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30 April 2016

  • 15:06, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Australasian darter
  • 03:21, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Mask of Agamemnon

29 April 2016

  • 15:36, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Long-nosed bandicoot
  • 03:51, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Walt McDougall

28 April 2016

  • 11:06, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Jami Masjid Complex, Khambhat

27 April 2016

  • 22:51, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 
A refurbished Kawasaki C151 train
  • 10:36, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Charlie Applewhite

26 April 2016

  • 22:21, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
 
McBride Creek bridge
  • 10:06, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
 
A clam dip with various dipping foods

25 April 2016

  • 21:51, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Raymond Cazallis Davis


  • 09:36, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Detail of Yokoyama Taikan's 40m scroll Metempsychosis

24 April 2016

  • 21:21, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Guan Zilan
  • 09:06, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Community Transit double-decker bus in Downtown Seattle

23 April 2016

  • 11:10, 23 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Sha Fei's photo of the Eighth Route Army cavalry in 1937

22 April 2016

  • 22:55, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
 
White House Passover Seder, 2011
  • 10:00, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Colonel Johnson

21 April 2016

  • 21:45, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Catherine Zeta-Jones
  • 09:30, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
 
The Ten-Faced Samantabhadra stupa

20 April 2016

  • 21:15, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Flag of South Africa between 1928 and 1994
  • 09:00, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Camaron rebosado being fried

19 April 2016

  • 20:45, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Ulupi with Arjuna
  • 06:20, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Newcastle Emlyn Castle

18 April 2016

  • 17:15, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Margaret Sanger
  • 05:30, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
 
The Ninth Wave (1850) by Ivan Aivazovsky

17 April 2016

  • 17:45, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Peniel Chapel
  • 06:00, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Peter Maxwell Davies in 2012

16 April 2016

  • 12:10, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Stroganina being sliced
  • 00:00, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
 
An older Elizabeth playing with her blind father

15 April 2016

  • 12:10, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Old College
  • 00:25, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Antlion pit trap

14 April 2016

  • 12:40, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Head of the Croatian Apoxyomenos
  • 00:00, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Lord Baltimore penny

13 April 2016

  • 12:00, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Tessie Reynolds cycling in her rational outfit
  • 00:00, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
[[File:|120x133px|Tasmanian laurel flower head ]]
Tasmanian laurel flower head

12 April 2016

  • 12:00, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
 
St Mellons Church
  • 00:00, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Welsh Mountain sheep

11 April 2016

  • 12:10, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Bai Yang
  • 00:25, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 
The U.S. Marine Band

10 April 2016

  • 12:40, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Charles I of Hungary
  • 00:55, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Hong Kong rose

9 April 2016

  • 13:10, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
 
West gate of the Vizianagaram fort
  • 01:25, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Higginbotham with Gibraltar in 2014

8 April 2016

  • 13:40, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Maison Carrée in Nîmes, one of the best preserved Roman temples
  • 01:55, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Diesel rail car in Onverwacht

7 April 2016

  • 14:10, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Chief of Staff Ali Abu Nuwar, 1956
  • 00:01, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Cobbles on a beach

6 April 2016

  • 12:16, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Courtenay Gate in Hove, pictured in 2007
  • 00:31, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Hoverfly

5 April 2016

  • 09:06, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
[[File:|120x133px|Josh Reaume ]]
Josh Reaume

4 April 2016

  • 20:51, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Pine Tree and Chrysanthemums by Chen Shu


  • 00:00, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Ned Garvin

3 April 2016

  • 12:00, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 
A bean dip
  • 00:00, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Bridge for Laboratory Sciences

2 April 2016

  • 12:00, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Dancing Shiva at Badami cave 1
  • 00:00, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 
A Tyrannosaurus

1 April 2016

  • 16:00, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 
John Cena
  • 08:00, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 
The monster
  • 00:00, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 
Ferruccio Busoni in 1877