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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Protesters sit on the ground and carry red-painted crosses, symbolizing the blood of the 28 non-Muslims singled out and killed in the recent attack on a bus in Mandera by Somali militant group al-Shabab, outside government offices in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Demonstrators carried mock coffins and red-painted crosses in Nairobi on Tuesday, a vivid protest demanding the government provide more effective security for ordinary Kenyans and a memorial for the hundreds of Kenyans killed in recent terror attacks, as pressure builds on the government to halt a steady onslaught of gunfire and grenade assaults. (credit:AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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People shout slogans during a protest by Portugal's main union General Confederation of Portuguese Workers, CGTP, in Lisbon, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. The protest was against the 2015 state budget proposed by the center-right coalition government. Placards read in Portuguese: "More jobs, more salaries", "They steal our salaries to give them to the banks" and "Government out". (credit:AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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A woman takes photographs from inside a tram as people march during a protest by Portugal's main union General Confederation of Portuguese Workers, CGTP, in Lisbon, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. The protest was against the 2015 state budget proposed by the center-right coalition government. (credit:AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Cars which were set on fire when rioting erupted following the grand jury announcement in the Michael Brown case sit on a lot on November 25, 2014 in Dellword Missouri. Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was killed by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer, on August 9. At least 12 buildings were torched and more than 50 people were arrested during the night-long rioting. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Olson via Getty Images)
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Former partner of French President Francois Hollande, Valerie Trierweiler, is pictured at Hatchards bookshop in central London, on November 25, 2014, as she prepares to sign copies of her book 'Merci pour ce moment' (Thank You For This Moment). AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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Pope Francis delivers his speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Pope Francis has demanded Europe craft a unified and fair immigration policy, saying the thousands of refugees coming ashore need acceptance and assistance, not self-interested policies that risk lives and fuel social conflict. Francis made the comments Tuesday to the European Parliament during a brief visit meant to highlight his vision for Europe a quarter-century after St. John Paul II travelled to Strasbourg to address a continent still divided by the Iron Curtain. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Resident Ailyn Metran poses for a photograph alongside her dog Bunny at her home in Tacloban City in the central Philippines on November 25, 2014. Metran has been reunited with her dog a year after the pet went missing in the chaos of the country's deadliest ever typhoon, she told AFP. The nine-year-old mongrel named Bunny survived giant waves wrought by Super Typhoon Haiyan, but went missing in the upheaval that followed the November 8, 2013 tragedy, owner Ailyn Metran told AFP. AFP PHOTO/MARLON TANO (Photo credit should read MARLON TANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARLON TANO via Getty Images)
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A Ferguson firefighter surveys damage to a strip mall that was set on fire when rioting erupted following the grand jury announcement in the Michael Brown case on November 25, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was killed by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer, on August 9. At least 12 buildings were torched and more than 50 people were arrested during the night-long rioting. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Olson via Getty Images)
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Fog and frost covers the valleys, hills and fields in Powys, Wales (credit:Rex Features)
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attends East Anglia's Children's Hospices appeal launch at Norfolk Showground on November 25, 2014 in Norwich, England. (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrives at East Anglia's Children's Hospices appeal launch at Norfolk Showground on November 25, 2014 in Norwich, England. (credit:Mark Cuthbert via Getty Images)
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Singer Lady Gaga arrives at the 'VIP ROOM' Club on November 25, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/GC Images) (credit:Marc Piasecki via Getty Images)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - NOVEMBER 24: The Boy Band 'One Direction' wax figures at the unveiling at the Madame Tussauds Hollywood on November 24, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic) (credit:Paul Archuleta via Getty Images)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - NOVEMBER 24: (L-R) Sierra McClain, China Anne McClain and Lauryn McClain of the McClain sisters attend Madame Tussauds Hollywood unveiling of One Direction wax figures at Madame Tussauds on November 24, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vincent Sandoval/WireImage) (credit:Vincent Sandoval via Getty Images)
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Pope Francis delivers his speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Pope Francis has demanded Europe craft a unified and fair immigration policy, saying the thousands of refugees coming ashore need acceptance and assistance, not self-interested policies that risk lives and fuel social conflict. Francis made the comments Tuesday to the European Parliament during a brief visit meant to highlight his vision for Europe a quarter-century after St. John Paul II travelled to Strasbourg to address a continent still divided by the Iron Curtain. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, Pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Miss World 2014 contestants, led by the current Miss World; Megan Young from the Philippines, (C) pose for pictures at a photocall in central London on November 25, 2014. The Miss World contest will be held in London on December 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson studies a cylinder head of a new prototype Ford Diesel engine at the Ford Dagenham plant in Essex. (credit:John Stillwell/PA Wire)
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In this photo provided by the Italian Air Force, a doctor who has tested positive for the Ebola virus lies on a stretcher encased in a plastic seal, at the Pratica di Mare military airport near Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. The Italian health ministry says an Italian doctor working in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the Ebola virus and has been transferred to Rome for treatment. The ministry said in a statement that the doctor, who works for the non-governmental organization Emergency, will be taken Monday for treatment at the Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Rome. It is Italy's first confirmed case of Ebola. (credit:AP Photo/Italian Air Force)
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Britain's 2014 F1 Racing World Champion Lewis Hamilton poses for photographs with members of the public after a visit to the MediaCityUk television and radio studios in Manchester, England, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Hamilton won the title by 67 points at Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after a season-long battle with team-mate Nico Rosberg. (AP Photo/Jon Super) (credit:Jon Super/AP)
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Mercedes-AMG's Formula One British driver Lewis Hamilton, poses for pictures with a Mercedes F1 car during a photocall in Salford, north west England, on November 25, 2014. The 29-year-old became the first Brit to win more than one championship since 1968, and the fourth British driver ever to do so, when he won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday to secure the title which he first won in 2008. AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFF (Photo credit should read OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:OLI SCARFF via Getty Images)
