Pictures Of The Day: Photos From Friday 22nd August 2014

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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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Rihanna (2nd from L) and Cara Delevingne (R) attend the 2014 Summer Classic Charity Basketball Game at Barclays Center on August 21, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images) (credit:Jerritt Clark via Getty Images)
(02 of11)
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Malaysia Army soldiers carry a coffin containing one of the bodies of the downed MH17 flight, to load it to a hearse upon arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. The bodies and ashes of 20 Malaysians killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine in July have arrived in Kuala Lumpur, the first repatriation of victims from the flight to the country. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(03 of11)
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A shopper is silhouetted as he walks through a mall adorned with some Chinese lanterns, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, in the Chinatown section of Los Angeles. It is one of the oldest, largest and most historic Chinatowns in the U.S. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(04 of11)
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A supporter of Haiti's former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide holds up a picture of him, while demonstrating in front of his house during a protest in his support, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. Supporters of the former president have been blocking the street in front of his house as the popular former leader faces possible arrest for not providing court-ordered testimony in a criminal investigation. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(05 of11)
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A visitor takes a picture during the Dinosaurs exhibition in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. ''Dino Park" has been opened at Belgradeâs Kalemegdan Fortress. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(06 of11)
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Kerry Topliss and Cherie Griffiths arrive for Ladies Day during Day Two of the 2014 Welcome To Yorkshire Ebor Festival at York Racecourse, York. (credit:Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire)
(07 of11)
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Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against Badger culling outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London. (credit:PA)
(08 of11)
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Kumbuka the silverback gorilla gets measured at the annual London Zoo weigh-in where animals are weighed and measured. (credit:PA)
(09 of11)
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Local residents remain in a shelter, one day after a landslide hit a residential area in Hiroshima, western Japan on August 21, 2014. Thousands of rescuers combed through the wreckage of homes engulfed by landslides in western Japan on in the slim hope of finding survivors, a day after a wall of mud claimed at least 39 lives. (credit:JIJI PRESS via Getty Images)
(10 of11)
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Rescue teams continue the search for missing people among the debris of houses destroyed by a landslide caused by torrential rain at the site of a landslide in a residential area on August 21, 2014 in Hiroshima, Japan. Rescue work continues as at least 39 people were confirmed dead and 7 people are missing one day after the torrential rain caused flooding and landslides in the city of Hiroshima early Wednesday August 20, 2014. (credit:Buddhika Weerasinghe via Getty Images)
(11 of11)
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lululemon athletica hosts a mass yoga class at the Serpentine Pavilion, Hyde Park, London as a celebration of summer. Photo credit should read: Matt Alexander/PA Wire