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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Indian villagers run as a male elephant charges them from a herd of wild elephants which strayed close to the village of Kolabari, some 50kms from Siliguri close to the India-Nepal border on May 25, 2015. Indian forest guards and local villagers used firecrackers to scare away the elephants after sightings caused unease among villagers. Human-elephant conflicts are on the rise in India as villagers and farmers encroach on the elephants' natural habitat. AFP PHOTO/Diptendu DUTTA (Photo credit should read DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DIPTENDU DUTTA via Getty Images)
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A male elephant charges towards unseen Indian villagers after they threw stones in an attempt to scare away the herd of wild elephants which strayed close to the village of Rakamjote, some 52kms from Siliguri close to the India-Nepal border on May 26, 2015. Indian forest guards and local villagers used firecrackers to scare away the elephants after sightings caused unease among villagers. Human-elephant conflicts are on the rise in India as villagers and farmers encroach on the elephants' natural habitat. AFP PHOTO/Diptendu DUTTA (Photo credit should read DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DIPTENDU DUTTA via Getty Images)
(03 of28)
BERLIN, GEMANY - MAY 26: Jason Statham, Melissa McCarthy and Paul Feig attend Spy: Susan Cooper Undercover' Berlin Photocall at Hotel De Rome on May 26, 2015 in Berlin, Gemany. (Photo Luca Teuchmann/Getty Images) (credit:Luca Teuchmann via Getty Images)
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A man dressed as the Grim Reaper takes part in a demonstration by taxi drivers in central London on May 26, 2015, against mobile app Uber and regulator Transport for London (TFL) to highlight a report by the Greater London Authority that branded TfL inadequate as an enforcer of the trade. The United Cabbies Group believe that people are at risk due to many factors, including unlicensed pedicabs carrying the public while uninsured, and what they see as TfL and the police failing to clamp down on illegal touting by minicabs, according to a statement on their website. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 26: London black cab drivers go through traffic on Victoria Street as they protest by driving their cabs slowly on May 26, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. Organized by the United Cabbies Group trade union, the cab drivers protest Transport for London's (TFL) policies. (Photo by Yunus Kaymaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(06 of28)
German chancellor Angela Merkel eats a pickled herring after the name giving ceremony for the fish trawler ROS 777 «Mark» of the Warnemuender fishery in Sassnitz, eastern Germany, on May 26, 2015. A processing and cooling system enables direct processing of caught fish on board of the trawler. (credit:JENS BUTTNER via Getty Images)
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Spain's Rafael Nadal returns in the first round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Quentin Halys of France at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Nadal won in three sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The cover of a second century Roman marble sarcophagus, representing a woman, is displayed as, US Ambassador to Italy John Phillips, left, and Italy's Culture Minister Dario Franceschini meet the media during a press conference, in Rome, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. The United States has returned 25 artifacts that were looted from Italy, including Etruscan vases, 1st century frescoes and precious books that had made their way into top-notch U.S. museum, university and private collections. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(09 of28)
Mayor of London Boris Johnson arrives by bike to plant a tree and see work at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park's new Mandeville Place Orchard in east London, which is made up of 55 fruit trees, each one named after a gold medal winning Paralympic athlete. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson helps Paralympic swimmer Jessica-Jane Applegate plant a Norfolk Beefing apple tree named in her honour at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park's new Mandeville Place Orchard in east London, which is made up of 55 fruit trees, each one named after a gold medal winning Paralympic athlete. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with business leaders at Tyncastle Stadium in Edinburgh following her first major economic speech since the general election. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
(12 of28)
Neptune, God of the Sea, rose from the ocean at the iconic White Cliffs of Dover marking the 50th Anniversary of the National Trust’s Neptune Coastline Campaign – an ambitious project to save the UK coastline, powered by the generosity and support of hundreds of thousands of people.
