Pictures Of The Day: Live Photos From Thursday 24th April 2014

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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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Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats, chats to Dom Bearman, aged 4, as he plays with a sock puppet at Nannas Day Nursery on the day he launched the Liberal Democrat 2014 European Election Campaign and manifesto on April 24, 2014 in Colchester, England

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Model Elisabeth Reyes attends 'Attitudes' By Speciak K photocall at association of architects building on April 24, 2014 in Madrid.

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Ed Miliband during a visit to The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) Green Gym project in Doncaster, in celebration of more than 1.8m being awarded to 49 TCV projects across the UK.

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Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg arrives for the Lib Dem European election campaign launch at the Moot Hall in Colchester Town Hall, Essex.

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Cameron Diaz 'twerks' during a visit to 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' at the Rockefeller Center in New York City.

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India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, centre, waves to supporters as he arrives in an open vehicle to file his nomination in Varanasi, India, Thursday, April 24, 2014. With 814 million eligible voters, India is voting in phases over six weeks. Results are expected May 16.

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Coronation Street actress Barbara Knox arrives at Macclesfield Magistrates' Court to make her first appearance in court accused of drink driving. Knox - who plays the role of Rita Tanner in the ITV soap - was charged following an incident in Knutsford, Cheshire, on March 10.

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Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, 2nd left, looks up at one of his lawyers, Norbert Scharf, left, as he arrives in the regional court besides his lawyers in in Munich, Germany, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Ecclestone is charged with bribery and incitement to breach of trust "in an especially grave case" over a US$ 44 million payment to a German banker.

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Protesters from Al-Maymoun village block the Cairo-Beni Suef road and set tyres on fire in protest against the detention of ten villagers for alleged Brotherhood membership on April 24, 2014 in Beni Suef, Egypt.

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US President Barack Obama (2nd L) watches a horseback archery demonstration at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. Obama earlier vowed to defend Japan if China attacks over a tense territorial dispute, but also urged Beijing to help stop North Korea from forging ahead with its 'dangerous' nuclear programme.

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Sister Amelia from the Daughters of Charity stands in front of the altar where the bloodstained undershirt worn by Pope John Paul II during the assassination attempt on May, 13, 1981, is kept, in Rome

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US President Barack Obama (L) stops a football that was kicked to him by humanoid robot ASIMO, an acronym for Advanced Step in Innovative MObility, as he tours the Miraikan Science Expo in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. Obama earlier vowed to defend Japan if China attacks over a tense territorial dispute, but also urged Beijing to help stop North Korea from forging ahead with its 'dangerous' nuclear programme.

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Singer Fergie Duhamel attends the Brown Shoe Company Celebrates 100 Years on New York Stock Exchange event at 4 World Trade Center in New York City

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge plant a tree at the National Arboretum on April 24, 2014 in Canberra, Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are on a three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand, the first official trip overseas with their son, Prince George of Cambridge.

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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (C) and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (R) sign the visitors book as Katy Gallagher, Chief Minister of the Capital Territory (L) looks on during a visit to National Arboretum.

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Divers look for people believed to have been trapped in the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea.

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Consumer advocate Erin Brockovich addresses a rally against the federal government's support for what they say is a known polluter on Capitol Hill.

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Wimbledon champion Andy Murray makes an emotional speech during the presentation of the Freedom of Stirling, presented to him at a special council meeting at his old school, Dunblane High, in his home town this morning.