Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Monday 22nd June 2015

PHOTOS: We Pick The Best Images From Around The World

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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.

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CANNES, FRANCE - JUNE 22: Marylin Manson speaks at the Grey Group seminar during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on June 22, 2015 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Richard Bord/Getty Images) (credit:Richard Bord via Getty Images)
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An animal rights activist (L) takes a picture of vendors waiting for customers to buy dogs in cages at a market in Yulin, in southern China's Guangin Yulin, in southern China's Guangxi province on June 22, 2015, during a dog meat festival. The city holds an annual festival devoted to the animal's meat on the summer solstice which has provoked an increasing backlash from animal protection activists. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JOHANNES EISELE via Getty Images)
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A Marilyn Monroe sculpture has been placed on broadway, Monday, June 22, 2015 in New York. It is one of 18 pieces by artist Seward Johnson that have been installed on Broadway. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 22: London Mayor Boris Johnson (2nd-L) is joined by Major General Edward Smyth-Osbourne (centre) and other members of the British Armed forces outside City Hall on June 22, 2015 in London, England. The annual flag raising ceremony of thanks and remembrance was to honour the bravery and commitment of service personnel past and present. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with a glass of Imperial Whisky from 1998 at the launch of the Dalmunach Distillery, a £25million facility on the banks of the River Spey in Scotland. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
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Members of the public pose with a DeLorean at the Royal Albert Hall, as the venue prepares for a special 30th anniversary screening of Back to the Future on 4 July, with the classic score played live on stage by a full orchestra at Royal Albert Hall on June 22, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images for the Royal Albert Hall) (credit:Ben A. Pruchnie via Getty Images)
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People travelling across London Bridge walk on a 300 metre carpet designed by artist Gemma on June 22, 2015 in London, England. The installation, titled 'Love Mondays', was created as part of the 'Spark your City' project which invites female creatives worldwide to transform city routes and landmarks. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images) (credit:Rob Stothard via Getty Images)
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Turkish police officers arrest protesters in front of the Education ministry in Ankara on June 22, 2015 as students demonstrate against the complex exams system. AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ADEM ALTAN via Getty Images)
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Turkish police officers arrest protesters in front of the Education ministry in Ankara on June 22, 2015 as students demonstrate against the complex exams system. (credit:ADEM ALTAN via Getty Images)
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A Persian cat named "Elliot" is presented to the media during the launch of a campaign to help promote cat adoption, Monday, June 22, 2015, in suburban Pasig city, east of Manila, Philippines. The Philippine Animal Society or PAWS, has unveiled a program Monday to encourage people to adopt rescued cats.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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800 people took part in the Ultra-Marathon event The Wall, which saw runners complete a 69 mile journey from Carlisle Castle to Newcastle Gateshead Quayside. The run started at the 1000 year-old Carlisle Castle where runners burst over the drawbridge to commence their adventure. The way-marked route passed sections of Hadrian’s Wall, forts, stunning mile castles and Roman temples with pit-stops located in iconic locations including Lanercost Priory, Newburn and Hexham along the way. This year the event was won by Ian Hammett who completed the race in just nine hours and forty three minutes.
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A French antirot police (CRS) officer tries to prevent illegal migrants from hiding in trucks heading for England in the French northern harbour of Calais, on June 17, 2015. (credit:PHILIPPE HUGUEN via Getty Images)
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The brown bear cub Alexa frolics next to a tree trunk on June 22, 2015 in the wildlife park Knuell in Homberg, west Germany. Brown bears and wolves are housed together in the wildlife park. Alexa was born in January. (credit:UWE ZUCCHI via Getty Images)
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Participants perform yoga at an event to celebrate the International Yoga Day, pictured from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, Sunday, June 21, 2015. Yoga enthusiasts bent and twisted their bodies in complex postures across India and much of the world on Sunday to mark the first International Yoga Day. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Parishioners pray and weep during services at the Emanuel A.M.E. Church Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Charleston, S.C., four days after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of it's pastor and eight others. (AP Photo/David Goldman, Pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish architects Jose Selgas and Lucia Cano of SelgasCano pose for pictures in the new Serpentine Summer Pavillion on June 22, 2015 in London, England. The Pavilion which officially opens to the public from June 25, 2015, was constructed to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Serpentine Gallery project. This year the pavilion was designed by Spanish architects Jose Selgas and Lucia Cano and takes the form of a colourful chrysalis structure. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
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In this pool photo taken Sunday, June 21, 2015, and made available Monday, June 22, Pope Francis touches a faithful at the hospital Cottolengo of Turin, northern Italy. Pope Francis earlier prayed in front of the Holy Shroud, the 14 foot-long linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, on display at the Cathedral of Turin. (L' Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - JUNE 21: Pippa Middleton Finishes the London To Brighton Bike Ride For British Heart Foundation on June 21, 2015 in Brighton, England. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images) (credit:Anthony Harvey via Getty Images)
