Pictures Of The Day: Live Photos From Thursday 22nd May 2014 (PHOTOS/VIDEO)

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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, Tahira Mirza and Michael Cripps.

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In case you happened to miss it, London and part of the southeast was besieged by a large thunderstorm on Thursday afternoon. One of the victims of the unusual weather was The Shard. See the full story here>>

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The widow of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, Rebecca Rigby lays a tribute at the scene of his death one year after he was brutally killed by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 last year.

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The family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, wife Rebecca Rigby (centre) and mother Lyn Rigby(right), lay tributes at the scene of his death one year after he was brutally killed by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 last year. (credit:PA)
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The family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, wife Rebecca Rigby (centre), lay tributes at the scene of his death one year after he was brutally killed by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 last year. (credit:PA)
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The family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, widow Rebecca Rigby (left)and views tributes at the scene of his death one year after he was brutally killed by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 last year. (credit:PA)
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The family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, wife Rebecca Rigby (centre) and mother Lyn Rigby(right), lay tributes at the scene of his death one year after he was brutally killed by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 last year. (credit:PA)
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The family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, wife Rebecca Rigby (centre) and mother Lyn Rigby(right), lay tributes at the scene of his death one year after he was brutally killed by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 last year. (credit:PA)
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Tributes area laid for murdered soldier Lee Rigby at the scene of his death one year after he was brutally killed by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 last year. (credit:PA)
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Tributes area laid for murdered soldier Lee Rigby at the scene of his death one year after he was brutally killed by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 last year. (credit:PA)
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Tributes to murdered soldier Lee Rigby at the scene of his death one year after he was brutally killed by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 last year. (credit:PA)
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Tributes area laid for murdered soldier Lee Rigby at the scene of his death one year after he was brutally killed by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 last year. (credit:PA)
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Tributes area laid for murdered soldier Lee Rigby at the scene of his death one year after he was brutally killed by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 last year. (credit:PA)
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Tributes area laid for murdered soldier Lee Rigby at the scene of his death one year after he was brutally killed by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 last year. (credit:PA)
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Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill attend a photocall to promote their new film '22 Jump Street' at Claridges Hotel on May 22, 2014 in London.

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United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage poses for photographs near Biggin Hill, south of London, before voting in the local and European elections on May 22, 2014. Europe's mammoth parliamentary elections kicked off on Thursday, with Britain and the Netherlands going to the polls in a vote that is expected to see a swing towards populist right-wing parties.

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Lily Allen arrives for the 59th annual Ivor Novello Awards, at Grosvenor House, London.

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Relatives and family members of the four missing British yachtsmen who have been missing since their boat the Cheeki Rafiki capsized in the Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of Friday last week, David Bridge (left) father of Andrew, Gloria Hamlet (second left) partner of Steve Warren, Cressida Goslin (third left) wife of Paul Goslin and Graham Male (right) the father of James Male arrive for a meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London.

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British Prime Minster David Cameron and his wife Samantha leave the Polling Station in Westminster Central Hall after casting their vote in the European and Local Elections on May 22, 2014 on London, England.

