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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An 81-year-old woman from Hubei in China is seen taking part in a skydive in Australia. Min Deyu took part in the stunt while visiting her son, who lives in the country. (credit:Rex Features)
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An 81-year-old woman from Hubei in China is seen taking part in a skydive in Australia. Min Deyu took part in the stunt while visiting her son, who lives in the country. (credit:Rex Features)
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Two divers place a christmas sign inside an aquarium as sharks pass at Madrid's Zoo on December 11, 2014. (credit:JAVIER SORIANO via Getty Images)
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Actress Kate Beckinsale speaks at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations Announcement at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 11, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Mark Davis via Getty Images)
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SHANGHAI, CHINA - DECEMBER 11: (CHINA OUT) A 17-meter-long and 8-meter-wide giant snowman stands on the top of The Peninsula on December 11, 2014 in Shanghai, China. The snowman is the only outdoor decoration there welcoming Christmas Day. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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Wind blows at a dog named Ted walks along the beach on December 10, 2014 in Blackpool, United Kingdom. High winds and large waves hit the North West Coast of the UK and Northern Ireland today. (credit:Nigel Roddis/Getty Images)
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A woman wearing a Santa hat stands into wind and grips a street sign for support on Adelaide Street West (credit:Rex)
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Prime Minister David Cameron (5th from right, front row) poses with international representatives at the Government's '#WeProtect Children Online' global summit, where he announced a package of measures to eradicate online child abuse at Lancaster House, London. (credit:Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA Wire)
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The Battersea Dogs and Cats home staff dogs wrapped up in their most festive Christmas jumpers to celebrate the release of GET SANTA (starring Rafe Spall, Jodie Whittaker and Jim Broadbent) and to kick start Christmas Jumper Day.
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The host (top) with guests (left to right) Jeff Daniels, Jim Carrey, Nicole Scherzinger, Jude Law and Tamsin Greig during filming of the Graham Norton Show at the London Studios, south London. (credit:Yui Mok/PA Wire)
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British Detectives arrive at Faro's Police Station during an investigation on Madeleine McCann case on December 11, 2014 in Faro, Portugal. British Police are observing questionings over this week by Portuguese Police to 11 people as part of an investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, who went missing at the age of three while on holidays with her family at the resort Praia da Luz in the Algarve in 2007. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) (credit:Pablo Blazquez Dominguez via Getty Images)
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ODEON Streatham has immortalised a range of celebrities into individual pieces of popcorn this week in a bid to celebrate the cinemas' recent refurbishment. Food artists used microscopes and finite paintbrushes to create the tributes to Naomi Campbell, Chuka Umunna, Paul Merton, Ken Livingstone and Sarah Beeny* - as all were either born, live or have lived, in Streatham.
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A Jay bounces through the snow in Kielder Forest, Northumberland. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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Don Clegg, 82, from Kielder in Northumberland, takes a walk out along the road through Kielder as snow sweeps across the area.Picture date: Thursday December 11, 2014. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg (2ndL) and Foreign minister Boerge Brende (L) pose for a picture with Nobel Peace Prize laureates Malala Yousafzai (2ndR) and Kailash Satyarthi (R) upon arrival for a meeting at the PM's office in Oslo on December 11, 2014. At 17-years old, the Pakistani known everywhere as Malala is the youngest ever recipient of the prize she is sharing with the Indian campaigner Kailash Satyarthi, 60, who has fought for 35 years to free thousands of children from virtual slave labour. Their pairing has the extra symbolism of linking neighbouring countries that have been in conflict for decades. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ODD ANDERSEN via Getty Images)
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A Monkey looks on during the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Championsip at Leopard Creek Country Golf Club on December 11, 2014 in Malelane, South Africa. (credit:Richard Heathcote via Getty Images)
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President Barack Obama carries two bags of gifts as he arrives to help first lady Michelle Obama sort toys and gifts for the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots Campaign, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Lawyers, and justice officials from Mulhouse, eastern France, hold a coffin reading "In the memory of lawyer's job" as they demonstrate to protest against the new "Macron's law" in Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron presented Wednesday a new bundle of policies that aim mainly to free up France's notoriously inflexible labor rules and regulations. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Argentina's River Plate celebrates winning the Copa Sudamericana final match against Colombiaâs Atletico Nacional in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. River Plate won 2-0. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Hong Kong police dismantle the remains of the pro-democracy protest camp in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong on December 11, 2014. Hong Kong police gave hundreds of pro-democracy protesters at the city's main rally site 30 minutes to leave or face arrest on December 11 as they announced a 'lockdown' of the area as part of a clearance operation. (credit:PEDRO UGARTE via Getty Images)
