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Panoramic view of Deadvlei with dead camel thorns (Vachellia erioloba), Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia.

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English : Panoramic view of Deadvlei with dead camel thorns (Vachellia erioloba), Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia.

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English : On the 7th of July 2017, 122 countries voted in favour of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Countries that don’t have nuclear weapons but live under their threat voted for a ban. Without the knowledge of most of their citizens, the governments of the world’s nuclear powers didn’t vote, and yet the ban went ahead. Something new is happening. On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.

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Sunrise in the Börnste hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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English : Histoires ou Contes du temps passé avec des moralités, by Charles Perrault, in French. LibriVox recordings by Ezwa. Cendrillon ou la Petite Pantoufle de verre (Cinderella‎ or the Little Glass Slipper).

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Snowy-bellied hummingbird (Amazilia edward niveoventer), Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama. Today is National Hummingbird Day.

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English : Snowy-bellied hummingbird (Amazilia edward niveoventer), Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama. Today is National Hummingbird Day.

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English : What are the Geneva Conventions? International humanitarian law seeks to limit the suffering caused by war. The 1949 Geneva Conventions draw a clear line between those who are considered combatants and those who are not. Today, they are adapting to the new challenges posed by modern conflicts.

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Isdera Autobahnkurier 116i at Classic-Gala Schwetzingen 2021

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English : Childhood, by Leo Tolstoy, in Russian. LibriVox recording by Yakovlev Valery and Yakovleva Evgeniya. 1. Karl-Ivanych.

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Grunwaldzki Bridge, Wrocław, Poland, built in 1907.

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English : Dirk Notz's research on how much CO2 humans emit each year and what effects this has on the Arctic ice.

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English : Through PHAP, Brittany Anderson discovers unique health challenges of life above the Arctic Circle in Alaska.

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Shtandart (frigate, 1999) moored in the town of Sète, during the event "Escale à Sète 2016".

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English : Shtandart (frigate, 1999) moored in the town of Sète, during the event "Escale à Sète 2016".

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English : American silent feature film Intolerance (1916). An epic silent film directed by D. W. Griffith regarded as one of the most influential films of the silent era.

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A male northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) perched in Central Park in New York City, New York, USA. In the United States, it is the official "state bird" of seven states.

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English : A male northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) perched in Central Park in New York City, New York, USA. In the United States, it is the official "state bird" of seven states.

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English : Le Moins Pire (avant la suite) by David LÖHSTANA - 1. Les heures. French folk song.

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Painting of King Yeongjo (1694~1776). Copied version of original portrait drawn in 1744, copied in 1900 by Chae Yong-Shin (1850~1941) and Cho Seok-jin (1853~1920).

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English : Painting of King Yeongjo (1694~1776). Copied version of original portrait drawn in 1744, copied in 1900 by Chae Yong-Shin (1850~1941) and Cho Seok-jin (1853~1920).

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English : "I Love You, California", played by Prince's Orchestra; Columbia, A-1623 (39597), 1914

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English : A film about the life of Russian biologist Ivan Michurin by Alexander Dovzhenko. September 10 is Dovzhenko's birthday.

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Flowering heather with Pinus sylvestris.

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English : Today marks the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. Memorial "Remembrance", New York, USA.

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Portrait of NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (spacesuit).

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Headlands of Point Reyes, California, near Chimney Rock. Today marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Point Reyes National Seashore.

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English : Headlands of Point Reyes, California, near Chimney Rock. Today marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Point Reyes National Seashore.

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English : An independent and neutral humanitarian organization, the ICRC protects and assists victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence. We also promote respect for international humanitarian law and its integration into national legislation. Today, we are present in more than 90 countries, alongside the National Red Cross and the Red Crescent Societies.

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A shot taken from a plane over Iceland's south-western part of the mountain range caused by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Reykjanes Ridge).

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English : A shot taken from a plane over Iceland's south-western part of the mountain range caused by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Reykjanes Ridge).

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English : Newsreel - Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics Marathon run of 26 miles (42 km) through the streets of Tokyo, won by Abebe Bikila.
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Aerial panoramic view of the Victoria Falls of the Zambezi River, border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Victoria Falls is the largest sheet of falling water in the world based on its combined width of 1,708 metres (5,604 ft) and height of 108 metres (354 ft). This picture is the result of stitching 5 frames taken from a helicopter.

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English : Aerial panoramic view of the Victoria Falls of the Zambezi River, border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Victoria Falls is the largest sheet of falling water in the world based on its combined width of 1,708 metres (5,604 ft) and height of 108 metres (354 ft). This picture is the result of stitching 5 frames taken from a helicopter.

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African Lily (Agapanthus) in Hausdülmen, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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English : Wallaa, 25, grew up in the Palestinian camp of Yarmouk. Fadwa, from Damascus, has lost two sons and her daughter, Hiba, wants to prove that “Syrian refugees are not all illiterate”. They have known the war, the bombardments and now live in exile, in Lebanon, in poverty and idleness. writing with playwright Mohammad Al Attar and director Omar Abousaada. Their version of the migrant crisis. September 16th is the anniversary of the massacre of Sabra and Shatila by the Christian militias of the Phalangists, in Beirut, Lebanon.
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1912 cartoon from Puck magazine on the sinking of the Titanic. The Titanic was ordered by the White Star Line company on this day in 1908.