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UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage (2L) smiles sitting with UKIP MEP candidates Janice Atkinson (L) and Diane James (3R) and Ray Finch (2R) as the South East England region results of the European Parliament elections are declared by the returning officer at Southampton Guildhall in Southampton, southern England, on May 25, 2014. Results rolled in for the European Parliament elections with all eyes on potential gains by Europe's increasingly popular anti-EU parties. Farage, leader of the eurosceptic UKIP on May 25 said his party was on course to cause a political 'earthquake' as it took the lead in the European parliament election in Britain. UKIP took seats in the South East region. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT (Photo credit should read OPTIONAL,TTL,CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage (2L) smiles sitting with UKIP MEP candidates Janice Atkinson (L) and Diane James (3R) and Ray Finch (2R) as the South East England region results of the European Parliament elections are declared by the returning officer at Southampton Guildhall in Southampton, southern England, on May 25, 2014. Results rolled in for the European Parliament elections with all eyes on potential gains by Europe's increasingly popular anti-EU parties. Farage, leader of the eurosceptic UKIP on May 25 said his party was on course to cause a political 'earthquake' as it took the lead in the European parliament election in Britain. UKIP took seats in the South East region. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT (Photo credit should read OPTIONAL,TTL,CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Syriza's leader Alexis Tsipras, candidate to head the European Commission for the European Left, gives a speech after the results of the European elections, outside the Athens University, on May 25, 2014. Greece's anti-austerity leftist party Syriza held a slight lead in European Parliament elections, exit polls showed on Sunday. Syriza's 39-year-old leader Alexis Tsipras said the government had lost its legitimacy and called for national elections.. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Labour's ?? gives a speech during the European Parliamentary elections count at Manchester Town Hall, Manchester. (credit:PA)
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UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage smiles as he hears the results during the European Parliamentary elections count at the Guildhall in Southampton, Hampshire. (credit:PA)
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Leader of the BNP Nick Griffin after losing his seat during the European Parliamentary elections count at Manchester Town Hall, Manchester. (credit:PA)
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Leader of the BNP Nick Griffin after losing his seat during the European Parliamentary elections count at Manchester Town Hall, Manchester. (credit:PA)
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Labour Party members celebrate their success during the European Parliamentary elections count at Manchester Town Hall, Manchester. (credit:PA)
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Sinn Feins Lynn Boylan is elected as an MEP for Dublin in European Parliamentary elections count at the RDS in Dublin. (credit:PA)
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Sinn Feins Lynn Boylan is elected as an MEP during European Parliamentary elections count at the RDS in Dublin. (credit:PA)
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Counting in the European elections started at 17:00 on Sunday 25th May. Pictures from the first boxes being counted in Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh. (credit:PA)
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Counting in the European elections started at 17:00 on Sunday 25th May. Pictures from the first boxes being counted in Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh. (credit:PA)
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Counting in the European elections started at 17:00 on Sunday 25th May. Pictures from the first boxes being counted in Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh. (credit:PA)
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Counting in the European elections started at 17:00 on Sunday 25th May. Pictures from the first boxes being counted in Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh. Sue Bruce, returning officer, announcing the turn out figures of 41.6\%, up from 28\% at previous election. (credit:PA)
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Counting in the European elections started at 17:00 on Sunday 25th May. Pictures from the first boxes being counted in Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh. (credit:PA)
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Counting begins at the European Parliamentary elections at the RDS in Dublin. (credit:PA)
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Labour MEP Emer Costello and her husband Joe speak to the media as counting begins in the European Parliamentary elections count at the RDS in Dublin. (credit:PA)
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Labour MEP Emer Costello (centre) is greeted by supporters as counting begins in the European Parliamentary elections count at the RDS in Dublin. (credit:PA)
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Labour MEP Emer Costello speaks to the media as counting begins in the European Parliamentary elections count at the RDS in Dublin. (credit:PA)
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Officials sort out the votes into separate piles for each political party during the European Parliamentary elections count at the Guildhall in Southampton, Hampshire. (credit:PA)
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Officials sort out the votes into separate piles for each political party during the European Parliamentary elections count at the Guildhall in Southampton, Hampshire. (credit:PA)
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Officials prepare the votes before the counting begins during the European Parliamentary elections count at the Guildhall in Southampton, Hampshire. (credit:PA)
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Members of the public wait for results as counting begins in the European Parliamentary elections count at the RDS in Dublin. (credit:PA)
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A number 1 vote for Sinn Fein's Lynn Boylan, as counting begins the European Parliamentary elections count at the RDS in Dublin. (credit:PA)
