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
(01 of17)
Here we see the spectacular cosmic pairing of the star Hen 2-427 — more commonly known as WR 124 — and the nebula M1-67 which surrounds it.
(02 of17)
Prime Minister David Cameron meets apprentices employed by KLM Engineering at Norwich Airport in Norfolk, where he restated the importance of apprenticeships to his vision of a "One Nation" Government. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
(03 of17)
Emily Ratajkowski, a cast member in "We Are Your Friends," poses on the red carpet at the premiere of the film at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) (credit:Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
(04 of17)
Phil Daniels is reunited with the Lambretta scooter in Soho, London, with which he appeared in 'Quadrophenia' to mark the release of 'Our Generation', a compilation album of 75 Mod classics, ahead of Mod Week which runs 24th - 31st August, 2015. (credit:Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)
(05 of17)
A resident bathes his pet, an albino python, while working in his auto accessories shop at the financial district of Makati city east of Manila, Philippines Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(06 of17)
A baby Asian elephant (who has not been named yet), takes her first steps at Chester Zoo. (credit:Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
(07 of17)
A baby Asian elephant (who has not been named yet), takes her first steps at Chester Zoo. (credit:Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
(08 of17)
NBA basketball player LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers waves to the crowd as he arrives for a basketball clinic at a mass housing community known as "Tenement" in suburban Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. James is here to launch a Nike sponsored television program. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(09 of17)
In response to Leo having his Minion Fart Blaster confiscated at the airport, Asda surprised him with a hamper of Minion treats!
(10 of17)
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a special committee session in the upper house of parliament in Tokyo on August 21, 2015. The upper house continued to deliberate over controversial security bills which would expand the remit of the country's armed forces. Controversial security bills that opponents say will undermine 70 years of pacifism and could see Japanese troops fighting abroad for the first time since World War II passed through the powerful lower house of parliament in July. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
(11 of17)
The sun rises over Whitley Bay with the top of St Mary's lighthouse visible, as hot and humid air is expected to be pushed into northern Europe this weekend, including Britain, creating a "Spanish Plume". (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
(12 of17)
QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 21: Local school children perform the kapa haka during the Opening Ceremony for the Winter Games NZ at Coronet Peak on August 21, 2015 in Queenstown, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images) (credit:Hannah Peters via Getty Images)
(13 of17)
A Punch and Julie show, by Julie Burchill, during the press day for the artist Banksy's biggest show to date, entitled 'Dismaland', at Tropicana in Western-super-Mare, Somerset. (credit:Yui Mok/PA Archive)
(14 of17)
Migrants hold up an injured individual after clashes with Macedonian police near the town of Idomeni on the Greek -Macedonian border on August 21, 2015. Macedonian police have reinforced control at the border with Greece in a bid to stop the influx of migrants, but a few hundred Syrians managed to cross the frontier overnight into August 21. Police prevented reporters to access a no-man's land where on August 20, officers had been in a standoff with about 1,500 migrants and refugees who wanted to cross into Macedonia. AFP PHOTO /SAKIS MITROLIDIS (Photo credit should read SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAKIS MITROLIDIS via Getty Images)
(15 of17)
Migrants wait to cross the Macedonian-Greek border near the town of Gevgelija on August 20, 2015. Macedonian special police forces arrived this morning and blocked the illegal border crossing between Macedonia and Greece.'Government of Macedonia has declared the state of emergency in the region of country's southern and northern border and in accordance with the law to open a possibility for appropriate engagement of the army of Macedonia,official said.AFP PHOTO / ROBERT ATANASOVSKI (Photo credit should read ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ROBERT ATANASOVSKI via Getty Images)
(16 of17)
NBA basketball player LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers prepares to shoot the ball as he arrives to watch a basketball clinic at a mass housing community known as "Tenement" in suburban Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. James is here to launch a Nike sponsored television program. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(17 of17)
The Dutton family from Brighton had thier kitchen transformed to a makeover from the McCain Teatime Takeover team.