Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Wednesday 3rd June 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.

Pictures of the day
(01 of22)
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ZHUJI, CHINA - JUNE 03: (CHINA OUT) Students light candles and pray for victims of the capsized ship Dongfangzhixing at a high school on June 3, 2015 in Zhuji, China. Fourteen people have been rescued and seven are confirmed dead after a passenger ship named Dongfangzhixing (Eastern Star) carrying 458 people sank in the Jianli (Hubei Province) section of the Yangtze River on Monday. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
(02 of22)
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Onlookers look at an Indian Air Force advanced jet trainer aircraft (A 3492) which crashed in a paddy field at Kudurasahi in Mayurbhanj district, some 365 kms north of Bhubaneswar on June 3, 2015. The aircraft crashed about 35 minutes after it took off from Kaleikunda air base in West Bengal, however the two pilots ejected safely minutes before the aircraft crashed. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
(03 of22)
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An Indian boy looks at coloured chicks for sale at 10 Indian rupees (15 US cents) each at a roadside stall in Amritsar on June 3, 2015. Stall-owner Raja earns approximately 200 - 300 Indian rupees (3 - 4.50 dollars) per day selling chicks. (credit:NARINDER NANU via Getty Images)
(04 of22)
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Barcelona's president Josep Maria Bartomeu (L) conforts Barcelona's midfielder Xavi Hernandez as he gets excited during FC Barcelona's tribute to him ahead of the Champions league final match in Berlin, his last match as Barcelona's player, at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on June 3, 2015. (credit:JOSEP LAGO via Getty Images)
(05 of22)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 03: Captcha No 11 - a sculpture made from polycarbonate by artist Matthew Darbyshire is shown in the Summer Exhibition at The Royal Academy on June 3, 2015 in London, England. The RA Summer exhibition is the world's largest open submission contemporary art show with 1200 entries selected to be shown. It opens on June 8 and runs until August 16, 2015. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
(06 of22)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JUNE 03: Pope Francis loses his biretta cap as he arrives in St. Peter's square for his weekly audience on June 3, 2015 in Vatican City, Vatican. Speaking during the weekly General Audience, the Pope continued his catechesis on the family opening up his reflections to a new perspective: the difficulties and problems that put families to the test in modern society. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) (credit:Franco Origlia via Getty Images)
(07 of22)
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Irana Jackson and her son Finley lay flowers at the scene in Westfield Lane, Mansfield, where a body was found last night during the search for missing 13-year-old girl Amber Peat. (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
(08 of22)
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The new head-coach of Real Madrid football team, Rafael Benitez gets excited as he gives a press conference at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on June 3, 2015. The hiring of Rafael Benitez as Real Madrid boss today makes the Spaniard the 10th coach to serve under Florentino Perez during his two spells as the club's president between June 2000-February 2006 and since June 2009. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU (Photo credit should read PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU via Getty Images)
(09 of22)
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England and Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson leaves Durham Crown Court in County Durham where he is charged with three counts of sexual activity with a girl under 16 and one of grooming. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
(10 of22)
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Syrian men react and help the inured following a reported barrel bomb attack by Syrian government forces that hit an open market in the northern city of Aleppo, on June 3, 2015, killing and injuring people. Regime barrel bombs -- crude weapons made of containers packed with explosives -- have often struck schools, hospitals, and markets in Syria. (credit:KARAM AL-MASRI via Getty Images)
(11 of22)
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A passer-by takes a photo of the holes in the window of the Lindt Cafe, scene of the December 15 deadly siege which saw the deaths of two hostages and the gunman, with police investigating after rocks were thrown through five of its windows, in Sydney on June 3, 2015. Police added that it was too early to say whether it was a targeted or random attack which coincided with an inquest into the siege underway nearby. AFP PHOTO / William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WILLIAM WEST via Getty Images)
(12 of22)
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Lightning strikes over the Greek Island of Pserimos on June 03, 2015 in Kos, Greece. Migrants are continuing to arrive on the Greek Island of Kos from Turkey who's shoreline lies approximately 5 Km away. Around 30,000 migrants have entered Greece so far in 2015, with the country calling for more help from its European Union counterparts. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
(13 of22)
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Ellie Goulding attend the Glamour Women Of The Year Awards at Berkeley Square Gardens on June 2, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage) (credit:Mike Marsland via Getty Images)
(14 of22)
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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 02: Kim Kardashian West attends the Hype Energy Drinks U.S. Launch on June 2, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Shearer/WireImage) (credit:John Shearer via Getty Images)
(15 of22)
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FIFA President Sepp Blatter (L) leaves after a press conference at the headquarters of the world's football governing body in Zurich on June 2, 2015. Blatter resigned as president of FIFA as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football's governing body. The 79-year-old Swiss official, FIFA president for 17 years and only reelected days ago, said a special congress would be called to elect a successor. AFP PHOTO / VALERIANO DI DOMENICO (Photo credit should read VALERIANO DI DOMENICO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VALERIANO DI DOMENICO via Getty Images)
(16 of22)
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British Divers Marine Life Rescue tend to stranded pilot whales on the rocks of Staffin Island on the Isle of Skye. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
(17 of22)
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British Divers Marine Life Rescue tend to stranded pilot whales on the rocks of Staffin Island on the Isle of Skye. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
(18 of22)
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An Indian Muslim places flowers as he offers prayers at a grave of a relative in a local graveyard on the occasion of Shab-e-Barat in Allahabad on June 2, 2015. Muslims across the country observe the holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, gathering at mosques offer nightlong special prayers besides visiting graves of their near and dear ones, as they seek Allah's blessings for the departed souls. AFP PHOTO/ SANJAY KANOJIA (Photo credit should read Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SANJAY KANOJIA via Getty Images)
(19 of22)
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Rescuers search for survivors from the capsized ship Dongfangzhixing in the Yangtze River on June 2, 2015 in Nanjing, China. A passenger ship named Dongfangzhixing (Eastern Star) carrying 458 people, including 406 Chinese passengers, 5 travel agency workers and 47 crew members aboard, according to the administration, sank at around 9:28 p.m. on Monday in the Jianli (Hubei Province) section of the Yangtze River. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
(20 of22)
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Hudson Bay Wolf pups born at the Devon-based park believed to be the first of their kind to be born in the UK. (credit:Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park/PA Wire)
(21 of22)
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GAZA CITY, GAZA - JUNE 02: Muna Keskin, the only woman neurosurgeon of Gaza, performs surgery on a patient at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza on June 2, 2015. (Photo by Ali Hassan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(22 of22)
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The daughter of a music legend and former supermodel, Renee Stewart speaks exclusively to HELLO! Fashion Monthly.The stylish 23-year-old dancer opens up about what it was like growing up with Rod Stewart and Rachel Hunter as her parents, her love of her new hometown London (and Topshop), and why she doesn’t hang out with celebrities.

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