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The installation "Tusch" by Nevin Aladağ. Today is the UNESCO International World Art Day. +/− [en]
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 The Pillars of Creation captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the first photo taken of this structure. Change image |
English : The Pillars of Creation captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the first photo taken of this structure.
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 Central Berlin (Berlin-Mitte) seen from Fischerinsel Change image |
English : Central Berlin (Berlin-Mitte) seen from Fischerinsel
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 Landscape of Pitigliano, Tuscany Change image |
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_male.jpg) Male Chocó grasshopper (Opaon varicolor). A wingless short-horned grasshopper endemic to the Andes in Colombia. Change image |
English : Male Chocó grasshopper (Opaon varicolor). A wingless short-horned grasshopper endemic to the Andes in Colombia.
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.jpg) Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, taken by William Gottlieb at the Downbeat Club, New York, 1947. Today, 110 years ago, she was born in Philadelphia. Change image |
English : Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, taken by William Gottlieb at the Downbeat Club, New York, 1947. Today, 110 years ago, she was born in Philadelphia.
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,_mar_Rojo,_Egipto,_2023-04-19,_DD_54.jpg) Portrait of a geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus), Red Sea, Egypt. This moray eel belongs to the family Muraenidae and is found throughout the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea at depths to 40 metres (130 ft). Its length is up to 65 centimetres (26 in). Change image |
English : Portrait of a geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus), Red Sea, Egypt. This moray eel belongs to the family Muraenidae and is found throughout the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea at depths to 40 metres (130 ft). Its length is up to 65 centimetres (26 in).
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_10-04-2024_(d.j.b.).jpg) Beautiful unfurling leaf of a Polystichum setiferum ('Herrenhausen'). Focus stack of 21 photos. Change image |
English : Beautiful unfurling leaf of a Polystichum setiferum ('Herrenhausen'). Focus stack of 21 photos.
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 The old Jewish cemetery near Waibstadt, Germany. The gravestones in this part date from the 19th century; the photo shows a typical section of that part of the cemetery. Change image |
English : The old Jewish cemetery near Waibstadt, Germany. The gravestones in this part date from the 19th century; the photo shows a typical section of that part of the cemetery.
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 Machu Picchu, Peru Change image |
English : Machu Picchu, Peru
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 A girl in Maracaibo selling goods for Palm Sunday observance. Today is Palm Sunday. Change image |
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 4"x3" slide depicting John Wilkes Booth leaning forward to shoot President Abraham Lincoln as he watches Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.. The assassination occurred on this date 160 years ago. Change image |
English : 4"x3" slide depicting John Wilkes Booth leaning forward to shoot President Abraham Lincoln as he watches Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.. The assassination occurred on this date 160 years ago.
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| The installation "Tusch" by Nevin Aladağ. Today is the UNESCO International World Art Day. Change image |
English : The installation "Tusch" by Nevin Aladağ. Today is the UNESCO International World Art Day.
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 The cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris (France) in 2015 during the golden hour. Change image |
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,_View_from_Kings_Park_--_2019_--_0525-30.jpg) View from Kings Park to the city of Perth, Western Australia, Australia Change image |
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.jpg) Passion of Jesus; sculpture of Crucifixion of Jesus observing Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus (known as Pietà). National Gallery of Slovenia. Today is Good Friday. Change image |
English : Passion of Jesus; sculpture of Crucifixion of Jesus observing Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus (known as Pietà). National Gallery of Slovenia. Today is Good Friday.
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.jpg) Helmstadt-Bargen, Germany: painted ceiling of the Roman Catholic Saint Peter and Paul Church, built in 1904 in Gothic Revival style. The central painting shows the Veil of Veronica and the Instruments of the passion; the angel at the bottom holds a banner saying “In the cross is salvation”. Change image |
English : Helmstadt-Bargen, Germany: painted ceiling of the Roman Catholic Saint Peter and Paul Church, built in 1904 in Gothic Revival style. The central painting shows the Veil of Veronica and the Instruments of the passion; the angel at the bottom holds a banner saying “In the cross is salvation”.
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,_mar_Rojo,_Egipto,_2023-04-18,_DD_22.jpg) Assasi triggerfish (Rhinecanthus assasi), Red Sea, Egypt. This species of triggerfish reaches up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long, which makes them of the smallest in the family. It is tan above and white below with blue stripes between and below the eyes. R. assassi mostly lives in or near coral reefs. It occurs in the western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. Change image |
English : Assasi triggerfish (Rhinecanthus assasi), Red Sea, Egypt. This species of triggerfish reaches up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long, which makes them of the smallest in the family. It is tan above and white below with blue stripes between and below the eyes. R. assassi mostly lives in or near coral reefs. It occurs in the western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.
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._14-05-2021_(actm.)_01.jpg) Flowers of a Lily of the valley Focus stack of 18 photos. Change image |
English : Flowers of a Lily of the valley Focus stack of 18 photos.
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 Interrupted Reading by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Today is World Book Day. Change image |
English : Interrupted Reading by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Today is World Book Day.
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English : An image of Saint Mark from Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne. Today is the Feast of Saint Mark.
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.jpg) Fog around Pico do Itaguaré (Itaguaré Peak) as seen from Pico dos Marins (Marins Peak) in the Mantiqueira Mountains, Minas Gerais–São Paulo border, Brazil. Change image |
English : Fog around Pico do Itaguaré (Itaguaré Peak) as seen from Pico dos Marins (Marins Peak) in the Mantiqueira Mountains, Minas Gerais–São Paulo border, Brazil.
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 Young boy feeding hay to a cow in a rice paddy field in Si Phan Don, Laos Change image |
English : Young boy feeding hay to a cow in a rice paddy field in Si Phan Don, Laos
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 The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a neutrino detector located at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. It was developed by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Change image |
English : The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a neutrino detector located at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. It was developed by the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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.jpg) Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Łazienki Park, Warsaw Change image |
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.jpg) Israeli chief of staff in a meeting in Northern Command, during Yom Kippur War. Today is Yom HaZikaron. Change image |
English : Israeli chief of staff in a meeting in Northern Command, during Yom Kippur War. Today is Yom HaZikaron.
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