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Picha ya siku
6 Julai 2024
Platform at Kungsträdgården Metro station, Stockholm.
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Kubadilisha picha
English : Exemplar of an adult dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) of about 150 centimetres (59 in) length and 60 kilograms (130 lb) heavy seen at a depth of about 25 metres (82 ft), Garajau Marine Nature Reserve, Madeira, Portugal

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English : Creative photograph “Pocket watch” (with background from the special ammunition depot Dülmen-Visbeck, Dernekamp, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

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English : Young male African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) crossing the road in the Kafue National Park, Zambia. Trunk raised to evaluate the safari vehicle.

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English : The Seven Lakes' valley of Yedigöller National Park, Turkey. Photo shows Büyükgöl (Big Lake)

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English : Residential building "Katscha" in Norrköping, Sweden. It was built in 2015.

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English : Platform at Kungsträdgården Metro station, Stockholm.

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English : Wild juvenile leopard (Panthera pardus) perched on a tree in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

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English : Brown booby (Sula leucogaster plotus) female feeding juvenile male on nest, Michaelmas Cay, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

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English : Scarce dagger (Acronicta auricoma) larva, feeding on the moor birch (Betula pubescens). Niitvälja bog, Northwestern Estonia.

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English : Seed head, with plumed seeds, of a Clematis texensis 'Princess Diana'. The plant is in the infructescence stage. Focus stack of 71 photos.

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English : São Bento Monastery roof, São Paulo, Brazil. Today is the feast day of Saint Benedict.

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English : Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia: City Mosque in Likas (west side) during blue hour.

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English : The 2014 FIFA World Cup final between Germany and Argentina. The match took place at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, on this day in 2014.

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English : The Patrouille de France flying during an air show in Poland. This unit of the French Air Force traditionally opens the Bastille Day military parade in Paris each 14 July.

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Kubadilisha picha
English : View of the Geiranger Church, the surrounding cemetery and the famous Geirangerfjord in the back. The parish church belongs to the Church of Norway and is located in the village of Geiranger, Stranda Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The wooden church was built in a octagonal style in 1842 by architect Hans Klipe but on the same spot there had been previously a stave church, which was torn down in 1742 and a second one that was burned in 1841.

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English : Rain-soaked remnant of a flower (Helenium 'El Dorado') Focus stack of 71 photos.

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Kubadilisha picha
English : Night in Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Kubadilisha picha
English : Temple-fortress Valery against the background of the Haut de Cry mountain, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

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Kubadilisha picha
English : Relief of Darius (native-name: (𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁) Dārayavauš) in Persepolis

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Kubadilisha picha
English : Triumph of St. Ignatius of Loyola, ceiling fresco by Andrea Pozzo, church Sant'Ignazio, Rome, Italy.

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English : Sunset in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sugarloaf Mountain is visible in the left background.

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English : Heilbronn, Germany, district Kirchhausen: the former water castle of the Teutonic Order, built in 1572–1578.

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English : Sally Ride as photographed in 1984. She died on this day in 2012.

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English : Volcano eruption at Fagradalsfjall next to Litli-Hrútur in Iceland in July 2023 captured from up close with a drone. Such a shot was only made possible by the use of new technologies, since it is otherwise impossible to safely observe an erupting volcano at such close range.

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Kubadilisha picha
English : The Saint James's Tower in Paris (France). The only surviving part of a 16th-century church destroyed during the French Revolution, it is nowadays a national historic landmark and one of the starting points of the Way of St James.

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Kubadilisha picha
English : Pont Royal and Musée d'Orsay at dusk, Paris, France.

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English : Race Imboden of the United States (L) fences against Italy's Andrea Cassarà (R) in the men's foil team final of the 2013 World Fencing Championships 2013 at Syma Hall in Budapest, 12 August 2013.

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Kubadilisha picha
English : For the easy hike it requires, Volcano Pacaya, Guatemala, offers more than a rewarding view over volcanoes Fuego, Acatenango and Agua.

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Kubadilisha picha
English : Benjamin Compaoré competes in the men's triple jump final during the French Athletics Championships 2013 at Stade Charléty in Paris, July 2013.

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English : Memorial (2012) by Clas Steinmann (*1941) to the deportation of Sinti and Roma in Trier (west view).

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English : Views of the Historic centre of Córdoba from the Guadalquivir River, from where the Mosque-Cathedral and the Roman Bridge stand out, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994. In the image you can also see the Puerta del Puente, the Triunfo de San Rafael and part of the Episcopal Palace.

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