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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A combination of four images show from top left to bottom right:- militants of Islamic State (IS) seen just before and after an explosion from an air strike on Tilsehir hill near the Turkish-Syrian border on October 23, 2014, from Yumurtalik village, 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 key Syrian border 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/AFP/Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 23: Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) greets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayn (R) during their meeting on October 23, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi is having a one-day visit to Russia. (Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images) (credit:Sasha Mordovets via Getty Images)
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London Zoo???s Zaire, a 16.5-stone western lowland gorilla, celebrates turning forty with a cake made by Richard Burr, runner up this year???s Great British Bake Off. (credit:Jeff Moore/Jeff Moore)
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Martin Horwood, Laurence Robertson with Sausage, Rob Flello with Diesel and Michael Gove with Snowy, Simon Reevell. Westminster Dog of the Year, Victoria Tower Gardens, London, Britain (credit:Rex Features)
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Rudimental and Gorgon City will take to the skies to perform the first ever gig to be live streamed over the Atlantic Ocean in the new Virgin Atlantic 787 aircraft.#FlightDecks will be departing London Gatwick at 2pm today, but fans not lucky enough to be on-board can listen live at flightdecks.virgin-atlantic.com whilst the bands perform back-to-back over the Atlantic. (credit:Virgin)
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Protest demanding justice for 43 missing students in Iguala, Mexico (credit:Rex Features)
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Roadside vendors prepare garlands of marigold early morning at a market on Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Marigold flowers are popularly used as offerings and for rituals and decorations during Hindu festivals. (credit:AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Westminster Dog of the Year, Victoria Tower Gardens, London, Britain - Andrew Mitchell with his inquisitive two year old Welsh Springer Spaniel, Scarlet (credit:Rex)
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Food artist Nathan Wyburn puts the finishing touches to a portrait of Stephen Fry made out of Haywards Pickled Vegetables for the brand’s liven up meal times campaign, at Barnabus Arts House in Newport, Wales. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday October 23, 2014 Research by Haywards Pickled Vegetables revealed Stephen to be one of the top 5 living personalities the public believes would liven up a dinner party, with the research finding that nearly three quarters of the British public are fed up with their food choices and are looking for a way to liven up their meals. (credit:PA)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 23: The Christmas windows display is unveiled at Selfridges on October 23, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Stuart C. Wilson via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 23: The Christmas windows display is unveiled at Selfridges on October 23, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Stuart C. Wilson via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 23: The funeral cortege for murdered teenager Alice Gross passes through Hanwell town centre on October 23, 2014 in London, England. The teenager Alice Gross' body was found in west London's River Brent on October 1, after a lengthy search. The hunt for Alice Gross from Hanwell, who went missing on August 28 was described as the largest police search operation since the 7/7 bombings of 2005. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 23: Members of the community light candles and place them besides the clock tower in Hanwell ahead of the funeral for murdered teenager Alice Gross on October 23, 2014 in London, England. The teenager Alice Gross' body was found in west London's River Brent on October 1, after a lengthy search. The hunt for Alice Gross from Hanwell, who went missing on August 28 was described as the largest police search operation since the 7/7 bombings of 2005. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
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People march holding posters with the images of missing students that read in Spanish "They took them alive," to protest the disappearance of 43 students from the Isidro Burgos rural teachers college in Mexico City, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. Tens of thousands marched in Mexico City's main avenue demanding the return of the missing students. The Mexican government says it still does not know what happened to the young people after they were rounded up by local police in Iguala, a town in southern Mexico, and allegedly handed over to gunmen from a drug cartel Sept. 26, even though authorities have arrested 50 people allegedly involved. They include police officers and alleged members of the Guerreros Unidos cartel. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Firemen hose down a building that collapsed in the historic French Quarter section of New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. Crews in the French Quarter were working to clear away debris after an additional portion of a 200-year-old building collapsed on Wednesday. Officials said no one was injured when part of the facade of the peach-colored building at St. Ann and Royal streets gave way Tuesday afternoon, striking the balcony below and causing it to collapse to the street. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A woman places a candle on photos of the missing students during a protest against the disappearance of 43 students from the Isidro Burgos rural teachers college, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. Tens of thousands marched in Mexico City's main avenue demanding the return of the missing students. The Mexican government says it still does not know what happened to the young people after they were rounded up by local police in Iguala, a town in southern Mexico, and allegedly handed over to gunmen from a drug cartel Sept. 26, even though authorities have arrested 50 people allegedly involved. They include police officers and alleged members of the Guerreros Unidos cartel. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Nicole Scherzinger poses for photographers upon arrival at the Mobo Awards, in central London, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
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Myleene Klass poses for photographers upon arrival at the Mobo Awards, in central London, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 22: Tulisa Contostavlos attends the MOBO Awards at SSE Arena on October 22, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) (credit:Dave J Hogan via Getty Images)
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Jessie J poses for photographers upon arrival at the Mobo Awards, in central London, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
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President Barack Obama, with Ebola coordinator Ron Klain, and National Security Adviser Susan Rice, speaks to the media about the governmentâs Ebola response, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Liverpool's Mario Balotelli is interviewed after the game holding a bag with the shirt of Real Madrid's Pepe which he swapped with his at half-time (credit:Mike Egerton/EMPICS Sport)
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Lady Gaga is seen leaving her London hotel on October 22, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Ada/GC Images) (credit:Ada via Getty Images)
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Actor Keanu Reeves attends Summit Entertainment's premiere of 'John Wick' at the ArcLight Hollywood on October 22, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) (credit:Jason Merritt via Getty Images)
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Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez, right, hugs his teammate Lukas Podolski after Podolski scored 2-1 during the Group D Champions League match between Anderlecht and Arsenal at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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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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This October 22, 2014 photo shows police and medical personell moving a wounded person into an ambulance at the scene of a shooting at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Canada. Parliament Hill's Centre Block is in lockdown after a Canadian soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa was shot by an unknown gunman and there are reports of gunfire inside the halls of Parliament. (credit:MICHEL COMTE via Getty Images)
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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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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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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)