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Fianna Fail candidate Mary Fitzpatrick speaks to the media, as counting begins in the European Parliamentary elections count at the RDS in Dublin. (credit:PA)
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Fianna Fail candidate Mary Fitzpatrick speaks to the media, as counting begins in the European Parliamentary elections count at the RDS in Dublin. (credit:PA)
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Ballot papers, as counting begins in the European Parliamentary elections count at the RDS in Dublin. (credit:PA)
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A man wearing a Sinn Fein rosette, as counting begins in the European Parliamentary elections count at the RDS in Dublin. (credit:PA)
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Electoral personnel count votes after presidential elections at a polling station in Cali, Colombia, on May 25, 2014. Colombians vote Sunday in a presidential election held up as a test for peace talks between the government and Marxist guerrillas to end a half-century-old civil war. AFP PHOTO / LUIS ROBAYO (Photo credit should read LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - MAY 25: UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage arrives at the Guildhall for the results of the South East election count on May 25, 2014 in Southampton, England. UKIP, which advocates withdrawal from the European Union, is predicted to make strong gains in the elections. (Photo by Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Supporters of Colombian presidential candidate for the Democratic Center party Oscar Ivan Zuluaga react after knowing the results of the presidential election in Bogota, on May 25, 2014. Colombian opposition candidate Oscar Zuluaga led President Juan Manuel Santos in elections on Sunday but the rivals will head to a June 15 runoff vote, preliminary votes showed. AFP PHOTO/Eitan Abramovich (Photo credit should read EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Supporters of Colombian presidential candidate for the Democratic Center party Oscar Ivan Zuluaga react after knowing the results of the presidential election in Bogota, on May 25, 2014. Colombian opposition candidate Oscar Zuluaga led President Juan Manuel Santos in elections on Sunday but the rivals will head to a June 15 runoff vote, preliminary votes showed. AFP PHOTO/Eitan Abramovich (Photo credit should read EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Labour leader Ed Miliband is greeted by supporters and councillors at Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford, Essex, where Labour took control of Redbridge council during yesterday's local elections. (credit:PA)
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Labour leader Ed Miliband is greeted by supporters and councillors at Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford, Essex, where Labour took control of Redbridge council during yesterday's local elections. (credit:PA)
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Labour leader Ed Miliband is greeted by supporters and councillors at Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford, Essex, where Labour took control of Redbridge council during yesterday's local elections. (credit:PA)
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Labour leader Ed Miliband is greeted by supporters and councillors at Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford, Essex, where Labour took control of Redbridge council during yesterday's local elections. (credit:PA)
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Labour leader Ed Miliband is greeted by supporters and councillors at Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford, Essex, where Labour took control of Redbridge council during yesterday's local elections. (credit:PA)
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Labour leader Ed Miliband is greeted by supporters and councillors at Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford, Essex, where Labour took control of Redbridge council during yesterday's local elections. (credit:PA)
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Ukip party leader Nigel Farage meets supporters during a visit to South Ockendon, Essex, as his party make gains across the country following yesterdays voting in local elections. (credit:PA)
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Ukip party leader Nigel Farage enjoys a pint in the Hoy and Helmet Pub in South Benfleet, Essex, as his party make gains across the country following yesterdays voting in local elections. (credit:PA)
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Ukip party leader Nigel Farage enjoys a pint in the Hoy and Helmet Pub in South Benfleet, Essex, as his party make gains across the country following yesterdays voting in local elections. (credit:PA)
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Ukip party leader Nigel Farage enjoys a pint in the Hoy and Helmet Pub in South Benfleet, Essex, as his party make gains across the country following yesterdays voting in local elections. (credit:PA)
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SOUTH OCKENDEN, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 23: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage celebrates with local councillors on May 23, 2014 in South Ockenden, England. Early local election results announced overnight show substantial gains for UKIP. European election results will be released on May 25, 2014. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOUTH OCKENDEN, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 23: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage celebrates with local councillors on May 23, 2014 in South Ockenden, England. Early local election results announced overnight show substantial gains for UKIP. European election results will be released on May 25, 2014. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOUTH OCKENDEN, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 23: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) supporters wave to drivers as they wait for leader Nigel Farage to arrive on May 23, 2014 in South Ockenden, England. Early local election results announced overnight show subsantial gains for UKIP. European election results will be released on May 25, 2014. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOUTH OCKENDEN, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 23: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) supporters wave to drivers as they wait for leader Nigel Farage to arrive on May 23, 2014 in South Ockenden, England. Early local election results announced overnight show subsantial gains for UKIP. European election results will be released on May 25, 2014. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOUTH OCKENDEN, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 23: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage celebrates with local councillors on May 23, 2014 in South Ockenden, England. Early local election results announced overnight show substantial gains for UKIP. European election results will be released on May 25, 2014. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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UKIP Leader Nigel Farage waves as he leaves his home in Cudham, Kent, as his party made gains across the country following yesterdays voting in local council elections. (credit:PA)
