Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Wednesday 24th 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.

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WHIPPLEVILLE, NY - JUNE 24: FBI agents help in the search for convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat on June 24, 2015 in Whippleville, New York. Matt and Sweat were discovered missing from a prison in nearby Dannemora on June 6. DNA from the two was found recently in a remote hunting cabin about 15 miles west of the prison. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Olson via Getty Images)
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CANNES, FRANCE - JUNE 24: Chrissy Teigen leaves the Grand Hyatt Cannes Martinez Hotel on June 24, 2015 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/GC Images) (credit:Marc Piasecki via Getty Images)
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BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - JUNE 22: Nicola Adams of Great Britain celebrates victory over Stoyka Petrova of Bulgaria in the Women's Boxing Flyweight (48-51kg) Quarter Final during day ten of the Baku 2015 European Games at the Crystal Hall on June 22, 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images for BEGOC) (credit:Francois Nel via Getty Images)
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Former South African Rugby World Cup winner Kobus Wies (R) leans in to greet former teammate flyhalf Joost van der Westhuizen (C), during a re-enactement of the team photo from the 1995 Rugby World cup victory on June 24, 2015 at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. Joost van der Westhuizen has been affected by the onset of the motor neurone disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:GIANLUIGI GUERCIA via Getty Images)
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Protesters stand outside federal court in Boston where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be formally sentenced, Wednesday, June 24, 2015, for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing. A federal jury last month condemned Tsarnaev to die for the 2103 bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 260. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) (credit:Michael Dwyer/AP)
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Festivalgoers pitch their tents at the Glastonbury Festival, at Worthy Farm in Somerset. (credit:Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
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People take a chain ferry across the River Avon in Stratford-upon-Avon. (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - JUNE 23: Actresses Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara attend a photocall to promote their new film 'Hot Pursuit' at St. Regis Hotel on June 23, 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Victor Chavez/WireImage) (credit:Victor Chavez via Getty Images)
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A child walks past the work 'Truck' by Austrian artist Erwin Wurm on June 21, 2015 in Karlsruhe, southwestern Germany. The work is part of the exhibition 'The City is the Star Art at the Construction Site' running across the city until September 27, 2015. (credit:ULI DECK via Getty Images)
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An installation by Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich titled 'Pulled by the Roots' hangs on a crane on June 21, 2015 in Karlsruhe, southwestern Germany. The work is part of the exhibition 'The City is the Star Art at the Construction Site' running across the city until September 27, 2015. AFP PHOTO / DPA / ULI DECK +++ GERMANY OUYRESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION, TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo credit should read ULI DECK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ULI DECK via Getty Images)
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh arrive to lay a wreath at the Central Memorial for the victims of war and dictatorship on the second day of a four day State Visit on June 24, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) (credit:Chris Jackson via Getty Images)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JUNE 24: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales visits the Glasgow School of Art historic Mackintosh building which was damaged by a fire last year, on June 24, 205 in Glasgow, Scotland. The Duke and Duchess also visited the Clutha pub, where they met with a number of people who have been involved in the restoration of the bar following a helicopter crash there last year, including fundraisers from the Clutha Trust - a charity working to support young people in the aftermath of the tragedy. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)
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You Beauty! Carling recreates the iconic American Beauty scene to celebrate Carling's nationwide Shirt Amnesty with Jimmy Bullard - offering football fans the chance to trade in a shirt with the name of a recently sold player on the back for a new one.
