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Winged altar at the pilgrimage church St. Wolfgang ob Grades, municipality of Metnitz, Carinthia, Austria. Shrine statues by an anonymous master probably of the elder Villach Workshop, 1490; reliefs and arrangement by the younger Villach Workshop, around 1520. +/− [en]

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Interior of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, better known as "Wrocław Cathedral", Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. The church, of Gothic/Neo-Gothic style, is the fourth church built in the current location between the 10th and 20th centuries. Change image

English : Interior of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, better known as "Wrocław Cathedral", Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. The church, of Gothic/Neo-Gothic style, is the fourth church built in the current location between the 10th and 20th centuries.

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Sun over Lake Hāwea, Otago, New Zealand Change image

English : Sun over Lake Hāwea, Otago, New Zealand

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Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena, in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Today is World Laughter Day Change image

English : Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena, in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Today is World Laughter Day

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Today is the National Bird Day in the United States. This individual, a Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus malaccensis), is an adult male from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the North America, a population of about 15,000 birds has become established around St. Louis and neighboring parts of Illinois and southeastern Iowa. These sparrows are descended from 12 birds imported from Germany and released in late April 1870 as part of a project to enhance the native North American avifauna. The American population is sometimes referred to as the "German sparrow", to distinguish it from both the native American tree sparrow species and the much more widespread "English" house sparrow. Click here to view more pictures of P. montanus. Change image

English : Today is the National Bird Day in the United States. This individual, a Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus malaccensis), is an adult male from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the North America, a population of about 15,000 birds has become established around St. Louis and neighboring parts of Illinois and southeastern Iowa. These sparrows are descended from 12 birds imported from Germany and released in late April 1870 as part of a project to enhance the native North American avifauna. The American population is sometimes referred to as the "German sparrow", to distinguish it from both the native American tree sparrow species and the much more widespread "English" house sparrow. Click here to view more pictures of P. montanus.

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Mountain tour from Prasüras, through the Val Trupchun to Alp Purcher in the Swiss National Park. Wildlife observation place. Change image

English : Mountain tour from Prasüras, through the Val Trupchun to Alp Purcher in the Swiss National Park. Wildlife observation place.

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Lopesan Baobab Resort, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, at dusk. Change image

English : Lopesan Baobab Resort, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, at dusk.

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View of the rich ceiling of the Vank Cathedral in Isfahan, possibly the most impressive christian temple in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The construction of the Armenian Apostolic church, formaly known as Holy Savior Cathedral, began in 1606 and was finished between 1655 and 1664. The temple was dedicated to the hundreds of thousands of Armenian deportees that were resettled by Shah Abbas I during the Ottoman War of 1603-1618. Change image

English : View of the rich ceiling of the Vank Cathedral in Isfahan, possibly the most impressive christian temple in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The construction of the Armenian Apostolic church, formaly known as Holy Savior Cathedral, began in 1606 and was finished between 1655 and 1664. The temple was dedicated to the hundreds of thousands of Armenian deportees that were resettled by Shah Abbas I during the Ottoman War of 1603-1618.

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Ceiling fresco in the former abbey church St. Peter and Dionysius Kloster Banz created by Melchior Steidl. Change image

English : Ceiling fresco in the former abbey church St. Peter and Dionysius Kloster Banz created by Melchior Steidl.

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Aerial view of Krymsky Bridge in Moscow Change image

English : Aerial view of Krymsky Bridge in Moscow

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Ogden Point Breakwater during sunset, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Change image

English : Ogden Point Breakwater during sunset, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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View of red roofs of Piran from St. George's Parish Church. Gulf of Piran, Slovene Littoral, Slovenia Change image

English : View of red roofs of Piran from St. George's Parish Church. Gulf of Piran, Slovene Littoral, Slovenia

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An adult male sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve. Tswalu is in South Africa and was proclaimed a Nature Reserve on 12 May 2014. Change image

English : An adult male sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve. Tswalu is in South Africa and was proclaimed a Nature Reserve on 12 May 2014.

