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 Exemplar of Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Okavango Delta, Botswana. Change image |
English : Exemplar of Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Okavango Delta, Botswana.
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English : Beksan Nir Corona, a dance about COVID-19 prevention performed at Keraton Yogyakarta.
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 The Great Belt Bridge (Eastern Bridge), Denmark, at sunset. Change image |
English : The Great Belt Bridge (Eastern Bridge), Denmark, at sunset.
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 The "Kimono Forest" at night, a collection of 600 kimono gowns wrapped around poles with LED lighting inside, Arashiyama Station (Keifuku), Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan, decoration project developed by the interior designer Yasumichi Morita. The "Kimono Forest" consists of pieces of textile dyed in the Kyo-yuzen style, covered with acrylic fiber and shaped like 2-meter tall cylindrical poles installed around the station and the railway tracks. Change image |
English : The "Kimono Forest" at night, a collection of 600 kimono gowns wrapped around poles with LED lighting inside, Arashiyama Station (Keifuku), Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan, decoration project developed by the interior designer Yasumichi Morita. The "Kimono Forest" consists of pieces of textile dyed in the Kyo-yuzen style, covered with acrylic fiber and shaped like 2-meter tall cylindrical poles installed around the station and the railway tracks.
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 Law Courts during blue hour, Christchurch, New Zealand Change image |
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English : Southern mammoth (Archidiskodon meridionalis) digital-mural with illumination by Dmitry Levochkin in Solnechnodolsk at night.
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English : Typhoon Mangkhut brought stormy weather to Hong Kong in 2018
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 Alta Murgia National Park, Italy. Change image |
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English : The Atomic Bomb, by Rebecca Pate and Evan Mickey.
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 Expressionist Poster for the exhibition for the artists' group "Die Brücke" at the Arnold Gallery Dresden by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910. Change image |
English : Expressionist Poster for the exhibition for the artists' group "Die Brücke" at the Arnold Gallery Dresden by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910.
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English : Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Note, Forward and Reply to Critics. LibriVox recording by Michele Fry.
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 A windmill in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran. Change image |
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English : Award of the Max Beckmann Prize, one of the most prestigious art prizes in Germany, to Valie Export, an Austrian multimedia artist, in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt.
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 Sent (German: Sins ) a place in the Swiss canton Graubünden Wooden door of the Reformierte Kirche Sent. (Detail). Change image |
English : Sent (German: Sins ) a place in the Swiss canton Graubünden Wooden door of the Reformierte Kirche Sent. (Detail).
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 Slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei), Ivory Coast of Sviatoslav National Nature Park, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. Change image |
English : Slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei), Ivory Coast of Sviatoslav National Nature Park, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine.
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English : Les Effarés, by Arthur Rimbaud, in French. LibriVox recording by Ezwa.
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English : Robin Williams (1951–2014)
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 View from the southeast of Marienburg Castle, Germany. In the autumnal evening light, the treetops on the Marienberg shine against the slightly overcast sky. Change image |
English : View from the southeast of Marienburg Castle, Germany. In the autumnal evening light, the treetops on the Marienberg shine against the slightly overcast sky.
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English : Getting Old Blues, by Lucille Hegamin & Her Blue Flame Syncopators.
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 A lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) foraging in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. They are wading birds in the sandpiper family which prefer marshy environments, and are found throughout North and South America. Change image |
English : A lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) foraging in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. They are wading birds in the sandpiper family which prefer marshy environments, and are found throughout North and South America.
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English : 2015 Tianjin explosions caused extensive damage.
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 Tomb of Mirza Isa Khan Tarkhan at the Makli Necropolis (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Pakistan. Change image |
English : Tomb of Mirza Isa Khan Tarkhan at the Makli Necropolis (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Pakistan.
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English : Igor Kurchatov and atoms digital-mural by Dmitry Levochkin in Chelyabinsk. Quote: "Human life is not eternal, but science and knowledge cross the threshold of centuries."
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 Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) female, Kanha National Park, India. Today is Independence Day in India. 75 years since Independence from the United Kingdom in 1947. Change image |
English : Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) female, Kanha National Park, India. Today is Independence Day in India. 75 years since Independence from the United Kingdom in 1947.
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 HDR panoramic view of approx. 180 degrees during sunset of Dasht-e Loot, in English "Emptiness desert", located in the provinces of Kerman and Sistan-Baluchistan, Iran. This place is pretty special for being the spot on the Earth where the highest temperature was ever measured (70 °C or 159 °F) and since July 2016 a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Change image |
English : HDR panoramic view of approx. 180 degrees during sunset of Dasht-e Loot, in English "Emptiness desert", located in the provinces of Kerman and Sistan-Baluchistan, Iran. This place is pretty special for being the spot on the Earth where the highest temperature was ever measured (70 °C or 159 °F) and since July 2016 a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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English : The Cook is a 1918 silent slapstick short by Fatty Arbuckle, starring himself and Buster Keaton, with a famous spoof of Theda Bara in Cleopatra.
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 Volvo PV544 B18 (built in 1961) in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
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English : Jean Racine drawn by his son Jean-Baptiste around 1700.
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 Ardabil Carpet (1539-40 CE) is the world's oldest dated carpet Change image |
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English : Le Horla, by Guy de Maupassant, in French. LibriVox recording by Naf. Probably the most famous of Maupassant's short stories.
