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,_vista_a%C3%A9rea_del_delta_del_Okavango,_Botsuana,_2018-08-01,_DD_30.jpg) Aerial view from a helicopter of a group of Burchell's zebras (Equus quagga burchellii), Okavango Delta, Botswana. Change image |
English : Aerial view from a helicopter of a group of Burchell's zebras (Equus quagga burchellii), Okavango Delta, Botswana.
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Go West is a 1923 American western-themed comedy short produced by Hal Roach and directed by Len Powers, the sixth of the animal-only Dippy-Doo-Dads series. Choose a new media file |
English : Go West is a 1923 American western-themed comedy short produced by Hal Roach and directed by Len Powers, the sixth of the animal-only Dippy-Doo-Dads series.
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 Rural road in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
Jewish Prudence is a 1927 comedy film directed by Leo McCarey. Choose a new media file |
English : Jewish Prudence is a 1927 comedy film directed by Leo McCarey.
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 A Cumulonimbus capillatus over New South Wales, Australia Change image |
Casserole concert, April 24, 2023, in Belfort. Choose a new media file |
English : Casserole concert, April 24, 2023, in Belfort.
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Grass is one of the earliest ethnographic documentary films, made in Persia in 1925 by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. Choose a new media file |
English : Grass is one of the earliest ethnographic documentary films, made in Persia in 1925 by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack.
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.JPG) Southern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis) in the Pantanal, Brazil. The Pantanal is the world's largest tropical wetland area, most of which is flooded during the rainy season. Change image |
English : Southern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis) in the Pantanal, Brazil. The Pantanal is the world's largest tropical wetland area, most of which is flooded during the rainy season.
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 A house destroyed, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, by an intense EF3 tornado on April 30, 2023. The National Weather Service rated the damage to this house EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, with winds estimated to have been at 145 miles per hour (233 km/h). Change image |
English : A house destroyed, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, by an intense EF3 tornado on April 30, 2023. The National Weather Service rated the damage to this house EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, with winds estimated to have been at 145 miles per hour (233 km/h).
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Instrumental version of "Maamme", the national anthem of Finland, composed by Fredrik Pacius (1809–1891), performed by the United States Navy Band. Choose a new media file |
English : Instrumental version of "Maamme", the national anthem of Finland, composed by Fredrik Pacius (1809–1891), performed by the United States Navy Band.
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 The digital painting Alice in Wonderland (2010) by David Revoy. It depicts the setting of, and several characters from, Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Depicted are: Alice and the Flamingo (center), and (top and counter clockwise): the Cheshire Cat, the playing cards, the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse, the White Rabbit, and the Caterpillar. Change image |
English : The digital painting Alice in Wonderland (2010) by David Revoy. It depicts the setting of, and several characters from, Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Depicted are: Alice and the Flamingo (center), and (top and counter clockwise): the Cheshire Cat, the playing cards, the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse, the White Rabbit, and the Caterpillar.
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Au pays de l'or is a 1908 tinted and stencil-colored French trick film. Choose a new media file |
English : Au pays de l'or is a 1908 tinted and stencil-colored French trick film.
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 Half-timbered mansion of the former Zirkelmühle in the Thuringian village of Mellenbach-Glasbach, Germany Change image |
English : Half-timbered mansion of the former Zirkelmühle in the Thuringian village of Mellenbach-Glasbach, Germany
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The Puzzle is a 1923 animated short by Dave Fleischer. Choose a new media file |
English : The Puzzle is a 1923 animated short by Dave Fleischer.
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 Chinese Garden The Hidden Empire Ming in Hortus Haren in the Netherlands. Mosaic pavement courtyard. Change image |
English : Chinese Garden The Hidden Empire Ming in Hortus Haren in the Netherlands. Mosaic pavement courtyard.
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National Anthem of Tanzania: Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika. Choose a new media file |
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.jpg) 100 francs bearer share certificate, issued in 1919 by Compagnie Universelle Cinématographique, Paris. Graphic design with theatrical masks at the top, flanking putti and the company's coat of arms with CUC ligature. Change image |
English : 100 francs bearer share certificate, issued in 1919 by Compagnie Universelle Cinématographique, Paris.
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Panorama from the Faraut pass. Choose a new media file |
English : Panorama from the Faraut pass.
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 Ama Dablam, a 6,812 m (22,349 ft) high mountain in the eastern Himalayas of Nepal, as seen from a nearby valley. For its soaring ridges and steep faces, the mountain is sometimes called the "Matterhorn of the Himalayas." Today is International Mountain Day. Change image |
English : Ama Dablam, a 6,812 m (22,349 ft) high mountain in the eastern Himalayas of Nepal, as seen from a nearby valley. For its soaring ridges and steep faces, the mountain is sometimes called the "Matterhorn of the Himalayas." Today is International Mountain Day.
