Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Wednesday 21st October 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.

Pictures of the day
(01 of22)
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Jacksonville Jaguars cheerleaders make a surprise visit at the Five Guys burger restaurant at The O2 serve hungry customers tasty lunches and celebrate their forthcoming game against the Buffalo Bills at Wembley Stadium this Sunday 25 October.
RAF Lakenheath jet crash(02 of22)
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Police at a field in Redmere in Cambridgeshire in front of wreckage from a US fighter jet which crashed near RAF Lakenheath, killing the pilot. (credit:Chris Radburn/PA Wire)
(03 of22)
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with the President Xi Jinping of The People's Republic of China and his wife Madame Peng Liyuan is presented to Jackie Chan as they visit a creative industry event at Lancaster House, London on day two of the President's state visit to the UK. (credit:Heathcliff O'Malley/Daily Telegr/PA Wire)
(04 of22)
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Pope Francis (R) blesses a worshipper at the end of his weekly general audience at St Peter's square on October 21, 2015 at the Vatican. The Vatican dismissed an Italian media report that Pope Francis has a treatable brain tumour as 'unfounded and seriously irresponsible.' Quotidiano Nazionale (QN), the newspaper which made the claim, said it stood by its story that a 'small dark spot' had been detected on the 78-year-old pontiff's brain earlier this year. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FILIPPO MONTEFORTE via Getty Images)
(05 of22)
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ATHENS, GREECE - OCTOBER 21: Refugees and migrants wait to board a bus heading to the Macedonian border after arriving on board the passenger ferries Blue Star Patmos and Eleftherios Venizelos from the islands of Lesbos and Chios at the port of Piraeus on October 21, 2015 in Athens, Greece. Thousands of refugees - mostly fleeing war-torn Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq - attempt daily to cross the Aegean Sea from nearby Turkey on their journey towards Europe. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images) (credit:Milos Bicanski via Getty Images)
(06 of22)
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The Duke of York (second left), Chancellor George Osborne (third left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (centre) wear 3D glasses to view robotic equipment with Phd student Gauthier Gras (left) in the Hamlyn Centre for Medical Robotics during a visit to Imperial College London, on day two of the state visit by the Chinese President. (credit:Anthony Devlin/PA Wire)
(07 of22)
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David Letterman performs onstage during The 7th Annual Little Kids Rock Benefit at Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom on October 20, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Little Kids Rock) (credit:Mike Coppola via Getty Images)
(08 of22)
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A replica DeLorean time machine makes a pit stop at a local Goodyear dealer for a full checkup before its big day on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 in Lakewood, CA. Goodyear Eagle tires were used on the original car in the Back to the Future trilogy, which famously travelled forward in time to October 21, 2015. (Carlos Delgado/AP Images for Goodyear) (credit:Carlos Delgado/AP)
(09 of22)
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Olivier Rousteing, from left, Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid attend the Balmain x H&M Collection launch event at 23 Wall Street on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP) (credit:Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
(10 of22)
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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge greet Chinese President Xi Jinping at a creative industry event to celebrate cultural collaboration between the UK and China at Lancaster House on October 21, 2015 in London, England. (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
(11 of22)
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Olivier Giroud (2.L) of Arsenal jumps for a header with Rafinha (2.R) of Bayern Munchen during the UEFA Champions League Group F match between Arsenal FC and FC Bayern Munchen at the Emirates Stadium on October 20, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Boris Streubel/Getty Images) (credit:Boris Streubel via Getty Images)
(12 of22)
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Uma Thurman signing for fans at the Burnt premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, NY, USA, October 20, 2015. (credit:MM/ABACA USA)
(13 of22)
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A fire brigade vehicle is stuck in a crater following a water leak at Rooseveltplaats in Italielei in central Antwerp on October 21, 2015. The Belgian fire brigade is working on evacuating the water following a leak in the main waterworks of the city. (credit:JONAS ROOSENS via Getty Images)
(14 of22)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (R) attend a state banquet at Buckingham Palace on October 20, 2015 in London, England. The President of the People's Republic of China, Mr Xi Jinping and his wife, Madame Peng Liyuan, are paying a State Visit to the United Kingdom as guests of the Queen. They will stay at Buckingham Palace and undertake engagements in London and Manchester. The last state visit paid by a Chinese President to the UK was Hu Jintao in 2005. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool /Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
(15 of22)
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Beyonce Knowles arrives at TIDAL X: 1020 Amplified by HTC at the Barclays Center on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (credit:Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
(16 of22)
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Actress Monica Bellucci arrives for the screening of the movie Ville-Marie, at Rome's Film Festival, in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(17 of22)
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A family pays respect to their ancestors at a cemetery on the Double Ninth Festival or Chung Yeung Festival, in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. The Double Ninth Festival, observed on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, which is a day to respect and remember ancestors, a ritual that is widely followed in Hong Kong among the Chinese community. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(18 of22)
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 20: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Prime Minister David Cameron and Queen Elizabeth II attend the Official Ceremonial Welcome for the Chinese State Visit on October 20, 2015 in London, England. The President of the Peoples Republic of China, Mr Xi Jinping and his wife, Madame Peng Liyuan, are paying a State Visit to the United Kingdom as guests of The Queen. They will stay at Buckingham Palace and undertake engagements in London and Manchester. The last state visit paid by a Chinese President to the UK was Hu Jintao in 2005. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images) (credit:Max Mumby/Indigo via Getty Images)
(19 of22)
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - OCTOBER 20: A Palestinian protester jumps over burning tyres near Beit El checkpoint in Ramallah, West Bank on October 20, 2015 during a protest against the Israeli violations in Jerusalem an West Bank. (Photo by Shadi Hatem/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(20 of22)
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The Ferrari logo is displayed outside the New York Stock Exchange early Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, in New York. Ferrari's parent company, mass-market carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, will float almost a tenth of the company's shares on Wall Street later Wednesday under the stock name RACE. Fiat Chrysler is hoping the listing will value the company founded in 1929 by Italian sports driver Enzo Ferrari at $10 billion. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(21 of22)
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DENVER, CO - OCT. 20: Delton Demarest (working on the Michael J. Fox character 'Marty') and two other artists use the side of a building at E. 20th Ave. and Sherman St. as their canvas as they paint a mural depicting scenes from the movie, 'Back to the Future Part ll'. In the movie, the characters of Marty, Doc, and Jennifer travel back to the future to tomorrow's date of Oct. 21, 2015. (Photo by Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post via Getty Images) (credit:Kathryn Scott Osler via Getty Images)
(22 of22)
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Activist Gene Stilp, backed by his inflatable pink pig prop, addresses reporters at a Capitol news conference after filing a petition asking the state Supreme Court to direct Gov. Tom Wolf to initiate a process to remove Attorney General Kathleen Kane from office, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 in Harrisburg, Pa. license was put on indefinite, temporary suspension by the state Supreme Court on Sept. 21, weeks after she was charged with perjury and other crimes for allegedly leaking secret grand jury material to a reporter and lying about it. (AP Photo/Marc Levy) (credit:Marc Levy/AP)
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