Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Thursday 22nd 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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US President Barack Obama talks with Akira Cooper during a visit to a classroom at the Community Children's Center, one of the country's oldest Head Start providers, in Lawrence, Kansas, January 22, 2015. Obama is on the second day of a two-day, two state trip to Idaho and Kansas following his State of the Union address. (credit:SAUL LOEB via Getty Images)
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Arsenal’s annual charity fun run ‘Be a Gunner. Be a Runner’ will return to Emirates Stadium on Saturday April 11.Some 1,000 runners are expected to take part in the race, which takes in 10 laps of Emirates Stadium, to raise money for the Arsenal Foundation. Many more runners will hold their own races internationally, with fans from over 30 countries getting involved last year. Full details can be found here: http://www.arsenal.com/bagbar
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Little Amur tiger girl Alisha is presented to the public at the Tierpark zoo in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. Alisha is one of three young tigers born in December 2014. Two died because their mother Aurora could not produce enough milk for them, so the zoo decided to feed the cub by hand. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Sprinter Yohan Blake, marathon runner Wilson Kipsang, and track and field star Tori Bowie today launched the new adidas Ultra Boost running on Wall Street, New York. The adidas Ultra Boost has been designed to return more energy than ever before and delivers the greatest run ever. (credit:Adidas)
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Smoke rises as firefighters hose water onto a apartment complex the morning after flames engulfed the building, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Edgewater, N.J. Authorities had not determined the cause of the fire. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Part of the New York City skyline peers through smoke rising at an apartment complex the morning after flames engulfed the building, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Edgewater, N.J. Authorities had not determined the cause of the fire. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Martin Odegaard from Norway holds his new Real Madrid shirt with former Real player Emilio Butragueno during a press conference at Real Madrid's Valdebebas training grounds after he signed with Real on January 22, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. Odegaard aged 16 will play for Real's second team Real Madrid Castilla and had been linked with many of Europe's top clubs. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images) (credit:Denis Doyle via Getty Images)
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Actor Will Ferrell is tackled to the ground by actors as part of a scene for the motion picture "Daddy's Home" that was filmed during halftime of an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Los Angeles Lakers, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Prime Minister David Cameron views new building work at Edinburgh Airport on his making his first visit to Scotland since the independence referendum last September. (credit:Jeff J Mitchell/PA Wire)
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Australia's Tim Cahill performs a overhead kick to score Australia's first goal during the AFC Asia Cup quarterfinal soccer match between China and Australia in Brisbane, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Australia's Tim Cahill performs a overhead kick to score Australia's first goal during the AFC Asia Cup quarterfinal soccer match between China and Australia in Brisbane, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Labour leader Ed Miliband visits Hazelwood Integrated College in North Belfast today where he watched science experiments and met pupils from the media studies department. (credit:Niall Carson/PA Wire)
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Labour leader Ed Miliband visits Hazelwood Integrated College in North Belfast today where he watched science experiments and met pupils from the media studies department. (credit:Niall Carson/PA Wire)
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Randolph Churchill, the great grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, speaks during the preview of 'Churchill's Scientists' exhibition, at the Sicence Museum, London, marking the 50th anniversary of Churchill's death, this will be the first exhibition dedicated to Churchill and the remarkable scientific breakthroughs which took place under his direction as Prime Minister. (credit:Nick Ansell/PA Wire)
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Bangladeshi children travel at the back side of a moving train at a railway station during the second day of a 48-hour general strike called by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. Supporters of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who boycotted the last vote, demand that the government resign and hold new elections immediately, but Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government will remain in office until her term ends in 2019. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Victoria Azarenka of Belarus dances on the court as she celebrates after defeating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow attends the premiere of Lionsgates's 'Mortdecai' at TCL Chinese Theatre on January 21, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images) (credit:Jason Kempin via Getty Images)
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A baby orangutan in Borneo is in intensive care at a rescue centre after suffering months of starvation and neglect. For the first year of his life little Budi was kept in a chicken cage and fed entirely on condensed milk.
