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.
Pictures of the day
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Window cleaners dress as superheroes to surprise children at The Portland Hospital in London (credit:Rex Features)
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Katie Price launches her 10th novel 'May your wish come true' at the Worx (credit:WENN)
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Katie Price launches her 10th novel 'May your wish come true' at the Worx (credit:Rex)
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Ed Sheeran with the Best Solo Artist award at the Xperia Access Q Awards 2014 at Grosvenor House, London. (credit:Ian West/PA Wire)
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Thick smoke from an airstrike by the US-led coalition rises in Kobani, Syria, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Pope Francis loses his zucchetto to a gust of wind at the end of his weekly general audience on Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican on October 22, 2014. (credit:FILIPPO MONTEFORTE via Getty Images)
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A gust of wind blows Pope Francis mantle as he leaves St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after his weekly general audience, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Canadair fire-fighting aircraft drops retardant on a fire in Ajaccio on October 22, 2014. The fire had spread rapidly due to high winds. (credit:PASCAL POCHARD CASABIANCA via Getty Images)
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A general view after the outbreak of a fire near 'L'Olympia' hall on October 22, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/Getty Images) (credit:Marc Piasecki via Getty Images)
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Pope Francis talks to Josep Guardiola, head coach of FC Bayern Munich during Bayern Munich football team private audience, Rome, Italy (credit:Rex)
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BOIS-GRENIER, FRANCE - OCTOBER 22: Members of the 4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment lower a coffin holding the remains of a World War One soldier during a re-burial ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Y-Farm Cemetery on October 22, 2014 in Bois-Grenier, France. The remains of 15 Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment of the British army, who were killed in the opening months of World War One on October 18, 1914 were discovered in 2009 during construction work near the French village of Beaucamps-Ligny. Using DNA tests on samples provided by their surviving relatives it has been possible to identify 11 of the soldiers. Those who have been positively identified and whose surviving family members have been traced are: Private Herbert Ernest Allcock, Private John Brameld, Private William Butterworth, Corporal Francis Carr Dyson, Private Walter Ellis, Private John Willie Jarvis, Private Leonard Arthur Morley, Private Ernest Oxer, Private John Richmond, Private William Alfred Singyard and Lance Corporal William Henry Warr. Members of their families will attend the service. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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BOIS-GRENIER, FRANCE - OCTOBER 22: Members of the 4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (R) carry the remains of a World War One soldier during a re-burial ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Y-Farm Cemetery on October 22, 2014 in Bois-Grenier, France. The remains of 15 Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment of the British army, who were killed in the opening months of World War One on October 18, 1914 were discovered in 2009 during construction work near the French village of Beaucamps-Ligny. Using DNA tests on samples provided by their surviving relatives it has been possible to identify 11 of the soldiers. Those who have been positively identified and whose surviving family members have been traced are: Private Herbert Ernest Allcock, Private John Brameld, Private William Butterworth, Corporal Francis Carr Dyson, Private Walter Ellis, Private John Willie Jarvis, Private Leonard Arthur Morley, Private Ernest Oxer, Private John Richmond, Private William Alfred Singyard and Lance Corporal William Henry Warr. Members of their families will attend the service. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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A stag at dawn in the long grass of Richmond Park (credit:Anthony Devlin/PA Wire)
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Moroccan horsemen perform during the 7th edition of the 'Salon du Cheval' in the port city of El Jadida on October 21, 2014. (credit:FADEL SENNA via Getty Images)
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Kate Hudson arrives at the 28th annual American Cinematheque award ceremony honoring Matthew McConaughey at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (credit:Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 22: Dannii Minogue attends the Hat Valet service announcement at Virgin Lounge, Sydney Domestic Airport on October 22, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (credit:Don Arnold via Getty Images)
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Syrian Kurdish refugees gather on October 22, 2014 around a fire in the Rojava camp in Suruc in Sanliurfa province. Turkey said on October 21 that Kurdish peshmerga fighters based in Iraq have yet to cross into Syria from Turkish territory, a day after announcing it was assisting their transit to join the battle for the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab. It was seen as a major switch in policy by Turkey, which until now has refused to interfere in the over month-long battle for Kobane between Syrian Kurdish fighters and Islamic State (IS) jihadists. (credit:BULENT KILIC via Getty Images)
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Monica Lewinsky speaks to attendees at Forbes Under 30 Summit at the Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa on October 20, 2014. (credit:Star Shooter/MediaPunch/IPx)
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Reese Witherspoon seen at the 28th Annual American Cinematheque Awards Honoring Matthew McConaughey held at The Beverly Hilton on Tuesday, Oct 21, 2014, in Beverly Hills. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for American Cinematheque/AP Images) (credit:Eric Charbonneau/Invision/AP)
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Pierce Brosnan is known for his big screen acting, but people may be less familiar with his talent as a painter. Brosnan’s love of painting is shared by Mariam Paré, a disabled artist from Naperville, Illinois, and a member of the Mouth & Foot Painting Artists, who recently visited the international movie star’s Malibu, California home to present him with two of her paintings, one depicting Brosnan in his iconic James Bond role and another as his affable self.Brosnan offered Paré a look at his own works and the two discussed their mutual passion for painting and how it has helped them cope with tragedy in their lives.Images of Brosnan and Paré are available for your free and unrestricted use courtesy of the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists. More information is available at mfpausa.com and mariampare.com.