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UKIP Leader Nigel Farage leaves his home in Cudham, Kent, as his party made gains across the country following yesterdays voting in local council elections. (credit:PA)
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UKIP Leader Nigel Farage waves as he leaves his home in Cudham, Kent, as his party made gains across the country following yesterdays voting in local council elections. (credit:PA)
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UKIP Leader Nigel Farage gives a media interview before leaving his home in Cudham, Kent, as his party made gains across the country following yesterdays voting in local council elections. (credit:PA)
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UKIP Leader Nigel Farage gives a media interview before leaving his home in Cudham, Kent, as his party made gains across the country following yesterdays voting in local council elections. (credit:PA)
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A Post office being used as a polling station on Beverly Road in Hull as voting in Local and European elections takes place. (credit:PA)
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A defaced UKIP poster in Sheffield as votes are cast across the country in today's Local and European elections. (credit:PA)
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A defaced UKIP Party poster in Sheffield as votes are cast across the country in today's Local and European elections. (credit:PA)
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Local man Peadar O'Brien chats with Carmel McBride, Presiding Officer for Inishbofin, an island off the coast of Donegal, Ireland, and Garda Michael McElroy, after casting his vote, as Islanders go to the polls a day earlier in the local and European elections. Of 64 registered voters on the island 3 turned out. (credit:PA)
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Counting begins at Fleming Park Leisure Centre in Eastleigh for the Eastleigh Borough Council elections. (credit:PA)
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Carmel McBride, Presiding Officer for Inishbofin, an island off the coast of Donegal, Ireland, and Garda Michael McElroy, leaves the polling station with the ballot box, as Islanders go to the polls a day earlier in the local and European elections. Of 64 registered voters on the island 3 turned out. (credit:PA)
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Counting begins at Fleming Park Leisure Centre in Eastleigh for the Eastleigh Borough Council elections. (credit:PA)
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Counting begins at Fleming Park Leisure Centre in Eastleigh for the Eastleigh Borough Council elections. (credit:PA)
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The election count for Bristol City Council gets underway at the City Academy school in Bristol. See PA story POLL Main. (credit:PA)
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The election count for Bristol City Council gets underway at the City Academy school in Bristol. See PA story POLL Main. (credit:PA)
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Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha leave Methodist Central Hall in Westminster after voting. Polling has opened across Britain as millions of voters cast their ballots in European and local council elections. (credit:PA)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and his wife Samantha pose for photographs as they leave Westminster Methodist Hall in central London, after voting in the local and European elections on May 22, 2014. Europe's mammoth parliamentary elections kicked off on Thursday, with Britain and the Netherlands going to the polls in a vote that is expected to see a swing towards populist right-wing parties. The elections, which are spread over four days in the EU's 28 member states, are expected to see major gains for parties bent on dismantling the European Union from the inside. AFP PHOTO/LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha arrive at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster to vote. Polling has opened across Britain as millions of voters cast their ballots in European and local council elections. (credit:PA)
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Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha leave Methodist Central Hall in Westminster after voting. Polling has opened across Britain as millions of voters cast their ballots in European and local council elections. (credit:PA)
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British opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and his wife Justine (L) arrive to vote at Sutton Village Hall in Sutton, southeast of Leeds in northern England on May 22, 2014. Europe's mammoth parliamentary elections kicked off on Thursday, with Britain and the Netherlands going to the polls in a vote that is expected to see a swing towards populist right-wing parties. The elections, which are spread over four days in the EU's 28 member states, are expected to see major gains for parties bent on dismantling the European Union from the inside. AFP PHOTO/ANDREW YATES (Photo credit should read ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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British opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and his wife Justine (L) arrive to vote at Sutton Village Hall in Sutton, southeast of Leeds in northern England on May 22, 2014. Europe's mammoth parliamentary elections kicked off on Thursday, with Britain and the Netherlands going to the polls in a vote that is expected to see a swing towards populist right-wing parties. The elections, which are spread over four days in the EU's 28 member states, are expected to see major gains for parties bent on dismantling the European Union from the inside. AFP PHOTO/ANDREW YATES (Photo credit should read ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Ed Miliband and his wife Justine leave Sutton Village Hall in south Yorkshire after they cast their votes. Polling has opened across Britain as millions of voters cast their ballots in European and local council elections. (credit:PA)
