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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Imogen is an orphaned baby koala living at Symbio Wildlife Park, Sydney, Australia. She is best known for viral video footage of her hugging a cameraman in October 2015. In the newly released pictures and video, Imogen can be seen giving her best 'model' stare to the camera. Imogen can also be seen cuddling a fluffy teddy and hugging a member of staff at Symbio Wildelife Park. (credit:Symbio Wildlife Park Sydney/REX Shutterstock)
Davis Cup - Great Britain v Belgium - Final - Preview Day Two - Flanders Expo Centre(02 of27)
Great Britain's Andy Murray tries to catch his racket with his foot after throwing it in the air during a training session at the Flanders Expo Centre, Ghent. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
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Tunisian forensic police inspect the wreckage of a bus in the aftermath of a bomb attack on a bus transporting Tunisia's presidential guard in central Tunis on November 25, 2015. Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a nationwide state of emergency and a curfew in the capital after a bomb attack on the presidential guard bus killed at least 12 people. AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID / AFP / FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FETHI BELAID via Getty Images)
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Indian Sikh devotees watch fireworks as they pay their respects at The Golden Temple in Amritsar on November 25, 2015, on the occasion of the 546th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev. Guru Nanak was the founder of the religion of Sikhism and the first of ten Sikh Gurus. AFP PHOTO/NARINDER NANU / AFP / NARINDER NANU (Photo credit should read NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NARINDER NANU via Getty Images)
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Amy Childs attends a photocall as the Ideal Home Show At Christmas opens at Olympia Exhibition Centre on November 25, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Danny Martindale/WireImage) (credit:Danny Martindale via Getty Images)
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Pope Francis listens to a video message from a journalist's tablet, as he greets journalists on board he flight to Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015. Pope Francis is traveling to Africa for a six-day visit that is taking him to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An Indian Sikh devotee gestures as he stands in the sarovar (water tank) while taking a dip at The Sikh Shrine, The Golden Temple in Amritsar on November 25, 2015, during a 'Jalau' a splendour show of Sikhism's symbolic items. The 'Jalau' took place on the occasion of the 546th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev. Guru Nanak was the founder of the religion of Sikhism and the first of ten Sikh Gurus. AFP PHOTO/NARINDER NANU / AFP / NARINDER NANU (Photo credit should read NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NARINDER NANU via Getty Images)
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A boy rides a bicycle in a flooded street in the Qatari capital Doha following heavy rainfall on November 25, 2015. Qatar was hit by heavy flooding causing gridlock on the desert country's roads as well as closures of schools and the US embassy. AFP PHOTO / AL-WATAN DOHA / KARIM JAAFAR ==QATAR OUT== / AFP / AL-WATAM DOHA / KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KARIM JAAFAR via Getty Images)
2015 Presidential Medal Of Freedom Ceremony(09 of27)
WASHINGTON, DC- NOVEMBER 24: President Barack Obama presents Barbra Streisand with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during the 2015 Presidential Medal Of Freedom ceremony at the White House on November 24, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/WireImage) (credit:Kris Connor via Getty Images)
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Authorities form a line to prevent protesters from entering an expressway on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Chicago. White Officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot Laquan McDonald 16 times last year, was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday, hours before the city released a video of the killing. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Pope Francis's plane waits on the tarmac before taking off to Africa on November 25, 2015 at Fiumicino Rome's international airport. Pope Francis kicks off a three-nation Africa tour, arriving in the Kenyan capital on Wednesday for a five-day visit that will also include Uganda and the Central African Republic. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP / ANDREAS SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANDREAS SOLARO via Getty Images)
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ATHENS, GA - NOVEMBER 21: A fan dressed as a Storm Trooper cheers in the stands during the second half between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Georgia Southern Eagles at Sanford Stadium on November 21, 2015 in Athens, Georgia. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images) (credit:Daniel Shirey via Getty Images)
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Rita Ora performs live on stage at the Global Make Some Noise Night at Supernova, Victoria Embankment Gardens, London 24th November 2015 (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)
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Boris Johnson speaks at a private view of the 'London Every Day' photography project by Andrea Hamilton exhibition for the Mayorâs Fund for London at the Halycon Gallery on November 24, 2015 in London, England. (credit:Darren Gerrish via Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 24: Bindi Irwin (L) and Derek Hough attend ABC's 'Dancing With The Stars' Live Finale at The Grove on November 24, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/WireImage) (credit:Amanda Edwards via Getty Images)