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014 photo, firecrackers light up the sky after a fire at a firecracker market in Faridabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. More than 200 stalls were reportedly destroyed but no casualties have been reported so far. (AP Photo/Press Trust of India) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Honoree Matthew McConaughey, Vida Alves McConaughey and Jimmel Kimmel the 28th Annual American Cinematheque Awards Honoring Matthew McConaughey held at The Beverly Hilton on Tuesday, Oct 21, 2014, in Beverly Hills. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for American Cinematheque/AP Images) (credit:Eric Charbonneau/Invision/AP)
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City of Greater Geelong Mayor, Cr Darryn Lyons (L) looks on during Geelong Cup Day at on October 22, 2014 in Geelong, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images) (credit:Michael Dodge via Getty Images)
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Protesters use mirrors to reflect images of the police back at themselves, at the pro-democracy protest site in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, early Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. Hong Kong officials and student leaders held talks Tuesday to try to end pro-democracy protests that have gripped the southern Chinese city for more than three weeks, though chances of success are slim given the vast differences between the two sides. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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First lady Michelle Obama, center, joins Democratic U.S. Sen. Al Franken, left, and Minnesota Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton, at a get-out-the-vote rally at Patrick Henry High School in Minneapolis, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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GEELONG, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 22: Horses take off in Race 6 the Emsley Lodge Racing Geelong Classic during Geelong Cup Day at Geelong racetrack on October 22, 2014 in Geelong, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images) (credit:Michael Dodge via Getty Images)
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Maya Thurman Hawke and Uma Thurman attend "The Theory of Everything" Museum of Modern Art premiere in New York City, New York on October 20, 2014. (credit:ABACA USA)
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The Duchess of Cambridge arrives at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 Awards Ceremony at the Natural History Museum in London. (credit:Arthur Edwards/PA Wire)
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The Duchess of Cambridge leaving the Natural History Museum in London after the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 Awards Ceremony. (credit:Arthur Edwards/PA Wire)
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A fighter of Libya's Fajr Libya group (Libyan Dawn) fires his gun during clashes in the hill village of Kikla, southwest of Tripoli on October 21, 2014. The internationally recognised Libyan government called for a civil disobedience campaign in Tripoli until its forces retake the capital from militias who seized it. (credit:MAHMUD TURKIA via Getty Images)
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An orphaned wombat joey is receiving round-the-clock care at Taronga Zoo after its mother was struck by a car outside Sydney.Taronga Keeper, Evelyn Weston, has taken on the role of surrogate mum to the six-month-old joey, carrying a makeshift pouch and stopping work for bottle feeds every five hours.The female joey was rescued by a wildlife carer in June after its mother was struck and killed on a road near Jenolan Caves. Luckily the joey, named ‘Chloe’ by the carer, was found still alive inside the pouch.Chloe was brought to Taronga Wildlife Hospital last week for ongoing care and she’s been busy melting hearts among the Zoo’s keepers, who have been only too happy to help Evelyn with her mothering duties. She will remain in Evelyn’s care for at least another two months, before moving to a temporary new home at Taronga’s Australian Walkabout. Keepers hope Chloe will be strong enough to return to the wild in about 18 months.Evelyn said: “My biggest problem is getting her back. She’s very affectionate and also a bit naughty. She loves chewing on shoes and if you walk away from (credit:WENN)
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The northern lights, aurora borealis, are displayed over the city of Tromso in northern Norway Monday evening. Many clear skies this autumn have produced many spectacular displays of this natural phenomena so far this year. The northern lights are actually the result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun. (AP Photo/NTB Scanpix, Jan Morten Bjoernbakk)
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge greet the president of Singapore Tony Tan Keng Yam and his wife Mary at the Royal Garden Hotel in London, on the first of a four day state visit to the Britain. (credit:PA)
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Actress Renee Zellweger arrives at the 21st Annual ELLE Women In Hollywood Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on October 20, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (credit:Jon Kopaloff via Getty Images)
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People walking across Tower Bridge, in London, are affected by high winds caused by the remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo. (credit:Yui Mok/PA Wire)