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The Kingdom of the Fairies, a 1903 short by Georges Méliès, is considered to be one the finest examples of surviving early hand-coloured films. Choose a new media file |
English : The Kingdom of the Fairies, a 1903 short by Georges Méliès, is considered to be one the finest examples of surviving early hand-coloured films.
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 Azadi Tower at night, Tehran, Iran Change image |
English : Azadi Tower at night, Tehran, Iran
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All verses of the national anthem of Kenya; an instrumental recording performed by the United States Navy Band. Choose a new media file |
English : All verses of the national anthem of Kenya; an instrumental recording performed by the United States Navy Band.
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 Gas and dust condense, beginning the process of creating new stars in this image of Messier 8, also known as the Lagoon Nebula Change image |
English : Gas and dust condense, beginning the process of creating new stars in this image of Messier 8, also known as the Lagoon Nebula
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Physician Gao Yaojie passed away in New York City, USA, on 10 December 2023. She exposed rural China's AIDS epidemic in the 1990s, then she fled from the Chinese government's harassment and intimidation. Choose a new media file |
English : Physician Gao Yaojie passed away in New York City, USA, on 10 December 2023. She exposed rural China's AIDS epidemic in the 1990s, then she fled from the Chinese government's harassment and intimidation.
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 View from Peak of Arieiro, a site of community importance of the Central Mountain Range, Madeira Island, Portugal Change image |
English : View from Peak of Arieiro, a site of community importance of the Central Mountain Range, Madeira Island, Portugal
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American comedy film At War with the Army (1950) Choose a new media file |
English : American comedy film At War with the Army (1950)
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_male_in_flight.jpg) Violet sabrewing hummingbird (Campylopterus hemileucurus mellitus) male in flight in the Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama. Violet Sabrewing was a character in Disney's DuckTales. Change image |
English : Violet sabrewing hummingbird (Campylopterus hemileucurus mellitus) male in flight in the Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama. Violet Sabrewing was a character in Disney's DuckTales.
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Eegah (1962) is an American horror film by Arch Hall. Cast: Arch Hall Jr., Marilyn Manning, Richard Kiel, Arch Hall Sr. Poor Eegah. He’d never seen a girl until one fell into his arms. But what’s a prehistoric giant to do when his primitive passions are turned on? Richard Kiel, best known as the villainous ‘Jaws’ from The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, stars as the oversized caveman, while Arch Hall Jr. (Wild Guitar) is the singing, swinging hero. Originally made for the drive-in market, this curiosity is featured prominently in ‘The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made,’ by Golden Raspberry founder John Wilson. Choose a new media file |
English : Eegah (1962) is an American horror film by Arch Hall. Cast: Arch Hall Jr., Marilyn Manning, Richard Kiel, Arch Hall Sr.
Poor Eegah. He’d never seen a girl until one fell into his arms. But what’s a prehistoric giant to do when his primitive passions are turned on? Richard Kiel, best known as the villainous ‘Jaws’ from The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, stars as the oversized caveman, while Arch Hall Jr. (Wild Guitar) is the singing, swinging hero. Originally made for the drive-in market, this curiosity is featured prominently in ‘The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made,’ by Golden Raspberry founder John Wilson.
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 Nature reserve “Westruper Heide” at the flowering of the heath, Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Nature reserve “Westruper Heide” at the flowering of the heath, Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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 A husband and wife sit in front of their house in Nubia. Nubia is characterized by its small houses of bright colors Change image |
English : A husband and wife sit in front of their house in Nubia. Nubia is characterized by its small houses of bright colors
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1935 animated cartoon short film, Balloon Land aka The Pincushion Man. Choose a new media file |
English : 1935 animated cartoon short film, Balloon Land aka The Pincushion Man.
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 Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil Change image |
English : Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Becky Sharp, American 1935 film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Miriam Hopkins. It is the first feature-length film in cinema history on being entirely recorded in the Three-strip Technicolor process. Choose a new media file |
English : Becky Sharp, American 1935 film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Miriam Hopkins. It is the first feature-length film in cinema history on being entirely recorded in the Three-strip Technicolor process.
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 Winter in 'It Wikelslân. Location, Nationaal Park De Oude Venen in Friesland. Footpath between marshes and bog holes. Change image |
English : Winter in 'It Wikelslân. Location, Nationaal Park De Oude Venen in Friesland. Footpath between marshes and bog holes.
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Instrumental recording performed by the United States Navy Band circa 2003 of the national anthem of Romania. Choose a new media file |
English : Instrumental recording performed by the United States Navy Band circa 2003 of the national anthem of Romania.
