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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An air ambulance flies above another waiting in a field next to a fire at a wood treatment works in Bosley, north England on July 17, 2015. Four people are thought to be trapped in the fire after reports of several explosions this morning and the collapse of the four storey building with large fires breaking out. AFP PHOTO/PAUL ELLIS (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL ELLIS via Getty Images)
(02 of20)
MIAMI, FL - JULY 17: Karla Martinez and Jake Gyllenhaal are seen on the set of 'Despierta America' to promote his film 'Southpaw' at Univision Studios on July 17, 2015 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/WireImage) (credit:Alexander Tamargo via Getty Images)
(03 of20)
People look at a life-size ivory elephant sculpture at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Gaborone, Botswana on July 16, 2015. The ivories come from elephants that died naturally. (credit:MONIRUL BHUIYAN via Getty Images)
Robot Hotel Opens To The Public At Huis Ten Bosch Amusement Park(04 of20)
Customers use a check-in machine as a Kokoro Company Ltd. humanoid robot stands at the reception desk of Henn na Hotel, operated by Huis Ten Bosch Co., a unit of H.I.S. Co., in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, on Friday, July 17, 2015. The hotel opened to the public today. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
(05 of20)
A bee sits on a sunflower on July 17, 2015 in Wehlen, Germany. (credit:RALF HIRSCHBERGER via Getty Images)
(06 of20)
An Egyptian man tosses his son up in the air as people celebrate Eid al-Fitr feast, marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(07 of20)
Gulls enjoy the water-logged 1st fairway after heavy rain make the course unplayable early on the second day of the 2015 British Open Golf Championship on The Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland, on July 17, 2015. By 8:00 p.m. (0700GMT) large puddles had formed on the Old Course's fairways and greens as the deluge continued and director of greenkeeping Gordon Moir said that no time could yet be set for play to resume. AFP PHOTO / GLYN KIRK (Photo credit should read GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:GLYN KIRK via Getty Images)
(08 of20)
ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - JULY 17: Staff clear the course of water after heavy rainfall prior to the second round of the 144th Open Championship at The Old Course on July 17, 2015 in St Andrews, Scotland. Play is suspended due to adverse weather conditions. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) (credit:Andrew Redington via Getty Images)
(09 of20)
A Mexican Federal Police officer crouches inside the tunnel where according to authorities drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman made his escape from the Altiplano maximum security prison in Almoloya, west of Mexico City, Thursday, July 16, 2015. Two Mexican lawmakers say at least 18 minutes had elapsed from when Mexico's most prized prisoner slipped into a mile-long tunnel Saturday night and when authorities became aware. An official with the National Security Commission said he would try to confirm the figure, but did not think it was that much time. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Soccer player Steven Gerrard, wife Alex Gerrard and daughters Lilly-Ella Gerrard, Lexie Gerrard and Lourdes Gerrard attend the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports Awards 2015 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on July 16, 2015 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/WireImage) (credit:Allen Berezovsky via Getty Images)
(11 of20)
This photo taken Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at approximately 6:30 a.m. EDT, shows Pluto's largest moon Charon, left, with a captivating feature, a depression with a peak in the middle, shown in the upper left corner of the inset image at right. (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Trees grow through the windshield of a 1937 Chrysler Imperial as it sits at Old Car City, the world's largest known classic car junkyard Thursday, July 16, 2015, in White, Ga. Many of the cars have never moved in over 30 years and in some cases, trees now grow through them, even lifting some off the ground. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(13 of20)
US cyclist Lance Armstrong gets ready in Rodez, southwest France, prior to ride a stage of The Tour De France for a leukaemia charity, a day ahead of the competing riders, on July 17, 2015. For the first time since he was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, Armstrong rode a stage of the famous race for charity. The charity, the brainchild of former England football international Geoff Thomas who beat leukaemia, aims to raise 'around £1 million' (1.4 million euros, $1.5m) mainly via sponsorship garnered by the 10 other amateur cyclists riding the route. AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN (Photo credit should read STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN via Getty Images)
Real Madrid Training Session & Media Opportunity(14 of20)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 17: Christiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid kicks an AFL football during a Real Madrid training session at Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 17, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images) (credit:Michael Dodge via Getty Images)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles as she arrives for a special meeting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party faction on the eve of a special session of the parliament Bundestag about negotiations with Greece for a new bailout in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, July 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JULY 17: Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers outside Al Noor Mosque on July 17, 2015 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The Muslim holiday Eid marks the end of 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) (credit:Francois Nel via Getty Images)
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - JULY 16: Television Academy Chairman & CEO Bruce Rosenblum presents the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards nominations at SilverScreen Theater at the Pacific Design Center on July 16, 2015 in West Hollywood, California. The 67th Emmy Awards, hosted by Andy Samberg, airs live Sunday, September 20 on FOX and will originate from the Microsoft Theater (formerly Nokia Theatre). (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
(18 of20)
Members of the presidential honor guard and riot policemen clash with protesters on hunger strike in the surroundings of the Presidential Palace in Tegucigalpa, on July 16, 2015. At least 22 people on hunger strike, including Human Rights activist Wilfredo Mendez, demand the installation of the International Commission against Impunity in Honduras (CICIH). AFP PHOTO/ Orlando SIERRA (Photo credit should read ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ORLANDO SIERRA via Getty Images)
(19 of20)
Downton Abbey cast members dressed in period costume on set in Alnwick, Northumberland for the filming of the final season of Downton Abbey due to be aired in the autumn. (credit:Tom White/PA Wire)
(20 of20)
ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - JULY 16: An aerial view of the St Andrews courses during the first round of the 144th Open Championship at The Old Course on July 16, 2015 in St Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by David Cannon/R&A/R&A via Getty Images) (credit:David Cannon/R&A via Getty Images)