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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Smoke from an Israeli strike rises over Gaza City, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Israeli airstrikes hit a wide range of locations along the coastal area of the Gaza Strip as diplomatic efforts intensified to end the two week war that has killed hundreds of Palestinians and dozens of Israelis
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Smoke from an Israeli strike rises over Gaza City, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Israeli airstrikes hit a wide range of locations along the coastal area of the Gaza Strip as diplomatic efforts intensified to end the two week war that has killed hundreds of Palestinians and dozens of Israelis
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Santas from all over the world gather for the traditional July Santa Congress in Copenhagen Tuesday, July 22, 2014 and stick to their traditional schedule reserving half the day for a a dip in the sea â although, their feet only â in the waters of Oresund, the sound between Copenhagen and the Swedish coast. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Mogens Flindt) DENMARK OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Smoke and debris from an Israeli strike rise over Gaza City, Tuesday, July 22, 2014, as Israeli airstrikes pummeled a wide range of locations along the coastal area and diplomatic efforts intensified to end the two-week war. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Crew members line the deck of HMS Illustrious as she sails into her home port of Portsmouth for the final time ahead of being retired next month. (credit:Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)
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HMS Illustrious sails into her home port of Portsmouth for the final time ahead of being retired next month. (credit:Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)
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As a summer finale to its 25th birthday milestone Magnum, the brand synonymous with indulgence and pleasure, is taking its celebration to one of the world’s most luxurious shopping destinations with Summer Streets Presents Magnum’s 25th Birthday.
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Chinese People's Liberation Army cadets take part in a bayonet drills at the PLA's Armoured Forces Engineering Academy Base, in the outskirt of Beijing, China Tuesday, July 22, 2014. China opened its military academy to local and foreign media on Tuesday, displaying military hardware, bayonet drills and robots at their base. The slogan at the back reads "Win a War." (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A refrigerated train loaded with bodies of the passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 departs Kharkiv railway station, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. The train carrying the remains of people killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Tuesday on their way to the Netherlands, a journey which has been agonizingly slow for relatives of the victims. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Two KLM cabin crew reach out into a sea of flowers at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. A train carrying the remains of people killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Tuesday on their way to the Netherlands. Oleksander Kharchenko, spokesman for the state committee on the crash, said "we will do our best" to send the bodies to the Netherlands on Tuesday. Ukraine has agreed to send remains of all the victims there for identification and forensic investigation. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia is refloated and almost ready to be towed away from the tiny Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio, Italy, early Tuesday, July 22, 2014. The wreck of the Costa Concordia is expected to be towed to the Italian port of Genoa on Wednesday, where it will be scrapped. 32 people died when it slammed into the reef and started capsizing. The body of one victim is still missing. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Young models present outfits by label 'Bubble Gummers' during a fashion show at the Cool Kids Fashion fair in Shanghai on July 22, 2014. Cool kids is a trade event for kids featuring 45 fashion brands and runs until July 24. (credit:JOHANNES EISELE via Getty Images)
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A young model presents an outfit by label 'Bubble Gummers' during a fashion show at the Cool Kids Fashion fair in Shanghai on July 22, 2014. Cool kids is a trade event for kids featuring 45 fashion brands and runs until July 24. (credit:JOHANNES EISELE via Getty Images)
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Sony unveiled the world’s first offshore gallery on the Southwark Lake today to mark the launch of two new high-zoom cameras – the compact HX60V and bridge camera HX400V. The work of ‘Where’s Wally’ creator Martin Handford appeared to float on the London lake. The exhibition was part of a public competition – passers-by were encouraged to try to find the hidden Wallys in the artwork using the high zoom cameras 20m away on the shore with the quickest entrant winning the painting and camera.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pose for photographers outside 10 Downing Street, before the start of their meeting in London, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Two bikini fashionistas display their dyed pink dog wearing sunglasses during Mercedes-Benz Swim Week at Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida (credit:Splash)
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Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo (R) listens to a question from a Japanese fan during a promotional event held by his sponsor in Tokyo on July 22, 2014. (credit:TORU YAMANAKA via Getty Images)
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Hundreds of fishing boats pack Nanfangao harbour for shelter in Ilan county as Typhoon Matmo approaches eastern Taiwan on July 22, 2014. Typhoon Matmo churned towards Taiwan on July 22 picking up strength with thousands of tourists evacuated from outlying islands as weather forecasters warned of possible flash floods and landslides. AFP PHOTO / SAM YEH (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAM YEH via Getty Images)
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Cheryl Cole seen with Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini at their wedding party held at the Library on St Martins Lane (credit:Splash)
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Ed Miliband has a face to face meeting with Barack Obama
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Ed Miliband has a face to face meeting with Barack Obama
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Bradley Cooper takes a selfie with a fan at the premiere of "The Guardians Of The Galaxy" at El Capitan Theatre on Monday, July 21, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP) (credit:John Shearer/Invision/AP)
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Karen Gillan arrives at the premiere of "The Guardians Of The Galaxy" at El Capitan Theatre on Monday, July 21, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (credit:Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Zoe Saldana arrives at the premiere of "The Guardians Of The Galaxy" at El Capitan Theatre on Monday, July 21, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (credit:Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Selena Gomez attends the Gala Dinner Awards at the Ischia Global Festival
