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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Journalism students hold a banner reading in French: 'Journalism students : Solidarity' as they raise pens during a gathering at the Place de la Republique (Republic square) in Paris, on January 7, 2015, following an attack by unknown gunmen on the offices of the satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo. France's Muslim leadership sharply condemned the shooting at the Paris satirical weekly that left at least 12 people dead as a 'barbaric' attack and an assault on press freedom and democracy. (credit:DOMINIQUE FAGET via Getty Images)
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People take part in a rally to show their solidarity with the victims of the today's terrorist attack on French satyrical newspaper Charlie Hebdo at the Place de la Republique in Paris, on January 7, 2015. Gunmen killed 12 people in an attack Wednesday in the offices of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in the most deadly attack in France since the 1954-1962 Algerian war. (credit:MARTIN BUREAU via Getty Images)
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A veterinarian treats the injury of a leopard which was tranquilized after it strayed into a residential complex in the center of the city in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. According to a veterinarian the leopard was seriously injured after being ensnared by an iron cable, which was later removed. Due to habitat loss, leopards sometimes enter populated areas in search of food. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A paramilitary soldier controls a crowd gathered around a tranquilized leopard that had strayed into a residential complex in the center of the city in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. The leopard was tranquilized by forest officials and transported to the state zoological park. According to a veterinarian the leopard was seriously injured after being ensnared by an iron cable, which was later removed in the zoo. Due to habitat loss, leopards sometimes enter populated areas in search of food. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An injured male leopard takes shelter in the bedroom of a building, as a man takes a photograph on his mobile phone, in the center of the city in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. The leopard was tranquilized by forest officials and transported to the state zoological park. According to a veterinarian the leopard was seriously injured after being ensnared by an iron cable, which was later removed in the zoo. Due to habitat loss, leopards sometimes enter populated areas in search of food. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Sea glows blue due to bioluminescence in Dongying, Shandong Province, China - 07 Jan 2015 (credit:Rex)
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Prince Albert II of Monaco and Princess Charlene of Monaco pose with Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella on the Balcony of the Monaco Palace during the official presentation of the Monaco Twins on January 7, 2015 in Monaco, Monaco. (credit:Didier Baverel via Getty Images)
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Snow covered street in Ramallah, West Bank on January 07, 2015. (Photo by Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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British actor Daniel Craig (L) poses with actress Lea Seydoux of France with Tyrolean Alps in the background during a photo call of the new James Bond film 'SPECTRE' in Austrian ski resort of Soelden on January 7, 2015. (credit:JOE KLAMAR via Getty Images)
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British actor Daniel Craig poses for pictures backgrounded by Tyrolean Alps during the photo call of new James Bond 007 film 'SPECTRE' in the Austrian ski resort of Soelden on January 7, 2015. (credit:JOE KLAMAR via Getty Images)
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Meryl Streep attends a photocall for 'Into The Woods' at the Corinthia Hotel London on January 7, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) (credit:Ian Gavan via Getty Images)
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Tracey Ullman, Meryl Streep, James Corden, Emily Blunt and Director Rob Marshall attend a photocall for 'Into The Woods' at Corinthia Hotel London on January 7, 2015 in London, England. (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
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French President Francois Hollande (C) arrives at the headquarters of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris on January 7, 2015, after armed gunmen stormed the offices leaving eleven dead, including two police officers, according to sources close to the investigation. (credit:KENZO TRIBOUILLARD via Getty Images)
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A photo taken on January 7, 2015 shows a bullet's impact on the window of the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, after armed gunmen stormed the offices leaving at least 10 people dead. (credit:MARTIN BUREAU via Getty Images)
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French police officers and forensic experts examine the car used by armed gunmen who stormed the Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people, on January 7, 2015 in Paris. A source close to the investigation said two men 'armed with a Kalashnikov and a rocket-launcher' stormed the building in central Paris and 'fire was exchanged with security forces'. The source said a gunman had hijacked a car and knocked over a pedestrian while attempting to speed away. (credit:DOMINIQUE FAGET via Getty Images)
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Armed gunmen face police officers near the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris on January 7, 2015, during an attack on the offices of the newspaper which left eleven dead, including two police officers, according to sources close to the investigation. (credit:ANNE GELBARD via Getty Images)
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Former Korean Air Lines Co. Vice President Cho Hyun-Ah (C), leaves the Seoul western prosecutors' office as she is transferred to a detention house on December 30, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. The Seoul court has decided on December 30, 2014 to issue an arrest warrant for Cho, who resigned as vice president after it was reported she had delayed a flight from take off and insisted that the plane return to the gate after being served a package of macadamia nuts. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Chung Sung-Jun via Getty Images)
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Coast guards on a helicopter try to rescue the crew of soy carrier 'Gulf Rio', coming from Ukraine, after it ran aground due to bad weather conditions near Samsun Harbor in Samsun, Turkey on January 07, 2015. (Photo by Ercin Top/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A police boat circles a crashed plane in Lake Taupo in New Zealand Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. All 13 people aboard a New Zealand skydiving plane that suffered an apparent engine failure managed to leap out in parachutes moments before the plane plunged into a lake, according to authorities. (credit:AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Alan Gibson)