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Ed Miliband and his wife Justine arrive at Sutton Village Hall in south Yorkshire to cast their votes. Polling has opened across Britain as millions of voters cast their ballots in European and local council elections. (credit:PA)
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Ed Miliband and his wife Justine leave Sutton Village Hall in south Yorkshire after they cast their votes. Polling has opened across Britain as millions of voters cast their ballots in European and local council elections. (credit:PA)
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Ed Miliband and his wife Justine leave Sutton Village Hall in south Yorkshire after they cast their votes. Polling has opened across Britain as millions of voters cast their ballots in European and local council elections. (credit:PA)
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Ed Miliband and his wife Justine arrive at Sutton Village Hall in south Yorkshire to cast their votes. Polling has opened across Britain as millions of voters cast their ballots in European and local council elections. (credit:PA)
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UKIP Leader Nigel Farage poses for photographers as leaves Cudham Church of England Primary School in Cudham, Kent, after casting his vote in today's Local and European elections. (credit:PA)
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UKIP Leader Nigel Farage arrives at Cudham Church of England Primary School in Cudham, Kent, to cast his vote in today's Local and European elections. (credit:PA)
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UKIP Leader Nigel Farage poses for photographers as leaves Cudham Church of England Primary School in Cudham, Kent, after casting his vote in today's Local and European elections. (credit:PA)
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UKIP Leader Nigel Farage poses for photographers as leaves Cudham Church of England Primary School in Cudham, Kent, after casting his vote in today's Local and European elections. (credit:PA)
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UKIP Leader Nigel Farage talks to reporters as he leaves Cudham Church of England Primary School in Cudham, Kent, after casting his vote in today's Local and European elections. (credit:PA)
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UKIP Leader Nigel Farage leaves Cudham Church of England Primary School in Cudham, Kent, after casting his vote in today's Local and European elections. (credit:PA)
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UKIP Leader Nigel Farage arrives at Cudham Church of England Primary School in Cudham, Kent, to cast his vote in today's Local and European elections. (credit:PA)
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UKIP Leader Nigel Farage talks to the waiting media as he arrives at Cudham Church of England Primary School in Cudham, Kent, to cast his vote in today's Local and European elections. (credit:PA)
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BIGGIN HILL, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage walks home after voting at a polling station on May 22, 2014 near Biggin Hill, England. Millions of voters are going to the polls today in local and European elections. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BIGGIN HILL, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage poses for photographs as he arrives at a polling station on May 22, 2014 near Biggin Hill, England. Millions of voters are going to the polls today in local and European elections. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BIGGIN HILL, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage talks to reporters as he arrives at a polling station on May 22, 2014 near Biggin Hill, England. Millions of voters are going to the polls today in local and European elections. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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UKIP Leader Nigel Farage talks to the waiting media as he arrives at Cudham Church of England Primary School in Cudham, Kent, to cast his vote in today's Local and European elections. (credit:PA)
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Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg walks past a bus stop to cast his vote at the Hall Park Centre, Sheffield, as polling has opened across Britain as millions of voters cast their ballots in European and local council elections. (credit:PA)
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Liberal democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (left) arrives with local Lib Dem candidate David Baker to cast his vote at the Hall Park Centre, Sheffield, as polling has opened across Britain as millions of voters cast their ballots in European and local council elections. (credit:PA)
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Liberal democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg arrives to cast his vote at the Hall Park Centre, Sheffield, as polling has opened across Britain as millions of voters cast their ballots in European and local council elections. (credit:PA)
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Liberal democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg leaves after casting his vote at the Hall Park Centre, Sheffield, as polling has opened across Britain as millions of voters cast their ballots in European and local council elections. (credit:PA)
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A police officer outside a polling station on Columbia Road in Tower Hamlets, east London, as part of a crackdown on voter intimidation and fraud at the local and European elections, as polling has opened across Britain as millions of voters cast their ballots in European and local council elections. (credit:PA)
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A police officer outside a polling station on Columbia Road in Tower Hamlets, east London, as part of a crackdown on voter intimidation and fraud at the local and European elections, as polling has opened across Britain as millions of voters cast their ballots in European and local council elections. (credit:PA)
