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English : Sanaa's Nostalgia, a Yemeni Sanaani song performed by Hussein Moheb. Today is the Yemeni Song Day
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 Portrait of the wild lion (Panthera leo) Tryggve, son of C-Boy, in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Change image |
English : Portrait of the wild lion (Panthera leo) Tryggve, son of C-Boy, in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
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English : This video was recorded by Guillem Belmar in the Netherlands and features Bildts speaker Anna Leijstra. Hailing from a varied background, Bildts is considered a dialect of Dutch hybridized with West Frisian, and regional to the province of Friesland.
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 Apse of the higher church in the Royal Monastery of San Juan de la Peña, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. It was one of the most important monasteries in Aragon in the Middle Ages. Its two-level church is partially carved in the stone of the great cliff that overhangs the foundation. San Juan de la Peña means "Saint John of the Cliff". The lower church includes some mozarabic architectural surviving elements, although most of the parts of the monastery (including the impressive cloister, under the great rock) are Romanesque. After the fire of 1675, a new monastery was built. The old monastery (built in 920) was declared a National Monument on 13 July 1889, and the new monastery in 1923. Change image |
English : Apse of the higher church in the Royal Monastery of San Juan de la Peña, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. It was one of the most important monasteries in Aragon in the Middle Ages. Its two-level church is partially carved in the stone of the great cliff that overhangs the foundation. San Juan de la Peña means "Saint John of the Cliff". The lower church includes some mozarabic architectural surviving elements, although most of the parts of the monastery (including the impressive cloister, under the great rock) are Romanesque. After the fire of 1675, a new monastery was built. The old monastery (built in 920) was declared a National Monument on 13 July 1889, and the new monastery in 1923.
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,_Port_Campbell_National_Park,_Twelve_Apostles_--_2019_--_0930.jpg) Twelve Apostles at Port Campbell National Park, Princetown, Victoria, Australia Change image |
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English : 200, a short film directed by Vince Collins, made in honor of the United States Bicentennial in 1975.
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_male_ringed_Malta.jpg) Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) male ringed, Għadira Nature Reserve, Malta. Bird ringing is a vital activity that helps protect birds. In Malta, birds are humanely caught in mist nets which are checked every ten minutes. Each bird is ringed and weighed before being released. About 10% are retraps (i.e. they have been ringed before). The programme is carried on by BirdLife Malta. Ringing has shown that birds from at least 48 countries use Malta during migration. Unfortunately, Malta has the densest population of bird hunters in the European Union. The high numbers of wild birds illegally shot in Malta has led to the European Commission taking legal infringement proceedings against the Maltese Government over Article 5 of the Birds Directive. Change image |
English : Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) male ringed, Għadira Nature Reserve, Malta. Bird ringing is a vital activity that helps protect birds. In Malta, birds are humanely caught in mist nets which are checked every ten minutes. Each bird is ringed and weighed before being released. About 10% are retraps (i.e. they have been ringed before). The programme is carried on by BirdLife Malta.
Ringing has shown that birds from at least 48 countries use Malta during migration. Unfortunately, Malta has the densest population of bird hunters in the European Union. The high numbers of wild birds illegally shot in Malta has led to the European Commission taking legal infringement proceedings against the Maltese Government over Article 5 of the Birds Directive. |
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 Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama, is the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. In 1959, he escaped from Tibet to India following the Tibetan uprising against Chinese occupation of Tibet, and established the Tibetan government-in-exile, which continues to function in Dharamsala, India, where he resides. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. Today is his 90th birthday. Change image |
English : Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama, is the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. In 1959, he escaped from Tibet to India following the Tibetan uprising against Chinese occupation of Tibet, and established the Tibetan government-in-exile, which continues to function in Dharamsala, India, where he resides. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. Today is his 90th birthday.
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English : Experiment showing a direct synthesis of aluminium iodide from a homogenised mixture of aluminium powder and powdered iodine with only some drops of water as starter. The purple vapours are due to evaporation of iodine as a consequence of increased temperature of the system, and the brown ones are probably due to smoke of an adduct of the reaction product with excess of iodine.
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English : In this new Hubblecast episode, Dr. J guides us through the second chapter of Eyes on the Skies, the International Astronomical Union's official movie celebrating the telescope on its 400th anniversary in 2009.
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 Statue of a saint, placed above the facade of the St. Anthony Cathedral of Breda, in the Netherlands. In her left hand she holds a cross and in her right hand a ciborium (host chalice). Above the chalice floats a radiant host, a prominent expression of regained Catholic pride. Below the statue is written: "A.D. MDCCCXXXVII", Anno Domini 1837, the year the cathedral was built. Change image |
English : Statue of a saint, placed above the facade of the St. Anthony Cathedral of Breda, in the Netherlands. In her left hand she holds a cross and in her right hand a ciborium (host chalice). Above the chalice floats a radiant host, a prominent expression of regained Catholic pride. Below the statue is written: "A.D. MDCCCXXXVII", Anno Domini 1837, the year the cathedral was built.
