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, Tahira Mirza and Michael Cripps.
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A crew of British and Georgian veterinaries extracts a broken tusk from the mouth of a 19-year-old male Asiatic elephant named Grand at the Tbilisi Zoo, on September 18, 2014. AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV (Photo credit should read VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VANO SHLAMOV via Getty Images)
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British veterinary surgeons operate on Grand the elephant to remove an infected tusk, in Tbilisi Zoo, Georgia, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. For more than four hours British veterinary surgeons were trying to remove an infected tusk that threatened the elephant's life. The operation was a success and Grand will undergo another surgery in six month time to remove another infected tusk. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 18: Italian footballer Alessandro Del Piero signs autographs for fans at IGI Airport on September 18, 2014 in New Delhi, India. 2006 Italian World Cup winner and Juventus legend 39 year old Alessandro Del Piero Ufficiale OMRI is a marquee player for franchise Delhi Dynamos FC in inaugural Indian Super League. (Photo by Virendra Singh Gosain/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Roger Ashton Griffiths seen during filming of the 5th season of the popular TV show Game of Thrones in Sibenik, Croatia. (credit:Dusko Jaramaz/Pixsell)
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Cast members seen during filming of the 5th season of the popular TV show Game of Thrones in front of St. James Cathedral, Sibenik, Croatia. (credit:Hrvoje Jelavic/Pixsell)
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Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond enjoys a drink in Ellon, Scotland, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Polls opened across Scotland in a referendum that will decide whether the country leaves its 307-year-old union with England and becomes an independent state. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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New helmet design for Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso and France a of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix at Marina Bay Street Circuit on September 18, 2014 in Singapore. (Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Fox via Getty Images)
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Lady Gaga is cheered by fans as she carried into the entrance of a central Athens hotel, in the Greek capital on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. The American singer is due to perform Friday at the Athens Olympic Stadium. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Lady Gaga gives a five minute performance upon her arrival at Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 18: Fans waiting for arrival of Italian footballer Alessandro Del Piero at Indira Gandhi International Airport on September 18, 2014 in New Delhi, India. 2006 Italian World Cup winner and Juventus legend 39 year old Alessandro Del Piero Ufficiale OMRI is a marquee player for franchise Delhi Dynamos FC in inaugural Indian Super League. (Photo by Virendra Singh Gosain/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Lady Gaga is cheered by fans as she carried into the entrance of a central Athens hotel, in the Greek capital on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. The American singer is due to perform Friday at the Athens Olympic Stadium. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Fans of TV series Friends, visit the pop-up 'Central Perk' coffee shop in lower Manhattan marking the 20th anniversary of 'Friends' in a collaboration between Warner Bros and Eight OClock Coffee in New York, United States on September 17, 2014. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Hobby gardener Silvia Manteuffel measures her giant pumpkin in a garden near Fuerstenwalde, eastern Germany, on September 18, 2014. Her first attempt of growing a pumpkin led to the giant plant weighing around 260 kilogramms. AFP PHOTO /DPA/ PATRICK PLEUL GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRICK PLEUL via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 18: David Gandy attends a photocall to launch his collection for Marks and Spencer Autograph at M&S on September 18, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage) (credit:Mike Marsland via Getty Images)
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A model Cara Delevingne walks the runway at the Fendi Show during Milan Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2015 on September 18, 2014 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Venturelli/Getty Images for Fendi) (credit:Venturelli via Getty Images)
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Robbie Savage and Miss Scotland pose with the Gold Cup prior to the start of racing on day one of the 2014 William Hill Ayr Gold Cup Festival at Ayr Racecourse, Ayr. (credit:Jeff Holmes/PA Wire)
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Undated handout photo issued by Chester Zoo of a Kifaru, 29, an Eastern black rhino , which has arrived at the Zoo from Germany to help with a new breeding charge for the endangered species (credit:Chester Zoo/PA)
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Mount Slamet spews lava and gas during its eruption as seen from Pandansari village in Brebes, Central Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Police General Jarumporn Suramanee (R) listens as British Consul from the British embassy Michael Hancock addresses reporters during a press conference on the murder case of two British tourists at the Thai Police headquarters in Bangkok on September 18, 2014. DNA tests failed to yield a breakthrough in the hunt for the killers of two British holidaymakers, whose battered bodies were found on the southern resort island of Koh Tao on September 15. AFP PHOTO/Christophe ARCHAMBAULT (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT via Getty Images)