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Soldiers and citizens rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, to protest a United Nations resolution condemning their country's human rights record Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Protesters at the rally Tuesday on the square carried banners praising their leaders and condemning the United States. The banner in the center reads: "Letâs defend with our lives the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea headed by supreme leader Kim Jong Un." (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Pope Francis, left, is welcomed by European Parliament President Martin Schulz upon his arrival at the European Parliament, Tuesday Nov. 25, 2014 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. The pontiff's whirlwind, four-hour visit to the European Parliament and the Council of Europe, Europe's main human rights body, in Strasbourg is shaping up as more of a secular stop than a liturgical layover.(AP Photo/Frederick Florin, Pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Sambo, a 52-year-old elephant, is watered before a farewell event, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID), in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, before she is released into the sanctuary in northeastern province of Mondulkiri. Sambo, one of Phnom Penh's most famous elephants, has provided rides to visitors for many years. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Egyptian residents search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building on November 25, 2014 in Cairo's northern district of Matariya. At least 10 people were killed and 15 others feared trapped in the rubble of the eight-story building. (credit:MOHAMED EL-SHAHED via Getty Images)
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Egyptian residents and rescue workers remove a body from the rubble of a collapsed building on November 25, 2014 in Cairo's northern district of Matariya. At least 10 people were killed and 15 others feared trapped in the rubble of the eight-story building. (credit:MOHAMED EL-SHAHED via Getty Images)
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Phillip Hughes of South Australia is helped by New South Wales players after falling to the ground after being struck in the head by a delivery during day one of the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground on November 25, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (credit:Getty)
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Phillip Hughes of South Australia is helped by New South Wales players after falling to the ground after being struck in the head by a delivery during day one of the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground on November 25, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (credit:Getty )
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In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, Kim Kardashian poses for photographers on her arrival at Toko restaurant, Vida Downtown in Dubai. (AP Photo/Chito Pachica) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A pro-democracy protester chants umbrella and a yellow banner at an occupied area before the barricade is removed in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday began clearing away some barricades from part of the pro-democracy protest site, scene of previous violent confrontations with police and angry mobs. The yellow banners read: "I want genuine universal suffrage." (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A pro-democracy protester is taken away by police officers as workers start clearing away barricades at an occupied area in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday began clearing away some barricades from part of the pro-democracy protest site, scene of previous violent confrontations with police and angry mobs. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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FERGUSON, MO - NOVEMBER 24: Police stand guard during rioting on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. A St. Louis County grand jury has declined to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, that sparked riots in Ferguson, Missouri since August 9. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) (credit:Aaron P. Bernstein via Getty Images)
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FERGUSON, MO - NOVEMBER 24: Looters run out of a business during rioting on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. A St. Louis County grand jury has declined to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, that sparked riots in Ferguson, Missouri since August 9. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) (credit:Aaron P. Bernstein via Getty Images)
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FERGUSON, MO - NOVEMBER 24: A business burns during rioting on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. A St. Louis County grand jury has declined to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, that sparked riots in Ferguson, Missouri since August 9. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) (credit:Aaron P. Bernstein via Getty Images)
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FERGUSON, MO - NOVEMBER 24: Police officers in riot gear stand in front of a burning building during a demonstration on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. A St. Louis County grand jury has decided to not indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown that sparked riots in Ferguson, Missouri in August. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (credit:Justin Sullivan via Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON D.C. - NOVEMBER 24: Protestors gather outside the White House on November 24, 2014 in Washington, DC after the announcement that the police officer Darren Wilson who shot and killed black teenager Michael Brown will not face charges. US President Barack Obama urged calm as violent protests broke out on the streets of Ferguson after a grand jury decided a white policeman will not face charges for killing a black teen. (Photo by Muhammed Bilal Kenasari/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson (right) and Great Britain's Jordanne Whiley (left) take on other wheelchair tennis players outside City Hall in London, as they demonstrate their skills ahead of the forthcoming NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters in London. (credit:PA)
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A man throws a wooden pallet onto a fire during a demonstration in the Port of Antwerp in Antwerp, Belgium on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Trade unions opened a month of intermittent strike actions by paralyzing the port of Antwerp and slowing train traffic through much of Belgium. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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President Barack Obama, left, listens as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, talks about his resignation during an event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Hagel is stepping down under pressure from Obama's Cabinet, senior administration officials said Monday, following a tenure in which he has struggled to break through the White House's insular foreign policy team. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People walk along an alley of plane trees in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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President Barack Obama, shakes hands with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, during Hagel's resignation announcement in an event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Hagel is stepping down under pressure from Obama's Cabinet, senior administration officials said Monday, following a tenure in which he has struggled to break through the White House's insular foreign policy team. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Labour leader Ed Miliband on a tour of the Tottenham Court Road Crossrail site in London. (credit:Philip Toscano/PA Wire)