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English : 1912 cartoon from Puck magazine on the sinking of the Titanic. The Titanic was ordered by the White Star Line company on this day in 1908.

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English : Since 2003, the black hole at the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster has been associated with sound. This is because astronomers discovered that pressure waves sent out by the black hole caused ripples in the cluster's hot gas that could be translated into a note — one that humans cannot hear some 57 octaves below middle C. Now a new sonification brings more notes to this black hole sound machine. This new sonification — that is, the translation of astronomical data into sound — is being released for NASA's Black Hole Week this year.

In some ways, this sonification is unlike any other done before (1, 2, 3, 4) because it revisits the actual sound waves discovered in data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The popular misconception that there is no sound in space originates with the fact that most of space is essentially a vacuum, providing no medium for sound waves to propagate through. A galaxy cluster, on the other hand, has copious amounts of gas that envelop the hundreds or even thousands of galaxies within it, providing a medium for the sound waves to travel.

In this new sonification of Perseus, the sound waves astronomers previously identified were extracted and made audible for the first time. The sound waves were extracted in radial directions, that is, outwards from the center. The signals were then resynthesized into the range of human hearing by scaling them upward by 57 and 58 octaves above their true pitch. Another way to put this is that they are being heard 144 quadrillion and 288 quadrillion times higher than their original frequency. (A quadrillion is 1,000,000,000,000,000.) The radar-like scan around the image allows you to hear waves emitted in different directions. In the visual image of these data, blue and purple both show X-ray data captured by Chandra. Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida).

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A McDonald's Big Mac hamburger, as bought in the United States.

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English : The Eskimo Baby is a 1918 German silent comedy film directed by Heinz Schall and starring Asta Nielsen.

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Photo from making of a film Melchior the Apothecary. Märten Metsaviir as the titular character Melchior Wakenstede.

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English : "Edinburgh in August", a twelve-bar jazz blues composition by Adam Cuerden

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Baroque altar of the Holy Cross Church in Suhl (Thuringia, Germany)

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English : Of Human Bondage is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and starring Bette Davis.

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Hortus Haren. ‘In The Wind’. Artwork by Jeroen Boersma.

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English : Tales of Space and Time, by H. G. Wells. The Crystal Egg. LibriVox recording by Richard Kilmer. September 21st is Wells' birthday.

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Nettle tree butterfly (Libythea celtis) on mint in Bulgaria. Today is Independence Day in Bulgaria.

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English : Under forvandlingens lov, a 1911 erotic melodrama directed by Halfdan Nobel Roede, is considered to be the oldest surviving Norwegian film.

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Mount Ararat and the Yerevan skyline. The Opera house is visible in the center.

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English : Landing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in a Delta A220.

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May/June/July 1924 cover of the Weird Tales pulp magazine.

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English : Atlantis is a 1913 Danish film by August Blom, considered as one of the first modern films.

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A cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) perched in a tree in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. The genus name, Bombycilla, means "silk-tail", a reference to their silky plumage.

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English : A cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) perched in a tree in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. The genus name, Bombycilla, means "silk-tail", a reference to their silky plumage.

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English : Public Enemy is a 1960 American educational film on air pollution.

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Nelly Diener, the first air stewardess in Europe, standing in front of the Curtiss AT-32C Condor, in which she would lose her life on 27 July 1934.

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English : Nelly Diener, the first air stewardess in Europe, standing in front of the Curtiss AT-32C Condor, in which she would lose her life on 27 July 1934.

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English : Le peintre néo-impressioniste is a 1910 French silent short by Émile Cohl based on the paradox of a figurative completely monochromatic painting, as favored by the Incoherents.

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Adenium obesum (common name: desert rose) seed with double pappus. The seed is 1 cm (0.39 in) long, the overall length is 8 cm (3.1 in). The seeds form in large pods or fruit on the plant. When mature, the pod splits open and the seeds are propagated by wind. This specimen was grown in Chennai, India.

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English : Adenium obesum (common name: desert rose) seed with double pappus. The seed is 1 cm (0.39 in) long, the overall length is 8 cm (3.1 in). The seeds form in large pods or fruit on the plant. When mature, the pod splits open and the seeds are propagated by wind. This specimen was grown in Chennai, India.

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English : The Mothering Heart is a 1913 film by D. W. Griffith starring Lilian Gish.

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A rainbow over Balmoral castle in Scotland. Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone for the construction of the present-day castle on this day in 1853.

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English : A rainbow over Balmoral castle in Scotland. Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone for the construction of the present-day castle on this day in 1853.

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English : The Neptune mobile cruise missile complex is preparing for new tests (2019), Ukraine.

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A novice of Buddhist Thiên Mụ Pagoda, Huế, Vietnam.

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English : The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, in Spanish. LibriVox recording by a team. Chapters 1 to 3. September 29th is Cervantes' birthday.

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English : Traveling from Edmonds, WA to Kingston, WA on the MV Spokane.
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