Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Thursday 4th 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
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HONG KONG - JUNE 04: Participants hold candles as they take part in a candlelight vigil to commemorate the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Crackdown on June 4, 2015 in Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Hong Kong residents held a candlelight vigil to mark the 26th anniversary of the student-led Tiananmen protest. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images) (credit:Lucas Schifres via Getty Images)
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Illustration view of 'Roland Garros Beach', on the 'Place des Mousquetaires' during the 2015 Roland Garros French Tennis Open - Day Twelve, on June 4, 2015 in Paris, France. (Photo by Rindoff/Charriau/Getty Images) (credit:Rindoff/Charriau via Getty Images)
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WADEBRIDGE, ENGLAND - JUNE 04: A stunt rider performs on the Wall of Death, an attraction at the Royal Cornwall Show on the opening day of the show near Wadebridge on June 4, 2015 in Cornwall, England. More than 100,000 visitors are expected at this year's show, which runs until Saturday, and is claimed to be the county's biggest event and a important fixture on the region's agricultural calendar that has been held every year since 1960. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)
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Charlie, the Humboldt penguin cools off at Harewood House near Leeds as the hot weather continues across the UK. (credit:Lynne Cameron/PA Wire)
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Penguins swim in their pool during the annual stock take at London Zoo, Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Caring for more than 750 different species, London Zoo keepers started the New Year with the task of counting every single animal. With three Sumatran tiger cubs adding vital numbers to the European conservation breeding programme, the birth of six critically-endangered Philippine crocodiles and the arrival of nine Humboldt penguin chicks, all of the new additions will be added to the records. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Filipinos walk beside their dog in the walled city of Intramuros, in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, June 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Ana Ivanovic of Serbia celebrates a point in her Women's Semi final match against Lucie Safarova of Czech Repbulic on day twelve of the 2015 French Open at Roland Garros on June 4, 2015 in Paris, France. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) (credit:Julian Finney via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 04: Chelsea Pensioners attend the Founder's Day Parade at Royal Hospital Chelsea on June 4, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Stuart C. Wilson via Getty Images)
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People enjoy the sun in Soho Square as temperatures reached 22 degrees in London. (credit:Lauren Hurley/PA Wire)
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Yasmine Saunders, 18, joins members of the travelling community to ride their horses in the river Eden at the start of the Appleby Horse Fair, the annual gathering of gypsies and travellers in Appleby, Cumbria. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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People enjoy the sun at the top of Primrose Hill, London, Thursday, June 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland) (credit:Tim Ireland/AP)
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MURNAU, GERMANY - JUNE 04: Participants dressed in traditional Bavarian folk clothes attend the annual Corpus Christi procession on June 4, 2015 at Seehausen, Germany. In the annual event that only takes place during good weather a barge carrying the local priest, religious effigies and the choir leads the procession to an island located in the middle of Staffelsee Lake, where participants hold mass at the Chapel of St. Simpert in a Catholic tradition dating back to 1935. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) (credit:Carsten Koall via Getty Images)
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Tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 4, 2015. Hong Kongers held a candlelight vigil Thursday night to mark the suppression of the 1989 student-led Tiananmen Square protests, an annual event that takes on greater meaning for the city's young after last autumn's pro-democracy demonstrations sharpened their sense of unease with Beijing. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Singer Charlotte Church attends a press conference at the headquarters of the union Unite in London to announce a march on June 20 against the government's austerity policy in the capital. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
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Jamie Theakston celebrates 10 years on Heart Breakfast with co-host Emma Bunton, and a bacon sandwich shaped cake, at the Heart Studios in central London. (credit:Matt Crossick/Matt Crossick)
