Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Thursday 26th 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 26th March
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Bella Thorne Makes an appearance on the View (credit:TNYF/WENN.com)
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A lioness lies in her cage with her newly born cubs at a private farmhouse in Multan, Pakistan, on March 26 2014. The lioness had given birth to five cubs on March 24. Keeping the lions and other wild animals by wealthy people at private farmhouses in Islamabad, Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan, Khayber Pakhtoonkhawa and other parts of Pakistan is the part of culture. Wild animals such as tigers, lions, elephants, monkeys and crocodiles are also sometimes kept in private farm houses by wealthy people in Pakistan to protect them from any danger and help to increase the number of wild animals. (Photo by Muhammad Reza/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A man takes a picture of the static wide screen projection by the Lumiere brothers' Photorama on display at the exhibition exhibition 'Lumière! Le cinéma inventé' ('Lumiere! The cinema invented') dedicated to the Lumiere brothers on March 25, 2015 at the Grand Palais museum in Paris. The exhibition is scheduled from March 27, 2015 to June 14, 2015. (credit:BERTRAND GUAY via Getty Images)
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Dame Joan Collins holds her insignia of Dame Commander of the British Empire next to her daughter Tara Newley after being awarded by the Prince of Wales at an Investiture Ceremony at Buckingham Palace on March 26, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, left, accompanied by Canon Michael Harrison arrives at Leicester Cathedral to attend a service for the re-reinterment of the mortal remains of Richard III at Leicester Cathedral, Leicester, England, Thursday, March 26, 2015. The skeleton of King Richard III was discovered in 2012 in the foundations of Greyfriars Church, Leicester, 500 years after he was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira) (credit:Rui Vieira/AP)
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Russell Brand speaks at the opening of The Trew Era Cafe, a social enterprise community project on the New Era estate in east London, Thursday, 26 March, 2015. The opening of the cafe coincides with the trade paperback publication date of 'Revolution', and Brand will be donating 100% of his money for the book to the Cafe. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
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Russell Brand helps his dad Ron through the crowd before he speaks at the opening of The Trew Era Cafe, a social enterprise community project on the New Era estate in east London, Thursday, 26 March, 2015. The opening of the cafe coincides with the trade paperback publication date of 'Revolution', and Brand will be donating 100% of his money for the book to the Cafe.(Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
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Toudi the world's smallest chihuahua, Wroclaw, Poland (credit:Rex)
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Development driver Carmen Jorda of Spain and Lotus F1 walks through the paddock during previews to the Malaysia Formula One Grand Prix at Sepang Circuit on March 26, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Clive Mason via Getty Images)
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Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary of the Treasury Danny Alexander (right) talks with Lord Paddy Ashdown, during the unveiling of a Liberal Democrat election poster, in central London. (credit:Nick Ansell/PA Wire)
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Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary of the Treasury Danny Alexander during the unveiling of a Liberal Democrat election poster, in central London. (credit:Nick Ansell/PA Wire)
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Employees of the German airline Lufthansa and Germanwings observe a minute of silence to pay tribute to the victims of a Germanwings airplane crash at the Duesseldorf airport on March 26, 2015 in Duesseldorf, western Germany two days after a Germanwings Airbus A320 smashed into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board. (credit:PATRIK STOLLARZ via Getty Images)
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Kiernan Shipka, from left, Jon Hamm and January Jones attends AMC's Black & Red Ball to celebrate the final episodes of "Mad Men" at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision for AMC/AP Images) (credit:Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)
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The Japan Air Self-Defense Forces aerobatic demonstration team, 'Blue Impulse' performs to celebrate the completion of repair works on the Himiji castle in Himeji, Hyogo prefecture on March 26, 2015. The castle held an event to celebrate ending the six-year-period of repair work. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS ==JAPAN OUT== (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JIJI PRESS via Getty Images)
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Policemen use extinguishers as South Korean conservative activists burn a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during an anti-North Korea rally to mark the 5th anniversary of the sunken South Korean naval ship 'Cheonan' in Seoul on March 26, 2015. An explosion ripped apart the 1,200-ton warship, killing 46 South Korean sailors near the maritime border with North Korea in 2010. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUNG YEON-JE via Getty Images)
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SANAA, YEMEN - MARCH 26: Saudi Arabia has launched military operations in Yemen, as part of a coalition of over 10 countries in response to a direct request from the legitimate government of Yemen on March 26, 2015 in Sanaa. Military commanders loyal to the Houthi group and former President Ali Abdullah Saleh have reportedly fled military sites in Sanaa following Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen (Photo by Sinan Yiter/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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VAN, TURKEY - MARCH 26: A man seen near Zernek Dam Lake with melting ice in spring on March 26, 2015 in Gurpinar borough of Van, Turkey. With the heating up of air, Zernek Dam Lake, which has 105 million cubic meter capacity, starts to unfreeze. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - MARCH 26: (CHINA OUT) Students practise football calisthenics at playground on March 26, 2015 in Taipei, Taiwan of China. A primary shool set up a football calisthenics for students to practise during morning exercise in Taipei on Thursday. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 26: A general view of play during the 2015 Cricket World Cup Semi Final match between Australia and India at Sydney Cricket Ground on March 26, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) (credit:Ryan Pierse via Getty Images)
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A plume of ash and steam rises from the crater of the Popocatepetl volcano as seen from the town of San Nicolas de los Ranchos, Mexico, early Wednesday, March 25, 2015. During the last 24 hours, activity at the volcano has increased moderately but the alert level remains unchanged. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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ALTERNATE CROP TO CIP111 - Rescue workers work on debris at the plane crash site near Seyne-les-Alpes, France, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, after a Germanwings jetliner crashed Tuesday in the French Alps. French investigators cracked open the badly damaged black box of a German jetliner on Wednesday and sealed off the rugged Alpine crash site where 150 people died when their plane on a flight from Barcelona, Spain to Duesseldorf, Germany, slammed into a mountain. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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ALTERNATE CROP TO CIP103 - Rescue workers work at the plane crash site near Seyne-les-Alpes, France, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, after a Germanwings jetliner crashed Tuesday in the French Alps. French investigators cracked open the badly damaged black box of a German jetliner on Wednesday and sealed off the rugged Alpine crash site where 150 people died when their plane on a flight from Barcelona, Spain to Duesseldorf, Germany, slammed into a mountain. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this Tuesday, March 24, 2015 photo, a Chinese man holding a national flag leads his members of friend with toy guns dance to a revolutionary song during their daily exercises at a square outside a shopping mall in Beijing. This group is a part of senior health trend that has filled squares and apartment courtyards across China, winning the admiration of medical experts but upsetting neighbors over the noise level. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Two visitors take an escalator after attending a press preview of the exhibit "The Oasis of Matisse" at Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. The exhibit with over 100 loaned pictures opens for the public on Friday March 27 and runs till Aug. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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