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Pictures Of The Day: Live Photos From Friday 2nd May 2014

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Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza and Michael Cripps
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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, Tahira Mirza and Michael Cripps.

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A minke whale approx 15 feet long, was found with graffiti tagged over it after it had washed ashore.

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Gemma Cairney, Daphne Selfe and Caryn Franklin unveil Dove’s distorting mirrors in Selfridges Windows. The mirrors are set to challenge women’s complicated relationship with their own reflection.

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The Met Police issue the custody image of Max Clifford

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Publicist Max Clifford, 71, was jailed for eight years at Southwark Crown Court today after being convicted of eight counts of indecent assault.

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Euston fire station in central London where firefighters are staging a five hour strike in a row over pensions.

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The Mayor of London Boris Johnson meets RNLI Lifeboat crews at Chiswick Lifeboat Station in west London where he also took the wheel of one of their boats on the river Thames during the RNLI's national fund raising week.

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A three week old pair of Cameroon Lamb twins, one of the worlds rarest sheep from west Africa, are let out to explore their enclosure at Artisan Rare Breeds near Dartford, Kent, as the centre attempts to increase the numbers of the UK population and create a worldwide register for the species.

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Cancer sufferer Stephen Sutton with Prime Minister David Cameron who visited him at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham this morning, May 2, 2014.

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Blue members (left to right) Antony Costa, Simon Webbe and Duncan James arrive at Ealing Magistrates' Court, west London, to support fellow band member Lee Ryan who will appear charged with failing to provide a specimen and criminal damage.

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Jonathan Ross attending the launch party for the Comics Unmasked exhibition at the British Library, London, as it celebrates the literary contribution of the comic world.

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Labour leader Ed Miliband has his picture taken in a hairdressers in Cambridge city centre today where he met shoppers after earlier launching his party's European and local election campaign in Essex.

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Cars sit on the edge of a sinkhole in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, as heavy rain moves through the region. Road closures have been reported due to flooding, downed trees and electrical lines elsewhere in the Mid-Atlantic. The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings through Wednesday afternoon in Washington, northern Virginia and central Maryland

