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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Dumbledore, the seal that was found stranded in a field in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, at least 20 miles (32km) from the sea on December 22, has now eaten his first meal since being rescued. (credit:Ben Kendall/PA Wire)
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A Bearded Collie walks through the snow in the Upper Bavarian administrative district of Landsberg, Germany, 30 December 2014. (credit:NICOLASÂ ARMER/dpa)
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BATH, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 30: Visitors enjoy the naturally warmed spa water as they relax in the rooftop pool of the Thermae Bath Spa, Britain's only natural thermal on December 30, 2014 in Bath, England. Cold weather continues to grip the UK although forecasters have predicted a spell of much milder and unsettled weather will arrive for the New Year. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)
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Messages for passengers on board the missing AirAsia flight 8501 are placed on a board at Changi International Airport, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014 in Singapore. Searchers combing the Java Sea to find and recover debris and bodies from the AirAsia jet that crashed there have the advantage of working in much shallower waters than those found in the open ocean, but also face challenges that include monsoons, murkiness and trash. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Commander of Indonesian Air Force 1st Operational Command Rear Marshall Dwi Putranto, center, shows the airplane parts and a suitcase found floating on the water near the site where AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared, during a press conference at the airbase in Pangkalan Bun, Central Borneo, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. Bodies and debris seen floating in Indonesian waters Tuesday, painfully ended the mystery of AirAsia Flight 8501, which crashed into the Java Sea and was lost to searchers for more than two days. (AP Photo/Dewi Nurcahyani) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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HRH Prince Harry watches the darts during the William Hill World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace, London. (credit:Adam Davy/PA Wire)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 30: A tourist poses with his 2015 hat in a vantage point ahead of the New Year's Eve fireworks on December 30, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. New alcohol restrictions have been set in place in Sydney. Of the 69 harbour fireworks vantage spots, 52 do not allow alcohol on the night. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Getty Images) (credit:Daniel Munoz via Getty Images)
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Prime Minister David Cameron takes part in the annual Great Brook run in Oxfordshire. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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Prime Minister David Cameron takes part in the annual Great Brook run in Oxfordshire (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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BANGKA, INDONESIA - DECEMBER 30: Members of an Indonesian search and rescue team carry body bags to a waiting aircraft on Bangka Island, Indonesia. Indonesian officials have confirmed that debris found off the coast of Kalimantan is 95% likely to be from AirAsia QZ8501 which was carrying 162 passengers when it disappeared mid-flight on December 28. (Photo by Ed Wray/Getty Images) (credit:Ed Wray via Getty Images)
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Indonesian students pray for victims of the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 in Tangerang on December 30, 2014. The hunt for a missing AirAsia passenger plane appeared over on December 30 as wreckage and dozens of bodies were spotted at sea off Indonesia, prompting raw scenes of emotion from sobbing relatives of the 162 people aboard. AFP PHOTO / BIMA SAKTI (Photo credit should read BIMA SAKTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BIMA SAKTI via Getty Images)
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Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun-Ah (C) is surrounded by journalists at a court in Seoul on December 30, 2014 after her hearing to review an arrest warrant application on charges including violation of the aviation safety law, coercion and interference in the execution of duty. South Korean prosecutors applied on December 24, for an arrest warrant for Cho who delayed a flight with a tantrum over snacks in a 'nut rage' incident that caused a national uproar. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUNG YEON-JE via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 30: A convoy carrying a nurse, who has been diagnosed with the Ebola virus, arrives at The Royal Free hospital on December 30, 2014 in London, England. The healthcare worker, who worked for a charity in Sierra Leone, is the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola while in the United Kingdom. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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Sunset on a frosty morning over the River Thames, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire (credit:Rex)
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This aerial view taken from an Indonesian search and rescue aircraft over the Java Sea shows floating debris spotted in the same area as other items being investigated by Indonesian authorities as possible objects from missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 on December 30, 2014. Items resembling an emergency slide, plane door and other objects were spotted during a aerial search on December 30 for the missing AirAsia plane, according to information from the flight on which AFP was aboard. AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO (Photo credit should read BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BAY ISMOYO via Getty Images)
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The female healthcare worker who returned from Sierra Leone to Glasgow is taken from an ambulance and loaded onto aircraft at Glasgow International Airport bound for the Royal Free Hospital in London, The Healthcare worker became the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola while in the UK on December 30, 2014 in Glasgow Scotland. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Runnacles via Getty Images)
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A Bahraini protester kicks back a tear gas canister during clashes with riot police following a protest against the arrest of the head of the banned Shiite opposition movement Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman on December 29, 2014 in Bilad al-Qadeem, a suburb of Manama. Sheikh Ali Salman, the cleric detained by Bahraini authorities for 'inciting hatred', is the charismatic leader of the Shiite opposition in the Sunni-ruled Gulf monarchy who has been a vocal advocate of peaceful protests. (credit:MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH via Getty Images)
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Simon Amman of Switzerland competes on day 2 of the Four Hills Tournament Ski Jumping event at Schattenberg-Schanze Erdinger Arena on December 29, 2014 in Oberstdorf, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images) (credit:Alexander Hassenstein via Getty Images)
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A snowman made by children is backdropped by trees covered in snow in a park in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. Romania, especially the eastern part, is affected by heavy snow falls and blizzards this year that cause traffic disruptions but are enjoyed by children and mountain tourists. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Troubled Virgin Atlantic jet flying low over Woodingdean, East Sussex while dumping fuel before emergency landing at Gatwick. Landing gear clearly visible.Virgin Atlantic VS43 to make 'non-standard' landing (credit:REX)
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Troubled Virgin Atlantic jet flying low over Woodingdean, East Sussex while dumping fuel before emergency landing at Gatwick. Landing gear clearly visible.Virgin Atlantic VS43 to make 'non-standard' landing (credit:REX)
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Passengers are helped to disembark the Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 at Gatwick airport in West Sussex on December 29, 2014 in London, England. Flight VS43 was traveling to Las Vegas and returned to the airport due to a reported technical issue with one of the landing gears. (Photo by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images) (credit:Jordan Mansfield via Getty Images)
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Relatives and next-of-kin of passengers on the AirAsia flight QZ8501 wait for the latest news on the search of the missing jetliner at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. Search planes and ships from several countries on Monday were scouring Indonesian waters over which the AirAsia jet disappeared, more than a day into the region's latest aviation mystery. The Flight 8501 vanished Sunday in airspace thick with storm clouds on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. (AP Photo/Trisnadi Marjan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this image taken from video and released by the Italian Navy, a woman is lifted from the deck of the Italian-flagged ferry Norman Atlantic by a rescue helicopter after it caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. Italian and Greek rescue crews battled gale-force winds and massive waves as they struggled Sunday to evacuate hundreds of people from a ferry on fire and adrift in the channel between Italy and Albania. At least one person died and two were injured. The fire broke out before dawn Sunday on a car deck of the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic, traveling from the western Greek port of Patras to the Italian port of Ancona on the Adriatic, with 422 passengers and 56 crew members on board. (AP Photo/Italian Navy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)