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An armed soldier stand guards as pupils go to school at the French lycee in Brussels on November 25, 2015. Schools and some subway lines reopened after four days of lockdown, but the Belgian capital remains on the highest possible alert level for the fifth consecutive day under a maximum terror alert to find key Paris attacks suspects. AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)
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Japanese actor Taizo Harada (L), actress Ryoko Yonekura (C) and actor Geoge Tokoro (R) smile they display one billion yen (8.2 million USD) in cash, stacked up in the shape of a Christmas tree, for the 'Year-end Jumbo Lottery' as the first tickets go on sale in Tokyo on November 25, 2015. Thousands of punters queued up for tickets in the hope of becoming a (yen) billionaire in the annual lottery. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO / AFP / YOSHIKAZU TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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AT SEA - NOVEMBER 25: (EDITORIAL AND ONLINE USE ONLINE) In this handout provided by P&O Cruises Australia, P&O Cruise ships Pacific Aria, Pacific Eden, Pacific Dawn, Pacific Jewel and Pacific Pearl meet for the first time at sunrise off the Sydney coastline, creating a V formation before sailing abreast in one line towards the city, on November 25, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. More than 12,000 guests and crew are onboard the five ships for the day's celebrations, with the spectacle marking the greatest number of ships from a single cruise line to be in Sydney Harbour at the same time. (Photo by James Morgan/P&O Cruises Australia via Getty Images) (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
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Kashmiri Muslim villagers carry the body of suspected rebel Tanveer Ahmad Bhat, during his funeral in Bijbehara, some 28 miles (45 kilometers) south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Bhat was among the three suspected rebels killed in an encounter with Indian security forces on Monday. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The sun rises behind the Lower Manhattan skyline seen from The Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A soldiers patrols at the Christmas market along the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. French authorities on Tuesday questioned a top suspect linked to attackers who terrorized Paris, while Belgium's capital remained locked down under threat of a possible similar attack. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Palestinian protester uses a sling burning tire during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/ Nasser Shiyoukhi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Volunteers assist refugees from a dinghy after they crossed a part of the Aegean sea from Turkey to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Several European countries, including EU members Slovenia and Croatia and non-members Serbia and Macedonia, have declared they will only allow "war-zone refugees" from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria to transit through their countries on their way to central and northern Europe. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - NOVEMBER 24: Armed policemen patrol along Rue Du Marche Aux Poulets on November 24, 2015 in Brussels, Belgium. At a press conference last night the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel announced that the city would remain at terror alert level four which is the countries highest threat level. The Prime Minister also announced that the public transport system and schools would re-open Wednesday. (Photo by Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images) (credit:Ben Pruchnie via Getty Images)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 24: Visitors walk among stalls at the annual Christmas market at Alexanderplatz as a ferris wheel stands behind on November 24, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Christmas markets are opening across Germany this week as Europe remains tense following the recent terror attacks in Paris and the continued manhunt for those involved. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) (credit:Sean Gallup via Getty Images)
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French gendarmes from UNPOL (United Nations peace operations) examine an AK-47 (kalachnikov) assault rifle recovered on terrorists during a siege at the luxury Radisson Blu hotel that left at least 20 dead, in the Minusma (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali) headquarters in Bamako, on November 24, 2015. The investigation was 'following several lines' with no certainty about the number and nationality of the perpetrators of the attacks, which have been claimed by two separate jihadist groups. Gunmen went on the rampage at the Radisson Blu hotel from early morning on Friday, shooting in the corridors and taking 170 guests and staff hostage. AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIEN RIEUSSEC / AFP / Sebastien RIEUSSEC (Photo credit should read SEBASTIEN RIEUSSEC/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SEBASTIEN RIEUSSEC via Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 24: United States President Barack Obama hosts President François Hollande of France for a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House November 24, 2015 in Washington, DC. The leaders are meeting to discuss coordination of their efforts in the war against ISIL in the aftermath of the attacks in Paris. (Photo by Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Pool via Getty Images)