Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Wednesday 16th September 2015

LIVE: News Pictures Of The Day
|

Open Image Modal

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.

pics of day
(01 of22)
Open Image Modal
Global icon and HAIG CLUB™ business partner David Beckham and long-time friend and entrepreneur Simon Fuller hosted a star-studded private event for HAIG CLUB™ Single Grain Scotch Whisky in Miami last night. The event marks the second in a series of extraordinary pop-up experiences in stylish cities around the globe where HAIG CLUB™ is served. Each evening's event opens up the world of the House of Haig, where Scotch Whisky is introduced in unexpected ways to influential guests. The residency takes place until 18th September on a stunning Miami estate that epitomises the city's unique architectural style.
(02 of22)
Open Image Modal
TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 15: Actors Salma Hayek (R) and Gerard Butler attend the Septembers of Shiraz TIFF Party Hosted By GREY GOOSE Vodka at Byblos on September 15, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Grey Goose Vodka) (credit:Stefanie Keenan via Getty Images)
(03 of22)
Open Image Modal
SITTINGBOURNE, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 16: Kerry Katona attends a photocall to launch Kerry Katona x GI Jane Bootcamp at Scuttington Manor on September 16, 2015 in Sittingbourne, England. (Photo by Danny Martindale/WireImage) (credit:Danny Martindale via Getty Images)
(04 of22)
Open Image Modal
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses for the media in front of his work entitled 'Forever' which is made up of 1254 bicycle frames, as it is displayed outside 30 St Mary Axe, an office building better known as the Gherkin, in the city of London, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(05 of22)
Open Image Modal
Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. (credit:PA/PA Wire)
(06 of22)
Open Image Modal
Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street, London, to face newly appointed Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn for the first time at Prime Minister's Questions. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
(07 of22)
Open Image Modal
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 16: Jeremy Corbyn is interviewed by a journalist as he departs his North London home ahead of the Prime Ministers questions on September 16, 2015 in London, England. This will be the labour leaders first Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons since being elected leader of labour party (Photo by Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images) (credit:Ben Pruchnie via Getty Images)
(08 of22)
Open Image Modal
Amber Heard, left, and Johnny Depp attend at the Special Screening of "Black Mass" at the Coolidge Corner Theater on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 in Brookline, Mass. (Photo by Marc Andrew Deley/Invision/AP) (credit:Marc Andrew Deley/AP)
(09 of22)
Open Image Modal
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 16: High-wire artist Kane Petersen lies down on the rope as he successfully walks a tightrope 300 metres above the ground at Eureka Skydeck on September 16, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. The walk was the highest tightrope walk ever attempted in the Southern Hemisphere. The stunt is to mark the arrival of the film 'The Walk' to Australian cinemas in October. The stunt saw Kane mimic the film's French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, who successfully walked between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Barbour via Getty Images)
(10 of22)
Open Image Modal
Dakota Johnson arrives at the Special Screening of "Black Mass" at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, in Brookline, Mass. (Photo by Marc Andrew Deley/Invision/AP) (credit:Marc Andrew Deley/Invision/AP)
(11 of22)
Open Image Modal
HAIKOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16: (CHINA OUT) A pickup truck hangs on a collapsed wall foundation on September 16, 2015 in Haikou, Hainan Province of China. The property management said that the collapsed wall foundation was caused by the heavy rain in recent days in Haikou. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
(12 of22)
Open Image Modal
TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 14: Kate Winslet attends 'The Dressmaker' premiere during the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on September 14, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Walter McBride/FilmMagic) (credit:Walter McBride via Getty Images)
(13 of22)
Open Image Modal
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a speech aboard the World War II Battleship USS Iowa, September 15, 2015, in San Pedro, California. AFP PHOTO /ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ROBYN BECK via Getty Images)
(14 of22)
Open Image Modal
A fan takes a photo of the sun setting behind Turner Field during a baseball game between Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(15 of22)
Open Image Modal
A bird rests on a power line following a thundershower, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, in Hidalgo, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(16 of22)
Open Image Modal
Liz Schmidt, widow of Delta State University history professor Ethan Schmidt, center, who was murdered by a colleague in his office Monday, is comforted by friends, Jenn Westmoreland, left, and Amy Cotrell, during a candlelight memorial in his honor on the Cleveland, Miss., campus, Tuesday night, Sept. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(17 of22)
Open Image Modal
(L-R) Hector Moreno of PSV Eindhoven, Luke Shaw of Manchester United during the UEFA Champions League group B match between PSV Eindhoven and Manchester United on September 15, 2015 at the Philips stadium in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.(Photo by VI Images via Getty Images) (credit:VI-Images via Getty Images)
(18 of22)
Open Image Modal
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses for photographers with one of his pieces at his exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. The exhibition opens to the public on September 19th. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(19 of22)
Open Image Modal
BMW CEO Harald Krueger, center, is helped to his feet after collapsing during the BMW presentation on the first press day of the Frankfurt Auto Show IAA in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. The car show runs through Sept. 27. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(20 of22)
Open Image Modal
In this Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 photo, flight deck personnel, wearing different colored shirts in order to distinguish their tasks, are seen on the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier as a U.S. Navy fighter jet takes off. This island of steel in the Persian Gulf some 1,090-feet (330-meters) long is home to some 5,000 U.S. Navy airmen, sailors and Marine pilots, carrying some 70 aircraft involved in the fight against the extremists.(AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(21 of22)
Open Image Modal
South Korean soldiers parachute down during the 65th Incheon Landing Operations Commemoration ceremony in waters off Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. Incheon is the coastal city where the United Nations Forces led by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur landed in September, 1950 just months after North Korea invaded the South. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(22 of22)
Open Image Modal
A vehicle rests in debris after a flash flood Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, in Hildale, Utah. Authorities say multiple people are dead and others missing after a flash flood ripped through the town on the Utah-Arizona border Monday night. (Mark Lamont via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Open Image Modal