Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Thursday 29th 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
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Miniature Schnauzers Godiva (left) and Lady (right) with their owner Andrea Jenkyns MP are announced as winners of the 23rd Westminster Dog of the Year competition, organised jointly by Dogs Trust and The Kennel Club, at the Victoria Tower Gardens in London. (credit:Geoff Caddick/PA Wire)
(02 of21)
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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn tours the Plate Mill during a visit to Tata Steel's Scunthorpe site. (credit:Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire)
(03 of21)
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Royal Shakespeare Company actor Sam Marks poses for a photograph in period costume after dressing for the role of King Henry V before performing the St Crispin's Day speech from Henry V on October 29, 2015 in Westminster Abbey in London, England. The Abbey will today host a service to commemorate the 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt during which the sword of King Henry V will be borne through the Abbey and placed on the High Altar. The sword was originally carried through the Abbey at King Henry's funeral on 7th November, 1422. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
(04 of21)
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Members of Parliament (left to right) David Warburton with dog Bailey, Chris Matheson with Casper, Hugo Swire with Rocco and Alec Shelbrooke with Maggie and Boris at the Westminster Dog of the Year 2015 show, at Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster, London. (credit:Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
(05 of21)
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French minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, Segolene Royal (C), and Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (L), meet with British Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd (R) as they arrive for a meeting on forests and climate change at Lancaster House in London on October 29, 2015, ahead of the COP21 Paris Climate Conference. At least 80 world leaders will attend a summit tasked with inking a global climate pact in Paris in December. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUSTIN TALLIS via Getty Images)
(06 of21)
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Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson (R) listens to British Prime Minister David Cameron during a meeting of the Nordic Council in Reykjavik on October 29, 2015. Participants of the Nordic Council's 67th session are expected to focus on the possibility for expanded and closer Nordic co-operation. (credit:HALLDOR KOLBEINS via Getty Images)
(07 of21)
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Tom Hardy poses for photographers upon arrival at the Triumph Motorcycle Launch Party in London, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP) (credit:Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
(08 of21)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Barbara Windsor poses with servicemen at the launch of the British Royal Legion's London Poppy Day on October 29, 2015 in London, England. Poppies have been used to commemorate soldiers who have died in conflict since 1914 and are distributed by the British Royal Legion in the UK in return for donations to the 'Poppy Appeal'. (Photo by Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images) (credit:Ben Pruchnie via Getty Images)
(09 of21)
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Middlesbrough fans hold up their mobile phone screens in support of North East steel workers during the Capital One Cup Fourth Round match between Manchester United and Middlesbrough at Old Trafford on October 28, 2015 in Manchester, England. (Photo by John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images) (credit:John Peters via Getty Images)
(10 of21)
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Musician Jennifer Lopez performs at Megaton Mundial de Polito Vega at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP) (credit:Scott Roth/Invision/AP)
(11 of21)
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A general view of the atmosphere is seen during the premiere of STARZ' "Ash vs. Evil Dead" at the TCL Chinese Theater on Wednesday, October 28, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision for STARZ Entertainment/AP Images) (credit:Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
(12 of21)
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President Barack Obama meets Britainâs Prince Harry, left, at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Prince Harry is in the United States working on preparations for the Invictus Games, which will take place in Orlando, Fla,, in May 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Floral tributes outside Cults Academy in Aberdeen, as police continue to question a teenager after a 16-year-old boy died in a stabbing at the secondary school. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
(14 of21)
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NEW DELHI, INDIA OCTOBER 27: More than 50 women dressed up in sarees participate during a First-Ever Saree Flash Mob organised by Deviditi, an organisation that celebrates Indian culture, at Select City Mall, Saket, on October 27, 2015 in New Delhi, India. The flash mob, conducted to sensitise people from India and all over the world, and to revive the tradition of draping saris, was a big hit. It was an initiative by Deviditi, an organisation that celebrates Indian culture and has started a campaign to encourage women to wear saris. We wanted to revive the culture of draping sari in a fun way, so that weaves get the attention that they deserve, says Vandana Gupta, co-founder, Devditi. The ladies, rocked to the beats of Bollywood chartbusters such as London Thumakda, Sari Ke Fall Sa, Girls Like To Swing, Indiawaale, and Galla Goodiyaan as the audience cheered them on. (Photo by Waseem Gashroo/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
(15 of21)
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Lightning strikes in the sky over Kuwait City before a rainstorm hits the country early on October 29, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT (Photo credit should read YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YASSER AL-ZAYYAT via Getty Images)
(16 of21)
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Vulcan XH558, a restored nuclear bomber, on its final flight at Doncaster's Robin Hood Airport. (credit:John Giles/PA Wire)
(17 of21)
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Britain's Prince Harry, first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden tour the USO Warrior and Family Center at the Fort Belvoir military base, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, at Fort Belvoir, Va. The event is being held in support of the Invictus Games Orlando 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A picture taken on October 28, 2015 shows lighting striking during a storm in the Israeli town of Netanya, north of Tel Aviv. (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
(19 of21)
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Pakistani men remove debris from their damaged house following an earthquake in Upper Dir, in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on October 28, 2015. Entire communities of earthquake survivors in Afghanistan and Pakistan were bracing for a third night without shelter in plummeting temperatures as rescuers struggled to reach remote mountainous regions, with the death toll climbing to 370. AFP PHOTO / HASHAM AHMED (Photo credit should read HASHAM AHMED/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:HASHAM AHMED via Getty Images)
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Members of the Unite union and Tata Steel workers gather in Parliament Square, London, ahead of a protest calling on the government to help save the UK steel industry. (credit:Nick Ansell/PA Wire)
(21 of21)
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Expedition 45 Commander Scott Kelly took this photograph during a spacewalk on Oct. 28, 2015. Sharing the image on social media, Kelly wrote, "#SpaceWalkSelfie Back on the grid! Great first spacewalk yesterday. Now on to the next one next week. #YearInSpace" (credit:NASA)

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