Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Friday 20th February 2015

PHOTOS: The Best Images From Around The World

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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Nicola Roberts walks the runway at the Fashion For Relief charity fashion show to kick off London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2015/16 at Somerset House on February 19, 2015 in London, England. The Fashion For Relief show is in support of Ebola, raising funds and awareness for Disaster Emergency Committee: Ebola Crisis Appeal and the Ebola Survival Fund. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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Sarah Ferguson walks the runway at the Fashion For Relief charity fashion show to kick off London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2015/16 at Somerset House on February 19, 2015 in London, England. The Fashion For Relief show is in support of Ebola, raising funds and awareness for Disaster Emergency Committee: Ebola Crisis Appeal and the Ebola Survival Fund. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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Model Katie Price wears a creation for Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Foundation that is fighting against the ebola epidemic, at the BFC show space at Somerset House in central London, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
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A resident walks past a fallen tree brought down by Tropical Cyclone Marcia in the northern Queensland town of Yeppoon on February 20, 2015. Two powerful cyclones pounded Australia on February 20, leaving a trail of destruction with houses ripped apart, trees uprooted and electricity cut to thousands of people, but authorities expressed relief there were no fatalities. (credit:PETER PARKS via Getty Images)
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An injured Feyenoord's fan lies on the ground after being arrested with others during clashes occurred with Italian Policemen at the Spanish steps prior to the start of the Europa League soccer match between Roma and Feyenoord in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A man holds burning incense as he offers prayers on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing, China Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. Chinese people are celebrating the arrival of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Sheep. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Kyle Larson (42) spins in front of Ty Dillon (33) and Justin Marks (29) during the first of two qualifying races for the Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Mitzy Capriles de Ledezma, the wife of Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma, chants for the release of her husband, as she stands behind two national police officer on guard outside intelligence service police headquarters, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. Men in camouflage uniforms smashed into Ledezma's office on Thursday and carried the opposition figure away. An aide said some of the officers wore the uniform of the national intelligence service police. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Model Naomi Campbell, centre right, kisses Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York, as they wear creations for Campbell's Fashion For Relief Foundation that is fighting against the Ebola epidemic, at the BFC show space at Somerset House in central London, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
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A security guard stands near a tree decorated with red lanterns at Ditan Park during a temple fair for a Lunar New Year celebration, in Beijing Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Snow billows in the air as the Marine One helicopter, carrying President Barack Obama, lands on the South Lawn of the White House, on his return from Chicago, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Israeli policemen play in the snow near palm trees outside Jerusalem's old city on February 20, 2015. People in Jerusalem woke up to around 25 centimetres of snow after the second major blizzard of winter swept across the hilltop Holy City. AFP PHOTO /MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images)
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A pro-Russia rebel holds a flag of the rebel-held city of Luhansk in Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. After weeks of relentless fighting, the embattled Ukrainian rail hub of Debaltseve fell Wednesday to Russia-backed separatists, who hoisted a flag in triumph over the town. The Ukrainian president confirmed that he had ordered troops to pull out and the rebels reported taking hundreds of soldiers captive. (AP Photo/ Peter Leonard) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Labour leader Ed Miliband speaks at a PeopleÕs Question Time event at Nelson and Colne College in Nelson, Lancashire. (credit:Joel Goodman/PA Wire)
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Kimi Raikkonen of Finland and Ferrari is pulled by technicians to the garage during the 2015 Formula One testing at the Barcelona Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Crowd catch sweets and giveaways being thrown at them following dragon and lion dances performed in front of a supermarket at Manila's Chinatown district of Binondo to celebrate the Chinese New Year Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, Philippines. This year marks the "Year of the Sheep" in the Chinese Lunar calendar. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Ice forms along the shore of Lake Michigan, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, in Chicago. Temperatures have dipped to as low as -13 in parts of Illinois with wind chills forecast to fall to between 20 and 30 degrees below zero. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)