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 Europe as seen from the International Space Station. Five years ago today, ISS Expedition 57 ended. Change image |
English : Europe as seen from the International Space Station. Five years ago today, ISS Expedition 57 ended.
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Launch of the countdown on D-100 of the 20th stage of the Tour de France 2023, in Belfort, on April 13, 2023 Choose a new media file |
English : Launch of the countdown on D-100 of the 20th stage of the Tour de France 2023, in Belfort, on April 13, 2023
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2016 Winter Solstice Lantern Parade in Austin, USA Choose a new media file |
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South African national anthem. Composer: Enoch Sontonga and M.L. de Villiers, arranged by M. Kumhalo and Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph Choose a new media file |
English : South African national anthem. Composer: Enoch Sontonga and M.L. de Villiers, arranged by M. Kumhalo and Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph
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.jpg) Christ and the Apostles on the facade of the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey in commune of Monistrol de Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain Change image |
English : Christ and the Apostles on the facade of the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey in commune of Monistrol de Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain
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Dueling Jingle Bells United States Navy Band 2015 Holiday Concert. Choose a new media file |
English : Dueling Jingle Bells United States Navy Band 2015 Holiday Concert.
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 A composition of four photos of a halogen floodlight far away as seen through heavy rain hammering on and pouring down a double-glazed window. Gåseberg, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden Change image |
English : A composition of four photos of a halogen floodlight far away as seen through heavy rain hammering on and pouring down a double-glazed window. Gåseberg, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden
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Santa Claus is a 1925 American short by explorer/documentarian Frank E. Kleinschmidt, filmed partly in northern Alaska. It features Santa in his workshop, visiting his Eskimo neighbors, and tending his reindeers. Choose a new media file |
English : Santa Claus is a 1925 American short by explorer/documentarian Frank E. Kleinschmidt, filmed partly in northern Alaska. It features Santa in his workshop, visiting his Eskimo neighbors, and tending his reindeers.
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.jpg) "When We All Believe", a chromolithograph by Rose O'Neill (1903). Change image |
English : "When We All Believe", a chromolithograph by Rose O'Neill (1903).
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The Short film WING IT! by the Blender Foundation Choose a new media file |
English : The Short film WING IT! by the Blender Foundation
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.jpg) Three protestors at the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest, photographed 26 December 2020. The farmers began protesting three controversial farm laws in August 2020 and continued for more than a year until the December 2021 repeal of the laws. Change image |
English : Three protestors at the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest, photographed 26 December 2020. The farmers began protesting three controversial farm laws in August 2020 and continued for more than a year until the December 2021 repeal of the laws.
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Garo elderly man sings traditional song. Choose a new media file |
English : Garo elderly man sings traditional song.
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 Eiffel Tower, seen from the Champ de Mars, Paris, France. The tower's designer, Gustave Eiffel, died on this day 100 years ago. Change image |
English : Eiffel Tower, seen from the Champ de Mars, Paris, France. The tower's designer, Gustave Eiffel, died on this day 100 years ago.
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Official trailer for the ELT, the Extremely Large Telescope. The design for the ELT shown here is preliminary. Choose a new media file |
English : Official trailer for the ELT, the Extremely Large Telescope. The design for the ELT shown here is preliminary.
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 A depiction of the Massacre of the Innocents from a triptych in St. Lorenz Church (Nuremberg, Germany). Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents in much of Western Christianity Change image |
English : A depiction of the Massacre of the Innocents from a triptych in St. Lorenz Church (Nuremberg, Germany). Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents in much of Western Christianity
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Electric trains 81-717/714 at Tekhnopark station of Moscow Metro on 28 December, 2015 (8 years ago). Choose a new media file |
English : Electric trains 81-717/714 at Tekhnopark station of Moscow Metro on 28 December, 2015 (8 years ago).
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 Duladeo Temple, Khajuraho, India Change image |
An old PLA stereo recording of the Internationale in Mandarin, Xiao San's version used as the anthem of the Chinese SSR from 1931-1937. Choose a new media file |
English : An old PLA stereo recording of the Internationale in Mandarin, Xiao San's version used as the anthem of the Chinese SSR from 1931-1937.
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 Carpet of yellow algae, Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt Change image |
Naked News anchor Marina Valmont speaking about German ePetition 157928 to remove social media apps from app shops in Germany if the social media company does not remove anti semitic posts in a timely manner. Choose a new media file |
English : Naked News anchor Marina Valmont speaking about German ePetition 157928 to remove social media apps from app shops in Germany if the social media company does not remove anti semitic posts in a timely manner.
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 Today is New Year's Eve. Happy New Year 2024! Choose a new media file |
English : Today is New Year's Eve. Happy New Year 2024!
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