Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Thursday 16th April 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.

pix of the day 16th April
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Workmen setting up barriers for the media outside the Lindo wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, where the Duchess of Cambridge is due to give birth later this month. (credit:John Stillwell/PA Wire)
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(L to R): Bernie Ecclestone (GBR) with Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1.Bahrain Grand Prix, Thursday 16th April 2015. Sakhir, Bahrain. (credit:James Moy/James Moy Photography/Press Association Images)
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, third from right, toasts for his 88th birthday with his brother Georg Ratzinger, right, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, second from right, and members of a group from his hometown Bavaria region, in the pontiff's Castel Gandolfo residence, in the hills overlooking Rome, Thursday, April 16, 2015. (LâOsservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Girls takes a selfie while taking part in the 'March of the Living' at the former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Oswiecim, Poland on April 16, 2015. The annual march honours Holocaust victims at the former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in southern Poland. AFP PHOTO / JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JANEK SKARZYNSKI via Getty Images)
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Newborn white tiger cubs look on together at the Saitama Tobu zoo, in Shiraoka, north of Tokyo,Thursday, April 16, 2015. Ahead of the grand debut of the four cubs in a week, the zoo went ahead for a trial public appearance to test the cubsâ reactions. The blue-eyed cubs with coats of black stripes on white were born on Jan. 25, - mother Caraâs second time giving birth in the zoo. (AP Photo/Miki Toda) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Arsenal supporter Max Benjamin and Reading supporter Richard Putterford during the FA Cup Adventure experience at Alton Towers on April 16, 2015 in Alton, England. (Photo by Jon Buckle/The FA via Getty Images) (credit:Jon Buckle - The FA via Getty Images)
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A Marine Corps helicopter lifts off from the beach after it made an emergency landing Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in Solana Beach, Calif. The helicopter landed on the shore shortly after 11:30 a.m. after a low oil-pressure indicator light went on in the cockpit, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar said in a statement. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Austrian-born US actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger greets fans as he arrives for the red carpet event during the opening ceremony of the fifth Beijing International Film Festival at Yanqi Lake on the outskirts of Beijing on April 16, 2015. The festival which runs until April 23 will screen some 930 movies from 90 countries and regions. (credit:WANG ZHAO via Getty Images)
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Militaries take part in a funeral ceremony for six unknown British soldiers who died during World War I, at the Prowse Point Military Cemetery in Ploegsteert, on April 16, 2015. AFP PHOTO / BELGA / KURT DESPLENTER -- BELGIUM OUT -- (Photo credit should read KURT DESPLENTER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KURT DESPLENTER via Getty Images)
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A woman gestures after police officers clashed with a mob that was trying to loot foreign-owned shops on April 14, 2015 in Durban, South Africa. Looting of foreign-owned shops continues yesterday in the Durban City Centre. The xenophobic attacks which started in Isipingo over a week ago have now spread across KwaMashu and Umlazi. (Photo by Tebogo Letsie/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images) (credit:The Times via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 16: Guests dine on a three course Michelin starred Royal Ascot taster menu in a horse drawn landau carriage on London's South Bank on April 16, 2015 in London, England. Chef's Michael Caines and Phil Howard prepared the menu based on their restaurants at this year's Royal Ascot. Royal Ascot will be held 16 to 20th June 2015. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse) (credit:Ian Gavan via Getty Images)
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Kim Kardashian arrives for a photocall to launch hair products in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 15 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:Thibault Camus/AP)
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The aurora borealis, or the northern lights as they are commonly known, takes place over the Bathing House in Howick, Northumberland, in the early hours of this morning.Picture date: Thursday April 16, 2015. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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Ukip leader Nigel Farage looks at items being made in the wood craft room as he meets veterans and staff during a visit to the Futures for Heroes centre near Sandwich in Kent as he continues his campaign for the South Thanet seat at the General Election.Picture date: Wednesday April 15, 2015. (credit:Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 15: Actress Rose Byrne arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Adult Beginners' at ArcLight Hollywood on April 15, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage) (credit:Gregg DeGuire via Getty Images)
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 16: White memorial crosses are pictured on the lawn in front of the Auckland War Memorial Museum ahead of ANZAC Day on April 16, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. On April 25th, Australia and New Zealand will commemorate 100 years since more than 20,000 Australian and New Zealand servicemen landed at the Gallipoli Peninsula during the first World War on April 25, 1915. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) (credit:Phil Walter via Getty Images)
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A model parades an outfit by fashion label Tenpieces at Bondi Beach during Fashion Week Australia in Sydney on April 16, 2015. AFP PHOTO / William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WILLIAM WEST via Getty Images)
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People march with yellow balloons after they paid tribute for the victims of South Korea's Sewol ferry disaster outside a remembrance hall in Ansan on April 16, 2015. South Korea's president vowed to raise the sunken Sewol ferry bowing to a key demand of grieving relatives as they marked the first anniversary of the disaster that claimed 304 lives -- most of them schoolchildren. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUNG YEON-JE via Getty Images)
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A model parades an outfit by Australian fashion designer Vanessa Moe during the New Generation Show at Fashion Week Australia in Sydney on April 16, 2015. AFP PHOTO / William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WILLIAM WEST via Getty Images)
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Actress Pamela Anderson, left, joins Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, second from left, and PETA Senior Vice President Dan Mathews, middle, as they serve the first all-vegetarian meal to inmates at the Maricopa County Jail Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in Phoenix. Anderson, a PETA honorary director and long-time vegan, also toured Tent City after serving meals to the inmates. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Actress Pamela Anderson, left, chats with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio as they prepare to serve the first all-vegetarian meals to inmates at the Maricopa County Jail Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in Phoenix. Anderson, a PETA honorary director and long-time vegan, also toured Tent City after serving meals to the inmates. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton poses for a photo with Simpson College student MacKenzie Bills, center, after meeting with Iowa Democratic Party lawmakers at the Statehouse, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 15: Kim Kardashian introduces 'Kardashian Beauty Hair' line at Marionnaud Champs Elysees on April 15, 2015 in Paris, France. (Photo by Dominique Charriau/Getty Images for Marionnaud) (credit:Dominique Charriau via Getty Images)
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First lady Michelle Obama poses for a photo with Nare Kande, 9, a student from the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, N.Y., after they worked together during the seventh annual White House Kitchen Garden Planting on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Marine Corps helicopter sits in the sand where it made an emergency landing Wednesday, April 15, 2015 in Solana Beach, Calif. The CH-53E Super Stallion landed on the shore of this northern San Diego County town shortly after 11:30 a.m. after a low oil-pressure indicator light went on in the cockpit, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar said in a statement. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Carey Mulligan has a picture taken with a fan upon arrival at the the World premiere of the film Far From The Madding Crowd in central London, Wednesday, 15 April, 2015. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
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Carey Mulligan poses for photographers upon arrival at the BFI Southbank for the premiere of Far From The Madding Crowd in central London, Wednesday, 15 April, 2015. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
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Director Thomas Vinterberg greets Jessica Barden as Carey Mulligan, left and Matthias Schoenaerts look on, upon arrival at the BFI Southbank for the premiere of Far From The Madding Crowd in central London, Wednesday, 15 April, 2015. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
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