Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Thursday 17th September 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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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 17: Kiesza performs with Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran On NBC's 'Today' at Rockefeller Plaza on September 17, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Steve Mack/FilmMagic) (credit:Steve Mack via Getty Images)
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Nepalese youths light candles during an event to celebrate Nepal's new national constitution in Kathmandu on September 17, 2015, work on which began in 2008. Lawmakers voted in favour of the long-delayed bill despite weeks of violent protests that have killed more than 40 people and shut down large swathes of the south. (credit:PRAKASH MATHEMA via Getty Images)
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WINDSOR, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: Nigel Lythgoe poses after receiving an OBE, (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for services to the Performing Arts, Education and Charity during an Investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on September 17, 2015 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Chris Radburn/WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 16: Lorde and Drake attend Kanye West Yeezy Season 2 during New York Fashion Week at Skylight Modern on September 16, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Kanye West Yeezy) (credit:Kevin Mazur via Getty Images)
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British Prime minister David Cameron (C) talks with former England rugby captain Martin Johnson (R) and former England rugby player Maggie Alphonsi as they stand on the steps of 10 Downing street with the Webb Ellis trophy in central London on September 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / NIKLAS HALLE'N (Photo credit should read NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NIKLAS HALLE'N via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 16: British Prime Minister David Cameron is presented with a cricket shirt by Andrew Strauss (left) at a reception ahead of tomorrow's Help for Heroes Twenty20 cricket match, at No.10 Downing Street on September 12, 2015 in London, England. The Prime Minister held the reception for those taking part in the Twenty20 cricket matches at the Kia Oval tomorrow, which will be held to raise funds for Help for Heroes. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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Skeletons of soldiers of the great army of Napoleon are uncovered after they were discovered at a building site in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on September 17, 2015. The remains of some 200 dead soldiers in total of the Napoleonic Army of 1813, on the way back after the defeat of Napoleon during his Russian campaign, are expected to be found. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL ROLAND (Photo credit should read DANIEL ROLAND/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DANIEL ROLAND via Getty Images)
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London-based human rights lawyer Amal Clooney (R) smiles as non-governmental organisation (NGO) Amnesty International Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Peter Splinter (L) places a panel with her name prior to an event organized by Amnesty International on the sidelines of the United Nations Human Rights Council session on September 17, 2015 in Geneva, after her visit to the Maldives where she spent four days pressing for the release of jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FABRICE COFFRINI via Getty Images)
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US actress Angelina Jolie (R) shakes hands with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) during a meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on September 17, 2015. Actress-turned-director Angelina Jolie is to make a film about Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime seen through the eyes of a war-scarred child for Netflix. The Oscar-winning Hollywood A-lister will adapt 'First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers,' a harrowing memoir by Cambodian human rights activist Loung Ung about surviving the deadly regime. AFP PHOTO / TANG CHHIN SOTHY (Photo credit should read TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TANG CHHIN SOTHY via Getty Images)
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visits the Anna Freud Centre on September 17, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (credit:Karwai Tang via Getty Images)
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As darkness descended in Gotham, Nottinghamshire last night, Heinz swooped into the quaint village to provide gift boxes of after-school-fuel to every household. Illuminating the streets of Gotham, this was designed to celebrate the nation’s favourite Heinz products featuring DC Comics Super Heroes. Dazzling images of the iconic DC Super Friends, including Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, were projected onto the tallest trees in the village in a vivid light-display that transformed the rural village into a visual feast for DC Comics fans. For one day only the village was also renamed ‘Heinz’ to celebrate the Super Hero partnership.
