Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Thursday 26th November 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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Model Adriana Lima Unveils Madame Tussauds Wax Figure(01 of28)
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Victoriaâs Secret Angel Adriana Lima unveils her Madame Tussauds New York wax figure at Victoria's Secret Herald Square on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (credit:Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Investigators wearing a hazmat suit (hazardous materials suit) are pictured in front of Brussels' Great Mosque in Brussels on November 26, 2015. The Great Mosque of Brussels was evacuated and 11 people decontaminated after the discovery of a suspicious package containing white powder as the EU capital remained on highest possible terror alert. AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 26: Alex Salmond MP unveils a painting of himself at The National Gallery of Scotland on November 26, 2015 in Edinburgh,Scotland. The portrait by Gerard Burns depicting Mr Salmond in the main reception room of the First Ministers official residence Bute House, was acquired by supporters of Alex Salmond who was the leader of the Scottish National Party from 1990 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2014, and served as the First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)
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Catholic sisters wait just after dawn in the rain and mud to attend a Mass to be given by Pope Francis at the campus of the University of Nairobi in Kenya Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. Pope Francis is in Kenya on his first-ever trip to Africa, a six-day pilgrimage that will also take him to Uganda and the Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Italian Premier Matteo Renzi, left, puts his hand on the back of France's President Francois Hollande after their joint press conference held at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. Renzi's visit to Paris is part of president Hollande's diplomatic offensive to get the international community to bolster the campaign against the Islamic State militants. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An Iranian migrant has his mouth sewn shut during a protest near the village of Idomeni at the Greek-Macedonian border, on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. Migrants stranded at the border have been protesting for days, as several of them have started a hunger strike, after Macedonia and other Balkan countries toughen criteria for migrants and asylum seekers hoping to travel across the region to northern Europe. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An unidentified woman grieves at the coffin of France's Aurelie de Peretti, who was killed at the Bataclan concert hall during the Paris attacks, Thursday, Nov.26 2015 in Saint-Tropez, French Riviera. French lawmakers voted Wednesday to continue airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State group that claimed responsibility for the Nov. 13 attacks that killed 130 people in Paris. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Photos of Lt.Col. Oleg Peshkov, left, and sailor Alexander Pozynich are placed at a monument to Soviet Officers with flowers and paper jet outside Russian Army General Staff headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. Peshkov was a pilot of Russian Su-24, which was shot down by Turkish air forces and Pozynick took part in a rescue operation, both were killed. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Prince Harry with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho outside the Sentebale Mamohato childrens centre in Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho. (credit:Chris Radburn/PA Wire)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 26: Players warm up on the field prior to the round eight A-League match between Sydney FC and Wellington Phoenix at Allianz Stadium on November 26, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brett Hemmings/Getty Images) (credit:Brett Hemmings via Getty Images)
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US President Barack Obama speaks next to daughters Malia (R) and Sasha before 'pardoning' the National Thanksgiving Turkey in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 25, 2015. The President pardoned Honest and his alternate Abe, both 18-week old, 40-pound turkeys. The names of the turkeys were chosen from submissions from California school children. After the pardoning, the turkeys will be on display for visitors at their permanent home at Morven Parks Turkey Hill, the historic turkey farm located at the home of former Virginia Governor Westmoreland Davis (1918-1922) in Leesburg, Virginia. AFP PHOTO/NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NICHOLAS KAMM via Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 25: U.S. President Barack Obama 'pardons' Abe, a 42-pound male turkey during a ceremony with Jihad Douglas (R), chairman of the National Turkey Federation, in the Rose Garden at the White House November 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. In a tradition dating back to 1947, the president pardons a turkey, sparing the tom -- and his alternate -- from becoming a Thanksgiving Day feast. This year, Americans were asked to choose which of two turkeys would be pardoned and to cast their votes on Twitter. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (credit:Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 25: U.S. President Barack Obama and family serve Thanksgiving meals to homeless and at-risk veterans at Friendship Place on November 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day, Obama participated in the annual turkey pardon at the White House. (Photo by Martin H. Simon-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26: Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley switch on Stella McCartney's store Christmas light in Mayfair on November 26, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Keith Hewitt/GC Images) (credit:Keith Hewitt via Getty Images)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 26: Kylie Minogue and Ed Sheeran dance on the red carpet ahead of the 29th Annual ARIA Awards 2015 at The Star on November 26, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
