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.
Pics of the day
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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 27: A school boy fist bumps London Mayor and Parliamentary candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Boris Johnson, as he meets supporters and members of the public on April 27, 2015 in Enfield, London, England. Boris Johnson spoke in support of local Conservative candidate Nick de Bois during a visit to the north London constituency as campaigning continues ahead of the general election. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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The giraffe baby waggles with her ears at the zoo in Erfurt, central Germany, Monday, April 27, 2015. The baby was born on March 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A composite picture shows a grean meadow with blossoming flowers (L) and blossoming dandelions on a meadow in Dresden, Germany, 27 April 2015. Photo: Arno Burgi/dpa (credit:Arno Burgi/DPA)
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Cheetah cubs at Olomouc Zoo, Czech Republic - (credit:Rex)
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ANTALYA, TURKEY - APRIL 26 : British cyclist Mark Cavendish (C) receives Alanya bananas after winning the first stage of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey in Antalya on April 26, 2015. 165 participants from over 21 countries will compete in the tour. Competition will be held on April 26 - May 3, 2015 in 8 stages starting from Alanya, proceeding along the Mediterranean and Aegean coasts and will be finished in Istanbul. (Photo by Mustafa Kurt/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Chancellor George Osborne opens a tin of paint during his visit to George Bence & Sons builders merchant in Cheltenham. (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
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An aerial view of tents setup by residents in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. Shelter, fuel, food, medicine, power, news, workers â Nepal's earthquake-hit capital was short on everything Monday as its people searched for lost loved ones, sorted through rubble for their belongings and struggled to provide for their families' needs. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Artist Kaya Mar poses for photographs with his painting entitled "Saint Kate" across the street from the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London, Monday, April 27, 2015. Britain's Kate the Duchess of Cambridge is expected to give birth to her second child with her husband Prince William at the hospital in the coming days. Palace officials have said the baby is due in late April. A small number of dedicated royal fans are waiting or camping outside the hospital awaiting the imminent birth. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Mexican-American actress Salma Hayek sits next to film director Roger Allers as she speaks during a press conference for the film "The Prophet," an animated feature film she co-produced, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 27, 2015. In her first visit to her ancestral homeland, Hayek, whose paternal grandfather was Lebanese and immigrated to Mexico, visited the picturesque mountain village of Bcharre in northern Lebanon on Sunday to pay homage to Khalil Gibran, the Lebanese-born poet who wrote "The Prophet," the book on which the film is based. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Mexican-American actress Salma Hayek poses for photographers next to a poster for her film, "The Prophet," an animated feature film she co-produced, on her arrival to a cinema where she gave a press conference, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 27, 2015. In her first visit to her ancestral homeland, Hayek whose paternal grandfather was Lebanese and immigrated to Mexico, visited the picturesque mountain village of Bcharre in northern Lebanon on Sunday to pay homage to Khalil Gibran, the Lebanese-born poet who wrote "The Prophet," the book on which the film is based. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, second from right, smiles as she listens to a villager during her visit to a township branch office of her National League for Democracy party in Kaw-Hmu, her constituency where she won a parliament seat during by-elections, Monday, April 27, 2015, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A baby chimpanzee grimaces on its mother Swela at the Leipzig Zoo in Leipzig, central Germany. The baby, whose gender is not yet known, was born on April 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The country’s fate is sealed as Weymouth Sea Life resident Starburst gives Clegg her seal of approval
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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 27: Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to business leaders on April 27, 2015 in London, England. Mr Cameron has started the fifth week of the general election campaign with a passionate speech in the heart of the City of London financial district. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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Scottish First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon (C) walks along a beam during an election campaign event at the JUMP Gymnastics Club in Cumbernauld, Scotland on April 26, 2015, where she launched the party's youth manifesto. Steely and polished, Scotland's pro-independence First Minister Nicola Sturgeon could decide who is Britain's prime minister after May's election thanks to an extraordinary surge in support for her party. AFP PHOTO/ANDY BUCHANAN (Photo credit should read Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANDY BUCHANAN via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 27: Vivienne Westwood attends a photocall to launch TalkFracking's mock Conservative/Labour election billboard on April 27, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) (credit:Ian Gavan via Getty Images)
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Thai customs officers inspect confiscated elephant tusks during a press conference at the Customs Bureau in Bangkok on April 27, 2015. Thai customs seized 511 pieces of ivory tusks, weighing some 3,100 kilograms and worth six million USD after it arrived from Kenya to Laos. (credit:PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL via Getty Images)
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First lady Michelle Obama mingles during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, April 25, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Nepalese woman holds the hand of her relative killed in an earthquake at a hospital, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, April 26, 2015. A strong magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley before noon Saturday, causing extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings, officials said(AP Photo/Manish Swarup) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Serbian riot police officer arrests an injured soccer fan during a Serbian National soccer league derby match between Partizan and Red Star in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, April 25, 2015. Thousands of riot policemen have been deployed throughout Belgrade to prevent possible violence during a derby match between bitter rivals Red Star and Partizan. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Prime Minister David Cameron shakes hands with a boy in the village of Norton sub Hamdon during a General Election campaign visit to Somerset. (credit:Chris Radburn/PA Wire)
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A reveler carries his dog during a Holi Festival in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, April 26, 2015. The festival is based on the Hindu spring festival Holi, also known as the festival of colours where participants colour each other with dry powder and coloured water. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Sphynx cat touches noses with a judge in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, April 26, 2015. More than 250 cats entered the international feline beauty competition in the Romanian capital.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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St. Louis Cardinals' Mark Reynolds makes a leaping catch on a ball hit by Milwaukee Brewers' Adam Lind during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 26, 2015, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A group of Iranian paramilitary Basij forces, affiliated to the Revolutionary Guard, re-enact a riot situation during training in a Guard base in northeastern Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 24, 2015. The volunteer Basij force is often used to quell civil unrest and oversea civilian behavior. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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KATHMANDU, NEPAL - APRIL 26: A man and his girl lie under a sheet metal among the debris of houses after a powerful earthquake hits Katmandu, Nepal on April 26, 2015. The death toll in Nepal climbed towards 2,500 on Sunday as rescuers unearthed the victims of a powerful earthquake. There have been 773 people killed in Nepals densely-populated capital Kathmandu, while the Himalayan nations central region, close to the epicenter of Saturdays 7.8-magnitude quake, has seen 1,055 deaths. (Photo by Sunil Pradhan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)