Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Tuesday 20th January 2015

The Best Pictures Of The Day

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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Actor Antonio Banderas attends a photocall for 'Automata' at The Intercontinental Hotel on January 20, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Fotonoticias/WireImage) (credit:Fotonoticias via Getty Images)
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The Prince of Wales talks to workers as he shown the production line of the new electric Leaf cars during a visit to the Nissan UK plant in Sunderland. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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The Prince of Wales talks to workers as he shown the production line of the new electric Leaf cars during a visit to the Nissan UK plant in Sunderland. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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Miss World Australia 2014 finalists Alex Hecker and Laura Corker watch on as Lleyton Hewitt of Australia plays in his first round match against Ze Zhang of China during day two of the 2015 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 20, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) (credit:Quinn Rooney via Getty Images)
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Ian Bell and James Taylor of England celebrate winning the One Day International match between England and India at The Gabba on January 20, 2015 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Matt Roberts - CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images) (credit:Matt Roberts - CA via Getty Images)
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Armed members of the Swiss Police monitor the town from a rooftop ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. This week World leaders, influential executives, bankers and policy makers will attend the 45th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos that runs from Jan. 21-24. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Jessica Chastain attends a photocall for new film A Most Violent Year at the Soho hotel, London. (credit:Ian West/PA Wire)
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New York city mayor Bill de Blasio, right, shakes hands with a police officer outside the kosher grocery where Amedy Coulibaly killed four people in a terror attack, in Paris, Tuesday Jan.20, 2015. Brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi and their friend, Amedy Coulibaly, killed 17 people at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher grocery and elsewhere last week. Poster reads: Brave police officers and gendarmes, Thank you.(AP Photo/Francois Mori) (credit:Francois Mori/AP)
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Stunning Macro shots taken with a smartphone, using Sony QX1 Lens-Style Camera, Shots of frost in the woods by Hampstead Heath. (credit:Mikael Buck)
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Stunning Macro shots taken with a smartphone, using Sony QX1 Lens-Style Camera, Shots of frost in the woods by Hampstead Heath. (credit:Mikael Buck)
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New York city mayor Bill de Blasio lays a wreath of flowers at the kosher grocery where Amedy Coulibaly killed four people in a terror attack, in Paris, Tuesday Jan. 20, 2015. Brothers, Said and Cherif Kouachi and their friend, Amedy Coulibaly, killed 17 people at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher grocery and elsewhere last week. The yellow poster reads: "Brave police officers and gendarmes, Thank you." (AP Photo/Francois Mori) (credit:Francois Mori/AP)
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The sun rises over the River Brue on the Somerset Levels as temperatures in parts of the south west drop below freezing. (credit:Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
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Gray whales off Long Beach, Calif., in the Pacific Ocean migrate south as seen from the Triumphant from Habor Breeze Cruises on in Long Beach, Calif., Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Gray whales off Long Beach, Calif., in the Pacific Ocean migrate south as seen from the Triumphant from Habor Breeze Cruises on in Long Beach, Calif., Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A photograph of actor Sylvester Stallone appears on a big screen inside the stadium as preparations are made to film part of the new Rocky movie at half-time in the Barclays Premier League match between Everton and West Bromwich Albion at Goodison Park on January 19, 2015 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) (credit:Laurence Griffiths via Getty Images)
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THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0197 -- Pictured: (l-r) Actress Jennifer Lopez during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on January 19, 2015 -- (Photo by: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) (credit:NBC via Getty Images)
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Indian Hindu devotees gather to take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad on January 20, 2015. The devotees gathered to observe rituals for 'Mauni Amavasya' or new moon day, considered the most auspicious date of bathing during the annual month long Hindu religious fair 'Magh Mela'. (credit:SANJAY KANOJIA via Getty Images)
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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard attend the UK Premiere of 'Mortdecai' at Empire Leicester Square on January 19, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (credit:Karwai Tang via Getty Images)
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Actors Johnny Depp (L) and Amber Heard attend the UK Premiere of 'Mortdecai' at Empire Leicester Square on January 19, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) (credit:Dave J Hogan via Getty Images)
