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27 May 2023
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Head of the horsefly. A photo in visible light.
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Volcanic landscape featuring from left to right Miñiques (5,910 metres (19,390 ft)), cerro Tuyajto (5,460 metres (17,910 ft)), cerro Murchota (4,567 metres (14,984 ft)), cerros de Incahuasi (5,704 metres (18,714 ft)), Andes, northern Chile.

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English : Volcanic landscape featuring from left to right Miñiques (5,910 metres (19,390 ft)), cerro Tuyajto (5,460 metres (17,910 ft)), cerro Murchota (4,567 metres (14,984 ft)), cerros de Incahuasi (5,704 metres (18,714 ft)), Andes, northern Chile.

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Detail of the security barrage in the Alte Fahrt of the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Greven (or Münster-Gelmer), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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English : Detail of the security barrage in the Alte Fahrt of the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Greven (or Münster-Gelmer), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Rhododendron flowers in the Carpathian Mountains, Carpathian National Nature Park, Ukraine.

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English : Rhododendron flowers in the Carpathian Mountains, Carpathian National Nature Park, Ukraine.

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Purple roller (Coracias naevius mosambicus) in Namibia. 4 May is Cassinga Day, a national public holiday in Namibia remembering the Cassinga Massacre of 1978.

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English : Purple roller (Coracias naevius mosambicus) in Namibia. 4 May is Cassinga Day, a national public holiday in Namibia remembering the Cassinga Massacre of 1978.

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Rawon is a traditional beef soup from Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. This picture contains spices, herbs, and condiments commonly used to make rawon, including sugar, garlic, shallots, keluak/pucung, candlenut, coriander, pepper, lemongrass, ginger, kencur, galangal, palm sugar, lime leaves and bay leaves.

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English : Rawon is a traditional beef soup from Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. This picture contains spices, herbs, and condiments commonly used to make rawon, including sugar, garlic, shallots, keluak/pucung, candlenut, coriander, pepper, lemongrass, ginger, kencur, galangal, palm sugar, lime leaves and bay leaves.

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A senior police officer of the Hamburg police on assignment at Hamburg city hall, Germany.

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English : A senior police officer of the Hamburg police on assignment at Hamburg city hall, Germany.

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Reflection of a Bakain tree (Melia azedarach) near the pond of Kuruwapari Chaudharitol, Inaruwa, Nepal

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English : Reflection of a Bakain tree (Melia azedarach) near the pond of Kuruwapari Chaudharitol, Inaruwa, Nepal

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Cuolm Sura. View (from Surcuolm) on the clouds above the mountains on the south side of the valley.

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English : Cuolm Sura. View (from Surcuolm) on the clouds above the mountains on the south side of the valley.

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Toque macaque (Macaca sinica) in the Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka

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English : Toque macaque (Macaca sinica) in the Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka

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Abandoned Siemensbahn halt in Berlin

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English : Abandoned Siemensbahn halt in Berlin

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A pair of Black-capped marmots (Marmota camtschatica) in habitat. South Kamchatka Nature Park, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

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English : A pair of Black-capped marmots (Marmota camtschatica) in habitat. South Kamchatka Nature Park, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

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Fresco representing a couple, Nero era, from Pompeii, Italy.

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English : Fresco representing a couple, Nero era, from Pompeii, Italy.

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View of the Cruzeiro de Setúbal (Wayside cross of Setúbal) and the Monastery of Jesus, Setúbal, Portugal. The wayside cross dates from the 16th century, while the monastery, founded in 1490, is one of the oldest buildings in Manueline style (Portuguese version of Gothic) and served as a monastery of Poor Clare nuns.

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English : View of the Cruzeiro de Setúbal (Wayside cross of Setúbal) and the Monastery of Jesus, Setúbal, Portugal. The wayside cross dates from the 16th century, while the monastery, founded in 1490, is one of the oldest buildings in Manueline style (Portuguese version of Gothic) and served as a monastery of Poor Clare nuns.

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A water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) soaking at the Bekol Savannah in Baluran National Park, East Java, Indonesia at dusk.

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English : A water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) soaking at the Bekol Savannah in Baluran National Park, East Java, Indonesia at dusk.

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A cartoon in the Puck magazine, published on 16 May 1906, artist John S. Pughe, showing the senator Nelson W. Aldrich as a spider controlling the law progress in the U. S. Senate.

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English : A cartoon in the Puck magazine, published on 16 May 1906, artist John S. Pughe, showing the senator Nelson W. Aldrich as a spider controlling the law progress in the U. S. Senate.

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West portal of the St. Lamberti Church in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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English : West portal of the St. Lamberti Church in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana), Elephant Sands, Botswana

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English : African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana), Elephant Sands, Botswana

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Common clubtail (Gomphus vulgatissimus) in Hesse, Germany

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English : Common clubtail (Gomphus vulgatissimus) in Hesse, Germany

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Slow life in the teahouse Jiaotong in Chongqing, China. Today is International Tea Day.

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English : Slow life in the teahouse Jiaotong in Chongqing, China. Today is International Tea Day.

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Jomblang Cave, a pit cave in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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English : Jomblang Cave, a pit cave in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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Bosc's fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus asper) juvenile, in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan. Jordan achieved independence from the UK on 25 May 1946.

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English : Bosc's fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus asper) juvenile, in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan. Jordan achieved independence from the UK on 25 May 1946.

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Austria. Alfred Offner (1879-1937). 8. Draw war loan. 1918. No product has been advertised as those, to subscribe war bonds. Graphic designers developed in all countries the essential elements of modern advertising psychology. This involved the use of child images. In addition, Alfred Offner also appointed an text part as a graphic element. The upper part of the "Eight" fills the view of a child laying a coin with a serious facial expression. The hand of the child connects the image parts. If the child should draw attention here merely, it was customary to gather in schools and clubs, even the smallest contributions of children to war bonds.

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English : Austria. Alfred Offner (1879-1937). 8. Draw war loan. 1918. No product has been advertised as those, to subscribe war bonds. Graphic designers developed in all countries the essential elements of modern advertising psychology. This involved the use of child images. In addition, Alfred Offner also appointed an text part as a graphic element. The upper part of the "Eight" fills the view of a child laying a coin with a serious facial expression. The hand of the child connects the image parts. If the child should draw attention here merely, it was customary to gather in schools and clubs, even the smallest contributions of children to war bonds.

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Head of the horsefly. A photo in visible light.

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English : Head of the horsefly. A photo in visible light.

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Stylized world map in the shape of a clover-leaf (the three classical continents of Europe, Asia, Africa), with Jerusalem at the center, with additional indication of Great Britain, Scandinavia and America / the New World. 1581 printed in Magdeburg. Drawn by Heinrich Bünting.

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English : Stylized world map in the shape of a clover-leaf (the three classical continents of Europe, Asia, Africa), with Jerusalem at the center, with additional indication of Great Britain, Scandinavia and America / the New World. 1581 printed in Magdeburg. Drawn by Heinrich Bünting.

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The South African singer and performer Nomfusi

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English : The South African singer and performer Nomfusi

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

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

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Fern sorus of Polypodium aureum. Staining method: luminescence, 365 nm excitation spectrum.

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English : Fern sorus of Polypodium aureum. Staining method: luminescence, 365 nm excitation spectrum.

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