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JINHUA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 17: (CHINA OUT) A man perform walking-or fire by hitting charcoal fire to celebrate the upcoming Double Ninth Festival on September 17, 2014 in Jinhua, Zhejiang province of China. Walking-or fire performance is held in Jinhua on Wednesday. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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JINHUA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 17: (CHINA OUT) A man perform walking-or fire by hitting charcoal fire to celebrate the upcoming Double Ninth Festival on September 17, 2014 in Jinhua, Zhejiang province of China. Walking-or fire performance is held in Jinhua on Wednesday. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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President Barack Obama leans over to allow Edwin Donley, right, touch his hair during his visits to a first grade classroom at Gen. Clarence Tinker elementary school at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Obama is returning to Washington after visiting U.S. Central Command to be updated on the ongoing military campaigns in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon casts her vote in Baillieston Community Hall in Shettleston, Glasgow
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GRETNA, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 18: Voters leave Gretna polling station after voting on September 18, 2014 in Gretna, Scotland. After many months of campaigning the people of Scotland today head to the polls to decide the fate of their country. The referendum is too close to call but a 'Yes' vote would see the break-up of the United Kingdom and Scotland would stand as an independent country for the first time since the formation of the Union. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
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RENTON, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 18: Yes voter Duncan Thomson waits for the doors to open at St Martins Church hall polling station, as the people of Scotland take to the poles to decide whether Scotland should become an independent country, on September 18, 2014 in Renton, Scotland. After many months of campaigning, final opinion poles show the referendum result is still too close to call. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Runnacles via Getty Images)
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Police investigators work in a garage at a home at Guildford in suburban Sydney, Australia after about 800 federal and state police officers raided more than two dozen properties as part of the operation Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Australian police detained 15 people earlier on Thursday in a major counterterrorism operation, saying intelligence indicated a random, violent attack was being planned on Australian soil. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Police investigators search a car at a home at Guildford in suburban Sydney, Australia after 800 federal and state police officers raided more than two dozen properties as part of the operation Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Australian police detained 15 people earlier on Thursday in a major counterterrorism operation, saying intelligence indicated a random, violent attack was being planned on Australian soil. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Katy Perry performs on stage at The Prismatic World Tour" at the Honda Center on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, in Anaheim, Calif. (credit:John Shearer/Invision/AP)
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A young girl carries a YES Saltire in George Square, Glasgow, ahead of the Scottish independence referendum that takes place tomorrow. (credit:Lynne Cameron/PA Wire)
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Laura Carmichael and Jim Carter attending an exclusive charity screening of Downton Abbey at the Empire cinema in London. (credit:Ian West/PA Wire)
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The sun sets behind the New York skyline as fans wait for the start of a baseball game between the New York Mets and the Miami Marlins Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Indian children play in an alley beside idols of Hindu goddess Durga being prepared ahead of the Durga Puja festival at Kumartuli or potters' place in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. The festival is scheduled to begin Sept.30. (AP Photo/ Bikas Das) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Emma Watson, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, right, speaks with Uruguay's Vice President Danilo Astori during an event at Parliament in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Watson attended the event organized by women's groups pushing the country's lawmaking body to increase their numbers of elected female senators and deputies. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond takes a helicopter from Prestwick to Largs as he campaigns around Scotland with less than 24 hours until Scotland goes to the polls to vote in the Scottish independence referendum. (credit:PA)
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A Mexican air force aircraft lies overturned at the air force base in La Paz, Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Mexico's government airlifted thousands of stranded foreign tourists out of the hurricane-ravaged resort of Los Cabos, as a weakened Odile headed over the Gulf of California Wednesday on a path toward Arizona and a new storm loomed to the south.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Musician Jennifer Lopez attends the 'American Idol XIV' Photo Call at New York Marriott Brooklyn Bridge on September 17, 2014 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images) (credit:Brad Barket via Getty Images)