Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Thursday 29th January 2015

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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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Pictures of the day 29 Jan
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Jacques, the Border Terrior, plays in the snow covered fields in Langley, as schools, transport and mobile phone signals were disrupted after heavy snow hit parts of the country. (credit:Lynne Cameron/PA Wire)
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The Duke of York laughs during a visit to Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset. (credit:Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
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The Duke of York laughs during a visit to Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset. (credit:Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
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Health workers take part in a 12-hour strike against pay constraints outside Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. (credit:Brian Lawless/PA Wire)
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Paramedics with the ambulance service Norman Cunningham (left) and Eddie Richmond, take part in a 12-hour strike against pay constraints outside Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. (credit:Brian Lawless/PA Wire)
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Farmers clear the road to Stockley Fell Farm in Oakenshaw, County Durham, as schools, transport and mobile phone signals were disrupted after heavy snow hit parts of the country. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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A highland cow near Crook in County Durham after overnight snow, as schools, transport and mobile phone signals were disrupted after heavy snow hit parts of the country. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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Ed Miliband, Leader of the Labour Party and Jim Murphy, Leader of the Scottish Labour Party meet apprentice tradespeople during a visit to the Queenslie Training Centre on January 29, 2015 in Glasgow Scotland. During his visit to the city Labour leader Ed Miliband has promise a 'Home Rule bill for Scotland' if Labour wins the general election. (credit:Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 29: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Rosie Huntington-Whiteley attends a photocall to launch her new fragrance, 'Rosie for Autograph' for M&S at Marks & Spencer Marble Arch on January 29, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Fred Duval/FilmMagic) (credit:Fred Duval via Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 28: David Beckham is seen at 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on January 28, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) (credit:RB/Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images)
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Police inspect a demolished film set where a worker died in an accident at a film lot during preparations for the shooting of a new Martin Scorsese movie titled "Silence," in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. One construction worker was killed and two others were injured after scaffolding around a building being torn down suddenly collapsed, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency. (AP Photo) TAIWAN OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Britain's Andy Murray celebrates after victory in his men's singles semi-final match against Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych on day eleven of the 2015 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 29, 2015. AFP PHOTO / GREG WOOD-- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:GREG WOOD via Getty Images)
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Snow is cleared from the tarmac at Logan International Airport a day after the area was hit by Winter Storm Juno on January 28, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston, and the rest of New England, picked up over two feet of snow from the storm. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) (credit:Maddie Meyer via Getty Images)
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Heidi Klum arrives for the 2015 NRL season launch at Shed 10 on January 29, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) (credit:Phil Walter via Getty Images)
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 29: Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates winning his semifinal match against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during day 11 of the 2015 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 29, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) (credit:Clive Brunskill via Getty Images)
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Andy Murray of Britain celebrates winning the third set against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during their semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Kim Sears watches her fiance Andy Murray of Great Britain play Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during their semi finals match at the Australian Open at Melbourne Park, Melbourne on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The Australian Open, Australia's foremost tennis event, is held annually over the last fortnight in January. (AAP Image/Julian Smith) (credit:JULIAN SMITH/AAP)
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South Korean firefighters wearing protective gear take care of a mock victim during an exercise against a possible terrorist attack in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said that the exercise is a part of preparation to prepare the city since threats of terrorism are growing worldwide. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Ester Satorova watches her fiance Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic play Andy Murray of Great Britain during their semi finals match at the Australian Open at Melbourne Park, Melbourne on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The Australian Open Australia's foremost tennis event is held annually over the last fortnight in January. (AAP Image/Julian Smith) (credit:JULIAN SMITH/AAP)
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Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic bites a ball during his semifinal match against Andy Murray of Britain at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A bird flies past Maria Sharapova of Russia who served to her compatriot Ekaterina Makarova in their semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Osmar Ramirez walks his pig Bartolo by a leash to a client's home for mating in La Lisa neighborhood on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. Ramirez owns two male pigs, Bartolo and Bartolo's father Pancho, and charges 100 Cuba pesos (CUPs), or about $4 U.S. dollars, for mating. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An Israeli army 155mm mobile artillery battery is stationed near the border with Lebanon in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on January 29, 2015. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanon's Hezbollah it will pay the 'full price' after missiles killed two Israeli soldiers in the Israeli-occupied border area on January 28, 2015 in an attack that raised fears of another all-out war. (credit:MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images)
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Frozen sea spray coats a house the day after a winter storm in Scituate, Mass., Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Sotheby's staff pose for a picture with 'Le Grand Canal' by Claude Monet, during a preview of their upcoming Impressionist and Modern, Surrealist and Contemporary Art sale, at the auction house in London, England, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. The collection of paintings and sculptures, with an estimated total value of 233 million pounds ($354 million), is due to go under the hammer on Feb. 3 and Feb. 10. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Brooklyn Decker poses for a portrait to promote the film, "Results", at the Eddie Bauer Adventure House during the Sundance Film Festival on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP) (credit:Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
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Junko Ishido, left, mother of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto who was taken hostage by the Islamic State group, speaks during a press conference at her home in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reacts during a session at the upper house of Parliament in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this aerial photo, the playing field for the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game is rolled into the University of Phoenix Stadium, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. The Super Bowl game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will be played this Sunday. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this photo provided by the Fountain Fire Department, firefighters rescue one of two cows that plunged through ice on a pond, in Fountain, Colo., Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. Fountain Fire Chief Darin Anstine said it was unclear how long the cows had been in the water before a motorist spotted them, but they're now doing fine. (AP Photo/Fountain Fire Department, Darin Anstine) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Actress Rooney Mara after running into the Irish Sea on Dollymount Strand, Dublin, while filming for Jim Sheridan's movie adaptation of Sebastian Barry's The Secret Scripture. (credit:Brian Lawless/PA Wire)
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Actress Rooney Mara runs into the Irish Sea on Dollymount Strand, Dublin, while filming for Jim Sheridan's movie adaptation of Sebastian Barry's The Secret Scripture. (credit:Brian Lawless/PA Wire)
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Model Naomi Campbell wears a creation as part of French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier's Spring-Summer 2015 Haute Couture fashion collection, presented in Paris, France, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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BERLIN, GERMANY- JANUARY 28: German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a grimace during a chat with Volker Wagner, head of Bund Deutscher Karneval, during a reception for members of German Carnival Clubs in the Chancellery on January 28, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Michael Gottschalk/Photothek via Getty Images) (credit:Michael Gottschalk via Getty Images)
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Frozen sea spray coats a house with a damaged deck the day after a winter storm in Scituate, Mass., Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. Residents of Massachusetts woke up Wednesday to cars buried in several feet of snow, and secondary roads that remain covered. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)