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Miss Honduras, Gabriela Ordonez, poses for the judges, during the national costume show during the 63rd annual Miss Universe Competition in Miami, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, greets Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi before their meeting in Downing Street, London, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, third from right, leaves with other members of an Iraqi delegation and security officers after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Miss Great Britain, Grace Levy, poses for the judges, during the national costume show during the 63rd annual Miss Universe Competition in Miami, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. (credit:J Pat Carter/AP)
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EDGEWATER, UNITED STATES - JANUARY 22: Fire fighters interfere to the flames after a fire broke out in an apartment complex at Avalon in Edgewater, NJ, United States on January 22, 2015. The apartment complex mainly accommodated by Turkish diplomats and no casualities were reported. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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ZAPOROZHYE, UKRAINE - JANUARY 21: People inspect the explosion scene after the railway bridge in the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine has been damaged in an explosion which caused the derailing of rail cars on the line, in Zaporozhye, Ukraine on January 21, 2015. The result of more than 28 wagons of a freight train came off the rails. (Photo by Maxim Scherbina/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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JILIN, CHINA - JANUARY 22: (CHINA OUT) Smog arrives at the banks of Songhua River due to the lowest temperature rises to minus 14 degrees celsius on January 22, 2015 in Jilin, Jilin province of China. The Air Quality Index in north China's Jilin province has risen to 260, indicating high pollution. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 21: January 21, 2015: Jennifer Aniston visits Good Morning America in New York City on January 21, 2015. Credit: RW/MediaPunch/IPX (credit:RW/MediaPunch/IPx)
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London pooch Archie making an unusual friend – Nuffield Health’s sugar beagle illustrates how much sugar you would save over the course of a year if you gave up your daily fizzy drink.Swapping a daily fizzy drink for water will cut out seven teaspoons of sugar from your diet. If you did that every day for a year you’d save 2,548 teaspoons or 10kgs of sugar – the weight of a small dog. This could actually lengthen your life. An average height, overweight 30 year old female could add 6 years to their lifespan just by losing 5kg. (credit:Nuffield Health)
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Illuminated Grozny-City Towers are seen in Grozny the Russian region of Chechnya on January 20, 2015. The new Grozny City development is the centerpiece of a transformation that has changed the capital of Chechnya from the charred wreckage that was left after the wars of the 1990s and remained until only a few years ago. (Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Illuminated Grozny-City Towers and Ahmad Haji Kadirov Central Mosque are seen in Grozny the Russian region of Chechnya on January 20, 2015. The new Grozny City development is the centerpiece of a transformation that has changed the capital of Chechnya from the charred wreckage that was left after the wars of the 1990s and remained until only a few years ago. (Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan delivers remarks as snow falls during inaugural ceremonies at the statehouse, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, in Annapolis, Md. Hogan is the 62nd governor of Maryland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People pay their respects to the body of serviceman Thomas Sukhiashvili, a Georgian national who was killed in fighting against Russian-backed separatists, during a commemoration ceremony in Kiev, Ukraine, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. Sukhiashvil was a veteran of NATO-led campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq and Georgiaâs 2008 war with Russia. A former senior Georgian military official says around 100 Georgian volunteers are fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the conflict against Russian-backed separatists. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Steven Young, president of the Atlantic City Chapter of the National Action Network, pauses during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, in Bridgeton, N.J., after police dashboard camera footage was released from the Dec. 30, 2014 shooting of Jerame Reid during a traffic stop in Bridgeton. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Actor Rainn Wilson, right, plants a kiss on moderator Josh Horowitz at an AOL's BUILD Speaker Series at AOL Studios on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in New York. Wilson was there to discuss his new FOX television series "Backstrom". (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (credit:Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Smoke billows from a multi-alarm fire burning in Edgewater, N.J., as seen in New York from across the Hudson River, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. No injuries have been reported in the blaze that broke out around 5 p.m. on Russell Avenue in Edgewater, N.J. Authorities say it appears that everyone in the building was able to get out safely. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Orlando Magic forward Tobias Harris (12) reaches for a rebound against Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond (0) and Anthony Tolliver (43) with Magic's Evan Fournier (10) in the second half of an NBA basketball game in Auburn Hills, Mich., Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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KIEV, UKRAINE - 2015/01/21: Ukrainians attend the funeral ceremony of of Tomaz Sukhiashvili (35), a Georgian serviceman of Donbass battalion, who was killed in eastern Ukraine conflict, on the Independence Square in Kiev. The body of Georgian serviceman Tomaz Sukhiashvili, 35, from the Donbass battalion is laid to rest in Kiev, Ukraine. Sukhiashvili is one of many victims of the ongoing fighting for the control of Donetsk Airport. (Photo by Iren Moroz/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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Canada's Eugenie Bouchard reacts as she plays against Netherland's Kiki Bertens during their women's singles match on day three of the 2015 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 21, 2015. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE (Photo credit should read MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MANAN VATSYAYANA via Getty Images)
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Sheep cross a bridge under Baitings Reservoir dam covered in snow, as the cold snap continues. (credit:Lynne Cameron/PA Wire)
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Russian Communist supporters hold Soviet Red flags as they prepare to visit the Mausoleum for the 91st anniversary of Lenin's death at Moscow's Red Square with St. Basil Cathedral, left, the Kremlin's Spassky Tower, center, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. The Spassky Tower is closed for a restoration. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool) (credit:ap)
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Johnny Depp arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Mortdecai" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (credit:Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Snow covered trees on the Baitings Reservoir, near Ripponden, as the cold snap continues. (credit:Lynne Cameron/PA Wire)
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The Hoegh Osaka car carrier continues to be anchored in the Solent near Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire as work continues to pump the water from the car decks. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)