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Chromo-lithograph of the cartoons exhibited by the Cincinnati Pork Packers' Association, at the 1873 Vienna World's Fair. Incorporated on this day 205 years ago, Cincinnati was also known as "Porkopolis"; this nickname came from the city's large pork interests.

Ehrgott & Krebs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Skull of a Smilodon populator Lund, 1842 at the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Hou Yifan at the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan. She participated in the Chinese team which won first place in the Women's event. Hou turns 31 today.

Andreas Kontokanis from Piraeus, Greece, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Rama VIII Bridge over the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand, seen just after sunrise.

Dominic Nelson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Youngzin cottage in the historic Gemoor Khar against backdrop of the Gephan range, Gemur village, Lahaul, India. Elevation 3,290 m (10,790 ft), peaks about 6,000 m (20,000 ft).

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The Kaohsiung Music Center and the Lingyaliao Railroad Bridge illuminated in the colors of Ukraine's national flag during the 2022 Taiwan Lantern Festival. This light show was displayed from February 26, two days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Tiouraren (Y.-C. Tsai), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Close-wing basking of Athyma perius (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common sergeant.

Anitava Roy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

NASA astronaut Leland D. Melvin with his two rescue dogs, Jake and Scout.

Robert Markowitz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Yellowmouth barracudas (Sphyraena viridensis), Cabo de Palos, Spain.

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Old peasant with dagger and long smoking pipe, Mestia, Svanetia, Georgia (Republic). Today is International Pipe Smoking Day.

Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Old submerged trees on Cheow Lan Lake. Blue sky and eternal summer in Surat Thani, Thailand. Remnants of the old Shorea Dipterocarp forest.

Original: Vyacheslav Argenberg Derivative work: The Cosmonaut, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Elephant (Loxodonta africana) in Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.