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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Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson February 04, 2016 'Zoolander' actors Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are seen recreating the iconic Beatles picture outside the Abbey Road Studios in London, England. (credit:FameFlynet)
(02 of21)
Singer, songwriter and musician Sir Van Morrison at Buckingham Palace, London, after being knighted by the Prince of Wales.Picture date: Thursday February 4, 2016. (credit:Yui Mok/PA Wire)
Royal visit to hospice(03 of21)
Queen Elizabeth II meets nurses Sarah Wallis and Daniela Reynolds (right) during a visit to The Norfolk Hospice at Hillington, near King's Lynn. (credit:Chris Radburn/PA Wire)
(04 of21)
Former Foreign Secretary and President of the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband, attends a focus event at the 'Supporting Syria and the Region' conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
(05 of21)
Riot policemen try to avoid a petrol bomb thrown by protesters during a 24-hour nationwide general strike in Athens, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. Clashes have broken out between Greek police and youths throwing fire bombs and stones, as tens of thousands of people march through central Athens to protest planned pension reforms.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Riot policemen try to avoid a petrol bomb thrown by protesters during a 24-hour nationwide general strike in Athens, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. Clashes have broken out between Greek police and youths throwing fire bombs and stones, as tens of thousands of people march through central Athens to protest planned pension reforms.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai (left) from Pakistan and 17-year-old Syrian refugee Mazoun Almellehan listen to other speakers during the first focus event on education at the 'Supporting Syria and the Region' conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
(08 of21)
Dakota Johnson at the premiere of How To Be Single in New York City, NY, USA, February 3, 2016. (credit:Van Tine Dennis/ABACA USA)
(09 of21)
Chancellor George Osborne (left) visits a housing development at Persimmon Homes in Sandbach, Cheshire, to see how the Government's Help to Buy scheme is assisting first-time buyers. (credit:Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
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Sri Lankan military personnel march during the country's 68th Independence Day celebrations in Colombo on February 4, 2016. Sri Lankan schoolchildren sang their national anthem in the island's minority Tamil language at Independence Day celebrations for the first time in 67 years, in a highly symbolic gesture after decades of civil war. Every year since 1949, the first anniversary of independence from Britain, the anthem Sri Lanka Matha ('Mother Sri Lanka') had been sung at the festivities only in Sinhala, spoken by the island's ethnic Sinhalese majority. AFP PHOTO / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI (Photo credit should read LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI via Getty Images)
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COLOMBO - SRI LANKA - FEBRUARY 04: Sri Lankan Air force paratroopers perform during the country's 68th Independence day celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka on February 4, 2016. Sri Lanka obtained independence from British at 1948. (Photo by Photo - Chamila Karunarathne/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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ALEPPO, SYRIA - FEBRUARY 3: Syrian opposition forces attack regime controlled Rtyen village with howitzers, in Aleppo, Syria on February 3, 2016. (Photo by Ahmed Muhammed Ali/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 04: AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND: AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND: Protestors confront the police outside the Sky City Convention Centre ahead of the TPP signing on February 4, 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand. The signing ceremony marks the end of the TPP negotiation process to create one of the world's biggest free-trade zones. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) (credit:Phil Walter via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 03: Tyler Shields, Tamara Ecclestone, Sophia Ecclestone-Rutland and Jay Rutland attends the private view of Tyler Shields: Decadence at Maddox Gallery on February 3, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Luca Teuchmann/Getty Images) (credit:Luca Teuchmann via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 03: Tyler Shields and Lindsay Lohan attend the private view of Tyler Shields: Decadence at Maddox Gallery on February 3, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Luca Teuchmann/Getty Images) (credit:Luca Teuchmann via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 02: Simon Cowell speaks to Prince Charles, Prince of Wales arrives to attend a reception and dinner for supporters of The British Asian Trust at Natural History Museum on February 2, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Alan Davidson - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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CHENGDU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 02: (CHINA OUT) Workers carry the anesthetic leopard to its new room at Chengdu Zoo on February 2, 2016 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. 9 leopards and panthers moved to new rooms to welcome the New Year at Chengdu Zoo. (Photo by Wu Xiaochuan/West China Metroplois Daily/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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Refugees watch actors performing Hamlet, Wednesday Feb.3, 2016 in the refugees camp of Calais, northern France. The Globe theater company took "Hamlet" to Calais , bringing one of Shakespeare's best-known plays to an audience that almost certainly would rather see it in his native country. The play is hosted by the Good Chance theater in the heart of the camp, one of numerous structures set up by volunteers to fill the void for its displaced residents. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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EXETER, NH - FEBRUARY 02: Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) poses for a photograph with a supporter at the conclusion of a campaign rally in the Exeter Town Hall February 2, 2016 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Rubio is campaigning in New Hampshire the day after placing third in Monday's Iowa caucuses, finishing one percentage point behind Donald Trump and four points behind the leader, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (credit:Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - FEBRUARY 2: A view of an airliner after an explosion aboard Daallo Airlines Airbus flying to Djibouti, on February 2, 2016. The airliner made an emergency landing after take off from the Mogadishu International Airport. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - FEBRUARY 2: A view of an airliner after an explosion aboard Daallo Airlines Airbus flying to Djibouti, on February 2, 2016. The airliner made an emergency landing after take off from the Mogadishu International Airport. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)