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CRAWLEY, ENGLAND - JANUARY 06: A plane flies in front of the moon it comes into landing at Gatwick Airport on January 06, 2015 in Crawley, England. Yesterday the moon was in full while today it moves towards Jupiter. (Photo by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images) (credit:Jordan Mansfield via Getty Images)
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Co-starring in "The Wedding Ringer" from left, actors Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Kevin Hart and Josh Gad pose for a portrait on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP) (credit:Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP)
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Snow covers wreaths and tombstones at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, after a snow storm his the Washington area. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Photograph released by Indonesia's search and rescue agency shows the image of what is believed to be debris of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 on January 7, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The tail of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 has been found in the Java Sea, Indonesian searchers say. The tail houses the "black boxes" - the voice and flight data recorders - which could give investigators clues as to the cause of the crash. (credit:Xinhua /Landov / Barcroft Media)
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Huskies play together during the 16th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang province on January 6, 2015. The festival draws tens of thousands of visitors each year to its enormous ice buildings and sculptures. (credit:FRED DUFOUR via Getty Images)
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SURABAYA, INDONESIA - JANUARY 06: Indonesian Navy personnels line up as they prepare to welcome the arrival of Indonesian Military Commander Moeldoko who will inspect the possible location of AirAsia flight QZ8501 disaster on January 6, 2015 in Surabaya, Indonesia. A massive recovery operation is underway in waters off Borneo to recover bodies and debris from the missing AirAsia plane. AirAsia announced that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore, with 162 people on board, lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24 a.m. local time on December 28. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images) (credit:Robertus Pudyanto via Getty Images)
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SURABAYA, INDONESIA - JANUARY 06: The remains of Grayson Herbert Linaksita, a victim of the AirAsia flight QZ8501 disaster, are layed out at Adi Yasa funeral house on January 6, 2015 in Surabaya, Indonesia. A massive recovery operation is underway in waters off Borneo to recover bodies and debris from the missing AirAsia plane. AirAsia announced that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore, with 162 people on board, lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24 a.m. local time on December 28. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images) (credit:Robertus Pudyanto via Getty Images)
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Bahraini anti-government protesters clash with riot police firing tear gas during clashes in Bilad Al Qadeem, Bahrain, a suburb of Manama, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. Escalated clashes have continued for more than a week because of the detention of Bahraini Shiite opposition leader Sheik Ali Salman. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Journalists surround the car carrying Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, acting secretary general of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, after he was arrested reportedly for arson and vandalism, among other charges, from the National Press Club, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. Clashes between police and opposition activists and a separate attack by unidentified gunmen left at least four people dead in Bangladesh on Monday amid heightened tensions on the anniversary of elections boycotted by the major opposition alliance last year. The Jan. 5 elections last year were boycotted by a major opposition alliance led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. Tensions heated up recently after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party said it would hold rallies to celebrate the anniversary, while Zia, her archrival, announced that anti-government protests would take place. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A man struggles to control his horse before a traditional Epiphany celebration race in Pietrosani, Romania, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. According to the local Epiphany traditions, following the religious service, villagers get their horses blessed with the Holy water then compete in a race. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Believers sing and dance in the icy water of the river Tundzha as they celebrate Epiphany day, a Christian festival, in the town of Kalofer, Bulgaria, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. Traditionally, an Eastern Orthodox priest throws a cross in the river and it is believed that the one who retrieves it will be healthy through the year. In the central Bulgarian town of Kalofer, hundreds of Christians marked Epiphany by donning national costumes and wading into the frigid waters of the Tundzha river. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People parade through the streets as part of celebrations of Three Kings Day in downtown Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. Epiphany, the 12th night of Christmas, marks the day the three wise men visited Christ. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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KASTAMONU, TURKEY - JANUARY 7: A man walks by the snowy seashore in Abana district of Kastamonu province of Turkey on January 7, 2015. (Photo by Semih Yuksel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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CHANGCHUN, CHINA - JANUARY 06: (CHINA OUT) A snow sculpture of a car is seen on January 6, 2015 in Changchun, Jilin province of China. Li Fengjiang, a 56-year-old driver, built a snow sculpture of a car in Changchun. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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CHANGCHUN, CHINA - JANUARY 06: (CHINA OUT) A snow sculpture of a car is seen on January 6, 2015 in Changchun, Jilin province of China. Li Fengjiang, a 56-year-old driver, built a snow sculpture of a car in Changchun. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)