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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ANTALYA, TURKEY - JANUARY 9: Model Lindsay Ellingson (C) holds a sign reading 'Je suis Charlie' as shedisplays a creation during the 19th Dosso Dossi Fashion Show on January 09, 2015 in Antalya, Turkey. (Photo by Suleyman Elcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Image) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 09: A general view of the 'Shameless' Ice Sculpture Unveiling on January 9, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Hider/Getty Images) (credit:Ben Hider via Getty Images)
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A D.A.D. Mercedes-Benz decorated with more than 300,000 Swarovski crystals is seen on display at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2015 at Makuhari Messe on January 9, 2015 in Chiba, Japan. It is priced at approximately 835,000 US Dollars. (Photo by Keith Tsuji/Getty Images) (credit:Keith Tsuji via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 09: Nicole Scherzinger opens the London Boat Show on the Sunseeker stand at ExCel on January 9, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (credit:Karwai Tang via Getty Images)
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 09: Nicole Scherzinger at the London Boat Show at ExCel on January 9, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn McCormack/WireImage) (credit:Eamonn McCormack via Getty Images)
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SALTCOATS, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 9 : Strong waves begin to build as a woman walks along nest to the sea defences on January 9, 2015 in Saltcoats, Scotland. A vigorous depression over the Atlantic in association with a very strong jet stream has brought winds of over 100mph and severe weather conditions to coastal regions of Scotland. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Runnacles via Getty Images)
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DAMMARTIN EN GOELE, FRANCE - JANUARY 09: Media stand watch to cover the manhunt for the terrorist attackers in the eastern part of the city on January 9, 2015 in Dammartin en Goele, France. A huge manhunt for the two suspected gunmen in Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine has entered its third day. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) (credit:Pascal Le Segretain via Getty Images)
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Waves crash against the sea walls in Blackpool, as high winds batter the north of the country. (credit:Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
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Armed security forces fly overhead in a military helicopter in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, Friday Jan. 9, 2015. French security forces swarmed this small industrial town northeast of Paris Friday in an operation to capture a pair of heavily armed suspects in the deadly storming of a satirical newspaper. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The four week old baby hippopotamus discovers the water at the indoor enclosure under the eyes of mother Ayoka at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. The male hippo is her first offspring and is about to learn swimming. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 09: Armed security patrols around the Eiffel Tower on January 9, 2015 in Paris, France. A huge manhunt for the two suspected gunmen in Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine has entered its third day. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
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PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 9: Police officers block a road near an industrial area where the suspects in the shooting attack at the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo headquarters are reportedly holding a hostage, in Dammartin-en-Goele, some 40 kilometres north-east of Paris, France, 09 January 2015. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Armed British police patrol St. Pancras train station in London, where the Eurostar train runs to Paris, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. Brothers suspected in a newspaper terror attack were cornered with a hostage inside a printing house in France on Friday, after they hijacked a car and police followed them to a village near Paris' main airport. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Jennifer Lopez attends the junket for the film The Boy Next Door in Los Angeles, CA, USA on January 9, 2015. (credit:HT/ABACA)
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A west Highland terrier struggles in the strong wind on the beach during a storm on January 9, 2015 in Ardrossan Scotland. A vigorous depression over the Atlantic in association with a very strong jet stream has brought winds of over 100mph and severe weather conditions to coastal regions of Scotland. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Runnacles via Getty Images)
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PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 08: Eiffel Tower is seen after its light were turned off for five minutes for the memory of the victims of the gun attack on the building of French magazine 'Charlie Hebdo', in Paris, France, on January 08, 2015. Gun attack to the magazine's building left 12 people dead on 07th of January in Paris. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 08: Eiffel Tower is seen before its light were turned off for five minutes for the memory of the victims of the gun attack on the building of French magazine 'Charlie Hebdo', in Paris, France, on January 08, 2015. Gun attack to the magazine's building left 12 people dead on 07th of January in Paris. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Thousands of Roman Catholic devotees join the life-sized wooden Black Nazarene parade, where everybody who is in the neighbourhood of the cross tries to touch the statue believing that a miracle can happen after touching it. Manila, Philippines, January 8, 2015. Photo by John Jerome E. Ganzon/Pacific Press/ABACAPRESS.COM (credit:Ganzon John Jerome E./ABACA)
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Members of the GIGN (National Gendarmerie Intervention Group) sit in a helicopter flying over Dammartin-en-Goele where a hostage-taking was underway after police hunting the Islamist brothers who killed 12 people earlier this week exchanged fire with two men during a car chase, on January 9, 2015. Friday's drama unfolded almost 48 hours into a massive manhunt launched after the brothers burst into the office of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and gunned down staff members and two policemen, saying they were taking revenge for the magazine's publication of cartoons offensive to many Muslims. The number of people seized was not immediately confirmed. AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JOEL SAGET via Getty Images)