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Eiza Gonzalez attends the Third Annual People Magazine "Ones To Watch" Party held at Ysabel on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP) (credit:John Salangsang/Invision/AP)
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MILAN, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 17: Nicole Kidman attends OMEGA 'Her Time' Q&A session at Palazzo Parigi on September 17, 2015 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jacopo Raule/Getty Images for OMEGA) (credit:Jacopo Raule via Getty Images)
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A Bateau Bay family play in the hail on September 17, 2015 in Gosford, Australia. Hail and heavy rain swept across the region this afternoon causing local flooding and property damage. (Photo by Impressions/Getty Images) (credit:Impressions via Getty Images)
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A bird rests on a power line following a thundershower, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, in Hidalgo, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, left, and Jeb Bush slap hands near the finish of the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Members of the Havana University of the Arts Orchestra rehearse ahead of Pope Francis' Mass at Revolution Square, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. Pope Francis will visit Cuba from Sept. 19-22, before arriving in the United States, making him the third pontiff to visit the island nation. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Search and rescue team members carry a body after it was found along Pine Creek, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Zion National Park, near Springdale, Utah. Authorities are searching for other hikers killed in flash flooding that swept through a narrow canyon at Utah's Zion National Park. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Students pray for rain in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. Indonesia intensifies efforts to extinguish the forest fires that cause the haze, which blanketed parts of the archipelago and neighboring countries. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Afghan refugees sleep next to razor-wire barrier at the Serbian side of Hungary's border fence with Serbia, in Asotthalom, southern Hungary, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. Thousands of migrants have begun pouring into Croatia, setting up a new path toward Western Europe after Hungary used tear gas and water cannons to keep them out of its territory. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 17: Ronda Rousey speaks during a UFC 193 Sydney Fan Event on September 17, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) (credit:Brendon Thorne/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
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Migrants wait for a train at a railway station, near the official border crossing between Serbia and Croatia, near Eastern-Croatian town of Tovarnik, on September 17, 2015. Migrants headed for Western-European countries have found a new route between countries to cross into the EU, after Hungarian authorities have physicaly closed it's borders towards Serbia. For the moment, Croatia copes well with the influx of refugees, being still able to keep evidence of the people arriving and transporting them by train to refugee transit centres closer to nation's capital, Zagreb. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
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Katy Perry attends the 2015 Harper ICONS Party at The Plaza Hotel on September 16, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) (credit:Taylor Hill via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 16: Khloe Kardashian, North West, Kim Kardashian West, Kendall Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian attend Kanye West Yeezy Season 2 during New York Fashion Week at Skylight Modern on September 16, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Kanye West Yeezy) (credit:Kevin Mazur via Getty Images)
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SID, SERBIA - SEPTEMBER 17: Refugees walk on a dirt road between the corn fields towards the Serbia's border town Sid to cross Croatian border after Hungarian authorities closed their border on September 17, 2015. After Hungary closed its borders, refugees try to go to Croatian border getting buses, taxis or walking from Presevo town. (Photo by Mustafa Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A turtle moves into the sea after it was released at a beach in Kuta, near Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on September 17, 2015. Indonesian marine police seized 45 turtles from a boat on Singaraja waters during an operation on September 16. AFP PHOTO / SONNYTUMBELAKA (Photo credit should read SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SONNY TUMBELAKA via Getty Images)
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 16: High-wire artist Kane Petersen successfully walks a tightrope 300 metres above the ground at Eureka Skydeck on September 16, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. The walk was the highest tightrope walk ever attempted in the Southern Hemisphere. The stunt is to mark the arrival of the film 'The Walk' to Australian cinemas in October. The stunt saw Kane mimic the film's French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, who successfully walked between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Barbour via Getty Images)
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A damaged store is seen after a large earthquake in Concon, some 110 kms northwest of Santiago on September 16, 2015. The 8.3-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile has left at least five dead, a million evacuated and one person missing, an official said. AFP PHOTO/ VLADIMIR RODAS (Photo credit should read VLADIMIR RODAS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VLADIMIR RODAS via Getty Images)
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UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 16: Jon Stewart attends a rally on the East Front of the Capitol with members of the FDNY to urge Congress to extend healthcare benefits for first responders who suffer from cancer and other ailments as a result of their work at ground zero after the 9/11 attacks, September 16, 2015. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., appears at right. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (credit:Tom Williams via Getty Images)
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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, SEPTEMBER 16: Pro-Malay demonstrators take part in a pro-government rally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on September 16, 2015. Thousands of people gathered in the Malaysian capital for a 'red shirts' rally in support of Prime Minister Najib Razak. (Photo by Alexandra Radu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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HORGOS, SERBIA - SEPTEMBER 16 : Hungarian police use pepper spray against refugees at the Horgos border, near the town of Kanjiza after Hungarian authorities closed their border in Horgos, Serbia on September 16, 2015. (Photo by Nikola Gligic/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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HORGOS, SERBIA - SEPTEMBER 16: A migrant girl is overcome by pepper spray and tear gas after Hungarian police repelled an attempt by migrants to break the border post gate and pull down the razor wire fence on September 16, 2015 in Horgos, Serbia. Hungary has introduced tough new laws to administer the influx of migrants and has declared a state of emergency in two of it's counties close to the border. The new laws have created a dead end for migrants arriving at the Horgos frontier post, resulting in clashes with migrants and Hungarian police. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)

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