care.
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Musician Jack White throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the Detroit Tigers baseball game against the Chicago White Sox Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in Detroit. (credit:PA)
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Actress Selena Gomez arrives to the premiere of Mad Chance's 'Behaving Badly' at the ArcLight Hollywood on July 29, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) (credit:Alberto E. Rodriguez via Getty Images)
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Smoke rises from Tuffah neighbourhood after Israeli air strikes in the east of Gaza City, 29 July 2014. Violence escalated overnight, as Israel renewed intense airstrikes on Gaza in response to barrages of Palestinian rockets after an attempted unofficial truce for the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday crumbled. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER
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Smoke rises from Tuffah neighbourhood after Israeli air strikes in the east of Gaza City, 29 July 2014. Violence escalated overnight, as Israel renewed intense airstrikes on Gaza in response to barrages of Palestinian rockets after an attempted unofficial truce for the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday crumbled. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER
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Real Madrid's Gareth Bale challenges Roma's Seydou Keita, right, for control of the ball in the first half of a Guinness International Champions Cup soccer tournament match, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People sitting on toilet seats in the Meatpacking District, NYC. Apparently the stunt was done was for a photoshoot.
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US President Barack Obama (R) hugs Dale Hopkins (C) of Los Angeles, California, at Arthur Bryant's Barbecue in Kansas City, Missouri, before having dinner with four local residents July 29, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JIM WATSON via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - JULY 29: (L-R) Actors Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Vin Diesel attend The Cinema Society with Men's Fitness & FIJI Water host a screening of 'Guardians of the Galaxy' on July 29, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for FIJI Water) (credit:Andrew Toth via Getty Images)
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A Palestinian boy cries while receiving treatment for injuries caused by an Israeli strike at a U.N. school in Jebaliya refugee camp, at the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Several Israeli tank shells slammed into the crowded U.N. school used as shelter for refugees in the Gaza war early on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - JULY 29: American actress Megan Fox attends the Latin American Premiere of Paramount Pictures' 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' at Cinepolis Acoxpa, on July 29, 2014 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Victor Chavez/ Getty Images for Paramount Pictures International) (credit:Victor Chavez via Getty Images)
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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - JULY 29: (From left to right) Producer Brad Fuller, director Jonathan Liebesman, actress Megan Fox, producer Andre Form and Actor Will Arnett attend the Latin American Premiere of Paramount Pictures' 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' at Cinepolis Acoxpa, on July 29, 2014 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Victor Chavez/ Getty Images for Paramount Pictures International) (credit:Victor Chavez via Getty Images)
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Members of the public practise yoga whilst enjoying the warm weather at Bondi Beach on July 30, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Sydney forecast to hit 23 degrees in the final three days of July, more than six degrees above average. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
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Holiday makers enjoy sunny beach weather at Woolacombe beach, North Devon, as the hot weather continues across the UK. (credit:Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
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Smoke and fire from the explosion of an Israeli strike rise over Gaza City, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Israel escalated its military campaign against Hamas on Tuesday, striking symbols of the group's control in Gaza and firing tank shells that shut down the strip's only power plant in the heaviest bombardment in the fighting so far. The plantâs shutdown was bound to lead to further serious disruptions of the flow of electricity and water to Gazaâs 1.7 million people. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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William Buick riding Misleading (L) winw the bet365 EBF Maiden Stakes at Goodwood racecourse on July 29, 2014 in Chichester, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images) (credit:Alan Crowhurst via Getty Images)
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CARNOUSTIE, SCOTLAND - JULY 29: David Luckman of England is carried off the range in a Sedan chair after winning Gold in the Queen's Prize Individual Shooting event at Barry Buddon Shooting Centre during day six of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on July 29, 2014 in Carnoustie, United Kingdom. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) (credit:Julian Finney via Getty Images)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JULY 29: Prince Harry meets Usain Bolt during a visit to the Commonwealth Games Village on July 29, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Danny Lawson - WPA Pool / Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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A zoo worker holds two female Sri Lankan leopard cubs born on July 1, 2014 in the zoo of Maubeuge, northern France, on July 29, 2014. The Sri Lankan leopard is a threatened species, with an estimated 700 living in the wild and 65 in captivity. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PHILIPPE HUGUEN via Getty Images)
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Local residents of the village of Rakoshyno, some 30 km from the western Ukrainian city of Uzhgorod, in the province of Transcarpathia, hold placards reading 'Let all be resolved peacefully', 'Don't let our sons and husbands die!' and 'Why doesn't any one want to hear us ?' as they block the international highway which connects Kiev and Chop, western Ukraine, on July 29, 2014. A queue of trucks formed as demonstrators blocked the road for a second day to protest against the partial mobilization of soldiers from the zone to take part in military operations against pro-Russia separatists in the regions of Lugansk and Donetsk. AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER ZOBIN (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER ZOBIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ALEXANDER ZOBIN via Getty Images)
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The Duchess of Cambridge playing South African games Three Tins during a visit to the Commonwealth Games Village in Glasgow. (credit:Victoria Stewart/Daily Record/WPA-Rota)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JULY 29: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge plays the South African game of Three Tins during a visit to the Commonwealth Games Village on July 29, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Danny Lawson - WPA Pool / Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JULY 29: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge plays the South African game of Three Tins during a visit to the Commonwealth Games Village on July 29, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Danny Lawson - WPA Pool / Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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Smoke rises while Palestinian rescuers search for victims under the rubble of the home of the Duheir family, after it was destroyed by an Israeli air strike in Rafah on July 29, 2014, in the southern of Gaza strip. Bloodshed in war-torn Gaza surged with dozens more Palestinians killed as the conflict raged into a fourth week and Iran accused Israel of genocide in the tiny enclave. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAID KHATIB via Getty Images)
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A Palestinian man reacts as flames engulf the fuel tanks of the only power plant supplying electricity to the Gaza Strip after it was hit by overnight Israeli shelling, on July 29, 2014, in the south of Gaza City. The damage of the power plant exacerbated the heavy damage to civilian infrastructure in Gaza already inflicted during the 22 days of the Israeli offensive aimed at stamping out militant rocket fire and destroying attack tunnels. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS via Getty Images)
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Smoke rises from Tuffah neighbourhood after Israeli air strikes in the east of Gaza City, 29 July 2014. Violence escalated overnight, as Israel renewed intense airstrikes on Gaza in response to barrages of Palestinian rockets after an attempted unofficial truce for the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday crumbled.