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Workers clear barricades at the occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Hong Kong authorities started clearing barricades Thursday from the pro-democracy protest camp spread across a busy highway as part of a final push to retake streets occupied by activists for two and a half months. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Workers clear barricades at an occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Hong Kong authorities started clearing barricades Thursday from a pro-democracy protest camp spread across a busy highway as part of a final push to retake streets occupied by activists for two and a half months. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Ed Miliband attending the A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards at the National Maritime Museum, London. (credit:Yui Mok/PA Wire)
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 10: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (R) speaks with British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) as Chief of Defence Staff Sir Nick Houghton looks on at A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards 2014 at the National Maritime Museum on December 10, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Arthur Edwards - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: David Beckham attends A Night Of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards at National Maritime Museum on December 10, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (credit:Karwai Tang via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: Amanda Holden attends A Night Of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards at National Maritime Museum on December 10, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (credit:Karwai Tang via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: Penny Lancaster and Rod Stewart attend A Night Of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards at National Maritime Museum on December 10, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (credit:Karwai Tang via Getty Images)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 10: Actress Reese Witherspoon arrives at the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' 'Inherent Vice' at TCL Chinese Theatre on December 10, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage) (credit:Gregg DeGuire via Getty Images)
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EXCLUSIVE - Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon seen at Warner Bros Pictures' Premiere of "Inherent Vice" on Wednesday, Dec 10, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Warner Bros./AP Images) (credit:Eric Charbonneau/Invision/AP)
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People walk on the promenade in Blackpool whilst the sea lashes the coastal wall, as the stormy weather is causing disruption across parts of the UK with power cuts, ferry and train cancellations and difficult driving conditions. (credit:Lynne Cameron/PA Wire)
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Giant Statue of Santa Claus, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 09 Dec 2014The municipality of Sao Paulo decided to make a "Santa Claus Cyclist" this year as a way to encourage people to use more bicycles as transportation in the city. (credit:REX/Tiago Mazza Chiaravalloti/NurPhoto)
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Presenters Dick and Dom (right) are entranced by a Snake called Bully at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Starlight children's foundation Christmas party, at number 11, Downing Street in Westminster, central London. (credit:John Stillwell/PA Wire)
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and singer Pixie Lott (in pink) with young guests, as he hosted the Starlight children's foundation Christmas party, at number 11, Downing Street in Westminster, central London. (credit:John Stillwell/PA Wire)
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Bangladeshi street children hang onto a moving bus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. A 2013 World Bank report said there was a continuous decline in the number of poor people in Bangladesh, one of the most densely populated countries in the world, from nearly 63 million in 2000, to 55 million in 2005, and then 47 million in 2010. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A boy sifts through the debris Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014 following an overnight fire at an informal settlers' community of Tonsuya in Malabon city, north of Manila, Philippines. The fire razed more than 200 houses and affected close to a thousand people. Fire officials said five people were injured and currently investigating its cause. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Andrianna a one-month old female Mediterranean monk seal is wiped with towel after its swimming at the Attica Zoological Park in Spata, eastern Athens, on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. The orphaned seal, was found four weeks ago by local residents on the Aegean Island of Skopelos, central Greece and its veterinary condition was critical. The pup is currently in an intensive treatment program at MOmâs Mediterranean monk seal First Aid Unit, which has been provided by Attica Zoological Park. Around 350 Mediterranean monk seals, Monachus-Monachus, rare species of mammals, live in Greece according MOm, Greek Society For The Study and Protection of The Mediterranean Monk Seal. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 10: Myleene Klass attends A Night Of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards at National Maritime Museum on December 10, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Parker/UK Press via Getty Images) (credit:Julian Parker via Getty Images)