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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. +/− [en]
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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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,_Strand,_Blick_auf_die_Nordsee_--_2022_--_4984.jpg) Change image |
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 View of the old Jewish cemetery near Hohebach, Dörzbach, Germany. Change image |
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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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.jpg) 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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 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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 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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 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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.jpg) Windows of the town hall of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium Change image |
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 Kołobrzeg Lighthouse on the Polish Baltic coast Change image |
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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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 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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_02.jpg) 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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 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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 Silver medal for the 1000 year celebration (1958) of the market cross in Trier, Germany. Change image |
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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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 View of the Upper Belvedere Palace during the blue hour, Vienna, Austria. Change image |
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_29.jpg) 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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 Uganda kobs mating at Queen Elizabeth National Park Change image |
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.jpg) 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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 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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 Gazania krebsiana, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Change image |
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.jpg) Sri Lankan worker with his coconut rope, made in a traditional way with old equipment Change image |
English : Sri Lankan worker with his coconut rope, made in a traditional way with old equipment
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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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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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