Pictures Of The Day: Photos From Tuesday 23rd September 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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Old tanks and APCs are parked at an armor repair plant on September 23, 2014 in Zhytomyr, some 150kms west of Kiev. (credit:GENYA SAVILOV via Getty Images)
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Leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party Ed Miliband speaks at Manchester Central, in Manchester on September 23, 2014 on the third day of the Labour Party conference. Conservative bashing, stirring words about social equality and warnings over populism: Britain's main opposition party this week prepped its ranks for next year's general election. 'Win 2015' flags were on display all around at the party conference in Manchester, northwest England, as hundreds of supporters milled around, along with T-shirts reading 'Never Kissed A Tory'. (Tory is another name for the Conservatives.) AFP PHOTO/LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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Oakland Raiders Usama Young jokes during a photo opportunity following a training event for children at Guildford, England, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. The Raiders will play the Miami Dolphins in an NFL football game at London's Wembley Stadium on Sunday Sept. 28. (credit:AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Oakland Raiders Marcel Reece plays football with children during an event in Guildford, England, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. The Raiders will play the Miami Dolphins in an NFL football game at London's Wembley Stadium on Sunday Sept. 28. (credit:AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Ed Miliband, the Leader of the Labour Party, arrives with wife Justine to deliver his keynote speech to delegates in the main conference hall on day three of the Labour Party Conference on September 23, 2014 in Manchester, England. The four-day annual Labour Party Conference takes place in Manchester and is expected to attract thousands of delegates with keynote speeches from influential politicians and over 500 fringe events. (credit:Oli Scarff via Getty Images)
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Leonardo DiCaprio, actor and United Nations Messenger of Peace, addresses the Climate Change Summit, at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (credit:AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Former radio and TV presenter Dave Lee Travis, real name David Patrick Griffin arrives at Southwark Crown Court for a re-trial on September 23, 2014 in London, England. After being cleared of 12 counts of indecent assault in February, Travis now faces a retrial on two charges and a new count of indecent assault. (credit:Ben A. Pruchnie via Getty Images)
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Leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party Ed Miliband greets supporters as he arrives with his wife Justine Thornton at Manchester Central, in Manchester on September 23, 2014 on the third day of the Labour Party conference. Conservative bashing, stirring words about social equality and warnings over populism: Britain's main opposition party this week prepped its ranks for next year's general election. 'Win 2015' flags were on display all around at the party conference in Manchester, northwest England, as hundreds of supporters milled around, along with T-shirts reading 'Never Kissed A Tory'. (Tory is another name for the Conservatives.) AFP PHOTO/PAUL ELLIS (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL ELLIS via Getty Images)
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Tourists walk on the Pont des Arts with its railings covered by lovelocks on September 23, 2014 in Paris. Paris officials have put up long panels on the city's iconic Pont des Arts in the latest attempt to stop lovers sealing their passion with padlocks attached to the bridge. Just over the busy summer period, romantic tourists to the world's most visited city attached more than 700,000 love lock on several Paris bridges, said City Hall authorities. 'On the Pont des Arts alone, 15 grills have had to be removed for safety reasons. Each of these panels were carrying nearly 500 kilogrammes, more than four times the maximum weight,' city hall said. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS SAMSON (Photo credit should read THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:THOMAS SAMSON via Getty Images)
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Serena Williams of USA retires from her match against Alize Cornet of France on day three of 2014 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open at Optics Valley International Tennis Center on September 23, 2014 in Wuhan, China. (credit:Zhong Zhi via Getty Images)
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This photo provided by an anti-Bashar Assad activist group Edlib News Network (ENN), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens checking a damaged house that they say was targeted by the coalition airstrikes, in the village of Kfar Derian, a base for the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, a rival of the Islamic State group, between the northern province of Aleppo and Idlib, Syria, Tuesday Sept. 23, 2014. Syria said Tuesday that Washington informed President Bashar Assad's government of imminent U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State group, hours before an American-led military coalition pounded the extremists' strongholds across northern and eastern Syria. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Bollywood actress Chitrangada Singh during launch of Desire 820 and Desire 820q smartphones at Oberoi Hotel on September 23, 2014 in New Delhi, India. Desire 820 is Indias first 64-bit smartphone powered by a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor (4x2.5GHz + 4x1.5GHz), and 2GB RAM. The phones will be available early November and pricing will be announced closer to the launch. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Riot police use water cannons to disperse Kurdish demonstrators who were clashing with Turkish security forces, as thousands of Syrian refugees continue to arrive at the border in Suruc, Turkey. Turkey opened its border Saturday to allow in up to 60,000 people who massed on the Turkey-Syria border, fleeing the Islamic militantsâ advance on Kobani.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Serena Williams of USA is forced to retire during her match with Alize Cornet of France during day three of the 2014 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open at Optics Valley International Tennis Center on September 23, 2014 in Wuhan, Hubei province of China. (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea launches a Tomahawk cruise missile at Islamic State group positions in Syria as seen from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on the Arabian Gulf on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. Syria said Tuesday that Washington informed President Bashar Assad's government of imminent U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State group, hours before an American-led military coalition pounded the extremists' strongholds across northern and eastern Syria.(AP Photo/Eric Garst, U.S. Navy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Two divers pose together above the 1000 years old amphora stack during their diving session in the Aegean Sea near the Maden Island of Balikesir, Turkey on September 23, 2014. (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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1000 years old amphora stack in the bottom of the Aegean Sea near the Maden Island of Balikesir, Turkey (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Europe team captain Paul McGinley, left holding the Ryder Cup trophy, and player Rory McIlroy, second left, talks with caddies as they prepare for a team photograph ahead of the Ryder Cup golf tournament at Gleneagles, Scotland, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (credit:AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
