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Sveti Đorđe Island, off the coast of Perast, Montenegro. Today is Montenegro's Independence Day.

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Panthera tigris tigris (Bengal tiger) in Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Mundari child in a cattle camp near Terekeka, South Sudan.

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Scuol-Motta Naluns, View from Motta Naluns on the environment.

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Lemon halves.

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Partially frozen Gurudongmar Lake, a glacial lake located to the north of the Himalayas in the northeast Indian state of Sikkim at an altitude of over 5,150 metres (16,900 ft). The lake is fed by glaciers of the Khangchengyao massif, forms the headwaters of the Teesta river and is considered sacred by Buddhists and Sikhs. Today is Sikkim Day, which commemorates the formation of Sikkim as a state of India in 1975, following a popular referendum and full merger after decades of being a protectorate since 1947.

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Australian brushturkey (Alectura lathami) female, Crater Lakes, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia.

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This stained glass window in the Cathedral of Saint Julian of Le Mans (Le Mans, France) depicts the Virgin Mary and the apostles during the Ascension of Jesus. Today is the Feast of the Ascension in Western Christianity.

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This azulejo from the Igreja de São Bento (Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal) depicts Our Lady of Fátima. Today is the feast of Our Lady of Fátima in the Catholic Church and the 110th anniversary of her first apparition to three shepherd children.

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Aerial view of the ruins of Takht-i-Bahi, a 1st-century CE Buddhist monastery complex located in what was once the ancient Indian region of Gandhara, in the present-day northern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is representative of Buddhist monastic architecture from its era and the ruins were listed as a World Heritage Site in 1980, with UNESCO describing it as having been "exceptionally well-preserved".

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Chalcophaps indica (Asian Emerald Dove) in Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha, India.

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Flower buds in development of a Crocosmia 'Lucifer' (Montbretia). Focus stack of 54 photos.

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