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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.

Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862).  American naturalist, philosopher, poet, and essayist. He is best known for his book "Walden" or "Life in the woods", a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.

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.