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NEWTON KYME, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: A mobile polling station in the Local and European elections on May 22, 2014 in Newton Kyme, England. Millions of voters are going to the polls today in local and European elections. (Photo by Nigel Roddis Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BIGGIN, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: Officials wait for voters at mobile polling station in the Local and European elections on May 22, 2014 in Biggin, England. Millions of voters are going to the polls today in local and European elections. (Photo by Nigel Roddis Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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REDCAR, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: Signs adourn the walls of a polling station during the European and local elections in Redcar on May 22, 2014 in Teesside, England. Millions of voters are going to the polls today in local and European elections. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SALTBURN, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: A woman walks her dog past a polling station during the European and local elections in Saltburn on May 22, 2014 in Teesside, England. Millions of voters are going to the polls today in local and European elections. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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CARLIN HOW, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: A man walks from a polling station during the European and local elections in Carlin How on May 22, 2014 in East Cleveland, England. Millions of voters are going to the polls today in local and European elections. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SALTBURN, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: A voter walks into a polling station during the European and local elections in Saltburn on May 22, 2014 in Teesside, England. Millions of voters are going to the polls today in local and European elections. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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REDCAR, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: A couple walk from a polling station during the European and local elections in Redcar on May 22, 2014 in Teesside, England. Millions of voters are going to the polls today in local and European elections. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SALTBURN, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: A voter walks into a polling station during the European and local elections in Saltburn on May 22, 2014 in Teesside, England. Millions of voters are going to the polls today in local and European elections. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Poll Clerk Phil Hinsley stands with four ducks as he positions Polling Station information to a footpath sign in Mattingley near Hartley Wintney, 45 miles west of London on May 22, 2014. Europe's mammoth parliamentary elections kicked off on Thursday, with Britain and the Netherlands going to the polls in a vote that is expected to see a swing towards populist right-wing parties. The elections, which are spread over four days in the EU's 28 member states, are expected to see major gains for parties bent on dismantling the European Union from the inside. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Schoolchildren walk past the polling station at Rotherwick Village Hall near Hartley Wintney, 45 miles west of London on May 22, 2014. Europe's mammoth parliamentary elections kicked off on Thursday, with Britain and the Netherlands going to the polls in a vote that is expected to see a swing towards populist right-wing parties. The elections, which are spread over four days in the EU's 28 member states, are expected to see major gains for parties bent on dismantling the European Union from the inside. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A man leaves the polling station after casting a vote at Rotherwick Village Hall near Hartley Wintney, 45 miles west of London on May 22, 2014. Europe's mammoth parliamentary elections kicked off on Thursday, with Britain and the Netherlands going to the polls in a vote that is expected to see a swing towards populist right-wing parties. The elections, which are spread over four days in the EU's 28 member states, are expected to see major gains for parties bent on dismantling the European Union from the inside. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A woman walks into at a polling station to vote in the European elections in Wageningen on May 22, 2014. Europe's mammoth parliamentary elections kicked off on May 22, with Britain and the Netherlands going to the polls in a vote that is expected to see a swing towards populist right-wing parties. AFP PHOTO/ANP JEROEN JUMELET netherlands out (Photo credit should read JEROEN JUMELET/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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An election worker ties a polling station poster to a fence outside St Stephens Parish Club for the Belle Vale District in Liverpool. (credit:PA)
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An election worker ties a polling station poster to a fence outside St Stephens Parish Club for the Belle Vale District in Liverpool. (credit:PA)
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: Party workers stand outside a polling station at the Christ Church, Church of England Primary School in Brick Lane on May 22, 2014 in London, England. Millions of voters are going to the polls today in local and European elections. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: A policeman and an official stand outside a polling station at Christ Church Church of England Primary School in Brick Lane on May 22, 2014 in London, England. Millions of voters are going to the polls today in local and European elections. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SHEFFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: Polling station signage on display at Sandygate, the oldest football ground in the world and home of Hallam FC on May 22, 2014 in Sheffield, England. Voters across Europe are taking to the polls to vote in the elections for the European Parliament as well as local council elections in England and Northern Ireland. (Photo by Dave Thompson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: Voters arrive at a polling station at the Christ Church Church of England Primary School in Brick Lane on May 22, 2014 in London, England. Millions of voters are going to the polls today in local and European elections. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Lara Stone attends the 'The Search' Premiere at the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2014 in Cannes, France.