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English : Making a Living, a 1914 one-reel comedy short, is the first film starring Charlie Chaplin.
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.jpg) Rifling of a M75 cannon (year 1891, Austro-Hungarian). Exposition of Ljubljana Castle (Ljubljana, Slovenia). The photo was made by macro stacking of 43 pictures Change image |
English : Rifling of a M75 cannon (year 1891, Austro-Hungarian). Exposition of Ljubljana Castle (Ljubljana, Slovenia). The photo was made by macro stacking of 43 pictures
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English : Mani Rimdu is a 19-day festival celebrated by Buddhists in the Everest region of Nepal to mark the founding of Buddhism by Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava. The Mani-rimdu festival consists of a series of thirteen acts involving various elements of religious ceremonialism, dance and drama. A huge crowd of Lamas and Sherpa meet at the monastery. They enjoy the festival with masked/without mask dances, prayers and feasts. This video was captured at Tengboche Monastery, Everest region, Nepal.
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 Saint Anne, an 8th or 9th century Makurian wall painting, painted al secco with tempera on plaster, found at the Faras Cathedral within old Nubia in present-day Sudan. Change image |
English : Saint Anne, an 8th or 9th century Makurian wall painting, painted al secco with tempera on plaster, found at the Faras Cathedral within old Nubia in present-day Sudan.
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English : Drawing from his international bestseller, The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, William Dalrymple tells the remarkable story of the East India Company, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.
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 Soba noodles deliveryman in Tokyo, 1935. Photo by the Mainichi Shimbun. Piles of soba bowls were packed on the shoulders of bicycle couriers. Change image |
English : Soba noodles deliveryman in Tokyo, 1935. Photo by the Mainichi Shimbun. Piles of soba bowls were packed on the shoulders of bicycle couriers.
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English : A railway track laying machine in action
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English : A dragon blood tree (Dracaena cinnabari) in the Diksam Plateau, on the island of Socotra, Yemen.
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English : Julia Crick examines two manuscripts that show Norman and English collaboration after the events of 1066.
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._10-08-2023._(actm.)_02.jpg) Seed pods of Heracleum sphondylium. Focus stack of 89 photos. Change image |
English : Seed pods of Heracleum sphondylium. Focus stack of 89 photos.
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English : A common blackbird (Turdus merula) gorging himself with figs. Observed near Toulouse (Southwestern France).
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 A cavalryman of the French Republican Guard during the Bastille Day military parade. This regiment is responsible for special security duties in Paris (including guarding important public buildings) and for providing guards of honour at official ceremonies. Change image |
English : A cavalryman of the French Republican Guard during the Bastille Day military parade. This regiment is responsible for special security duties in Paris (including guarding important public buildings) and for providing guards of honour at official ceremonies.
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,_Cabo_de_Palos,_España,_2022-07-16,_DD_72.jpg) Pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea), Cape Palos, region of Murcia, Spain. This species of stingray has a worldwide distribution in waters warmer than 19 °C (66 °F), and migrates seasonally to spend the summer closer to the continental shelf and at higher latitudes. The only stingray that almost exclusively inhabits the open ocean, this species is typically found in surface waters down to a depth of 100 m (330 ft). The pelagic stingray typically grows to 1.3 m (4.3 ft) long and 59 cm (23 in) across. It's an active predator that captures prey by wrapping its pectoral fins around it, before manipulating it to the mouth. A wide variety of organisms are represented in its diet: crustaceans, molluscs, bony fishes, sea horses and filefish, comb jellies and medusae, and polychaete worms. Change image |
English : Pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea), Cape Palos, region of Murcia, Spain. This species of stingray has a worldwide distribution in waters warmer than 19 °C (66 °F), and migrates seasonally to spend the summer closer to the continental shelf and at higher latitudes. The only stingray that almost exclusively inhabits the open ocean, this species is typically found in surface waters down to a depth of 100 m (330 ft). The pelagic stingray typically grows to 1.3 m (4.3 ft) long and 59 cm (23 in) across. It's an active predator that captures prey by wrapping its pectoral fins around it, before manipulating it to the mouth. A wide variety of organisms are represented in its diet: crustaceans, molluscs, bony fishes, sea horses and filefish, comb jellies and medusae, and polychaete worms.
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English : Folk Amateur Choir "Zorya named after V. Plyutynsky", Rivne Oblast, Ukraine.
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 Audi Sport quattro concept at Frankfurt Motor Show 2013 in Frankfurt, Germany. The company was founded on this day 116 years ago. Change image |
English : Audi Sport quattro concept at Frankfurt Motor Show 2013 in Frankfurt, Germany. The company was founded on this day 116 years ago.
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English : Trinity was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army as part of the Manhattan Project, on July 16, 1945, which is 80 years ago from today.