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A Malaysian investigator takes a black box from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 as it is handed over from Donetsk People's Republic officials to Malaysian representatives in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Bowing to international pressure Monday, pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, four days after it plunged into rebel-held eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A pro-Russian fighter places a black box from the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on a table while handing it over from Donetsk People's Republic officials to Malaysian representatives in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Bowing to international pressure Monday, pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, four days after it plunged into rebel-held eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Malaysian investigator, left, takes a black box from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 as it is handed over by a Donetsk People's Republic official in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Bowing to international pressure Monday, pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, four days after it plunged into rebel-held eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Russia Ambassador to Malaysia Lyudmila Vorobyeva, left, speaks during a press conference on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 tragedy at her embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Vorobyeva said that experts had confirmed that the black boxes of the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane that crashed in eastern Ukraine "were not tampered with." (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A man lights candles during an event to mourn the victims of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Separatist rebels in Ukraine have recovered the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and will hand them over to the International Civil Aviation Organization, a rebel leader said Sunday. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The Italian flag flutters in the foreground after the prow of the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia emerged after operations to refloat it continued on the tiny Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio, Italy, Monday, July 21, 2014. After more then two years the giant shipwreck is almost ready to be towed to the Italian port of Genoa where it will be dismantled. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Hindu devotee takes holy dip as she collects holy water from the Bagmati river during the Bol Bom pilgrimage in Sundarijaal on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, July 21, 2014. During this pilgrimage, devotees walk miles barefooted before offering the water at the Pashupatinath lord Shiva temple in Katmandu. Shravan Somwar or the Monday of Hindu calendar month Shravan is considered auspicious for offering prayer to Lord Shiva, the god of destruction. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Relatives of Staff Sgt. Moshe Melako, 20, mourn during his funeral at the Mount Herzel military cemetery in Jerusalem, Monday, July 21, 2014. Melako was one of 13 soldiers killed in several separate incidents in Shijaiyah on Sunday, as Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores of Palestinians and more than a dozen Israeli soldiers and forcing thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their devastated Shijaiyah neighborhood, which Israel says is a major source for rocket fire against its civilians. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Family and friends of Maj. Tzafrir Bar-Or, 32, one of 13 soldiers killed in several separate incidents in Shijaiyah on Sunday, mourn during his funeral at the military cemetery in Holon, Monday, July 21, 2014. On Sunday, the first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores of Palestinians and more than a dozen Israeli soldiers and forcing thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their devastated Shijaiyah neighborhood, which Israel says is a major source for rocket fire against its civilians. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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President Barack Obama bestows the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest decoration for battlefield valor, to Ryan M. Pitts, 28, of Nashua, N.H., a former Army staff sergeant who fought off enemy fighters during one of the bloodiest battles of the Afghanistan war despite his own critical injuries, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 21, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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This photo dated Wednesday July 2, 2014, was taken to mark Prince George's first birthday and shows the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Prince during a visit to the Sensational Butterflies exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London.
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This photo dated Wednesday July 2, 2014, was taken to mark Prince George's first birthday and shows the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Prince during a visit to the Sensational Butterflies exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London. (credit: John Stillwell/PA Wire)
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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne speaks during a visit to the Cunard cruise liner Queen Mary 2 at Southampton docks. (credit:Chris Ison/PA Wire)
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BIGGLESWADE, ENGLAND - JULY 21: Shuttleworth Collection Pilot Rob Millinship, poses next to a Sopwith Pup during a photocall at 'The Shuttlesworth Collection' on July 21, 2014 in Biggleswade, England. Of the 55,000 planes that were manufactured by the Royal Army Corps (RAC) during WWI, only around 20 remain in airworthy condition. Six of these belong to The Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden, Bedfordshire, making it the most complete collection of original airworthy WWI aircraft in the world. Amongst the collection is the SE5a. The SE5a is a single seater fighter aircraft. It is an original biplane designed by the Royal Aircraft Factory, with its engine built by Wolseley Motors Ltd, and it was issued to 84 Squadron in November 1918. The National Archive in Kew has recently verified that the plane saw action in France with 84 Squadron the day before Armistice, November 10, 1918. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
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Former N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos gives a statement outside Southwark Crown Court after her trial over drugs allegations has collapsed. (credit:Justin Tallis/PA Wire)
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Prince Harry during a visit to Bethnal Green Academy in London, where he joined a group of 60 students from schools across east London who will be receiving training to become digital media champions for the Invictus Games. (credit:Andrew Cowie/WPA-Rota)
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A student films on her mobile phone as Prince Harry visits Bethnal Green Academy in London, where he joined a group of 60 students from schools across east London who will be receiving training to become digital media champions for the Invictus Games. (credit:Andrew Cowie/PA Wire)