Pictures Of The Day: Photos From Friday 31st October 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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Labour leader Ed Miliband (centre) arrives with Shadow transport secretary Mary Creagh and Labour Candidate for Manchester Withington Jeff Smith at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester ahead of a meeting of Labour's English Regional Shadow Cabinet Committee to discuss an English Devolution Act. (credit:Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
(02 of29)
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Runners with their new Nike Flash Pack running apparel which lets you been seen when you hit the streets during the low light as winter sets in
(03 of29)
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Runners with their new Nike Flash Pack running apparel which lets you been seen when you hit the streets during the low light as winter sets in
(04 of29)
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SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 31 : A photograph taken from Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey, near Turkish-Syrian border crossing shows smoke rising from the Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) following the US-led coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets on October 31, 2014. (Photo by Sercan Kucuksahin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(05 of29)
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Israeli security forces stand guard as Palestinian Muslim worshippers perform traditional Friday prayers on a street outside the Old City in east Jerusalem on October 31, 2014, following restrictions by Israeli police to allow entry only to Muslim men over 50, wanting to access the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israeli police deployed heavily around Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound as it reopened Friday for Muslim prayers after a rare closure during clashes over the killing of a Palestinian by security forces. AFP PHOTO/ AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AHMAD GHARABLI via Getty Images)
(06 of29)
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Scott McDonnell, 24, from the Royal Artillery, puts in a cross for his fallen friend Dougy Dalzell who was killed in Afghanistan, as 1000s of poignant wooden crosses to mark the fallen in Afghanistan and Iraq were laid in a Field of Remembrance in Saltwell Park, Gateshead. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
(07 of29)
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CHIRIBIQUETE NATIONAL PARK, COLUMBIA - OCTOBER 30: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales visits the Chiribiquete National Park in Columbia on October 30, 2014. The Royal Couple are on a four day visit to Colombia as part of a Royal tour to Colombia and Mexico. After fifty years of armed conflict in Colombia the theme for the visit is Peace and Reconciliation. (Photo by Arthur Edwards - Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
(08 of29)
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Emma Watson accepts the award for British artist of the year at the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) (credit:Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
(09 of29)
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Npower braved some of the most haunted houses throughout the UK and using thermal imaging, have discovered that some of the evidence that is associated with ‘a ghostly presence’ could be merely caused by a lack of proper draught proofing and wall and loft insulation.
(10 of29)
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A runner in the morning sun, by the sea front in Brighton, Sussex. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
(11 of29)
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Amber Le Bon attend Nightmare on Wardour Street at Wyld Bar in London (credit: David M. Benett/Getty Images)
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President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for gubernatorial candidate Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Portland, Maine. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Turkish soldier closes the gate of a staging area where Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters are stationed on the outskirts of Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border, across from the Syrian town of Kobani, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Ten Iraqi peshmerga fighters entered the northern Syrian border town of Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, crossing over from Turkey on Thursday, the first from among a group of 150 Kurdish troops on their way into the embattled city. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Libyan military soldiers run to take cover during clashes with Islamic extremist militias in Benghazi, Libya, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Government troops entered central Benghazi Wednesday after nearly 10 days of fighting Islamic extremist militias, a military spokesman said, in violence that killed dozens of people and forced hundreds of families to flee. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The UNICEF Halloween Ball, London, Britain - 30 Oct 2014Guy Ritchie and son Rocco Ritchie (credit:REX)
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Giant cloud of superheated pyroclastic advances to an abandoned village of Sukameriah located in the danger zone of Mount Sinabung volcano during an eruption on October 31, 2014. Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered authorities to speed up the relocation of displaced residents during his visit at the evacuation center in Karo district in Sumatra island on October 29, 2014. Sinabung began erupting on September 2013 and in February 2014 an eruption killed about 17 people while more than 33,000 residents were forced to flee their homes. AFP PHOTO / SUTANTA ADITYA (Photo credit should read SUTANTA ADITYA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SUTANTA ADITYA via Getty Images)
(17 of29)
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Nurse Kaci Hickox, right, and her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur, take delivery of a pizza at their home in Fort Kent, Maine, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. State officials are going to court to keep Hickox in quarantine for the remainder of the 21-day incubation period for Ebola that ends on Nov. 10. Police are monitoring her, but can't detain her without a court order signed by a judge. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Nurse Kaci Hickox, right, and her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur are followed by a Maine State Trooper as they ride bikes on a trail near her home in Fort Kent, Maine, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. The couple went on an hour-long ride. State officials are going to court to keep Hickox in quarantine for the remainder of the 21-day incubation period for Ebola that ends on Nov. 10. Police are monitoring her, but can't detain her without a court order signed by a judge. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Smoke billows following a fire in a ten-storey building in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on October 31, 2014. The fire, which broke out in Dhakas Kawran Bazar, was brought under control after two hours. AFP PHOTO/Munir uz ZAMAN (Photo credit should read MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MUNIR UZ ZAMAN via Getty Images)
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Sri Lankan boys climb up a slope of mud and sludge caused by a mudslide at the Koslanda tea plantation in Badulla district, about 220 kilometers (140 miles) east of Colombo, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera estimated the number of dead in Wednesday's disaster at the plantation would be fewer than 100, although villagers said the figure could easily exceed 200. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' poppy installation at The Tower of London, Britain - 30 Oct 2014 (credit:REX)
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Katy Perry poses in a Cheeto costume at Kate Hudson's halloween party (credit:WENN)
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A car burns outside the parliament building in Burkina Faso as people protest against their longtime President Blaise Compaore who seeks another term in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Protesters stormed Burkina Fasoâs parliament Thursday, dragging furniture and computers onto the street and setting the main chamber ablaze, in the most significant challenge to the presidentâs rule during his 27 years in power.(AP Photo/Theo Renaut) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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This Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows an aerial view of the lava flow over Cemetery Road and Apa?a Street near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii. Rain fell Wednesday on a red-hot river of lava as it threatened to consume its first home on its slow advance into a rural Hawaii town. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Queen Elizabeth II signs the visitor book alongside The Duke of Edinburgh and Jaguar Land Rover Chief Executive Dr Ralf Speth after officially opening the new Jaguar Land Rover Engine Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton to officially open the plant. (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron (C) meets actresses Barbara Windsor (R) and Lacey Turner (L), and military personnel for a promotional photocall for the Royal British Legion poppy appeal, in Downing Street, central London on October 30, 2014. In the run up to Remembrance Sunday, a commemoration of the contribution of British and Commonwealth servicepeople in the two World Wars and later conflicts, The Royal British Legion distributes remembrance poppys in return for donations to their 'Poppy Appeal', which supports all current and former British military personnel. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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Prince Harry meets supporters of the Royal British Legion's London Poppy Day appeal before getting on board the poppy bus at Buckingham Palace in London, the 1960s Routemaster bus is carrying war veterans and celebrity supporters including Joss Stone, Barbara Windsor and Lacey Turner around London and will later meet the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
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Celebrating Halloween a diver with a Halloween skeleton costume holds a Jack O'Lantern filled with seafood feeds fish in a sea live aquarium in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Sir Ian McKellen pictured receiving the Freedom of the City of London, at Guildhall in London (credit:wenn)