Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Tuesday 28th 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.

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Inmates stand on the roof of a detention center run by Venezuela's Bolivarian police in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 27, 2015. Inmates took control of the building on Sunday night to protest overcrowding and demand better conditions. Yuraima Silva, the aunt of one of the inmates, said detainees started rioting after they'd gone more than 12 hours without food and water. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) Nicola Sturgeon campaigns in South Queensferry on the outskirts of Edinburgh on April 28, 2015. Britain goes to the polls on May 7 to elect a new parliament. (credit:ANDY BUCHANAN via Getty Images)
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CARDIFF, WALES - APRIL 28: Labour Party leader Ed Miliband reaches out to hug local Parliamentary candidate Mari Williams as he campaigns on April 28, 2015 in Cardiff, Wales. Mr Miliband is expected to outline immigration policy later today. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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Victoria, the UK's only female polar bear, in her new enclosure at the Highland Wildlife Park near Kingussie, Highland, Scotland. (credit:Stephen Cowie/PA Wire)
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National Guard troops stand at a street checkpoint in Baltimore, Maryland early April 28, 2015, where Maryland Governor Larry Hogan met with guardsmen and assured a rapid and comprehensive effort to prevent further violence in the city following Monday's riots. Violent street clashes erupted in Baltimore after friends and family gathered for the funeral of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man whose death in custody triggered a fresh wave of protests over US police tactics. AFP PHOTO/WILLIAM EDWARDS (Photo credit should read William Edwards/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WILLIAM EDWARDS via Getty Images)
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Victoria, the UK's only female polar bear, in her new enclosure at the Highland Wildlife Park near Kingussie, Highland, Scotland. (credit:Stephen Cowie/PA Wire)
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When Tom Hardy was filming Lawless in Atlanta, he spotted a homeless dog running loose on the highway and sprang into action – catching the dog, naming him Woodstock (or "Woody," for short) and bringing him home to London. Now, Hardy is encouraging people to find their own "biggest fan" and adopt a shelter dog with this ad:
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Boxer Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, holds his youngest child, Israel, as they arrive at the Delano Las Vegas hotel Monday, April 27, 2015, in Las Vegas. Pacquiao is scheduled to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a welterweight boxing match in Las Vegas Saturday. (AP Photo/John Locher) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 28: Security forces and rescuers work at the scene after two trains collided at Denver train station in Johannesburg, South Africa on April 28, 2015. The train collision left dead and many woundeds, reported. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Members of the EU Parliament take part in a voting session, on April 28, 2015 during a session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. AFP PHOTO / FREDERICK FLORIN (Photo credit should read FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FREDERICK FLORIN via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 28: Megan Fox filming 'Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles- 2'on April 28, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Steve Sands/GC Images) (credit:Steve Sands via Getty Images)
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A statue of Yoda is displayed at the preview of the 'Star Wars Vision' exhibition in Tokyo on April 28, 2015. Star Wars-related objects will be exhibited at the exhibition from April 29 through June 28, while the new Star Wars movie will be screening end of this year. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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LOUGHBOROUGH, ENGLAND - APRIL 28: Conservative Chancellor George Osborne uses a torque wrench to tighten a nut under the guidance of production manager Stephen Waldron (R) during a visit to EPS switchgear engineering company on April 28, 2015 in Loughborough, England. If elected to government the conservatives have announced that they would use fines imposed on Deutsche Bank to fund 50,000 new apprenticeships (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
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Film dog Jo Jo performs on a skateboard at a presentation for the dog and cat show in Dortmund, Germany, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. The three year old Parson Jack Russel dog played in several TV shows and commercials. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 27: Singer/songwriter Mariah Carey dances as streamers fall to the ground as she arrives at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace to launch her residency 'MARIAH #1 TO INFINITY' on April 27, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show debuts on May 6, 2015. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) (credit:Ethan Miller via Getty Images)
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Visitors stroll in the Hitsujiyama Park covered with moss phlox in full bloom in Chichibu, suburban Tokyo on April 28, 2015. Blossoming moss phlox are expected to attract many visitors until the upcoming Japanese 'Golden Week' holiday season in late April and early May. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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A swan swims past the 'Seepyramide' (Lake Pyramid) on April 28, 2015 at the Fuerst-Pueckler-Park in Branitz near Cottbus, eastern Germany. Count Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pueckler-Muskau (17851871), a German nobleman who is known for his passion for landscape gardening, is buried at the interior of the pyramid. AFP PHOTO / DPA / PATRICK PLEUL +++ GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRICK PLEUL via Getty Images)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 27: Amnesty international and Sydney Bali Nine activists hold a vigil in front of a flower wall that says '#keephopealive' in a last ditch effort to sway the Indonesian Government to halt proceedings to execute Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran on April 27, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. Chan is one of the nine Australians accused by Indonesian Police of drug trafficking on April 17, 2005. (Photo by Cole Bennetts/Getty Images) (credit:Cole Bennetts via Getty Images)