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Cara Delevingne arriving at The Search premiere, Palais Du Festival, part of the 67th Festival de Cannes, Cannes. (credit:PA)
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Clotilde Courau arriving at The Search premiere, Palais Du Festival, part of the 67th Festival de Cannes, Cannes. (credit:PA)
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Berenice Bejo arriving at The Search premiere, Palais Du Festival, part of the 67th Festival de Cannes, Cannes. (credit:PA)
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Lady Victoria Hervey arriving at The Search premiere, Palais Du Festival, part of the 67th Festival de Cannes, Cannes. (credit:PA)
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Sarah Marshall arriving at The Search premiere, Palais Du Festival, part of the 67th Festival de Cannes, Cannes. (credit:PA)
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Adrian Grenier arriving at The Search premiere, Palais Du Festival, part of the 67th Festival de Cannes, Cannes. (credit:PA)

An ice sculpture is placed in a vehicle to warn of the dangers of leaving a dog in a hot car. Today Dogs Trust unveils its summer campaign to highlight the true cost of only '20 minutes', the time it can take for a dog to die in a hot car.

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Kim Kardashian arrives at the 'COSTES' restaurant on May 21, 2014 in Paris, France.

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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales tries on 'Google Glass' spectacles as he visits 'Innovation Alley' in Winnipeg, Canada. The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall are on a four day visit to Canada.

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Rosie Huntington Whiteley attending the De Grisogono Party at the Eden Roc Hotel at Antibes as part of the 67th Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes,

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Princess Beatrice attends the first garden party of the year at Buckingham Palace, London.

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Britain's Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II arrive at the first garden party of the season in the grounds of Buckingham Palace in central London, on May 21, 2014.

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West leave the 'Maison Martin Margiela' showroom on May 21, 2014 in Paris, France.

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Britain's Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (L) looks on during a visit to the specialist sexual reproductive healthcare specialists Margaret Pyke Centre in London on May 21, 2014. During his visit the Duke of Edinburgh, who recently had a minor procedure carried out on his right hand, unveiled a plaque and observed a training medical procedure.

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Sumatran tiger cubs Kuasa out for the first time in their enclosure at Flamingo Land, Malton, North Yorkshire.