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_Kruger.jpg) Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), Kruger National Park, South Africa. Identified as Tatiana, female, six years old. Change image |
English : Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), Kruger National Park, South Africa. Identified as Tatiana, female, six years old.
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English : July 1945 in Berlin, Germany, after the destructions of World War II: Trümmerfrauen (“rubble women”) at work. Recording of a member of the Special Film Project 186, then a section of the United States Army Air Forces.
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English : Lanterns on the forecourt of the pier at sunset, Kühlungsborn, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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 STS-135 final flyaround of ISS This picture of the International Space Station was photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis as the orbiting complex and the shuttle performed their relative separation in the early hours of July 19, 2011. Onboard the station were Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 28 commander; Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev, both flight engineers; Japan Aerospace Exploration astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan, all flight engineers. Onboard the shuttle were NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; and Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists. Change image |
English : STS-135 final flyaround of ISS
This picture of the International Space Station was photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis as the orbiting complex and the shuttle performed their relative separation in the early hours of July 19, 2011. Onboard the station were Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 28 commander; Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev, both flight engineers; Japan Aerospace Exploration astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan, all flight engineers. Onboard the shuttle were NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; and Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists. |
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English : Part one of a series about the Mannan tribe, a unique community that has preserved its identity in the forests of Kerala’s Western Ghats in India.
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_Goaiïngarypster_Puollen_(d.j.b.)_20.jpg) Goëngarijpsterpoelen (Frysk), or Goaiïngarypster Puollen. View of the lake from Heerenzijl. The first rays of sunshine in the morning dispel the mist, and shine on the trees and the reeds. Change image |
English : Goëngarijpsterpoelen (Frysk), or Goaiïngarypster Puollen. View of the lake from Heerenzijl. The first rays of sunshine in the morning dispel the mist, and shine on the trees and the reeds.
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English : Part two of a series about the Mannan tribe, a unique community that has preserved its identity in the forests of Kerala’s Western Ghats in India.
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English : Part three of a series about the Mannan tribe, a unique community that has preserved its identity in the forests of Kerala’s Western Ghats in India.
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 An Airstream Safari trailer in Joshua Tree National Park at dusk. Airstream founder Wally Byam died on this day in 1962. Change image |
English : An Airstream Safari trailer in Joshua Tree National Park at dusk. Airstream founder Wally Byam died on this day in 1962.
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 The stairs of the observation tower Alpenblick in Ulrichsberg, Upper Austria, seen from the basement of the tower. Change image |
English : The stairs of the observation tower Alpenblick in Ulrichsberg, Upper Austria, seen from the basement of the tower.
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 Composite image of Ganymede, the largest and most massive moon of Jupiter, taken by the Juno spacecraft on this day in 2021. Change image |
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.jpg) Today is the Feast of Saint James, a day of celebration in the heart of Cesenatico (Italy), with the Leonardo's Canal Port containing its characteristic historical boats. Change image |
English : Today is the Feast of Saint James, a day of celebration in the heart of Cesenatico (Italy), with the Leonardo's Canal Port containing its characteristic historical boats.
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 Winter Angelus Hut with Angelus Lake behind it. In the clouds, no name peak (1860m) can be seen. Picture taken during the sunset. Nelson Lakes National Park, New Zealand Change image |
English : Winter Angelus Hut with Angelus Lake behind it. In the clouds, no name peak (1860m) can be seen. Picture taken during the sunset. Nelson Lakes National Park, New Zealand
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English : Drone flight over a part of Providence, Rhode Island on 29th March, 2025.
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English : Time-lapse video of a Cape Sundew (Drosera capensis) eating a fruit fly. This scene was about 4 hours in real-time.
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 Photo through a microscope of crystals growing from melted sulfur. Polarized light technology. Magnification x10. Change image |
English : Photo through a microscope of crystals growing from melted sulfur. Polarized light technology. Magnification x10.
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 Portas da Cidade, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. Change image |
English : Portas da Cidade, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.
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 Vertical panorama of the Milky Way during Perseids photographed from Oeschinen Lake with water reflections Change image |
English : Vertical panorama of the Milky Way during Perseids photographed from Oeschinen Lake with water reflections
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English : American woodcocks strut by shifting weight from one foot to the other and bobbing their heads in sync.
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 Triumph of St. Ignatius of Loyola by Andrea Pozzo, celebrates the work of Ignatius of Loyola and the Society of Jesus in the world by depicting the saint welcomed into paradise by Christ and surrounded by allegorical representations of the four continents. The trompe-l'œil fresco adorns the flat ceiling of the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola at Campus Martius. Today is Ignatius of Loyola's feast day. Change image |
English : Triumph of St. Ignatius of Loyola by Andrea Pozzo, celebrates the work of Ignatius of Loyola and the Society of Jesus in the world by depicting the saint welcomed into paradise by Christ and surrounded by allegorical representations of the four continents. The trompe-l'œil fresco adorns the flat ceiling of the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola at Campus Martius. Today is Ignatius of Loyola's feast day.
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