Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Thursday 19th March 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 and Tahira Mirza.

Pics of the day
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Carlo Janka, of Switzerland, loses his ski and crashes during the alpine ski, men's World Cup super-G race, at the World Cup finals in Meribel, France, Thursday, March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Shinichiro Tanaka) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Nine day old baby chimpanzee Deyo sits on the back of it's mother Lady at the 'ZOOM' Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, on March 19, 2015. (credit:ROLAND WEIHRAUCH via Getty Images)
Red Beard - Runway - Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Istanbul Fall/Winter 2015(03 of24)
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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MARCH 19: A model walks the runway at the Red Beard show during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Istanbul FW15 on March 19, 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images For IMG) (credit:Andreas Rentz via Getty Images)
Red Beard - Runway - Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Istanbul Fall/Winter 2015(04 of24)
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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MARCH 19: A model walks the runway at the Red Beard show during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Istanbul FW15 on March 19, 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images For IMG) (credit:Vittorio Zunino Celotto via Getty Images)
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Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander holds his yellow budget box on the steps of the Treasury office in London, after presenting an alternative set of fiscal plans in the House of Commons. (credit:Nick Ansell/PA Wire)
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British singer Rita Ora attends the Coca-Cola Contour Centenary Bar opening celebrating 100 years of the Coca-Cola bottle, London (credit:Doug Peters/Doug Peters)
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British singer Rita Ora attends the Coca-Cola Contour Centenary Bar opening celebrating 100 years of the Coca-Cola bottle, London (credit:Doug Peters/Doug Peters)
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Tunisians holding candles pray at the entrance gate of the National Bardo Museum where scores of people were killed after gunmen staged an attack, Tunis, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Foreign tourists scrambled in panic Wednesday after militants stormed a museum in Tunisia's capital and killed scores of people, "shooting at anything that moved," a witness said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (credit:Michel Euler/AP)
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A father and son (top R) on a makeshift boat made from styrofoam paddle through a garbage filled river as they collect plastic bottles that they can sell in junkshops in Manila on March 19, 2015. They earn three US dollars a day. The Philippines will be observing World Water day on March 22, a global event that focuses on finding access to clean and safe water. AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NOEL CELIS via Getty Images)
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A father and son on a makeshift boat made from styrofoam paddle through a garbage filled river as they collect plastic bottles that they can sell in junkshops in Manila on March 19, 2015. They earn three US dollars a day. The Philippines will be observing World Water day on March 22, a global event that focuses on finding access to clean and safe water. AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NOEL CELIS via Getty Images)
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Previously unreleased photo dated 18/03/15 of the sun seen through a solar filter in Northumberland, as a near-total solar eclipse is expected to bring out hundreds of sky-watchers eager to witness the phenomenon as the moon moves in front of the Sun tomorrow. (credit: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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March 18, 2015 - Valencia, Valencia, Spain - Thousands of fire crackers explode during the mascleta covering Valencia's Plaza del Ajuntamiento with smoke and noise - The very popular Masclet, unique to the Valencian Community, includes an extremely loud fireworks display at 2:00 PM on festival days. The March 18th Masclet was performed by Caballer FX. (Credit Image: Matthias Oesterle/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com) (credit:Matthias Oesterle/Zuma Press)
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The Town Hall of Valencia is engulfed by firecrackers smoke at 2 o'clock in the afternoon on March17, 2013, after the shot of the 17th 'mascleta' celebrating the arrival of spring. (credit:JOSE JORDAN via Getty Images)
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AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 18: A remembrance of the loss of life and those injured from the incident at SXSW 2014 during the 2015 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at Paramount Theatre on March 17, 2015 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for SXSW) (credit:Michael Buckner via Getty Images)
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A child climbs on a block of earth under a uprooted tree near Port Vila on March 19, 2015 after Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam hit the Pacific nation of Vanuatu. Vanuatu has hit out at aid groups swarming the cyclone-ravaged Pacific nation over a lack of coordination, which it said cost precious time getting help to those in need, while warning food will run out in a week. (credit:FRED PAYET via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 18: Daniel Neeson, guest and Liam Neeson attend Chicago Blackhawks vs New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden on March 18, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by James Devaney/GC Images) (credit:James Devaney via Getty Images)
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Prince Charles, right, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, center, are welcomed by their host Mrs. Joe Albritton, the chairman of the Prince of Wales's U.S. Foundation, second from right, as the arrive for a dinner reception to thank donors and supporters, in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Others are Robert Albritton, back, and Elena Albritton, left. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Supporters of Brazilian Sao Paulo cheer their team during the 2015 Copa Libertadores football match against Argentina's San Lorenzo held at Morumbi stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 18, 2015. AFP PHOTO / Nelson ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NELSON ALMEIDA via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 18: Pippa Middleton leaves The Cumberland Hotel after attending a fundraising ball for Disability SnowSport UK on March 18, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Keith Hewitt/GC Images) (credit:Keith Hewitt via Getty Images)
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The Northern Lights (Aurora borealis) are seen on the sky above Pilisszentkereszt, 26 kms north of Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday morning, March 18, 2015. Photo was taken from the viewpoint of Dobogoko in Salgotarjan. (AP Photo/MTI,Balazs Mohai) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 18: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visits the Brookhill Children's Centre in Woolwich to find out about the work of Home Start on March 18, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Lentati - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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From left, Harry Johnson President and CEO of the Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., Guy Vickers, President of the Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation, Britain's Prince Charles, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., and Ed Jackson Jr., Executive Architect tour the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Rescue workers pull an empty stretcher after gunmen opened fire at the Bardo museum in Tunisia's capital, Wednesday, March 18, 2015 in Tunis. Authorities say scores of people are dead after an attack on a major museum in the Tunisian capital, and some of the gunmen may have escaped. (AP Photo/Ali Ben Salah) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Tunisians gather at Habib Bourguiba avenue to show solidarity with the victims of the attack at a museum in Tunis, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Gunmen opened fire Wednesday at a major museum in Tunis, killing scores of people, mostly foreigners, in one of the worst attacks in this struggling North African democracy that depends heavily on tourism. (AP Photo/Adel Mhamdi) (credit:Adel Mhamdi/AP)

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