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Smoke and flames rise from burning vehicles at the site of an attack in front of the Afghan Parliament building in Kabul on June 22, 2015. Taliban militants attacked the Afghan parliament on June 22, with gunfire and explosions rocking the building, sending lawmakers running for cover in chaotic scenes relayed live on television.The insurgents tried to storm the complex after triggering a car bomb but were repelled and have taken position in a partially-constructed building nearby, officials said about the ongoing attack. All MPs were safely evacuated after the attack, which came as the Afghan president's nominee for the crucial post of defence minister was to be introduced in parliament. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SHAH MARAI via Getty Images)
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Jamaica's forward DeShorn Brown (R) poses for a selfie with Argentina's forward Lionel Messi (C) as Jamaica's midfielder Joel McAnuff (L) reacts during their 2015 Copa America football championship match, in Vina del Mar, on June 20, 2015. (credit:LUIS ACOSTA via Getty Images)
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UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA - JUNE 21: Jordan Spieth (2nd R) of the United States holds the trophy as he celebrates with family, father Shawn Spieth (L), mother Chris Spieth (2nd L) and brother Steven Spieth (R) after winning the 115th U.S. Open Championship at Chambers Bay on June 21, 2015 in University Place, Washington. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images) (credit:Ross Kinnaird via Getty Images)
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A Pakistani volunteer puts a identification paper onto a body of heatwave victim as other bodies are seen in the the cold storage of the Edhi morgue in Karachi on June 22, 2015. A heatwave in Pakistan's largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said. The southern port city of Karachi saw temperatures reach as high as 45 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on June 20, just short of an all-time high in the city of 47 C in June 1979. (credit:RIZWAN TABASSUM via Getty Images)
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TORONTO, ON - JUNE 21: Ed Sheeran and Video Director Emil Nava poses in the press room at the 2015 MuchMusic Video Awards at MuchMusic HQ on June 21, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by George Pimentel/WireImage) (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)
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GUANGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 22: (CHINA OUT) Chelsea captain John Terry meets fans at a Nike-sponsored football park as part of a promotional tour on June 22, 2015 in Guangzhou, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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Sixty six surfers from Huntington Beach ride the world's largest surfboard as they break the 'Guinness Book of Records' record for the largest number of surfers ever to ride a wave on a single surfboard, at Huntington Beach, California on June 20, 2015. The previous record was 47 and the board was towed into the wave by jet skis before being released to surf a wave for a minimum of 10 seconds under its own momentum. AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARK RALSTON via Getty Images)
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Greece's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis arrives for a cabinet meeting at Greek Prime Minister's office in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, June 21, 2015. Greece is struggling to reach a deal with its creditors for new loans that it needs to avoid defaulting on debt payments at the end of the month. Without the bailout, Greece could be headed for bankruptcy or an exit from the 19-nation eurozone. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 21: People do yoga in Times Square as part of the International Day of Yoga celebration on the Summer Solstice June 21, 2015 in New York City. One hundred and ninety-two countries joined in for a mass yoga session to mark the United Nations declared, International Yoga Day. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images) (credit:Kena Betancur via Getty Images)
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Mount Sinabung spills hot lava in Karo, northern Sumatra on June 22, 2015. More than 1,200 Indonesian villagers were on June 15 evacuated from their homes close to a rumbling volcano on Sumatra island, an official said. AFP PHOTO / SUTANTA ADITYA (Photo credit should read SUTANTA ADITYA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SUTANTA ADITYA via Getty Images)
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Thousands of people march on The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge in Charleston, South Carolina on June 21, 2015. People crossed the Bridge from Mount Pleasant and Charleston to join hands in a unity chain to mourn the 9 victims of the Emanuel AME Church shooting. AFP PHOTO/ MLADEN ANTONOV (Photo credit should read MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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Rufus the Hawk, Wimbledon’s guardian of perfection, protects beer before he begins his official role for another year at Wimbledon Centre Court.
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ASCOT, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 19: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York and Princess Eugenie watch the racing as they attend day 4 of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 19, 2015 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images) (credit:Max Mumby/Indigo via Getty Images)
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Model maker Hannah Reed puts the finishing touches to the new Glastonbury festival scene at the LEGOLAND Windsor ResortAhead of the main event starting this Wednesday, the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort today unveiled a brand NEW Glastonbury Festival scene in the world-famous Miniland attraction - complete with REAL Worthy Farm mud and LEGO Miniland figures of headline stars Kanye West, Florence Welch and Roger Daltrey from The Who.

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