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ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - MAY 25: (CHINA OUT) Citizens look a deep hole with almost three meters long and one meter wide caused by road subsidence near Dongming Road on May 25, 2015 in Zhengzhou, Henan province of China. Road subsidence brought a deep hole with 12 square meters near Dongming Road in south China's Zhengzhou of Henan province at 3 p.m on Monday and percolating water under the communication tube lines was considered main reason according to Zhengzhou Urban Management Bureau. It's said that the repair plan had been in making and rescue work would be start after citizens's driving peak. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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A resident (C) pushes a wooden cart past a line of police that will be used to carry her belongings during the demolition of an informal settler community in Manila on May 26, 2015, to redevelop the area into a business district in a joint venture with a private firm. Some 500 families were affected by the demolition. AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NOEL CELIS via Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 26: (CHINA OUT) (L - R) Director Colin Trevorrow, actress Bryce Dallas Howard and actor Chris Pratt attend 'Jurassic World' press conference at Yintai Centre on May 26, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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A boy who climbed down from the stands takes a selfie with Switzerland's Roger Federer in the first round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Colombia's Alejandro Falla at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Sunday, May 24, 2015. (AP Photo/David Vincent) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A boy who climbed down from the stands runs to get a selfie with Switzerland's Roger Federer in the first round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Colombia's Alejandro Falla at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Sunday, May 24, 2015. (AP Photo/David Vincent) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Britain's Andy Murray serves the ball to Argentina's Facundo Arguello during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, Monday, May 25, 2015 in Paris. Murray won 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. (AP Photo/David Vincent) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(19 of28)
Rafael Perez Cardona, looks his brother Victor Perez Cardona, whose body was propped up inside his taxi in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, Sunday, May 24, 2015. Perez Cardona, 73, a cancer patient and a veteran taxi driver known in the town of Aguas Buenas as 'VitÃn the driver', joined the unusual tradition of wakes to honor his profession being veiled as if he were driving his taxi. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(20 of28)
Lisa Schlosser, right, of Browns Mills, N.J., and Bob Cabanas, left, of Pemberton Borough, N.J., ride aboard Ina Cabanas' , not visible,1967 Amphicar down a boat ramp into the Delaware River Monday, May 25, 2015, in Burlington City, N.J. The car was designed and constructed to also be water-going. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A male peacock spreads its tail in Henndorf, near Salzburg, Austria, Monday, May 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Caryn Mitman puts the finishing touches on a refresh of Prime Minister David Cameron's wax figure at Madame Tussaud's in London, five years after its original inclusion and ahead of the Queen's speech. (credit:Yui Mok/PA Wire)
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Kashmiri Hindu migrant devotees pray at the Kheer Bhawani temple during an annual Hindu festival in Jammu, India,Tuesday, May 26, 2015. A replica of Mata Kheer Bhawani Temple, originally in Srinagar, was built in Jammu as well by exiled Kashmiri Hindus. The temple is dedicated to the Goddess Rajnya Devi, popularly known as Kheer Bhawani, in which thousand of devotees offer milk and "Kheer" or pudding to the sacred spring, as they believe the pudding turns black to warn of impending disaster. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, left, talks with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron at Chequers, in England Monday May 25, 2015. The Prime Minister, who less than a year ago condemned the election of the ex-Luxembourg president as a "serious mistake", welcomed him to official country residence Chequers to discuss potential changes over dinner. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 25: Andy Murray of Great Britain cheers on Kyle Edmund of Great Britain during his men's singles match against Stephane Robert of France on day two of the 2015 French Open at Roland Garros on May 25, 2015 in Paris, France. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Clive Mason via Getty Images)
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Tottenham Hotspur's English football striker Harry Kane (C) signs autographs after a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on May 26, 2015 on the eve of a friendly match against Malaysia XI. The League Cup finalists will play a Malaysian select team on their first visit to Malaysia since 1979, before facing off against Sydney FC in another friendly match in Sydney. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA (Photo credit should read MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MANAN VATSYAYANA via Getty Images)
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PUDDLEStown during the May bank holiday with a weekend of joyful fun and games. Village’s annual duck race received the Cadbury treatment when the River Piddle was transformed into a sea of purple after 1,501 rubber ducks were released – one named after every village resident.
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Puddletown residents awoke to discover an unexpected but surprise when a life-size chocolate sign was erected to mark the twinning, made of 30 kilos of solid Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate. The town officially being renamed as ‘PUDDLEStown’ to mark this momentous occasion. So forget mundane metal signs, Puddletown and Bournville now host the first ever village signs made entirely out of chocolate. Both signs were especially hand-crafted and stand a solid 4ft tall taking over 200 hours to create.