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, Tahira Mirza and Michael Cripps.
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Philadelphia firefighters work the scene of an overnight blaze in west Philadelphia Monday Feb. 16, 2015, where ice has formed from the water used to fight the fire. Bone-chilling, single digit temperatures have gripped the region, prompting the closure of all parish and regional Catholic elementary schools in the city of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People throw rags covered with mud during the Os Farrapos battle of the Entroido carnival in Laza, near Ourense, northwestern Spain, on March 3, 2014. (credit:PEDRO ARMESTRE via Getty Images)
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A dog gets groomed in the benching area at Pier 92 and 94 in New York City on the first day of competition at the 139th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show February 16, 2015. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is a two-day, all-breed benched show that takes place at both Pier 92 & 94 and at Madison Square Garden in New York City. (credit:TIMOTHY A. CLARY via Getty Images)
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Alia Wang, Aimie Wang, Kim Kardashian, North West, Kanye West and Nicki Minaj attend the Alexander Wang Fashion Show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2015 at Pier 94 on February 14, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images) (credit:Craig Barritt via Getty Images)
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Labour leader Ed Miliband with Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls (second right), Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Caroline Flint (left) and Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna, during a visit to Jaguar Land Rover, Wolverhampton. (credit:Rui Vieira/PA Wire)
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UBREW co-founders Wilf Horsfall (L) and Matthew Denham pose for a photograph at their open brewery on February 16, 2015 in London, England. UBREW, opened by co-founders Matthew Denham and Wilf Horsfall, is an open brewery where members can brew their own beers with professional equipment amongst a community of like-minded beer lovers. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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Police officers investigate the site of defaced tombstones at the Jewish cemetery of Sarre-Union, eastern France, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Hundreds of graves have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, in what the president called an "odious and barbaric" anti-Semitic act against French values. The vandalism comes at a time of growing insecurity among French Jews and amid general religious tensions in Europe, after Islamic radicals attacked a kosher market and a satirical newspaper in Paris last month and similar attacks hit Denmark this weekend. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A figure depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin is pictured reading 'economic and military' during the traditional rosemonday carnival parade in the western German city of Duesseldorf on February 16, 2015. (credit:PATRIK STOLLARZ via Getty Images)
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Divers play dragon dance in a shark pool at Beijing Aquarium on February 16, 2015 in Beijing, China. Divers played dragon dance under water at Beijing Aquarium to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival on Monday. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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A Sadhu (Hindu holy man) smears coloured paste onto his face at The Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on Febuary 16, 2015, on the eve of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting. (credit:PRAKASH MATHEMA via Getty Images)
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A carnival float depicting German Chancelor Angela Merkel as a mythical Cyclops and Greek premier Alexis Tsipras attacking her during the traditional Rose Monday carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. The foolish street spectacles in the carnival centers of Duesseldorf, Mainz and Cologne, watched by hundreds of thousands of people, are the highlights in Germany's carnival season on Rose Monday. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Tim Sherwood the Aston Villa manager faces the cameras after his press conference at the Villa Park Stadium on February 16, 2015 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images) (credit:Ross Kinnaird via Getty Images)
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Tim Sherwood is unveiled as the new manager of Aston Villa at Villa Park on February 16, 2015 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Neville Williams/Aston Villa FC via Getty Images) (credit:Neville Williams via Getty Images)
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ARTEMIVSK, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 15: Ukrainian soldiers play football on the road leading to the embattled town of Debaltseve on February 15, 2015 outside Artemivsk, Ukraine. A ceasefire scheduled to go into effect at midnight was reportedly observed along most of the front, save for near the embattled town of Debaltseve. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) (credit:Brendan Hoffman via Getty Images)
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Stereoscopic images are showed during the basketball match between Western Conference All-Star Team and Eastern Western Conference All-Star Team as part of the 2015 NBA All-Star Weekend at Madison Square Garden in New York on February 15, 2015. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 15: Indian fans in the crowd celebrate as a Pakistan wicket falls as the sun sets during the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan at Adelaide Oval on February 15, 2015 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Barbour via Getty Images)
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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 15: A general view as the sun sets during the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan at Adelaide Oval on February 15, 2015 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Barbour via Getty Images)
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A disabled rabbit is seen walking balanced on its front legs at a zoo in Liuzhou, southern China's Guangxi Province. A disabled rabbit is seen walking balanced on its front legs at a zoo in Liuzhou, southern China's Guangxi Province. After it learned the trick, visitors now refer to it as "strong-willed rabbit". (credit:Rex)
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Actress Dakota Johnson attends the SNL 40th Anniversary Special at Rockefeller Plaza on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (credit:Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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A diver dressed in Fortune God costume waves to visitors after he feeds fish as part of upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at Aquaria KLCC underwater park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Men covered in oil and soot carrying bull horns on their head and cowbells on a belt representing devils, march during a traditional carnival celebration in the small village of Luzon, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. Preserved records from the 14th century document Luzon's carnival, but the real origin of the tradition could be much older. Carnival festivals are celebrated in their own way around hundreds of villages in Spain. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - FEBRUARY 15: Carol Nakamura marches in the parade on the Sambodromo during Rio Carnival on February 15, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Roberto Filho/Getty Images) (credit:Roberto Filho via Getty Images)
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Revelers of Vila Isabel samba school perform during their carnival parade at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro on February 16, 2015 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YASUYOSHI CHIBA via Getty Images)
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Paris Saint-Germain's Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates after scoring during the French L1 football match Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) vs Caen (SMC) at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on February 14, 2015. AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD (Photo credit should read KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KENZO TRIBOUILLARD via Getty Images)
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Paris Saint-Germain's Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates after scoring during the French L1 football match Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) vs Caen (SMC) at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on February 14, 2015. AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD (Photo credit should read KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KENZO TRIBOUILLARD via Getty Images)
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British soccer player David Beckham (C) takes a selfie with his children as he attends a fashion show by his wife and designer Victoria Beckham during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2015 in New York on February 15, 2015. AFP PHOTO/JEWEL SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JEWEL SAMAD via Getty Images)
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Flowers are placed in front of the synagogue where one person was killed in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. The alleged shooter was later killed by police who believe he also shot another person Saturday at a cultural center. (AP Photo/Michael Probst). (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this photo taken on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, Benjamin Miller, 20, from Georgia, in the US, is gored by a bull during the "Carnaval del Toro" in Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain. An American youth is recovering in the intensive-care unit of a hospital in western Salamanca after being savagely gored during a bullfighting festival celebrating Carnival, officials said Sunday. Surgeon Enrique Crespo said he was called to operate on 20-year-old Benjamin Miller from Georgia, who had been gored and tossed by a large fighting bull on Saturday, the first day of nearby Ciudad Rodrigo's "Carnaval del Toro." (AP Photo/Jose Vicente) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this photo taken with a long exposure photo, a silhouetted child spins a ball of fire during rituals in celebration of Mesni Zagovezni (Shrovetide) in the village of Lozen near the capital Sofia, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. People in the region believe they can chase away evil spirits by performing fire rituals on Mesni Zagovezni. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People gather at St. Mark's square in Venice, Italy, to watch the "Eagle's flight" Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, as a woman dressed in traditional costume descends from the bell tower into St. Mark square, one of the highlights of the Venice Carnival. (AP Photo/Andrea Merola, Ansa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Tennis player Rafael Nadal of Spain, center, marches with the Viradouro samba school as they perform in a downpour during the Carnival parade in the Sambadrome, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Jimmy Fallon, left, and Justin Timberlake attend the SNL 40th Anniversary Special at Rockefeller Plaza on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (credit:Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)