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Natasha Hoarau, the daughter of former leader of the RMT union Bob Crow addresses the May Day rally in Trafalgar Square, London. (credit:PA)
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People listen to trade union speakers during a May Day rally in Trafalgar Square, London. (credit:PA)
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People listen to trade union speakers during a May Day rally in Trafalgar Square, London. (credit:PA)
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People listen to trade union speakers during a May Day rally in Trafalgar Square, London. (credit:PA)
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Natasha Hoarau, the daughter of former leader of the RMT union Bob Crow addresses the May Day rally in Trafalgar Square, London. (credit:PA)
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Terry Hutt, from Cambridge, listens to trade union speakers during a May Day rally in Trafalgar Square, London. (credit:PA)
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Natasha Hoarau, the daughter of former leader of the RMT union Bob Crow addresses the May Day rally in Trafalgar Square, London. (credit:PA)
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Students pose with local mascots as people celebrate May day morning on the bridge next to Magdalen College in Oxford. (credit:PA)
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People celebrate May day morning on the bridge next to Magdalen College in Oxford. (credit:PA)
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Students celebrate May day morning on the bridge next to Magdalen College in Oxford. (credit:PA)
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Morris dancers entertain the crowd on Mayday morning near the Bodleian Library in Oxford. (credit:PA)
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Morris dancers entertain the crowd on Mayday morning near the Bodleian Library in Oxford. (credit:PA)
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Security stop people from jumping into the river as people celebrate May day morning on the bridge next to Magdalen College in Oxford. (credit:PA)
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People march to mark May Day in the center of northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on May 1, 2014. The insurgency dividing Ukraine worsened on Thursday when militants hurling petrol bombs seized a key building in the eastern city of Donetsk as mass pro-Russia rallies were held there and in annexed Crimea. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEY BOBOK (Photo credit should read SERGEY BOBOK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A Cuban worker shows a poster with portraits of Cuban leader Fidel Castro (R) and late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as he takes part in the May Day parade organized by the Cuban Workers Union (CTC) at Revolution Square in Havana, on May 1, 2014. Some 600,000 workers joined the parade, according to an official estimate. AFP PHOTO/Yamil LAGE (Photo credit should read YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 01: People dancing in the street at the MyFest street fest in immigrant-heavy Kreuzberg district on May Day on May 1, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. May Day, the international day of labour, is a national holiday in Germany and observed with gatherings by labour unions and political parties. In some cities, including Hamburg and Berlin, the day often ends with violent clahes between police and mostly left-wing demonstrators. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 01: People relaxe at the MyFest street fest in immigrant-heavy Kreuzberg district on May Day on May 1, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. May Day, the international day of labour, is a national holiday in Germany and observed with gatherings by labour unions and political parties. In some cities, including Hamburg and Berlin, the day often ends with violent clahes between police and mostly left-wing demonstrators. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 01: A man offers food on his stand to the people while they gather the MyFest street fest in immigrant-heavy Kreuzberg district on May Day on May 1, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. May Day, the international day of labour, is a national holiday in Germany and observed with gatherings by labour unions and political parties. In some cities, including Hamburg and Berlin, the day often ends with violent clahes between police and mostly left-wing demonstrators. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Protestors throw stones at riot police during clashes after hundreds of people tried to reach the city's main Kizilay Square to celebrate May Day in Ankara on May 1, 2014. Earlier, riot police in Istanbul used water cannon and tear gas against thousands of protesters who tried to defy a May Day ban on demonstrations, injuring at least 50 people. After a final warning, hundreds of riot police moved on the crowd seeking to breach the barricades leading to Taksim Square, declared off limits to Labour Day demonstrators as the epicentre of anti-government protests in recent months. In the capital Ankara, police fired volleys of tear gas and jets of water on hundreds of protesters trying to march to the Kizilay Square, also declared off limits. AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Riot police fire teargas during clashes after hundreds of people tried to reach the city's main Kizilay Square to celebrate May Day in Ankara on May 1, 2014. Earlier, riot police in Istanbul used water cannon and tear gas against thousands of protesters who tried to defy a May Day ban on demonstrations, injuring at least 50 people. After a final warning, hundreds of riot police moved on the crowd seeking to breach the barricades leading to Taksim Square, declared off limits to Labour Day demonstrators as the epicentre of anti-government protests in recent months. In the capital Ankara, police fired volleys of tear gas and jets of water on hundreds of protesters trying to march to the Kizilay Square, also declared off limits. AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A protestor throws stones at riot police during clashes after hundreds of people tried to reach the city's main Kizilay Square to celebrate May Day in Ankara on May 1, 2014. Earlier, riot police in Istanbul used water cannon and tear gas against thousands of protesters who tried to defy a May Day ban on demonstrations, injuring at least 50 people. After a final warning, hundreds of riot police moved on the crowd seeking to breach the barricades leading to Taksim Square, declared off limits to Labour Day demonstrators as the epicentre of anti-government protests in recent months. In the capital Ankara, police fired volleys of tear gas and jets of water on hundreds of protesters trying to march to the Kizilay Square, also declared off limits. AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 01: Thousands of people gather the streets for food and music at the MyFest street fest in immigrant-heavy Kreuzberg district on May Day on May 1, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. May Day, the international day of labour, is a national holiday in Germany and observed with gatherings by labour unions and political parties. In some cities, including Hamburg and Berlin, the day often ends with violent clahes between police and mostly left-wing demonstrators. