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Kammergarten pavilions in the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria. The location, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers. The site is one of the most important architectural, cultural, and historic sites in the country and a major tourist attraction since the mid-1950s.

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English : Kammergarten pavilions in the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria. The location, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers. The site is one of the most important architectural, cultural, and historic sites in the country and a major tourist attraction since the mid-1950s.

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English : Today, 1 March, is National Pig Day in USA. Enjoy this video of five ways to cook pork tenderloin.

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English : Vigil for #Natenom (Andreas Mandalka) in Cologne at Rudolfplatz
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The cover of the program for the Woman Suffrage Procession. The first suffragist parade in Washington, D.C., it occurred on this date 111 years ago.

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English : The cover of the program for the Woman Suffrage Procession. The first suffragist parade in Washington, D.C., it occurred on this date 111 years ago.

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Head of white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) at the volerie des aigles in Kintzheim (Bas-Rhin, France).

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English : Head of white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) at the volerie des aigles in Kintzheim (Bas-Rhin, France).

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English : Sumurun is a 1920 German silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch.

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Sigmaringen Castle, seen from the northwest

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English : Driving through Faadou, Canton

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HDR from three exposures (+2 to -2) of Canary Wharf, as seen from the Thames Path, Limehouse, London.

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English : HDR from three exposures (+2 to -2) of Canary Wharf, as seen from the Thames Path, Limehouse, London.

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English : Driving through Kraków, Poland

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Indian jewelry designer at work

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English : Maple syrup harvesting in Ontario

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A child dressing up as the God Shiva. Today is the Hindu holiday Maha Shivaratri.

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English : A child dressing up as the God Shiva. Today is the Hindu holiday Maha Shivaratri.

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English : Short video about bell hooks thought. Subtitles available.
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Sunset in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.

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English : Sunset in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.

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English : The Bargain, a 1914 silent western directed by Reginald Barker, is the first feature film starring William S. Hart.

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Mow Cop Castle, an 18th-century folly straddling the Cheshire–Staffordshire border built to resemble a ruinous castle.

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English : Mow Cop Castle, an 18th-century folly straddling the Cheshire–Staffordshire border built to resemble a ruinous castle.

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English : A recording of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone and the founder of the Bell Telephone Company. As of 2018, this is the only known recording of Bell, who on this day in 1876 made the world's first telephone call.

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The Palácio Quitandinha is a historic former luxury resort hotel in Petrópolis, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 1947, the Palácio Quitandinha was the site of the signing of the Rio Treaty, attended by United States President Harry S. Truman.

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English : The Palácio Quitandinha is a historic former luxury resort hotel in Petrópolis, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 1947, the Palácio Quitandinha was the site of the signing of the Rio Treaty, attended by United States President Harry S. Truman.

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English : Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi fortress or Akkerman fortress is a historical and architectural monument of the 13th-14th centuries, Ukraine.

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Swelling flower bud of Allium ursinum. Focus stack of 60 photos.

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English : One Billion Rising in Hannover 2024

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Photo taken of Hurricane Florence convection with deep eyewall in Atlantic Sea from ISS by astronaut Alexander Gerst. His comment: 'Ever stared down the gaping eye of a category 4 hurricane? It's chilling, even from space...'

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English : Photo taken of Hurricane Florence convection with deep eyewall in Atlantic Sea from ISS by astronaut Alexander Gerst. His comment: 'Ever stared down the gaping eye of a category 4 hurricane? It's chilling, even from space...'

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Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck, 1801, Devil's Toenail; height 4.5 cm; Black Jurassic α III

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English : Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck, 1801, Devil's Toenail; height 4.5 cm; Black Jurassic α III

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English : Off the coast of Alaska, an outpost of about 4,000 people spills over two of the Aleutian Islands, Unalaska and Amaknak. A few Vietnamese families have braved the harsh conditions to build lives and businesses.

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Interior facade of one of the courtyards of the Borujerdi House, a historic house museum in Kashan, Iran. It was built in 1857 by architect Ustad Ali Maryam for the bride of Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant. The bride came from the affluent Tabātabāei family, for whom the architect had built the nearby Tabātabāei House several years earlier.

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English : Interior facade of one of the courtyards of the Borujerdi House, a historic house museum in Kashan, Iran. It was built in 1857 by architect Ustad Ali Maryam for the bride of Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant. The bride came from the affluent Tabātabāei family, for whom the architect had built the nearby Tabātabāei House several years earlier.

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English : 1957 newsreels reporting the arrival of a special cargo plane in Zestienhoven airport, near Rotterdam (Netherlands), with several race horses onboard. The are taken to the Duindigt racecourse to be presented to the public.

