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Picture of the day
2 January 2023
Pack of lions (Panthera leo) devouring an African buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), Chobe National Park, Botswana +/− [en]

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Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) in flight over Cuba Change image

English : Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) in flight over Cuba

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Pack of lions (Panthera leo) devouring an African buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), Chobe National Park, Botswana Change image

English : Pack of lions (Panthera leo) devouring an African buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), Chobe National Park, Botswana

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Ice-covered fence in Hausdülmen, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image

English : Ice-covered fence in Hausdülmen, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Welayta girl, Ethiopia Change image

English : Welayta girl, Ethiopia

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Khairdeen, also known as Pritam, was the watchman of village Jandali, district Ludhiana, Punjab, India for over 70 years. Change image

English : Khairdeen, also known as Pritam, was the watchman of village Jandali, district Ludhiana, Punjab, India for over 70 years.

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Adoration of the Magi, painted between 1440 and 1460 by the masters Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi. Change image

English : Adoration of the Magi, painted between 1440 and 1460 by the masters Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi.

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Winter morning in the Gorgany mountain range, Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine Change image

English : Winter morning in the Gorgany mountain range, Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine

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Aerial photo of a carousel, Tel Aviv Port promenade, Israel Change image

English : Aerial photo of a carousel, Tel Aviv Port promenade, Israel

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Close wing mud-puddling position of Indian Nawab (Charaxes bharata, C.& R. Felder, 1867) Change image

English : Close wing mud-puddling position of Indian Nawab (Charaxes bharata, C.& R. Felder, 1867)

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Delleboersterheide, nature reserve of the It Fryske Gea. Pinus sylvestris Change image

English : Delleboersterheide, nature reserve of the It Fryske Gea. Pinus sylvestris

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Close wing position mud-puddling and peeing activity of male Blue-striped Mime (Papilio slateri, Hewitson,1859) Change image

English : Close wing position mud-puddling and peeing activity of male Blue-striped Mime (Papilio slateri, Hewitson,1859)

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Zoophilia from the base of Lakshmana Temple in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India Change image

English : Zoophilia from the base of Lakshmana Temple in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India

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Sucking of fluid from dead fly in close wing posture by Jewelled Nawab (Charaxes delphis, Doubleday, 1843) Change image

English : Sucking of fluid from dead fly in close wing posture by Jewelled Nawab (Charaxes delphis, Doubleday, 1843)

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Lake Baskunchak, Baskunchak nature park: Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. Wooden pillars were used for salt production – a net attached to the pillars was lowered into the very salty (the salinity is about 300 g/l) lake water. After that it was raised and the salt crystallized. Change image

English : Lake Baskunchak, Baskunchak nature park: Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. Wooden pillars were used for salt production – a net attached to the pillars was lowered into the very salty (the salinity is about 300 g/l) lake water. After that it was raised and the salt crystallized.

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Bernard Lake near Fraser, British Columbia, Canada. Change image

English : Bernard Lake near Fraser, British Columbia, Canada.

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Bridge at Kakesbeck Castle in the Bechtrup hamlet in Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image

English : Bridge at Kakesbeck Castle in the Bechtrup hamlet in Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Solitary birch (Betula) in a beautiful landscape. Location, nature Delleboersterheide - Cats Poele, in the Netherlands. Change image

English : Solitary birch (Betula) in a beautiful landscape. Location, nature Delleboersterheide - Cats Poele, in the Netherlands.

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First live record of a gynandromorph Colour Sergeant (Athyma inara, Westwood, 1850) found at Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India. Change image

English : First live record of a gynandromorph Colour Sergeant (Athyma inara, Westwood, 1850) found at Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India.

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A Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas) about, 12 cm (4.7 in) long, with two smaller oysters and a barnacle (Chthamalus) attached to it Change image

English : A Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas) about, 12 cm (4.7 in) long, with two smaller oysters and a barnacle (Chthamalus) attached to it

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Mating of Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus, Linnaeus, 1767) Change image

English : Mating of Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus, Linnaeus, 1767)

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Northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela hybrida). Taken by the Mulde in Eilenburg, Saxony, Germany. Change image

English : Northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela hybrida). Taken by the Mulde in Eilenburg, Saxony, Germany.

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Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Lviv, Ukraine. Today is the Day of Unity of Ukraine. Change image

English : Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Lviv, Ukraine. Today is the Day of Unity of Ukraine.

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Two panels of earthenware tiles painted with polychrome glazes over a white glaze. Iran 19th century first half Change image

English : Two panels of earthenware tiles painted with polychrome glazes over a white glaze. Iran 19th century first half

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Portrait photo of Danish composer Carl Nielsen Change image

English : Portrait photo of Danish composer Carl Nielsen

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View from the organ loft towards the altar of Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford University, California. On January 25, 1903, the church was dedicated in memory of Leland Stanford, former governor of California and founder of the university. Change image

English : View from the organ loft towards the altar of Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford University, California. On January 25, 1903, the church was dedicated in memory of Leland Stanford, former governor of California and founder of the university.

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Gothic Bridge in Kłodzko Change image

English : Gothic Bridge in Kłodzko

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Aerial view of Somapura Mahavihara, Bangladesh. It was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Change image

English : Aerial view of Somapura Mahavihara, Bangladesh. It was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.

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Lemon – whole and halved Change image

English : Lemon – whole and halved

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Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) fishing in the Pantanal, Brazil. Skimmers are the only birds where the lower mandible (jawbone) and bill are longer than the upper. It allows them to use their amazing fishing technique. Change image

English : Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) fishing in the Pantanal, Brazil. Skimmers are the only birds where the lower mandible (jawbone) and bill are longer than the upper. It allows them to use their amazing fishing technique.

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Church of St. Mary's Nativity in the Suzdal Kremlin, Russia Change image

English : Church of St. Mary's Nativity in the Suzdal Kremlin, Russia

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Oil tanker «Aegean Harmony» on the Bosporus, and view of Beşiktaş in Istanbul, Turkey Change image

English : Oil tanker «Aegean Harmony» on the Bosporus, and view of Beşiktaş in Istanbul, Turkey

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