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A European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) in flight at Pfyn-Finges, Switzerland. This image was created by merging three successive photographs of the same bird's flight.

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

Nymphs of Chromacris speciosa, Paulo César Vinha State Park, Espírito Santo, Brazil.

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

Fresh water collecting in the valleys between sand dunes in the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Brazil. A layer of rock beneath the sand prevents the rain water from dissipating during the rainy season, resulting in a broad expanse of lagoons.

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

This stained glass window (1880) located in the Cathédrale Saint-Louis (La Rochelle, France) depicts Joan of Arc. Today is St. Joan's feast day.

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Kishū Kumano iwatake tori by Hiroshige II, a Japanese woodblock print in the ukiyo-e style, depicting the harvesting of iwatake mushrooms (Umbilicaria esculenta) near Kumano in the Kishū Domain.

Hiroshige II (1826-1869), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Bicycle parked in front of a graffitied building façade with doors, in a street near Kloveniersburgwal, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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

The window in a cafe in San Gimignano opens on Valdelsa, in Tuscany (Italy).

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Runners in tunnel. São Martinho do Porto, Portugal.

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The Taras horizon landscape reserve at dawn in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine.

Original: Oleksandr Malyon Derivative work: Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

This image of Mary Help of Christians was painted after the original by Lucas Cranach the Elder and is located in Maria Hilf pilgrimage church (Moosbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Today is the feast day of Mary Help of Christians in the Catholic Church.

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Huvudsta metro station, Stockholm.

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Worm's-eye view of Tokyo Skytree, Japan. The tower was opened to the public on this day in 2012.

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