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 Flower buds of a Hosta 'June'. Focus stack of 9 photos. Change image |
English : Flower buds of a Hosta 'June'. Focus stack of 9 photos.
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English : The Gown Shop is a 1923 American slapstick short by Larry Semon starring himself and Oliver Hardy.
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 Ehrenberg Castle in Bad Rappenau, Germany. Change image |
English : Ehrenberg Castle in Bad Rappenau, Germany.
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English : 1968, the Prague Spring. Conference by Justine Faure, IEP Strasbourg lecturer. On August 20th 1968, Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring.
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 A close-up image of the surface of a soap bubble. The image reveals "lipid islands" of soap floating on a very thin film of water. The film on which the soap floats is so thin that it does not interfere with the light hitting it, therefore allowing the light to pass through. This creates an appearance of a black abyss. Magnification x250. Change image |
English : A close-up image of the surface of a soap bubble. The image reveals "lipid islands" of soap floating on a very thin film of water. The film on which the soap floats is so thin that it does not interfere with the light hitting it, therefore allowing the light to pass through. This creates an appearance of a black abyss. Magnification x250.
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English : Perryville was a quiet Missouri town, home to roughly 8,400 people. Off the beaten path, and kind of in the middle of nowhere, it became a popular destination for the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017.
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 The Blue Mosque is a historic mosque in Tabriz, Iran. The mosque was constructed in 1465 upon the order of Jahan Shah, the ruler of Kara Koyunlu. Change image |
English : The Blue Mosque is a historic mosque in Tabriz, Iran. The mosque was constructed in 1465 upon the order of Jahan Shah, the ruler of Kara Koyunlu.
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English : On February 17, 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross was created. However, it was four years earlier, during the battle of Solferino, that a page was turned in the history of humanity.
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 Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, viewed from Governors Island. A fishing boat sits in the foreground, in New York Harbor. Prominent landmarks like One World Trade Center, 1 New York Plaza, and Battery Park are visible (see labels). Change image |
English : Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, viewed from Governors Island. A fishing boat sits in the foreground, in New York Harbor. Prominent landmarks like One World Trade Center, 1 New York Plaza, and Battery Park are visible (see labels).
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English : A Guide to Health, by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. LibriVox recording by Phil Chenevert. Part 1, Chapter I. The Meaning of Health.
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 Resurrection Church in Sloviansk, Ukraine. Today is the Independence Day of Ukraine. Change image |
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English : Histoires ou Contes du temps passé avec des moralités, by Charles Perrault, in French. LibriVox recordings by Ezwa. Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood).
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 Dayr-e Gachin is one of the greatest caravansarais of Iran which is located in the center of Kavir National Park. It also called “Mother of Iranian Caravansarais”. Dayr-e Gachin is located in the Central District of Qom province, Iran. Change image |
English : Dayr-e Gachin is one of the greatest caravansarais of Iran which is located in the center of Kavir National Park. It also called “Mother of Iranian Caravansarais”. Dayr-e Gachin is located in the Central District of Qom province, Iran.
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English : Reflecting the growing importance of the rice sector in Ghana, the First National Rice Festival was organized in Accra, 7-9 November 2012, by the Ghana Rice Inter-Professional Body (GRIB) under the theme "Growing a vibrant rice industry through public-private partnership for food security."
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 White-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides), Linyanti River, Namibia. Today is Heroes’ Day in Namibia. It commemorates the Namibian War of Independence which began on 26 August 1966 at Omugulugwombashe. Change image |
English : White-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides), Linyanti River, Namibia. Today is Heroes’ Day in Namibia. It commemorates the Namibian War of Independence which began on 26 August 1966 at Omugulugwombashe.
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English : The principles of international humanitarian law
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 A male rose-myrtle lappet moth (Trabala vishnou guttata) from Shoushan, Taiwan, demonstrating the characteristic resting wing posture of the lappet moth family. Change image |
English : A male rose-myrtle lappet moth (Trabala vishnou guttata) from Shoushan, Taiwan, demonstrating the characteristic resting wing posture of the lappet moth family.
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English : Montage of audiovisual documentary of indigenous languages in Cross River State, South-South, Nigeria, for the International Day of the World's indigenous people 2022.
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 Purple Iris (Iris versicolor) in a garden in Bamberg, Germany. Change image |
English : Purple Iris (Iris versicolor) in a garden in Bamberg, Germany.
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English : The International. Lansbury's Labour Weekly released a series of gramaphone records of left-wing songs and speeches from 1926.
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 Maxima clam (Tridacna maxima), Temple, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Change image |
English : Maxima clam (Tridacna maxima), Temple, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
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English : The Musketeers of Pig Alley is a 1912 silent short directed by D. W. Griffith, written by Griffith and Anita Loos, and considered to be one of the first gangster movies.
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English : Franz Schubert's G major and B b major piano sonatas. Tracks 1-4 G major, remaining Bb major.
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 A fire extinguisher on the wall in the hallway of the historical Mahlmühle (gristmill) from Weipertshofen in the Hohenlohe open-air museum at Wackershofen near Schwäbisch Hall, Germany. Change image |
English : A fire extinguisher on the wall in the hallway of the historical Mahlmühle (gristmill) from Weipertshofen in the Hohenlohe open-air museum at Wackershofen near Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.
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