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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (Front R) addresses workers and members of the media as he visits construction work on the Crossrail tunnel at Farringdon station in central London on June 4, 2015. Crossrail trains will link central London with Maidehead in the west and Shenfiled in the east, upon the projects expected completion in 2018. (credit:ALASTAIR GRANT via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 04: Queen Elizabeth II attends the Centenary Annual Meeting of The National Federation Of Women's Institute at Royal Albert Hall on June 4, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images) (credit:Mark Cuthbert via Getty Images)
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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a visit to the still under construction Crossrail Farringdon station, London, Thursday, June 4, 2015. Once complete, over 140 trains per hour will flow through the Farringdon interchange when it becomes a link between Thameslink, Crossrail and London Underground services. Farringdon will be the only station from which passengers will be able to access all three networks. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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David Beckham attends the opening event of the Breitling Boutique on June 3, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Pablo Cuadra/Getty Images) (credit:Pablo Cuadra via Getty Images)
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Three young seals swim at the seal centre in Friedrichskoog, northern Germany on June 4, 2015. Four young seals were taken in at the center over the past few days. (credit:CARSTEN REHDER via Getty Images)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 04: Arnold Schwarzenegger poses during a 'Terminator Genisys' photo call at the Park Hyatt Sydney on June 4, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage) (credit:Don Arnold via Getty Images)
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Kendall Jenner, left, and Kylie Jenner make an in-store appearance for their exclusive clothing collection "Kendall + Kylie" at Topshop on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP) (credit:John Salangsang/Invision/AP)
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Photo by: KGC-03/STAR MAX/IPx 6/3/15 Grayson Perry at the 2015 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts at Burlington House in Piccadilly. (London, England, UK) (credit:KGC-03/STAR MAX/IPx)
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Sally Fitzgibbons of Australia winning the FIji Womens Pro on June 4, 2015 in Tavarua, Fiji. (Photo by Kirstin Scholtz/WSL via Getty Images) (credit:Kirstin Scholtz via Getty Images)
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American actor Johnny Depp, dressed as 'Captain Jack Sparrow', greets locals at Cleveland in Redland City, Queensland, after a day of filming 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'. (Photo by Peter Wallis/Newspix/Getty Images) (credit:Newspix via Getty Images)
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Today, giant Disney characters in the shape of "TSUM TSUMS" (#DisneyTsumTsum), the latest collectible toy craze to hit the UK from Japan, journeyed through London against a skyline of iconic landmarks including Tower Bridge, St Paul’s Cathedral and the London Eye on their way to their final destination, the Disney Store on Oxford Street!
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Houston Astros' Evan Gattis gets a sunflower seed shower after hitting a three-run homer against the Baltimore Orioles in the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Texas Rangers' Joey Gallo, right, is doused by Elvis Andrus, left, following the Rangers' 15-2 win over the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game, Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Jim Cowsert) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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State and Federal police in riot gear chase students of the Rural Normal School of Ayotzinapa after they tried to reach the city of Chilpancingo to protest, near the town of Tixtla, Mexico, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. The students where in route to the Guerrero state capital of Chilpancingo to protest the disappearance, on Sept. 26, 2014, of 43 fellow students at the hands of corrupt officials, local police and drug gangs. Radical groups and unionized teachers have vowed to block Sunday's voting for the lower house of congress, nine governorships and hundreds of mayorships. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Fire and smoke rises after a Saudi-led airstrike hit a site believed to be one of the largest weapons depot on the outskirts of Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. The airstrikes and ground fighting have killed more than 1,000 civilians and displaced a half million people, according to the U.N. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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HIMEJI, JAPAN - JUNE 04: Kiboko, a 31 year old Hippopotamus, opens her mouth for tooth cleaning by a zoo keeper with a new 5-foot (1.5 meter) toothbrush at the Himeji Zoo on June 4, 2015 in Himeji, Japan. Kiboko's teeth are annually cleaned by zoo keepers and elementary school children as part of tooth cleaning education for children. June 4th is the national cavity prevention awareness day in Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images) (credit:Buddhika Weerasinghe via Getty Images)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)

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