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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(01 of18)
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 30: Madame Tussauds New York unveils Scarlett Johansson wax figure at Madame Tussauds on July 30, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/WireImage) (credit:John Lamparski via Getty Images)
(02 of18)
VENICE, ITALY - JULY 30: Tourists play during an unusual high water on on July 30, 2015 in Venice, Italy. Weather conditions and the moon's alignment has caused an out of season high tide of 90cm, flooding Venice's St. Mark's Square. (Photo by Awakening/Getty Images) (credit:Awakening via Getty Images)
(03 of18)
A young girl pours water on a turtle before its release into the sea at a beach in Kuta, near Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 30, 2015. Indonesian police seized 18 turtles from a vendor's house in Denpasar on July 21. (credit:SONNY TUMBELAKA via Getty Images)
(04 of18)
AYR, SCOTLAND - JULY 30: US Presidential Candidate Donald Trump visits his Scottish golf course Turnberry on July 30, 2015 in Ayr, Scotland. Donald Trump will answer questions from the media at a press conference where reporters will be limited to questions just about golf. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images) (credit:Jan Kruger via Getty Images)
(05 of18)
Activists of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA perform with their bodies painted to look like slaughtered crocodiles in front of a Hermes shop at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district, Thursday, July 30, 2015. The banners read " It takes three crocodiles to make one handbag." (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(06 of18)
A general view shows a 'smiling' sunflower in a field in Tokyo on July 30, 2015. Some 20,000 sunflowers were enjoyed by visitors to the area. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
(07 of18)
Activists unfurl colored banners while hanging from the St. Johns bridge in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, July 29, 2015, to protest the departure of Royal Dutch Shell PLC icebreaker Fennica, which is in Portland for repairs. The icebreaker is a vital part of Shell's exploration and spill-response plan off Alaska's northwest coast. Greenpeace officials say the activists have enough water and food to last for days, and can hoist themselves to allow other marine traffic to pass. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(08 of18)
Double-hand transplant recipient eight-year-old Zion Harvey smiles during a news conference Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at The Childrenâs Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in Philadelphia. Surgeons said Harvey of Baltimore who lost his limbs to a serious infection, has become the youngest patient to receive a double-hand transplant. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(09 of18)
Actor Tom Cruise has his picture taken with a fan as he arrives to promote his latest movie âMission Impossible: Rogue Nationâ at the Incheon International Airport, South Korea, Thursday, July 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(10 of18)
BLOOMINGTON, MN - JULY 29: Painter Mark Balma paints a portrait of Cecil the lion to donate to anti-poaching efforts in the parking lot of Dr. Walter Palmer's dental clinic on July 29, 2015 in Bloomington, Minnesota. According to reports, the 13-year-old lion was lured out of a national park in Zimbabwe and killed by Dr. Palmer, who had paid $50,000 for the hunt. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images) (credit:Adam Bettcher via Getty Images)
(11 of18)
A man jumps into a lake as the sun sets in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Southern Romania faces a heat wave with temperatures reaching 39 degrees Celsius or 102.2 Fahrenheit. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(12 of18)
Bono, right, and Yoko Ono, widow of John Lennon, react during the playing of "Stand by Me" at the unveiling of a tapestry depicting the island of Manhattan as a yellow submarine piloted by a waving Lennon at Ellis Island Wednesday, July 29, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(13 of18)
The sunset over Bingham, Nottinghamshire. (credit:Neil Squires/PA Wire)
(14 of18)
The Prince of Wales (left) and the Duchess of Cornwall react as they meet the Army Air Corps mascot, bald eagle Zephyr, during their visit to Sandringham flower show held on the Royal Estate in Norfolk. (credit:Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)
(15 of18)
Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly in formation over the Seattle Mariners' ballpark, Safeco Field, before a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, July 29, 2015, in Seattle. The Blue Angels will perform at Seafair Weekend over Lake Washington Friday through Sunday. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(16 of18)
Lexus Europe, today unveiled an innovative audio-visual film which sees global entrepreneur and musician, will.i.am challenged to create a remix of one of his most iconic tracks, #thatPOWER in a breath-taking music, art and technology spectacular. . Played out on a disused runway lined with more than 350 projected mapped motion and audio sensitive lasers and lights, the front-man battles against speed and rhythm to conduct and navigate a trio of striking Lexus NXs’, hitting the laser ‘targets’ at the correct tempo to synchronise with his smash hit.
(17 of18)
Professional Zimbabwean hunter Theo Bronkhorst leaves the Magistrate's Court in Hwange on July 29, 2015, after proceedings on poaching charges. Bronkhorst and local landowner Honest Ndlovu appeared in a Zimbabwean court on poaching charges on July 29 after a wealthy American dentist killed a beloved lion just outside a national park, sparking criticism around the world. Cecil the lion, a popular attraction among international visitors to Hwange National Park, was lured beyond the reserve's boundaries by bait and killed earlier this month. Bronkhorst was granted bail on July 29 on charges of 'failing to prevent an illegal hunt' after he organised the expedition in which the lion was killed by an American dentist and experienced trophy hunter identified as Walter Palmer, who allegedly paid 50,000 USD for the hunt. AFP PHOTO / ZINYANGE AUNTONY (Photo credit should read Zinyange Auntony/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ZINYANGE AUNTONY via Getty Images)
(18 of18)
Zimbabwean local landowner Honest Ndlovu arrives at the Prosecutor's office at the Magistrate's Court in Hwange on July 29, 2015, for a hearing in proceedings on poaching charges. Ndlovu and professional Zimbabwean hunter Theo Bronkhorst were due to appear in a Zimbabwean court on poaching charges on July 29 after a wealthy American dentist killed a beloved lion just outside a national park, sparking criticism around the world. Cecil the lion, a popular attraction among international visitors to Hwange National Park, was lured beyond the reserve's boundaries by bait and killed earlier this month. The hunter was identified as Walter Palmer, a dentist and experienced trophy hunter from Minnesota, who allegedly paid 50,000 USD for the hunt. AFP PHOTO / ZINYANGE AUNTONY (Photo credit should read Zinyange Auntony/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ZINYANGE AUNTONY via Getty Images)