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A woman wears protective clothing during a tour of one of the Ebola Centers in Harare, Zimbabwe Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. Zimbabwe, which has not reported any cases of the deadly virus wreaking havoc in West Africa, is on high alert and has set up Ebola centers in order to screen people suspected of the virus. (credit:AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
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Farmer Harald Wenske transports pumpkins on a punt over a river near Lehde, eastern Germany, on September 23, 2014. (credit:PATRICK PLEUL via Getty Images)
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A fighter from the Islamic State (IS) group holds a piece of what the IS is saying is a US drone that crashed into a communications tower in the Syrian city of Raqqa early on September 23, 2014. A US-led coalition on carried out its first air strikes and missile attacks against jihadist positions in Syria, with Damascus saying it had been informed by Washington before the operation began. (credit:STR via Getty Images)
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Cambodians compete in a Khmer wrestling match during the Pchum Ben festival, the festival of death, at Vihear Suor village in Kandal province on September 23, 2014. Thousands of Cambodians descended on the small village northeast of the capital on September 23 to cheer on the annual water buffalo race that marks the end of the 15-day festival for the dead. AFP PHOTO / TANG CHHIN SOTHY (Photo credit should read TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TANG CHHIN SOTHY via Getty Images)
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Police officers attempt to secure a barricade blocking protestors from Wall Street during a march demanding action on climate change and corporate greed, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, a day after a huge climate march in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 22: Demonstrators sit in the middle of Broadway during the Flood Wall Street protest on September 22, 2014 in New York City. The Flood Wall Street protest came on the heels of the climate change march on September 21 that attracted over 300,000 protestors. (Photo by Bryan Thomas/Getty Images) (credit:Bryan Thomas via Getty Images)
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Victor Dubuisson, Jamie Donaldson, Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson, Thomas Bjorn, Stephen Gallacher, Graeme McDowell and Sergio Garcia (front row L-R) Justin Rose, Lee Westwood, Europe team captain Paul McGinley, Rory McIlroy and Martin Kaymer pose during the European team photocall ahead of the 2014 Ryder Cup on the PGA Centenary course at the Gleneagles Hotel on September 23, 2014 in Auchterarder, Scotland. (credit:Getty)
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David Tennant arriving at the Premiere of What We Did On Our Holiday, Odeon West End Cinema, Leicester Square, London (credit:Doug Peters/Doug Peters)
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China's swimmers compete in the free combination synchronised swimming event final during the 2014 Asian Games at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Centre in Incheon on September 23, 2014. (credit:Getty)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 22: Oliver Cheshire and Pixie Lott attends the WellChild Awards at London Hilton on September 22, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Danny Martindale/WireImage) (credit:Danny Martindale via Getty Images)
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Prince Harry meets Carson Hartley aged four, Inspirational child winner 3-6, who suffers from lung disease, heart defect, Spina bifida and brittle bone disease during the WellChild Awards ceremony held at the London Hilton, Park Lane, London. (credit:Doug Seeburg/The Sun/WPA-Rota)
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Prince Harry holds a "Harry lookalike" piggy bank presented to him by Olivia Ruston during the WellChild Awards ceremony held at the London Hilton, Park Lane, London. (credit:Doug Seeburg/The Sun/WPA-Rota)
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Lady Gaga, right, and Tony Bennett talk during a media event at the Brussels' city hall on Monday Sept. 22 , 2014. Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett will give a short concert on the Brussels' Grand Place for 6500 clients of mobile operator. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Edinburgh Zoo's giant panda Tian Tian who is no longer pregnant, the zoo has announced. (credit:Danny Lawson/PA Wire)
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Annual deer rut in Richmond Park, London. (credit:Rex Features)
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Annual deer rut in Richmond Park, London. (credit:Rex Features)
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A delegate in the audience appears to sleep during the Britain's Global Role speeches
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Young white tigers India (L) and Ambra (R) approach photographers at the football stadium of Dresden, eastern Germany, on September 22, 2014 during a presentation to the press by Circus Sarrasani where the 14 week old animal arrived from Zoo Stukenbrock in Western Germany. (credit:ARNO BURGI via Getty Images)
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Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Ed Balls and Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Rachel Reeves visit Ashbury Meadow Sure Start centre in Manchester before delivering their keynote speeches to the Labour Party Conference. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
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Medics wearing special uniform carry the 69-year-old Garcia Viejo, Spanish priest who was diagnosed with the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone to the ambulance, at the military airport Torrejon de Ardoz in Madrid, Spain on September 22, 2014. (Photo by Spain Ministry of Defense/Pool/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Robbie Williams performs live in concert as he makes his long overdue return to Australian following the release of his latest album Swing Both Ways at Brisbane Entertainment Centre on September 22, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images) (credit:Bradley Kanaris via Getty Images)