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Desertic landscape near Elim Dune, Sossusvlei, Namibia

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English : Desertic landscape near Elim Dune, Sossusvlei, Namibia

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English : Filipino food preparation using different cuts of pork. Today, 1 March, is National Pig Day in the USA.

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Office building of the LBS in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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English : Chicago, USA

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Wayang kulit performance by dalang, a form of puppet shadow play originated from the Indonesian island of Java

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English : Wayang kulit performance by dalang, a form of puppet shadow play originated from the Indonesian island of Java

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English : Broke in China is a 1927 American comical short directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Ben Turpin.
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Male African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) in Kakum National Park, Ghana. Ghana gained independence from the UK on 6 March 1957.

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English : Male African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) in Kakum National Park, Ghana. Ghana gained independence from the UK on 6 March 1957.

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English : Dagomba dance in Ghana

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A dhole (Cuon alpinus) with prey and a Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) in Thailand

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English : A dhole (Cuon alpinus) with prey and a Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) in Thailand

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English : Aerial views of Shoalhaven Heads, Australia

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Woman reading a book in the light from a stained glass window in the Winter prayer hall of Nasir-ol-molk Mosque (Rangha Mosque). Today is International Women's Day.

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English : Woman reading a book in the light from a stained glass window in the Winter prayer hall of Nasir-ol-molk Mosque (Rangha Mosque). Today is International Women's Day.

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Inconspicuous white scented little flowers of the Sarcococca hookeriana. Focus stack of 44 photos.

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English : Inconspicuous white scented little flowers of the Sarcococca hookeriana. Focus stack of 44 photos.

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English : Putting Pants on Philip, directed by Clyde Bruckman, is a 1927 short starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

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Château de Chillon (Switzerland) and Dents du Midi at nightfall

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English : Let's Go is a 1923 American silent action film directed by William K. Howard and starring Richard Talmadge, Eileen Percy, and Tully Marshall.

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Dead Tree in Sea of Life is an installation artwork from 2017 by Amiram Dora, a travel guide from the nearby city Arad. The work consists of a tree planted on a salt pile in the Dead Sea.

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English : Dead Tree in Sea of Life is an installation artwork from 2017 by Amiram Dora, a travel guide from the nearby city Arad. The work consists of a tree planted on a salt pile in the Dead Sea.

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English : Drifting is a 1923 silent drama film by Tod Browning starring Priscilla Dean, Wallace Beery, and Anna Mae Wong.

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Mountain tour of Guarda, Switzerland via Ftan to the Chanoua ruin in Scuol

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English : Russian military helicopter ZSU shot down over Kyiv Reservoir and later pulled out of water. Ukraine.

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Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) during the golden hour. Chobe National Park, Botswana.

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English : The Little Shop of Horrors, 1960 American horror comedy film

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Rough-sawn cut surface of a cherry wood board

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English : The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) is launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on December 15 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Center-4 East. SWOT is the first satellite mission that will observe nearly all water on Earth’s surface, measuring the height of water in the planet’s lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the ocean. The mission is a collaboration between NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the UK Space Agency.

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The 3rd reading room of the Russian State Library in Moscow

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English : 7th Heaven, 1927 American silent romantic drama

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One of the pediments of the Orangerie Kassel, Germany

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English : Timelapse of the Plaza de la Constitución (Zócalo), Mexico City, Mexico.

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Royal pavilion in Phraya Nakhon Cave in Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand

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English : Fantasy festival in town Fquih Ben Salah, where people ride horses, fighting for the best group of horses in the entire region of Morocco

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07R01 IF Amplifier/Demodulator Integrated Circuit Motorola GM350 transceiver

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English : Surah Ibrahim intonated by Umm Kulthum in 1945

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Cloud gliding (advection fog) in Makhtesh Ramon, world's largest "erosion cirque" (steephead valley or box canyons), in Israel. Taken with a drone camera.

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English : Cloud gliding (advection fog) in Makhtesh Ramon, world's largest "erosion cirque" (steephead valley or box canyons), in Israel. Taken with a drone camera.

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The breakdown of protein molecules into fragments leads to their crystallization and the appearance of complex structures in the drop.

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English : The breakdown of protein molecules into fragments leads to their crystallization and the appearance of complex structures in the drop.

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English : Three Ages, 1923 American silent film

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Introverted Millipede (Diplopoda). The animal on the left side is a member of a species of Julus, its body is composed of hard, interlocking, sliding parts. The other one on the right side is a member of a species of Polydesmus; it has a pair of defensive glands on each segment on its back. The photograph was taken by the scanning electron microscope with 70 times magnification and has been colored in Adobe Photoshop.

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English : Introverted Millipede (Diplopoda). The animal on the left side is a member of a species of Julus, its body is composed of hard, interlocking, sliding parts. The other one on the right side is a member of a species of Polydesmus; it has a pair of defensive glands on each segment on its back. The photograph was taken by the scanning electron microscope with 70 times magnification and has been colored in Adobe Photoshop.

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English : Workers of State Emergency Service of Ukraine dismantle damaged constructions of residential building in Kharkiv (Northern Saltivka) after Russian shelling, Ukraine.

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Wanha Satama in Katajanokka, Helsinki.

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English : Mr. Wu is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh and starrring Lon Chaney.

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Male blue-legged chameleon (Calumma crypticum) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. 29 March is Martyr’s day in Madagascar, commemorating the Malagasy Uprising in 1947.

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English : Male blue-legged chameleon (Calumma crypticum) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. 29 March is Martyr’s day in Madagascar, commemorating the Malagasy Uprising in 1947.

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English : Recovery of Human Remains course at the Anthropology Research Facility in Knoxville, USA

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Old wooden bridge and Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Church in Leshino, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

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