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Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) near Scottsdale,Tasmania, Australia.

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The ceiling mosaic in the Baptistry of Neon in Ravenna, Italy depicts the Baptism of Jesus. Built around 6th century A.D., the building is a UNESCO World heritage site. Today is the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord in much of Western Christianity.

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Winter on the Himmeldunkberg. View over the Southern High Rhön.

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Public picnic table at the Arenas Negras recreational area (Tenerife, Spain).

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A chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) on Deception Island in Antarctica.

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Vasabron (Vasa bridge) across the Norrström in Stockholm, with Stockholms Stadshuset (city hall) in the background.

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The site of the former Götaverken Cityvarvet (Götaverken City Shipyards) in Gothenburg.

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Shaped by capsizing and melting, this growler was transformed into a modern sculpture. Western side of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Chestnut-naped antpitta (Grallaria nuchalis ruficeps), Reserva Las Tangaras, Chocó, Colombia.

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The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, better known as The Skating Minister (1790s), by Henry Raeburn.

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Blue whale skeleton at the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London, England. 'Hope', nickname of the blue whale skeleton, is 25.2 metres (83 ft) long and is suspended from the ceiling since July 14th 2017. Blue whales are the largest creature ever to have lived in the Earth. In the 1800s there was an estimated amount of 250,000 blue whales across the world's oceans. After decades of commercial hunting the species was to the brink of extinction, with only around 400 surviving in 1966. That year the world took action in London and decided to legally protect blue whales from commercial hunting. Since then the population of blue whales has steadily grown to its current level of around 20,000.

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New Year's fireworks over the Swabian village Eberhardzell near Biberach an der Riss. Today is New Year's Day.

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