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Silver Lake during dusk, Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States. Change image

English : Silver Lake during dusk, Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States.

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Red clover (Trifolium pratense). Ukraine Change image

English : Red clover (Trifolium pratense). Ukraine

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Königshöhle (King's Cave) near Baden bei Wien, Lower Austria Change image

English : Königshöhle (King's Cave) near Baden bei Wien, Lower Austria

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Interior of Wilhering Abbey Church, Upper Austria Change image

English : Interior of Wilhering Abbey Church, Upper Austria

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Historical view of Trier, Germany, by Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, vol. 1, 1572. Change image

English : Historical view of Trier, Germany, by Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, vol. 1, 1572.

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Emerging flower of a cockade flower Gaillardia aristata focus stacked from 28 pictures. Change image

English : Emerging flower of a cockade flower Gaillardia aristata focus stacked from 28 pictures.

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Devotion of Polish People in All Saints' Day, Holy Cross Cemetery in Gniezno, Poland. Change image

English : Devotion of Polish People in All Saints' Day, Holy Cross Cemetery in Gniezno, Poland.

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Blue Nile Falls near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Change image

English : Blue Nile Falls near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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Eurasian blue tit leaves the nest box. Change image

English : Eurasian blue tit leaves the nest box.

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Chantilly castle, Oise department, France, as seen from north-west. Change image

English : Chantilly castle, Oise department, France, as seen from north-west.

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Davidson Glacier, Haines, Alaska, United States. The glacier, a tourist attraction in Haines, was discovered by 1867. Change image

English : Davidson Glacier, Haines, Alaska, United States. The glacier, a tourist attraction in Haines, was discovered by 1867.

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Purple Phalaenopsis Mini cultivar Change image

English : Purple Phalaenopsis Mini cultivar

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Winged altar at the pilgrimage church St. Wolfgang ob Grades, municipality of Metnitz, Carinthia, Austria. Shrine statues by an anonymous master probably of the elder Villach Workshop, 1490; reliefs and arrangement by the younger Villach Workshop, around 1520. Change image

English : Winged altar at the pilgrimage church St. Wolfgang ob Grades, municipality of Metnitz, Carinthia, Austria. Shrine statues by an anonymous master probably of the elder Villach Workshop, 1490; reliefs and arrangement by the younger Villach Workshop, around 1520.

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Berlin central station, as seen from south-east. The building is reflecting in the water of the Humboldt harbour. It was built by architect Meinhard von Gerkan of Gerkan, Marg and Partners and was opened on May 26, 2006. Change image

English : Berlin central station, as seen from south-east. The building is reflecting in the water of the Humboldt harbour. It was built by architect Meinhard von Gerkan of Gerkan, Marg and Partners and was opened on May 26, 2006.

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Castle ruins of Aggstein, Wachau, Lower Austria Change image

English : Castle ruins of Aggstein, Wachau, Lower Austria

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Ritual shaman pillars know as serge with colored ribbons in sacred place Cape Burhan on Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia. Change image

English : Ritual shaman pillars know as serge with colored ribbons in sacred place Cape Burhan on Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia.

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View of the ceiling of the main nave of the church and Monastery of St. Francis, Quito, Ecuador. The Roman Catholic temple, finalized in the 17th century, is the largest architetural ensemble among the historical structures of colonial Latin America. The church is also featured by the mixture of different architecture styles as the construction took 150 years. Change image

English : View of the ceiling of the main nave of the church and Monastery of St. Francis, Quito, Ecuador. The Roman Catholic temple, finalized in the 17th century, is the largest architetural ensemble among the historical structures of colonial Latin America. The church is also featured by the mixture of different architecture styles as the construction took 150 years.

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Dulmen Ponys in the Merfelder Bruch at sunrise, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany On the last Saturday in May, the Wildpferdefang takes place every year. Change image

English : Dulmen Ponys in the Merfelder Bruch at sunrise, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany On the last Saturday in May, the Wildpferdefang takes place every year.

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Altar island in the St. Paul's Cathedral in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image

English : Altar island in the St. Paul's Cathedral in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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