Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Thursday 24th 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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MYTILENE, GREECE - SEPTEMBER 24: Man plays with his child as refugees and migrants arrive ashore on the Greek island of Lesbos from Turkey as they journey into Europe on September 24, 2015 in Lesbos, Greece. Migrants continue to make the dangerous sea crossing ahead of the onset of Autumnal weather. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images) (credit:Pierre Crom via Getty Images)
(02 of18)
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PINGJIANG, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 24: (CHINA OUT) Tourists walk on a suspension bridge made of glass at the Shiniuzhai National Geological Park on September 24, 2015 in Pingjiang County, China. The 300-meter-long glass suspension bridge, with a maximum height of 180 meters, opened to the public on Thursday. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
(03 of18)
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PINGJIANG, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 24: (CHINA OUT) Tourists walk on a suspension bridge made of glass at the Shiniuzhai National Geological Park on September 24, 2015 in Pingjiang County, China. The 300-meter-long glass suspension bridge, with a maximum height of 180 meters, opened to the public on Thursday. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
(04 of18)
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Project director Richard Noble poses for a photograph as he stands next to the British backed Bloodhound SSC streamliner car, designed to reach speeds of 1000 miles per hour (1609 kilometers per hour), as it is displayed to the media prior to being show to members of the public, London, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. The project aims to make high speed runs in South Africa in 2016, with a view to breaking the 1000 miles per hour (1609 kilometers per hour) in 2017. The car will use a Rolls-Royce EJ200 fighter jet engine and a Nammo rocket to achieve the required velocity. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(05 of18)
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SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 24: (CHINA OUT) Director Pete Docter (C) poses with cartoon roles during the press conference of his film 'Inside Out' at The Bund on September 24, 2015 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
(06 of18)
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YANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) 2,499 Lunar LED lamps are tested to perform the 'Light Show' at a square in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province of China. The 2,499 Lunar LED Lamps will join together with the real moon to form 2,500 various 'moons' on Mid-Autumn Day. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
(07 of18)
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EDIRNE, TURKEY - JULY 17 : People perform Eid al-Fitr prayer at Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, Turkey on July 17, 2015. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr (Ramadan Holiday) as the fasting during Ramadan Month finishes. (Photo by Gokhan Balci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(08 of18)
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MUNICH, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 23: Sophie Hermann, stepdaughter of Uschi Glas, and Jennifer Knaeble during the 'Beauty Beee' Wiesn during the Oktoberfest 2015 at Kaeferschaenke beer tent at Theresienwiese on September 23, 2015 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Gisela Schober/Getty Images) (credit:Gisela Schober via Getty Images)
(09 of18)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 23: A general view during the 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool D match between France and Romania at The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on September 23, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mitchell Gunn/Getty Images) (credit:Mitchell Gunn via Getty Images)
(10 of18)
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The sun dips behind a cloud as it rises between tall buildings in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. Today marked the autumnal equinox or the beginning of fall in which day and night are balanced to about 12 hours each. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(11 of18)
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A woman wears a skull mask as she stands in front of the National Palace during a rally by relatives and supporters of 43 missing teacher's college students in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. Days ahead of the one year anniversary of the Ayotzinapa students' disappearance on Sept. 26, 2014, parents and relatives started a 43 hour protest fast. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(12 of18)
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A Kosovo Muslim boy yawns as he offers prayers outside Sultan Mehmet Fatih grand mosque marking the Eid al-Adha holiday in capital Pristina, Kosovo Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, to commemorate the prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(13 of18)
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Supporters dismantle the large 'Tottenham Hotspur' sign inside the stadium after the English League Cup third round football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at White Hart Lane in north London on September 23, 2015. Mathieu Flamini scored both goals as Arsenal beat Tottenham 2-1. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALLRESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BEN STANSALL via Getty Images)
(14 of18)
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Arsenal's French midfielder Mathieu Flamini celebrates after scoring their seond goal during the English League Cup third round football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at White Hart Lane in north London on September 23, 2015. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALLRESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BEN STANSALL via Getty Images)
(15 of18)
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Deer in Richmond Park, London, as mixed conditions and colder nights are in store for Britain following the arrival of the autumn equinox. (credit:Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA Wire)
(16 of18)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, arrives for an emergency EU heads of state summit on migration at the EU Council building in Brussels on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. The European Union hopes to provide more funds for refugees and agree short and long term measures to confront the migration crisis. (AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(17 of18)
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A man swims towards a life ring as a dingy carrying migrants and refugees lands off the beach at Sykamia, west of the port of Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, on September 23, 2015. EU ministers neared a compromise on plans to relocate 120,000 refugees at emergency talks despite deep divisions over how to handle Europe's worst migration crisis since World War II. AFP PHOTO / IAKOVOS HATZISTAVROU (Photo credit should read IAKOVOS HATZISTAVROU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:IAKOVOS HATZISTAVROU via Getty Images)
(18 of18)
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President Barack Obama guides Pope Francis to his chair during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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