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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Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) examines a flying axe while visiting the MAKS-2015, the International Aviation and Space Show, in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, on August 25, 2015. (credit:SERGEI CHIRIKOV via Getty Images)
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Ndaba Mandela arrives at the Johannesburg Magistrates Court, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015 in support of a 25-year-old grandson of former president Nelson Mandela who is accused of raping a minor at a Johannesburg bar. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne looks at the construction of the poppy sculpture Wave in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield. (credit:John Giles/PA Wire)
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Britain's Greg Rutherford competes in the final of the men's long jump athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015. (credit:ADRIAN DENNIS via Getty Images)
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Bayern's players, wearing traditional clothes, hold beers during a photo call for a sponsor in Munich, Germany, on Tuesday, August 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Bayern's Rafinha, from left, Franck Ribery , Joshua Kimmich and Sven Ulreich, wearing traditional clothes, attend a photo call for a sponsor in Munich, Germany, on Tuesday, August 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(07 of26)
Michael O'Leary, chief executive officer of Ryanair Holdings Plc, dressed as superhero side-kick Robin poses for a photograph in a replica Batmobile vehicle ahead of a news conference in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. O'Leary launched Ryanair Car Hire in partnership with CarTrawler. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
(08 of26)
SHOREHAM, ENGLAND - AUGUST 25: Police search teams work on the site of the crashed Hawker Hunter fighter jet on August 25, 2015 in Shoreham, England. The aircraft came down while performing at the Shoreham Airshow on August 22nd. Police say that the death toll remains at 11 after the removal of parts of the wreckage yesterday. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
(09 of26)
Italian soccer forward Mario Balotelli wears an AC Milan jersey as he walks outside a clinic after undergoing medical checks in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. AC Milan's vice president Adriano Galliani said the club is in talks with Liverpool about bringing striker Mario Balotelli back to Serie A. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
(10 of26)
Rafael Nadal, Madison Keys, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Nick Kyrgios, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Grigor Dimitrov, John McEnroe, Genie Bouchard, and Pete Sampras attend Nike's 'NYC Street Tennis' event on August 24, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by D Dipasupil/FilmMagic) (credit:D Dipasupil via Getty Images)
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New York City FC midfielder Frank Lampard, upper left, of England, sits in the stands as he watches his team play the Los Angeles Galaxy during the first half of a Major League Soccer match, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(12 of26)
This combination of two images taken between Monday, March 16, 2015, top, and Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, shows Syrian refugee Taleea Farhan, 33, posing for a picture while being pregnant, and after giving birth to her child, at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan. âOur tent fell on us. I picked up my newly born child in my arms and ran with my other children randomly till we all hid ourselves in a neighborâs tent for two hours till the storm calmed down,â Farhan recounts. âDuring these two hours we didnât stop crying, it was so scary. Up to now, all my children are suffering from infection from the dust.â (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Lava flows out of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano, one of the world's most active volcanoes, as it erupts on August 25, 2015, on the French island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean. The volcano started to erupt on August 24, 2015 for the fourth time since the beginning of the year, according to a statement released by the Prefecture. (credit:RICHARD BOUHET via Getty Images)
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STEVENAGE, ENGLAND - AUGUST 25: Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn (L) is greeted by fellow candidates Andy Burnham (R) and Liz Kendall (C) ahead of a radio hustings on August 25, 2015 in Stevenage, England. Candidates are continuing to campaign for Labour party leadership with polls placing left-winger Jeremy Corbyn in the lead. Voting is due to begin on the 14th of August with the result being announced on the 12th of September. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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A fin whale carcass is surrounded by bears in Larson Bay, Alaska. A federal agency announced plans for a more intense investigation into what caused the deaths of 30 large whales in the western Gulf of Alaska since May. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Lava flows out of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano, one of the world's most active volcanoes, as it erupts on August 25, 2015, on the French island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean. The volcano started to erupt on August 24, 2015 for the fourth time since the beginning of the year, according to a statement released by the Prefecture. AFP PHOTO / RICHARD BOUHET (Photo credit should read RICHARD BOUHET/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RICHARD BOUHET via Getty Images)
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Patidars or members of Patel community participate in a rally in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Members of Patel community held a rally Tuesday demanding reservations under the Other Backward Class (OBC) quota. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 25: Models showcase designs by Twenty-Seven Names at New Zealand Fashion Week 2015 on August 25, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) (credit:Phil Walter via Getty Images)
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A young girl and boy cry as police block a group of migrants trying to cross the Macedonian-Greek border near the town of Gevgelija in Macedonia said on August 20 that it had declared a 'state of emergency' on its southern border with Greece and would draft in the army to help control the influx of migrants crossing the frontier. (credit:ROBERT ATANASOVSKI via Getty Images)
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United States' Molly Huddle reacts after the womenâs 10,000m final at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing, Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The Minumurra River floods farm land in Jamberoo on August 25, 2015 in Jamberoo, Australia. Residents downstreamm of the Jerra dam which feeds into the river have been evacuated following the flooding of Jerrara dam. (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Nolan via Getty Images)
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A general view taken on August 24, 2015, shows the Monte Verde garbage dump, some 20 km northeast of Beirut. The humid summer air of Beirut has started to reek as uncollected trash piles up in the streets after protesters shut down Lebanon's largest landfill at a time of political paralysis. AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JOSEPH EID via Getty Images)
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BARCELONA, SPAIN - AUGUST 24: Pedro Rodriguez's wife Carolina Martin, her son Brian Rodriguez (3L), Leo Messi's son Thiago Messi (2L), Mascherano (R), Sergio Busquets (2R), Leo Messi (3R) and Andres Iniesta (4R) attend the farewell event as Pedro Rodriguez leaves FC Barcelona on August 24, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images) (credit:Europa Press via Getty Images)
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Shoppers sheltered under umbrellas in Cambridge today (Mon) as heavy rain hit Britain - with some parts seeing more than half a month's rainfall in just six hours. The Met Office issued a yellow warning for rain in Southern England and Eastern Scotland and the Environment Agency issued flood alerts in the South West. Thorney Island near Portsmouth saw 30.4mm of rain between 6am this morning and midday, whilst the average rainfall for that area in August is usually 49.4mm. The Isle of Wight was also hit by heavy rain, with 25mm falling between 6am and midday, whilst Aberdeenshire's rain totalled 19.2mm. (credit:Geoff Robinson Photography/REX)
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NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 24: (Exclusive Coverage) Justin Bieber visits 'The Elvis Duran Z100 Morning Show' at Z100 Studio on August 24, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) (credit:Kevin Mazur via Getty Images)
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Ground staff from Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club support each other after they laid a shirt and flowers in memory of their ground staff colleague Matt Grimstone, who was a keen amateur soccer goalkeeper traveling in a vehicle to play in a match with his teammate Jacob Schilt, alongside other tributes on a footbridge for people killed when a Hawker Hunter jet crashed into a highway Saturday after it failed to pull out of a loop maneuver during the Shoreham Airshow, near Shoreham, England, about 75 kilometers (45 miles) south of London, Monday Aug. 24, 2015. Police said the death toll in the crash will probably rise as emergency workers probe wreckage on the freeway where the plane went down, plowing through cars on the road and exploding in a huge fireball. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)