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French police and gendarmes patrol in Dammartin-en-Goele where a hostage-taking was underway after police hunting the Islamist brothers who killed 12 people earlier this week exchanged fire with two men during a car chase, on January 9, 2015. Friday's drama unfolded almost 48 hours into a massive manhunt launched after the brothers burst into the office of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and gunned down staff members and two policemen, saying they were taking revenge for the magazine's publication of cartoons offensive to many Muslims. The number of people seized was not immediately confirmed. AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JOEL SAGET via Getty Images)
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NEVSEHIR, TURKEY - JANUARY 09 : Hot air balloons fly over Cappadocia, a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in Nevsehir Province, known for the fairy chimneys, during the winter season in Nevsehir, Turkey on January 09, 2015. (Photo by Murat Kaya/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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NEVSEHIR, TURKEY - JANUARY 09 : Hot air balloons fly over Cappadocia, a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in Nevsehir Province, known for the fairy chimneys, during the winter season in Nevsehir, Turkey on January 09, 2015. (Photo by Murat Kaya/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A man shields his eyes from the sun as he views the arctic sea smoke rising from Casco Bay, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, in Portland, Maine. Dangerously cold air has sent temperatures plummeting around the U.S. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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British comedian and actor Stephen Fry poses for photographs with a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) statuette during a photo call to mark the announcement of the BAFTA award nominations in London, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. Fry will be the host of the ceremony on Feb. 8 at the Royal Opera House in London and announced the nominations Friday with British actor Sam Claflin. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A model poses for photo at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2015 at Makuhari Messe on January 9, 2015 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Keith Tsuji/Getty Images) (credit:Keith Tsuji via Getty Images)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 9, 2015 photo, a Libyan honor guard stands at attention during the arrival of U.N. Special Envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon in Tripoli.(AP Photo/Mohammed Ben Khalifa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Lebanese man removes snow from around covered cars in Mreijat village, east Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Snow fell in the Middle East as a powerful winter storm swept through the region, killing at least two Syrian refugees in Lebanon and forcing thousands of others who have fled their country civil war to huddle for warmth in refugee camps. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (credit:Hussein Malla/AP)
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Flowers and candles are seen outside the office of Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris, Thursday, Jan.8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre, fearing they might strike again. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) (credit:Francois Mori/AP)
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Flowers and candles are seen outside the office of Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris, Thursday, Jan.8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre, fearing they might strike again. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) (credit:Francois Mori/AP)
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A woman photographs the sea smoke rising from the harbor in Portland, Maine, where the temperature at dawn was minus 9 degrees F, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Dangerously cold air has sent temperatures plummeting around the U.S. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Snow cover the roofs of the houses seen at Kyperounta village after four-days heavy snowing on Troodos mountain, Cyprus, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Cyprus is in the grip of a mid-winter storm bringing heavy rains, low temperatures and snow in the Troodos mountain range. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Undated handout image issued by the PHAT collaboration of a Hubble telescope image of a crowded star field in the disk of the Andromeda galaxy which shows that stars of different ages can be distinguished from one another on basis of temperature (as indicated by color) and brightness. (credit:Ben Williams/PHAT collaboration)
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French riot officers patrol in Longpont, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Armed French police patrol in Longpont, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A member of GIPN, (French National Police Intervention Groups) is pictured in Corcy, near Villers-Cotterets, north-east of Paris, on January 8, 2015, where the two armed suspects from the attack on French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo were spotted in a gray Clio. French security forces deployed on January 8 in a northern town where two brothers suspected of having gunned down 12 people in an Islamist attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo abandoned their car, a police source said. Cherif Kouachi, 32, a jihadist well-known to police, and his brother Said, 34, were spotted by the manager of a petrol station in the town about an hour's drive northeast of Paris, who after being robbed 'formally identified' the two men. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI via Getty Images)
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A helicopter flies over Dammartin-en-Goele where shots were fired and at least one hostage was taken in the same area police were hunting for two brothers accused of slaughtering 12 people in an Islamist assault, on January 9, 2015. The hostage drama was underway at a business in Dammartin-en-Goele, to the north-east of Paris, and came 48 hours into a massive manhunt for the Islamist gunmen who attacked the Charlie Hebdo offices on Wednesday. The suspects were holed up in a small printing business named CTD, a source close to the investigation said. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DOMINIQUE FAGET via Getty Images)