Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Thursday 27th August 2015

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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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English actress Emma Watson poses for photographers during the photocall of the film: 'Regression' in Madrid, Spain. Thursday, August 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Abraham Caro Marin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(02 of20)
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A sign painter outlines the Pope's nose on the side of a New York City office building, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. Pope Francis visits the U.S. beginning Sept. 22 with stops in Washington D.C., New York and Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(03 of20)
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Jamaica's Usain Bolt (R) wins ahead of Jamaica's Nickel Ashmeade (L) and South Africa's Anaso Jobodwana in the final of the men's 200 metres athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium in Beijing on August 27, 2015. (credit:OLIVIER MORIN via Getty Images)
Giant Interactive Kaleidoscope Is Installed On London's Southbank(04 of20)
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 27: This handout image supplied by Spark Your City, people walk through the 'Spark Your City Urban Jungle' giant interactive kaleidoscope that has been installed between Waterloo station and London's Southbank on August 27, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Lee via Getty Images) (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
(05 of20)
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A Kyrgyz rider plays the traditional Central Asian sport Buzkashi also known as Kok-Boru or Oglak Tartis in Bishkek, on August 27, 2015. Mounted players compete for points by throwing a stuffed sheepskin into a well. The competition marks the upcoming 24th anniversary of Kyrgyzstan's independence. (credit:VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO via Getty Images)
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Singer Rita Ora performs onstage at The El Rey on August 26, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images For BTPR) (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
(07 of20)
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A young migrant's hair becomes stuck while crawling under a barbed fence with her family at the Hungarian-Serbian border near Roszke, on August 27, 2015. As Europe struggles with its worst migrant crisis since World War II, Hungary has become, like Italy and Greece, a 'frontline' state. So far this year, police say around 141,500 migrants have been intercepted crossing into Hungary, mostly from neighbouring Serbia. (credit:ATTILA KISBENEDEK via Getty Images)
(08 of20)
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People stop to read floral tributes which have been placed on the Old Tollbridge near the A27 at Shoreham in West Sussex close to the scene of the Shoreham air disaster. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
(09 of20)
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An artwork entitled 'Heartbeat' by French artist Charles Petillon is pictured during a photocall at London's Covent Garden Market building on August 27, 2015. The artwork is created from 100,000 white balloons and stretches 54 metres in length and 12 metres in width. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BEN STANSALL via Getty Images)
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Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson competes in the women's long jump qualification at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 27: (L-R) Jessie J, Benji Madden, Delta Goodrem, Ricky Martin and Joel Madden during The Voice top four live pop up show at Museum of Sydney on August 27, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/WireImage) (credit:Mark Sullivan via Getty Images)
(12 of20)
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Refugees clamber through barbed wire as they cross from Serbia to Hungary, in Roszke, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. Over 10,000 migrants, including many women with babies and small children, have crossed into Serbia over the past few days and headed toward Hungary. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Revellers mock a swim in tomato pulp during the annual 'tomatina' festivities in the village of Bunol, near Valencia on August 26, 2015. Some 22,000 revellers hurled 150 tonnes of squashed tomatoes at each other drenching the streets in red in a gigantic Spanish food fight marking the 70th annual 'Tomatina' battle. AFP PHOTO / BIEL ALINO (Photo credit should read BIEL ALINO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BIEL ALINO via Getty Images)
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Madame Tussauds San Francisco is delighted to announce that irreverent Internet sensation Grumpy Cat will be the first ever cat to be immortalized in the attraction’s history. In step with her digital celebrity, her figure will be an animatronic with five different movements. “This is truly an honor…” said a distinctly unimpressed Grumpy Cat. “I hate it.” Grumpy Cat shot to stardom when her photo was posted on Reddit on September 22, 2012. To dispel suspicions that the image had been Photoshopped, she posted two videos to YouTube. The videos went viral, making her the darling of meme-loving macro-makers everywhere.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 26: Cheryl Fernandez-Versini attends the press launch of 'The X Factor' at the Picturehouse Central on August 26, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (credit:Karwai Tang via Getty Images)
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Heidi Klum attends the "America's Got Talent" post-show red carpet at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP) (credit:Andy Kropa/AP)
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Steve Clare of Holy Well Glass chips away at mortar as he prepares to remove a stained glass window depicting Henry VIII in the chapel at The Vyne, a National Trust property in Sherborne St John, Hampshire. (credit:Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)
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A spider is silhouetted against the waxing moon Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (credit:Charlie Riedel/AP)
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Recording artist Robin Thicke participates in a VH1 Save The Music Foundation surprise performance at Viacom headquarters on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, in New York. Thicke donated his Yamaha piano, worth $10,000, to the East Quogue Elementary School of Long Island. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (credit:Evan Agostini/AP)
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Alice Cooper performs in concert during his Raise The Dead Tour 2015 at the Royal Farms Arena on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, in Baltimore. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP) (credit:Owen Sweeney/AP)

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