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 View of the globe in the North Cape, Norway. The popular spot is the northernmost point in Europe that can be accessed by car. Change image |
English : View of the globe in the North Cape, Norway. The popular spot is the northernmost point in Europe that can be accessed by car.
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English : Short video about Karl Marx thought. Subtitles available.
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English : French National Women's Mountaineering Team in an expedition to Nepal.
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 View of the old Jewish cemetery near Hohebach, Dörzbach, Germany. Change image |
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English : Nanook of the North (1922) by Robert J. Flaherty
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 Marina on Portugal Avenue, Rio de Janeiro Change image |
English : Marina on Portugal Avenue, Rio de Janeiro
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English : The 2024 cycling tours are being prepared (Tour de France, Tour de France Femmes and Tour Alsace) (stop motion animation produced using DIY creations).
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 Easter breakfast (3 May 2021, Serbian cuisine); Easter eggs, Pepper salade with garlic, Rye bread (whole rye grains), Cinnamon cakes, main dish: eggs, cheese, ham, Horseradish, Scallions. Change image |
English : Easter breakfast (3 May 2021, Serbian cuisine); Easter eggs, Pepper salade with garlic, Rye bread (whole rye grains), Cinnamon cakes, main dish: eggs, cheese, ham, Horseradish, Scallions.
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English : Bohorodychne village in Donetsk region of Ukraine after fighting during Russian invasion. The village changed hands 14 times (source). Today is Easter, the biggest holiday of Eastern Christians.
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 Ribeiro do Cavalo beach Change image |
English : Ribeiro do Cavalo beach
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 The 15th arrondissement of Paris as seen from the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, shortly before sunset Change image |
English : The 15th arrondissement of Paris as seen from the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, shortly before sunset
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English : Removing our sea cocks on our Pearson 530.
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 The ceiling looking west from the octagon in Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England Change image |
English : The ceiling looking west from the octagon in Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England
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English : Katy Adelson's original song "Ghost Ship (Round)"
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 The House of Representatives of the Parliament House of Australia in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Parliament House opened on this day in 1988. Change image |
English : The House of Representatives of the Parliament House of Australia in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Parliament House opened on this day in 1988.
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 Windows of the town hall of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium Change image |
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English : Chinese migrant woman swam across Rio Grande from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, to the USA on 10 May 2023.
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 Kołobrzeg Lighthouse on the Polish Baltic coast Change image |
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English : The Time of Apollo, a NASA documentary about the Apollo program
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 Publicity studio photograph of Katharine Hepburn in 1941. She was born 117 years ago today in Hartford, Connecticut. Change image |
English : Publicity studio photograph of Katharine Hepburn in 1941. She was born 117 years ago today in Hartford, Connecticut.
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English : Documentary produced by the Scottish Parliament about the 20 years of the institution.
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 A view of a Christ Pantocrator in the dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Old City of Jerusalem, Israel. Change image |
English : A view of a Christ Pantocrator in the dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Old City of Jerusalem, Israel.
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English : Newspaper Train (1942) shows how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz in the United Kingdom, stressing the importance of an accurate and objective press on the home front.
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 A single flower bud of an Agapanthus 'White Heaven' Focus stack of 39 photos. Change image |
English : A single flower bud of an Agapanthus 'White Heaven' Focus stack of 39 photos.
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 The title of this stained glass window translates as "Example for Married People". Located in Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt (Nesselwängle, Austria), it depicts two saints who were a married couple, Maria Torribia and Isidore the Farmer. Today is their feast day. Change image |
English : The title of this stained glass window translates as "Example for Married People". Located in Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt (Nesselwängle, Austria), it depicts two saints who were a married couple, Maria Torribia and Isidore the Farmer. Today is their feast day.
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English : Views of Moscow, Russia on May 13, 2023 from Moscow Metro between Kolomenskaya and Tekhnopark stations. Nagatinsky Metro Bridge (0:27—1:23), Moskva river (0:45—1:08) and "Dream Island" (1:40—1:48) are seen in the video. Video is dedicated to the 89th anniversary of the opening of the Moscow Metro.