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A horse rears in a crowd during the traditional San Juan (Saint John) festival in the town of Ciutadella, on the Balearic Island of Menorca on the eve of Saint John's day on June 23, 2015. During the islands San Juan festival, held each year on June 23 and 24, Minorcan race horses gallop and prance on their hind legs through the streets of Ciutadella to honor of the towns patron saint. As the 'caixers' (horse riders) ride together in a parade, spectators attempt to pat the horses chests to get good luck. AFP PHOTO / JAIME REINA (Photo credit should read JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JAIME REINA via Getty Images)
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Festivalgoers Abi Purchase (right) and Becky Bennane, both from Plymouth, relaxing at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. (credit:Yui Mok/PA Wire)
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CANNES, FRANCE - JUNE 24: Kim Kardashian West arrives at the Palais des Festivals to attend the 'Cannes Lions Festival' on June 24, 2015 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/GC Images) (credit:Marc Piasecki via Getty Images)
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BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - JUNE 24: Eivind Bjelland of Norway competes in the Men's Swimming 1500m Freestyle heats during day twelve of the Baku 2015 European Games at the Baku Aquatics Centre on June 24, 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images for BEGOC) (credit:Francois Nel via Getty Images)
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Taylor Swift performs at The SSE Hydro on June 23, 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ross Gilmore/Getty Images for TAS) (credit:Ross Gilmore via Getty Images)
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Residents, with their faces covered with mud and donning mostly dried Banana leaves, collect candles prior to attending a mass to celebrate the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist in the village of Bibiclat, Aliaga township, Nueva Ecija province in northern Philippines,Wednesday, June 24, 2015. At dawn every June 24th, people from Bibiclat village in the northern Philippinesâ Nueva Ecija province pay homage to their patron saint, John the Baptist, by gathering in silence in a swampy field to cover themselves in mud, donning mud-drenched capes made of dried banana leaves. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Ed Sheeran seen at the 2015 Much Music Video Awards at the Much Music HQ in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Jess Baumung/Invision/AP) (credit:Jess Baumung/Invision/AP)
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A migrant sits under the trailer of a lorry as he attempts to cross the English Channel, in Calais, northern France, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. All trains and many ferry services between Britain and France were cut off Tuesday by striking port workers, stranding hundreds of trucks and thousands of passengers on both sides of the English Channel. Adding to the chaos, illegal migrants who are camped by the thousands in the port city of Calais were seen trying to stowaway on vehicles stuck in traffic jams. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Ann Kenrick OBE, chair of the London Cycling Campaign, speaks to cyclists gathered at Bank junction staging a protest in response to recent cycling fatalities in London on June 24, 2015 in London, England. The protest, organised by the London Cycling Campaign, comes two days after Ying Tao, 26, died after a collision with a HGV at Bank junction on Monday, the eighth cyclist to be killed in London this year. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images) (credit:Rob Stothard via Getty Images)
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A motorcycle rider is splashed with water as revellers celebrate the feast day of St. John the Baptist in Manila on June 24, 2015. Philippine residents celebrate the religious festival by splashing water onto others in a belief that it spreads good blessings. (credit:JAY DIRECTO via Getty Images)
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A Balinese woman performs a traditional dance during at the 37th Bali Art Festival in Denpasar, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on June 24, 2015. The Bali Arts Festival is a full month of daily performances, traditional dances and traditional music. (credit:SONNY TUMBELAKA via Getty Images)
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KARO, INDONESIA - JUNE 24: Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials from its crater in Tanah Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, June 24, 2015. Around 10,000 people remain in temporary accommodation in the Indonesian region of North Sumatra as Mount Sinabung continues to spew volcanic ash, smoke and rock into the sky. (Photo by Drian Ginting/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Gary Rink walks behind his home Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in Coal City, Ill., after a tornado passed through the Coal City area Monday evening. The National Weather Service confirmed a twister touched down in the community of approximately 5,000 residents, about 60 miles southwest of Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A female giraffe calf, right, born on Monday, is licked by her mother Ellie at the Oklahoma City Zoo, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Armenian police use water canons to disperse protesters demonstrating an increase in electricity prices in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Several thousand demonstrators marched toward the presidential residence in the Armenian capital on Tuesday to protest a hike in electricity prices, renewing their demonstration in even greater numbers after riot police used water cannons to forcefully disperse them earlier in the day. (Narek Aleksanyan/PAN Photo via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A reveler holds fireworks as he takes part in 'Correfoc' (Run with fire) party during the night of San Juan in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. The San Juan night coincides with the Summer solstice and it's the welcome to Summer. This celebration takes place during the shortest night of the year in almost all cities and towns of Spain. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The sun sets on the Washington Monument after a summer storm came through the area, on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in Washington. Severe weather that pounded the Midwest and spawned tornadoes shifted on Tuesday to the East Coast, where tornado warnings were issued in several states and rainstorms were strong enough to stop train service. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Festivalgoers arrive at the Glastonbury Festival, at Worthy Farm in Somerset. (credit:Yui Mok/PA Wire)
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A photo provided by NASA shows a red aurora, seen from the International Space Station and tweeted by astronaut Scott Kelly on Monday, June 22, 2015. (NASA via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A striking employee of the French company My Ferry Link, a cross-channel ferry service, sits on a tyre in front of tyres set on fire as he takes part in a blockade of the access to the Channel Tunnel on June 23, 2015 in Calais, northern France. AFP PHOTO PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PHILIPPE HUGUEN via Getty Images)
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In this late Monday, June 22, 2015 photo, Mount Sinabung spews pyroclastic flows as seen from Tiga Kicat, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The volcano has been at the highest alert level since June 2. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Prime Minister David Cameron (centre) reacts after being presented with a wash bag as he welcomes the Start-Up Britain campaign Routemaster bus to Downing Street, London. (credit:Anthony Devlin/PA Wire)

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