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15 March 2022 |
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Baby African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana), Kruger National Park, South Africa. +/− [en]
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English : Panoramic view of Noordhoek, a suburb of Cape Town with a population of ca. 32,000, South Africa.
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![]() Common blackbird (Turdus merula mauretanicus) female. Change image |
English : Common blackbird (Turdus merula mauretanicus) female.
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![]() Female scarlet darter dragonfly (Crocothemis erythraea) in Bulgaria. Today is Liberation Day in Bulgaria, celebrating independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1878. Change image |
English : Female scarlet darter dragonfly (Crocothemis erythraea) in Bulgaria. Today is Liberation Day in Bulgaria, celebrating independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1878.
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![]() View from McQueen Pass towards Lyttelton Harbour, Canterbury, New Zealand Change image |
English : View from McQueen Pass towards Lyttelton Harbour, Canterbury, New Zealand
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![]() Row of trees between fields in the Börnste hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Row of trees between fields in the Börnste hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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![]() A bridge reflected in the Canal du Midi in Villeneuve-lès-Béziers, France Change image |
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![]() Detail of the facade of the Palmsches Haus, an exemplary timber-framed house built in 1610 in Mosbach, Germany. Change image |
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![]() Afsluitdijk Monument and surroundings. Bollards in the IJsselmeer. Change image |
English : Afsluitdijk Monument and surroundings. Bollards in the IJsselmeer.
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![]() Snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal. Change image |
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![]() Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri, female) Change image |
English : Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri, female)
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![]() The modern skyline of Vilnius, Lithuania, as viewed at dusk from Gediminas' Tower looking north-west. Re-Establishment of Lithuania is celebrated on this day. Change image |
English : The modern skyline of Vilnius, Lithuania, as viewed at dusk from Gediminas' Tower looking north-west. Re-Establishment of Lithuania is celebrated on this day.
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English : A green heron (Butorides virescens) hunting for prey in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Stone bridge in Bardo, Poland Change image |
English : Stone bridge in Bardo, Poland
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English : Narcissus 'Ice Follies' blooms with creamy white flowers. The crown is wide and has a wavy edge.
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![]() Baby African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana), Kruger National Park, South Africa. Change image |
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![]() Piana, Southern Corsica, France : the Calanques of Piana. Change image |
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![]() Margherita Lambertini, first aid surgeon of the San Salvatore Hospital in Pesaro, Italy, at the end of her shift during the COVID-19 pandemic. 19 March 2020. Change image |
English : Margherita Lambertini, first aid surgeon of the San Salvatore Hospital in Pesaro, Italy, at the end of her shift during the COVID-19 pandemic. 19 March 2020.
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![]() Icy farm road and stream with trees near Merfeld in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
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![]() Cuckooflower or Lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis). Taken in Waldpark in Mannheim-Neckarau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Change image |
English : Cuckooflower or Lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis). Taken in Waldpark in Mannheim-Neckarau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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English : Historic centre of Kłodzko.
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English : Abandoned train at Janakpur station.
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![]() Quanhua Temple, located in the Lion's Head Mountain Scenic Area, Taiwan. Change image |
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English : A mother sperm whale and her calf off the coast of Mauritius. The calf has remoras attached to its body.
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![]() Four ladies wearing a yukata, in front of the North Gate (Kita So-Mon) of Kiyomizu-dera temple, Kyoto, Japan. Change image |
English : Four ladies wearing a yukata, in front of the North Gate (Kita So-Mon) of Kiyomizu-dera temple, Kyoto, Japan.
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English : An absolutely stunning and monumental double hemisphere wall map of the world by Samuel Dunn dating to 1794.
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![]() A brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) foraging in the snow in a Shakespeare garden in Manhattan, New York, USA. Brown thrashers are in the same family as catbirds and mockingbirds and are known for having over 1000 song types. Change image |
English : A brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) foraging in the snow in a Shakespeare garden in Manhattan, New York, USA. Brown thrashers are in the same family as catbirds and mockingbirds and are known for having over 1000 song types.
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English : Blackberries (Rubus fruticosus)
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English : Five different commercial buns from Vienna. Top: normal bread, organic wholemeal bread from the Gradwohl bakery; below: pumpkinseed bread, from the Mann bakery: bread machine, double buns
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