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 Detail of the sculpture “Silberne Frequenz” (Otto Piene, 1970/71, redesign 2012/14) at the LWL Museum for Art and Culture, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Detail of the sculpture “Silberne Frequenz” (Otto Piene, 1970/71, redesign 2012/14) at the LWL Museum for Art and Culture, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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English : An amateur rocket scientist describing the setup of a hybrid fuel rocket engine test at Amateur Experimental Rocketry, Dhaka, at American International University-Bangladesh
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 Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803 by French artist François Gérard. Napoleon became Emperor of the French the year following this painting, on 18 May 1804. Change image |
English : Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803 by French artist François Gérard. Napoleon became Emperor of the French the year following this painting, on 18 May 1804.
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English : In 1940 New Zealand was drowning in apples. The war meant export orders could not be shipped, so there were a million cases of excess export apples to be eaten domestically. The power of commercial radio was enlisted and this song, The New Zealand Apple Song written by Ivan Perrin, was the winner in a nationwide contest to find a song to promote apples – an early example of the power of a catchy jingle.
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 View of the Upper Belvedere Palace during the blue hour, Vienna, Austria. Change image |
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 Lukmanierpas Passo del Lucomagno. (Detail shelter near the pass). Change image |
English : Lukmanierpas Passo del Lucomagno. (Detail shelter near the pass).
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 The Opernpassage in Vienna, Austria Change image |
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English : Timelapse of the Starlink satellites passing through the Swiss night sky over Tschuggen, seen from Mürren. The Starlink satellite constellation is used to provide Internet access.
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 Uganda kobs mating at Queen Elizabeth National Park Change image |
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 Praying women in Nepal. Today is the Nepalese national holiday Buddha Purnima. Change image |
English : Praying women in Nepal. Today is the Nepalese national holiday Buddha Purnima.
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English : Electric train 81-7036/7037 at the Yaroslav Mudry station of the Kharkiv Metro, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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 Snowy Albatross (Diomedea exulans), East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia Change image |
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 The Kapellenberg with the Wurmlingen Chapel near Wurmlingen, Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany. Change image |
English : The Kapellenberg with the Wurmlingen Chapel near Wurmlingen, Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany.
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English : Brief observation of seals in their natural environment at Rauðisandur in Iceland with a drone flying from a safe distance. The drone appears to be closer than it really is as a digital zoom of 1.5x was applied in order to observe the seals without disturbing them.
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 Gazania krebsiana, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Change image |
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English : Drone flight around Babelsberg Palace in Potsdam, Germany
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 Sri Lankan worker with his coconut rope, made in a traditional way with old equipment Change image |
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English : Latvian express DMU DR1A-187 (following the route Daugavpils-Riga), departing from Daugavpils-Pass station (Latvia)
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 Juvenile American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) resting on an adult in Florida Change image |
English : Juvenile American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) resting on an adult in Florida
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English : Data visualisation in history – "Five graphs that changed the world" explanatory video by The Royal Society
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 View of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, from the south ridge of Mount Pumori, Nepal, Himalayas. The first documented ascent of Mount Everest was made on 29 May 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. Change image |
English : View of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, from the south ridge of Mount Pumori, Nepal, Himalayas. The first documented ascent of Mount Everest was made on 29 May 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary.
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 Detail of a monstrance once used for Eucharistic adoration on display at the Museum of Sacred Art of São Paulo. Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi. Change image |
English : Detail of a monstrance once used for Eucharistic adoration on display at the Museum of Sacred Art of São Paulo. Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi.
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 Interior of the Cathedral of Brasília, Brazil. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer and engineered by Joaquim Cardozo, the cathedral is a hyperboloid structure constructed from 16 concrete columns, weighing 90 tons each. Its construction was completed on this day in 1970. Change image |
English : Interior of the Cathedral of Brasília, Brazil. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer and engineered by Joaquim Cardozo, the cathedral is a hyperboloid structure constructed from 16 concrete columns, weighing 90 tons each. Its construction was completed on this day in 1970.
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