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Damage following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal area in Gaza City on October 9, 2023, during the first few days of the Gaza War. The war is the deadliest for Palestinians in the history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

WAFA (Q2915969) in contract with a local company (APAimages)‏‏, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Coney (Cephalopholis fulva) camouflaged on a rock, Fernando de Noronha Marine National Park, Pernambuco, Brazil.

João D'Andretta, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal 1st Class Christopher Courtney assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Six (EODMU-6), Det. 16 assists his team members during Special Purpose Insertion Extraction (SPIE) training from an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) shown below the helicopter was launched on this day 50 years ago.

United States Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Miguel Angel Contreras, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Gabrielle Aplin performing live at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, California. Today is her birthday.

Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Illuminated manuscript of the Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Book of hours for Parisians), or "Book of Hours of Charles VIII" King of France (1468 - 1498). The folio shows Saint Denis, first bishop and patron of Paris, walking with his head in his hands after his execution. Today is the feast day of Saint Denis.

Jean Bourdichon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

S-charl, rapids in the mountain stream Clemgia, a tributary of the Inn.

Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Damaged building in the kibbutz Be'eri in Israel, following the October 7th massacre by Hamas. Today marks two years since the Hamas-led October 7 attacks in Israel, which were the bloodiest in Israel's history.

Kobi Gideon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Drone view of Lake Willoughby, Vermont, with Mount Hor on the left and Mount Pisgah on the right.

King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) catching a fish in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Side view of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi from the north-west, showing the imposing structure of the Basilica and monastery located in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. Today (4th October) is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, Patron of Ecologists.

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Three doors of the bunker 26 in the Dülmen-Visbeck special ammunition depot, Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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A circa 1660–70 Pahari painting from Basohli, Jammu, India, depicting the Hindu goddess Bhadrakali being worshipped by the three supreme gods of Hinduism: Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer, to pacify her after she killed the demon Mahishasura, who could not be killed by them, the men or other gods. Her victory over the demon is celebrated by Hindus as the victory of good over evil on the day of Vijayadashami, which is today.

unknown Basholi artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.