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Riot policemen arrest a woman after hundreds of people tried to reach the city's main Kizilay Square to celebrate May Day in Ankara on May 1, 2014. Earlier, riot police in Istanbul used water cannon and tear gas against thousands of protesters who tried to defy a May Day ban on demonstrations, injuring at least 50 people. After a final warning, hundreds of riot police moved on the crowd seeking to breach the barricades leading to Taksim Square, declared off limits to Labour Day demonstrators as the epicentre of anti-government protests in recent months. In the capital Ankara, police fired volleys of tear gas and jets of water on hundreds of protesters trying to march to the Kizilay Square, also declared off limits. AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Bolivian miners march during the May Day parade organized by the Bolivian Union Workers (COB) in La Paz, on May 1, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Aizar Raldes (Photo credit should read AIZAR RALDES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A woman shows her identity card next to another protestor as riot police uses water cannons during clashes after hundreds of people tried to reach the city's main Kizilay Square to celebrate May Day in Ankara on May 1, 2014. Earlier, riot police in Istanbul used water cannon and tear gas against thousands of protesters who tried to defy a May Day ban on demonstrations, injuring at least 50 people. After a final warning, hundreds of riot police moved on the crowd seeking to breach the barricades leading to Taksim Square, declared off limits to Labour Day demonstrators as the epicentre of anti-government protests in recent months. In the capital Ankara, police fired volleys of tear gas and jets of water on hundreds of protesters trying to march to the Kizilay Square, also declared off limits. AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Policemen guard outside regional city building as pro-Russian protesters qttend attend a rally to mark the May Day in northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on May 1, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEY BOBOK (Photo credit should read SERGEY BOBOK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A man plays trumpet in front of policemen who guard the regional city building during a rally of pro-Russian protesters to mark the May Day in northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on May 1, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEY BOBOK (Photo credit should read SERGEY BOBOK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A demonstrator uses a slingshot during clashes with riot police who wanted to disperse hundreds of people trying to reach the city's main Kizilay Square to celebrate May Day in Ankara on May 1, 2014. Earlier, riot police in Istanbul used water cannon and tear gas against thousands of protesters who tried to defy a May Day ban on demonstrations, injuring at least 50 people. After a final warning, hundreds of riot police moved on the crowd seeking to breach the barricades leading to Taksim Square, declared off limits to Labour Day demonstrators as the epicentre of anti-government protests in recent months. In the capital Ankara, police fired volleys of tear gas and jets of water on hundreds of protesters trying to march to the Kizilay Square, also declared off limits. AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A woman sits as other protestors try to take shelter while riot police uses water cannons during clashes after hundreds of people tried to reach the city's main Kizilay Square to celebrate May Day in Ankara on May 1, 2014. Earlier, riot police in Istanbul used water cannon and tear gas against thousands of protesters who tried to defy a May Day ban on demonstrations, injuring at least 50 people. After a final warning, hundreds of riot police moved on the crowd seeking to breach the barricades leading to Taksim Square, declared off limits to Labour Day demonstrators as the epicentre of anti-government protests in recent months. In the capital Ankara, police fired volleys of tear gas and jets of water on hundreds of protesters trying to march to the Kizilay Square, also declared off limits. AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Rriot police fire d teargas to disperse hundreds of people trying to reach the city's main Kizilay Square to celebrate May Day in Ankara on May 1, 2014. Earlier, riot police in Istanbul used water cannon and tear gas against thousands of protesters who tried to defy a May Day ban on demonstrations, injuring at least 50 people. After a final warning, hundreds of riot police moved on the crowd seeking to breach the barricades leading to Taksim Square, declared off limits to Labour Day demonstrators as the epicentre of anti-government protests in recent months. In the capital Ankara, police fired volleys of tear gas and jets of water on hundreds of protesters trying to march to the Kizilay Square, also declared off limits. AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Riot police fire d teargas to disperse hundreds of people trying to reach the city's main Kizilay Square to celebrate May Day in Ankara on May 1, 2014. Earlier, riot police in Istanbul used water cannon and tear gas against thousands of protesters who tried to defy a May Day ban on demonstrations, injuring at least 50 people. After a final warning, hundreds of riot police moved on the crowd seeking to breach the barricades leading to Taksim Square, declared off limits to Labour Day demonstrators as the epicentre of anti-government protests in recent months. In the capital Ankara, police fired volleys of tear gas and jets of water on hundreds of protesters trying to march to the Kizilay Square, also declared off limits. AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Protestors throw stones to riot police who wanted to disperse hundreds of people trying to reach the city's main Kizilay Square to celebrate May Day in Ankara on May 1, 2014. Earlier, riot police in Istanbul used water cannon and tear gas against thousands of protesters who tried to defy a May Day ban on demonstrations, injuring at least 50 people. After a final warning, hundreds of riot police moved on the crowd seeking to breach the barricades leading to Taksim Square, declared off limits to Labour Day demonstrators as the epicentre of anti-government protests in recent months. In the capital Ankara, police fired volleys of tear gas and jets of water on hundreds of protesters trying to march to the Kizilay Square, also declared off limits. AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Demonstrators take part in a protest against the Spanish government's austerity measures during a May Day rally in the northern Spanish Basque city of Bilbao on May 1, 2014. AFP PHOTO / RAFA RIVAS (Photo credit should read RAFA RIVAS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Cuban workers take part in the May Day parade organized by the Cuban Workers Union (CTC) at Revolution Square in Havana, on May 1, 2014. Some 600,000 workers joined the parade, according to an official estimate. AFP PHOTO/Yamil LAGE (Photo credit should read YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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(From L) Communist Party National Secretary Pierre Laurent, French left party Ensemble's (Together) leader Clementine Autain, and French left-wing party 'Parti de Gauche' (Left Party) (PG) co-president Jean-Luc Melenchon, take part in a May Day rally on May 1, 2014 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / ALAIN JOCARD (Photo credit should read ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Cuban workers take part in the May Day parade organized by the Cuban Workers Union (CTC) in Havana, on May 1, 2014. Some 600,000 workers joined the parade, according to an official estimate. AFP PHOTO/ADALBERTO ROQUE (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Riot police use tear gas to disperse a May Day rally near Taksim Square in Istanbul on May 1, 2014. Riot police in Istanbul used water cannon and tear gas on May 1 against thousands of protesters who tried to defy a May Day ban on demonstrations, injuring at least 50 people. AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Sri Lankan dancers participate in a pro-government May Day rally in Colombo on May 1, 2014. Sri Lankan workers are marking International Labour Day which falls on May 1. AFP PHOTO/ Ishara S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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People demonstrate during a May Day rally on May 1, 2014 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS SAMSON (Photo credit should read THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A Sri Lankan dancer participates in a pro-government May Day rally in Colombo on May 1, 2014. Sri Lankan workers are marking International Labour Day which falls on May 1. AFP PHOTO/ Ishara S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Sri Lankan dancers participate in a pro-government May Day rally in Colombo on May 1, 2014. Sri Lankan workers are marking International Labour Day which falls on May 1. AFP PHOTO/ Ishara S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)

Protesters fire back as riot police use water cannons and teargas to disperse thousands of people trying to reach the city's main Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Clashes erupted between May Day demonstrators and riot police as crowds determined to defy a government ban tried to march to the city's iconic Taksim Square. Security forces pushed back demonstrators with water cannons and tear gas

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