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 of17)
WENLING, CHINA - AUGUST 10:(CHINA OUT) General view of a flooded road caused by a rainstrom at Daxi County of Wenling on August 10, 2015 in Wenling, Zhejiang Province of China. Typhoon 'Soudelor' has brought strong rainfall to China's South-East coastal areas. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
(02 of17)
An Asian elephant beats the heat by gathering water from a sprinkler with his trunk, at Berlin's Zoologischer Garten Zoo August 10, 2015 as tempertures rose past the 30 degreemark.. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JOHN MACDOUGALL via Getty Images)
(03 of17)
Queen Elizabeth II talks to Pony Major Mark Wilkinson with regimental mascot Cruachan IV as she inspects 2 Scots The Royal Regiment of Scotland as she takes up summer residence at Balmoral. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
(04 of17)
A photographer has captured the perfectly aligned moment a squirrel appears to be joyously reaching towards the sky. Canadian photographer Ian Duncan, 26, was sat having his lunch, when he was approached by the curious squirrel. Ian said: "This was one of the most interactive squirrels I have ever come across. We sat down to enjoy the beautiful view at Peyto Lake in Banff, Alberta, and we were interrupted shortly after by this little guy scurrying over our camera bags. (credit:Ian Duncan/REX)
(05 of17)
A Greek policeman tries to hold migrants behind a fence as they wait for a registration procedure outside a police station at southeastern island of Kos, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. Greece's coast guard rescued more than 1,400 migrants in nearly 60 search and rescue operations near several Greek islands in the eastern Aegean Sea over the past three days as the pace of new arrivals increase, authorities said Monday. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(06 of17)
Vehicles and residents make their way through a flooded street in Wenling, in eastern China's Zhejiang province on August 10, 2015 after strong storms hit the area during Typhoon Soudelor's landfall. The number of people killed by Typhoon Soudelor in China rose to 21 on August 10, authorities said, with five more missing. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
(07 of17)
A picture taken on August 10, 2015, shows smoke billowing following a reported attack on a tunnel used by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in the village of Foua, in the northwestern province of Idlib. AFP PHOTO / OMAR HAJ KADOUR (Photo credit should read OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:OMAR HAJ KADOUR via Getty Images)
(08 of17)
US singer and songwriter Lenny Kravitz poses in front of one of his photographs during the press preview of his photo exhibition "Flash" at the gallery Ostlicht in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. The exhibition runs from Aug. 11 until Aug. 22. (AP Photo/Hans Punz) (credit:Hans Punz/AP)
(09 of17)
LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 09: Actor Sir Patrick Stewart comforts a fan at the 14th annual official Star Trek convention at the Rio Hotel & Casino on August 9, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images) (credit:Albert L. Ortega via Getty Images)
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LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 09: Attendees wave cardboard cutouts of actor George Takei as he speaks during the 14th annual official Star Trek convention at the Rio Hotel & Casino on August 9, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic) (credit:Gabe Ginsberg via Getty Images)
(11 of17)
HARLEM, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2015/08/09: Male congregant demonstrates profound emotion under the spray of baptism waters. The United House of Prayer for All People staged its annual street baptism in Harlem. (Photo by Andy Katz/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
(12 of17)
BATH, ENGLAND - AUGUST 9: Kimberley Garner attends the Pop-Up Fitness Retreat By Olivia Cooney at Ston Easton Park on August 9, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Max Cisotti/Getty Images for Olivia Cooney) (credit:Max Cisotti via Getty Images)
(13 of17)
Autumn Phillips looks on as neice Mia Tindall pulls a girls hair on day 3 of the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park on August 9, 2015 in Stroud, England. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images) (credit:Max Mumby/Indigo via Getty Images)
(14 of17)
An Afghan policeman stands guard as smoke and flames rise from the site of a huge blast struck near the entrance of Kabul's international airport, in Kabul on August 10, 2015. A huge blast struck near the entrance of Kabul's international airport on August 10 during the peak lunchtime period, officials said, warning that heavy casualties were expected. 'The explosion occurred at the first check point of Kabul airport,' said deputy Kabul police chief Sayed Gul Agha Rouhani. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SHAH MARAI via Getty Images)
(15 of17)
A woman is detained by riot police in the Old Park area of north Belfast, Northern Ireland, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015. Minor trouble broke out in the area after a republican anti-internment rally was stopped by police from parading into the city centre. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(16 of17)
A protester stands in the middle of West Florissant Avenue, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Sunday marks one year since Michael Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Protesters march in the rain, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Sunday marks one year since Michael Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)