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CILACAP, CENTRAL JAVA, INDONESIA - APRIL 28: Brintha Sukumaran (C), a sister of Australian death row prisoner Myuran Sukumaran's screams as she arrives at Wijaya Pura port to visit her brother at Nusakambangan prison ahead of the executions of the Bali 9 on April 28, 2015 in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia. Condemned Bali Nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have been given 72 hours execution notice. The execution could be held as soon as Tuesday midnight on Nusukamban Island where they have been held, awaiting there fate since March 4th, 2015. Chan and Sukumaran were both sentenced to death after being found guilty of attempting to smuggle 8.3kg of heroin valued at around $4 million from Indonesia to Australia along with 7 other accomplices. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) (credit:Ulet Ifansasti via Getty Images)
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A pangolin climbs out of a cage upon its release into the wild in Sibolangit, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, April 27, 2015. The anteater is part of dozens of live pangolins and around five tons (11,000 lbs) of pangolin meat ready to be shipped abroad confiscated in a police a raid last week. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 26: Actors Zoe Buckman (L) and David Schwimmer (R) with their Daughter Cleo Buckman Schwimmer (C) attend the 12th Annual John Varvatos Stuart House Benefit at John Varvatos on April 26, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic) (credit:Paul Archuleta via Getty Images)
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A child injured in Saturdayâs earthquake, is carried by a Nepalese soldier after being evacuated as they wait to disembark from an Indian Air Force helicopter at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. The death toll from Nepal's earthquake is expected to rise depended largely on the condition of vulnerable mountain villages that rescue workers were still struggling to reach two days after the disaster. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL - APRIL 27: People search amidst the rubble of collapsed houses in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on April 27, 2015, two days after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. The death toll in Nepal following the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake which struck on April 25, 2015 ago has climbed to 3,585 as rescuers continue to unearth victims. (Photo by Bulent Doruk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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In this Sunday, April 26, 2015 photo, men on a motorbike rush a man who was injured during a crossfire between tribal fighters and Shiite militia known as Houthis, to a hospital, in Taiz, Yemen. The fighting in Taiz between government forces and rebels was heaviest around government and security buildings in the city center, killing some 20 civilians and wounding dozens more, they said, adding that indiscriminately fired mortar rounds hit several private residences and landed near a hospital at one point. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People walk by the earthquake damaged Durbar Square in Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hundreds of thousands of Nepalis spent another night in the open on April 27 after a massive quake which killed more than 4,000, as officials warned the final toll could rise sharply once rescuers reach cut-off areas. AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PRAKASH MATHEMA via Getty Images)
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A Maryland Transit Authority patrol car burns at North and Pennsylvania Avenues on Monday, April 27, 2015, in Baltimore. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images) (credit:Baltimore Sun via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 27: A school boy fist bumps London Mayor and Parliamentary candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Boris Johnson, as he meets supporters and members of the public on April 27, 2015 in Enfield, London, England. Boris Johnson spoke in support of local Conservative candidate Nick de Bois during a visit to the north London constituency as campaigning continues ahead of the general election. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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BALTIMORE, USA - APRIL 27: Protesters clash with police during a riot over the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, on April 27, 2015. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A composite picture shows a grean meadow with blossoming flowers (L) and blossoming dandelions on a meadow in Dresden, Germany, 27 April 2015. Photo: Arno Burgi/dpa (credit:Arno Burgi/DPA)
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The giraffe baby waggles with her ears at the zoo in Erfurt, central Germany, Monday, April 27, 2015. The baby was born on March 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An aerial view of tents setup by residents in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. Shelter, fuel, food, medicine, power, news, workers â Nepal's earthquake-hit capital was short on everything Monday as its people searched for lost loved ones, sorted through rubble for their belongings and struggled to provide for their families' needs. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Cheetah cubs at Olomouc Zoo, Czech Republic - (credit:Rex)

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