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Arial view of a protest rally in downtown regional capital of Grozny on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Protesters have gathered in the Russian region of Chechnya to rally against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Chechen central Mosque is at right. (AP Photo/ Musa Sadulayev) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia celebrates after beating Ernests Gulbis of Latvia during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Ukrainian woman takes a bath in the waters of lake of Sherbakova Park during the celebration of the Orthodox Epiphany in Donetsk, Ukraine. Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19 , following old Julian calendar. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) (credit:AP)
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Rescue workers control a Russian Orthodox believer swimming in the icy water on Epiphany in the Neva River in St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers plunged into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. Water that is blessed by a cleric on Epiphany is considered holy and pure until next year's celebration, and is believed to have special powers of protection and healing.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An ambulance carrying the remains of prosecutor Alberto Nisman leaves the area outside his apartment in Buenos Aires, Argentina, early Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Special prosecutor Alberto Nisman who accused the government of secret deals with Iran over an investigation into a 1994 terrorist attack was found dead, officials said early Monday. He was due to participate in a closed-door session with Congress Monday over his claim last week that de Kirchner and Foreign Minister Hector Timerman covered up a deal with Iran.(AP Photo/Pablo Aharonian-DyN) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Rev. Al Sharpton, center, arrives with Eric Garner's mother Gwen Carr, left, to lay a wreath at the site where Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were killed, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, in New York. The life of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was remembered across New York City on Monday, the annual commemorations taking on added meaning at a time of increased focus on race relations in the nation's largest city. Six months after Eric Garner, who is black, died in a white police officer's chokehold, protests and speeches invoking his name provided a backdrop for the King commemorations. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Milos Raonic of Canada takes a selfie for fans after defeating Illya Marchenko of Ukraine during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Indigenous women from the Ixil and Quiche ethnic groups arrive for the trial of former police officer Pedro Garcia Arredondo in Guatemala City, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Arredondo was found guilty for the murder of 37 people who died in the 1980 attack and burning of Spain's embassy in Guatemala. According to testimony during the trial, civilians broke into the embassy on Jan. 31, 1980 to denounce alleged atrocities by the army in their communities during Guatemala's civil war. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Thousands of protesters gather outside the Agos newspaper to mark the eighth anniversary of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink's murder in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, as outrage continues to grow over a trial that failed to shed light on alleged official negligence or even collusion. Human rights activists, friends and family members placed red carnations on the spot in Istanbul where Dink was gunned down in broad daylight outside of his minority Agos newspaper office by a nationalist teenage gunman. Many people carried black banners that read: "We are all Hrant, we are all Armenian. (credit:AP Photo)
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An Indian Hindu devotee dances while singing religious songs at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, on the eve of âMauni Amavasyaâ or new moon day, considered the most auspicious date of bathing during the annual month long Hindu religious fair âMagh Melaâ in Allahabad, India, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus are expected to take holy dips at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as Magh Mela. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Palestinian Salafists, members of an ultraconservative sect of Islam, protest against caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in the satirical French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo, outside the French Cultural Center in Gaza City, Jan. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Britain's Got Talent Judge Amanda Holden arrives at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh for the first day of auditions for the 2015 show. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
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Britain's Got Talent Judge Simon Cowell (left) lifts fellow Judge David Walliams' kilt, as they arrive at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh for the first day of auditions for the 2015 show. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
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Britain's Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge walks past pupils with flags during a visit to formally open Kensington Aldridge Academy in London, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Tiger Woods walks in the finish area of an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Lindsey Vonn won a super-G Monday for her record 63rd World Cup victory and celebrated with an embrace from a surprise visitor ó boyfriend Tiger Woods. The American broke Annemarie Moser-Proell's 35-year-old record of 62 World Cup wins with a flawless run down the Olympia delle Tofane course, finishing 0.85 ahead of Anna Fenninger of Austria. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)