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.
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(01 of22)
People enjoy themselves at the Dameisha Beach Seashore Park in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province (credit:Rex)
(02 of22)
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - AUGUST 03: Silvery gibbon Alangalang holds her seven-old-day baby at Prague Zoo on August 3, 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. According to Prague Zoo, the baby is the first silvery gibbon to be born in the Czech Republic. Silvery gibbons can only be found in the wild on the island of Java, and have lived in captivity at Prague Zoo since 2014, only the second zoo in continental Europe after Munich in Germany to keep these endangered primates. (Photo by Matej Divizna/Getty Images) (credit:Matej Divizna via Getty Images)
(03 of22)
BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 03: A rainbow appears over the city on August 3, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) (credit:Lintao Zhang via Getty Images)
(04 of22)
Migrants camped out in Calais, attempt to climb a security fence near refugee camp of Calais, France on August 3, 2015. More than 2 thousands migrants waiting at Calais forests, hoping to get to Britain, camp out in Calais, on August 3, 2015. (Photo by Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(05 of22)
Cards and flowers outside the Cavern club in Liverpool following the death of Cilla Black at her home in Spain. (credit:Peter Powell/PA Wire)
(06 of22)
KAZAN, RUSSIA - AUGUST 03: Blake Aldridge of Great Britain competes in the Men's High Diving 27m preliminary round on day ten of the 16th FINA World Championships at the Kazanka River on August 3, 2015 in Kazan, Russia. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images) (credit:Matthias Hangst via Getty Images)
(07 of22)
Chester Zoo's newest baby giraffe Kidepo steps out for the first time with his mother Orla as the zoo show off the three calfs born at the zoo within eight months at Chester Zoo in Chester, north west England on August 3, 2015. AFP PHOTO/PAUL ELLIS (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL ELLIS via Getty Images)
(08 of22)
A man dressed as Father Christmas and a lady dressed as a Christmas elf as Selfridges open their Christmas shop at the flagship store on Oxford Street, London. (credit:Anthony Devlin/PA Wire)
(09 of22)
People take part in the 25th Annual Pow Wow Festival at the Bear Mountain State Park in New York, United States on August 3, 2015. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(10 of22)
BURRIANA, SPAIN - AUGUST 02: General view of Arenal Sound during the concert of Nervo on August 2, 2015 in Burriana, Spain. (Photo by Xavi Torrent/Redferns) (credit:Xavi Torrent via Getty Images)
(11 of22)
The International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, is seen in silhouette as it transits the moon at roughly five miles per second, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, Woodford, VA. (credit:NASA/Bill Ingalls)
(12 of22)
An air tanker drops fire retardant along a ridge to help contain the Rocky fire near Clearlake, California on August 2, 2015. Thousands of firefighters battled raging wildfires on August 2 in drought-parched California, where officials evacuated entire neighborhoods and closed miles of highway in the path of the inferno, which has claimed at least one life. AFP PHOTO / JOSH EDELSON (Photo credit should read Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JOSH EDELSON via Getty Images)
(13 of22)
BANSTEAD, UNITED KINGDOM: AUGUST 02: A field of lavender plants near Sutton, Great Britain on August 2, 2015. The Mayfield organic lavender crop, at 25 acres - the largest in Britain, is harvested at the end of July and made into essential oils, fudge and biscuits. Lavender has been grown in this area of Surrey from as long ago as the 17th century. (Photo by Yunus Kaymaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(14 of22)
A Nepalese Hindu devotee bathes in the Bagmati River on her way to the Pashupatinath Temple to offer prayers to Lord Shiva, Hindu god of destruction during Shravan festivities in Sundarijal, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on August 3, 2015. According to the Nepali calendar, Shravan is considered the holiest month of the year with each Monday of the month known as Shravan Somvar when worshippers offer prayers for a happy and prosperous life. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PRAKASH MATHEMA via Getty Images)
(15 of22)
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR UNLEASHED BY PETCO - A fearless surf dog catches a big wave at the Unleashed by Petco Surf Dog Competition on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Imperial Beach, CA. (Photo by Manuel Roman/Invision for Unleashed by Petco/AP Images) (credit:Invision for Unleashed by Petco)
(16 of22)
Cecil the lion from Zimbabwe that was killed by an American Dentist is projected on the Empire State Building, in the 'Projecting Change on the Empire State Building' project, made by the Oscar winning director and founder of Oceanic Preservation Society Louis Psihoyos and producer Fisher Stevens in New York on August 1, 2015. (credit:KENA BETANCUR via Getty Images)
(17 of22)
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: (L-R) Arsenal's Francis Coquelin, Hector Bellerin, Olivier Giroud, Per Mertesacker, Mikel Arteta, Nacho Monreal, Laurent Koscielny and Santi Cazorla celebrate after the FA Community Shield match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Wembley Stadium on August 2, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images) (credit:Stuart MacFarlane via Getty Images)
(18 of22)
Minnesota Twins' Trevor Plouffe, left, watches as teammate Brian Dozier douses Kurt Suzuki, front, after Suzuki's game-winning RBI-single off Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Carson Smith during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Minneapolis, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015. The Twins won 3-2. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(19 of22)
A Palestinian demonstrator kicks a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes at the entrance to Duma village near the West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. Tensions remain high after suspected Jewish assailants set fire to a West Bank home and burned a sleeping Palestinian toddler to death. The child's 4-year-old brother and both his parents were also seriously wounded. The attack drew Palestinian anger and widespread Israeli condemnation. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(20 of22)
Actors Joanne Froggatt, from left, Michelle Dockery, and Hugh Bonneville speak onstage during the "Downton Abbey" panel at the PBS 2015 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (credit:Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
(21 of22)
A blue moon rises behind the torch of the Statue of Liberty seen from Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J., Friday, July 31, 2015. A blue moon happens when the moon rises in its full stage twice during the same month. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(22 of22)
Firefighters spray a hose at a fire along Morgan Valley Road near Lower Lake, Calif., Friday, July 31, 2015. A series of wildfires were intensified by dry vegetation, triple-digit temperatures and gusting winds. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)