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People gather at the University of Nairobi grounds on November 26, 2015, to attend a mass delivered by Pope Francis. Pope Francis landed in Kenya's capital Nairobi on November 25 on the first leg of a landmark trip to Africa, with huge crowds, choirs and dancers waiting to greet him. The 78-year-old pontiff, the third pope to visit the continent, is also scheduled to visit Uganda and the troubled Central African Republic (CAR) on a six-day trip. AFP PHOTO/GEORGINA GOODWIN / AFP / Georgina Goodwin (Photo credit should read GEORGINA GOODWIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:GEORGINA GOODWIN via Getty Images)
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Embargoed to 2100 Wednesday November 25General view of the Mamohato welcome centre building designed by Sentebale charity co founder and patron Prince Harry in Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho, the development is a purpose-built home for the organisation's work with disadvantaged children and other youngsters living with HIV, Prince Harry will attend the opening of the centre on Thursday. (credit:Chris Radburn/PA Wire)
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Embargoed to 2100 Wednesday November 25General view of the Diana Princess of Wales hall at the Sentebale development in Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho, a purpose-built home for the organisation's work with disadvantaged children and other youngsters living with HIV, which Prince Harry will attend the opening of on Thursday. (credit:Chris Radburn/PA Wire)
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LERIBE, LESOTHO - NOVEMBER 25: Singer and Sentebale Ambassador Joss Stone meets children and carers at Phelisanong Children's Home during a Sentebale programme visit on November 25, 2015 in Phelisanong, Lesotho. Ahead of the opening of the Mamohato Children's Centre friends of Sentebale have been visiting programmes supported by the charity. Sentebale was founded by Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho ten years ago. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) (credit:Chris Jackson via Getty Images)
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Paris Saint-Germain`s Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic reacts as he is substituted during the UEFA Champions League Group A, second-leg football match Malmo FF vs Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in Malmo, Sweden on November 25, 2015. AFP PHOTO / JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / AFP / JONATHAN NACKSTRAND (Photo credit should read JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JONATHAN NACKSTRAND via Getty Images)
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Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, top, celebrate his side's 4th goal with teammate, Gareth Bale, during the Champions League Group A soccer match between FC Shakhtar and Real Madrid at Arena Lviv stadium in Lviv, Western Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A protester is silhouetted against Chicago's famed Wrigley Building as he directs others to shutdown traffic on both sides of the Michigan Ave. bridge over the Chicago River, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, one day after murder charges were brought against police officer Jason Van Dyke in the killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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ALEPPO, SYRIA - NOVEMBER 25: Syrian firefighters try to extinguish fire on burning vehicles following the Russian airstrikes on November 25, 2015 in Azaz town of Aleppo, Syria. At least 7 people were killed and 10 others injured when Russian warplanes hit tractor-trailers which were carrying relief materials for refugees in Azaz town, Aleppo. (Photo by Firas Faham/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A man places a bouquet of flowers on a police van, near the bus that exploded Tuesday in Tunis, Wednesday Nov.25, 2015. Tunisia's Interior Ministry says 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of military explosives were used in an attack on a bus carrying presidential guards that left at least 13 people dead. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Imogen is an orphaned baby koala living at Symbio Wildlife Park, Sydney, Australia. She is best known for viral video footage of her hugging a cameraman in October 2015. In the newly released pictures and video, Imogen can be seen giving her best 'model' stare to the camera. Imogen can also be seen cuddling a fluffy teddy and hugging a member of staff at Symbio Wildelife Park. (credit:Symbio Wildlife Park Sydney/REX Shutterstock)
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Great Britain's Andy Murray tries to catch his racket with his foot after throwing it in the air during a training session at the Flanders Expo Centre, Ghent. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
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Indian Sikh devotees watch fireworks as they pay their respects at The Golden Temple in Amritsar on November 25, 2015, on the occasion of the 546th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev. Guru Nanak was the founder of the religion of Sikhism and the first of ten Sikh Gurus. AFP PHOTO/NARINDER NANU / AFP / NARINDER NANU (Photo credit should read NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NARINDER NANU via Getty Images)
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Tunisian forensic police inspect the wreckage of a bus in the aftermath of a bomb attack on a bus transporting Tunisia's presidential guard in central Tunis on November 25, 2015. Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a nationwide state of emergency and a curfew in the capital after a bomb attack on the presidential guard bus killed at least 12 people. AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID / AFP / FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FETHI BELAID via Getty Images)

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