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Choirs and altar in the St Jacob’s Church (Karthaus) in Weddern hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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English : Choirs and altar in the St Jacob’s Church (Karthaus) in Weddern hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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English : White's Seahorse, also known as New Holland seahorse or Sydney seahorse (
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English : In March 2016, we were with Ueli Steck, Mathieu Maynadier and Jérôme Para in Les Drus, “North Couloir Direct” (VI, Al 6+, M8, 800m). In location like Les Drus, you are guaranteed to get a lot of excellent alpine climbing footage. And as a filmmaker, it's a always frustrating to only use a few seconds of footage from such a great shoot. That's why we're releasing this series of rough cuts. Turn up the volume, relax, and enjoy some beautiful climbs. Film directed by Guillaume Broust. Camera work by Bertrand Delapierre. Music by Zikali “Lost in Fog”.

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A full-figured woman and a thin woman. They overlook the sea.

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English : High-speed video recording of a pear psyllid (Cacopsylla pyrisuga) male generating a vibrational signal by wing buzzing, slowed-down approximately 210-fold.

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English : February 2024. International Organization for Migration (IOM) distributes bags of basic supplies to migrants who arrive at Lajas Blancas, Panama, after crossing the Darién Gap. These migrants are heading towards the United States.

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Flowers of a Neillia affinis

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English : Driving from Blenheim to Havelock in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand

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Cover of the special edition Der Tag von Potsdam (Potsdam Day) on March 21 1933, a ceremony for the re-opening of the German Reichstag in the weekly newspaper Die Woche.
Portrait of Frederick the Great by Klaus Richter (1919). The Prussian King was glorified by the Nazis as a precursor to Hitler.

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English : Cover of the special edition Der Tag von Potsdam (Potsdam Day) on March 21 1933, a ceremony for the re-opening of the German Reichstag in the weekly newspaper Die Woche.
Portrait of Frederick the Great by Klaus Richter (1919). The Prussian King was glorified by the Nazis as a precursor to Hitler.

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Fajã dos Padres
is a locality situated south of the island of Madeira, Portugal. A deserted beach is isolated in a area of untouched nature.

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English : Video about the Korrika relay race, an event in favor of the Basque language. Contains English subtitles.
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San Miguel Church‎, formally The Royal Parish and National Shrine of Saint Michael and the Archangels, Manila, Philippines

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English : True Heart Susie (1919) by D. W. Griffith

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Pepper No. 30, 1930 photograph of a green pepper by Edward Weston. Today is his 138th birthday.

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English : Pepper No. 30, 1930 photograph of a green pepper by Edward Weston. Today is his 138th birthday.

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English : Video showing the Dee River Craft carrying one of the last Airbus A380 wings from Broughton, Wales to Port Mostyn (also in Wales) and onwards to France.

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Keylong, fields of Belling in the foreground, Kardang on right. View from the west. Lahaul, Himachal, India.

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English : Keylong, fields of Belling in the foreground, Kardang on right. View from the west. Lahaul, Himachal, India.

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English : Recorded during a concert by Anton Emery in the home of Marc Hoffman and Tina Blade Duvall, Washington on June 13, 2015. Videography by Vaun Raymond of Seattle.

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Man talking on the phone in Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

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English : Man talking on the phone in Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

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English : At the end of 2018, the French National Women's Mountaineering Team (ENAF) traveled to the heart of the Cordillera Darwin, in the far south of Chile. An expedition in the form of exploration, on lands never trodden by man and completely cut off from the world. An extremely committed expedition that we let you discover.

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A Burmese man smoking a filterless cheroot cigar

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English : Starbucks Coffee employee in Reynosa, Mexico, tells of Chinese customers, of which some are workers in local factories and some are migrants heading towards the United States.

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English : Slow-motion video of the classic "rip the table cloth out from under the plates" trick, done with heavy duty plates.

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Good Friday Procession in Malta

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English : Abstract music animation to accompany the Yellow River Piano Concerto 4th movement
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Sculpture of "Jerusalem as the Center of the World", Park Teddy Kollek, Jerusalem

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English : Sculpture of "Jerusalem as the Center of the World", Park Teddy Kollek, Jerusalem

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English : White Shadows in the South Seas, a 1928 film by W. S. Van Dyke, was the first MGM sound film, hence the first time audiences heard the roar of Leo the Lion over the MGM banner at the beginning.
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Mekong bank with stilt dwellings, trees and clouds at golden hour, seen from the bridge between Don Det and Don Khon, Si Phan Don, Laos. Don Det, Eastern side.

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English : Mekong bank with stilt dwellings, trees and clouds at golden hour, seen from the bridge between Don Det and Don Khon, Si Phan Don, Laos. Don Det, Eastern side.

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English : Architectural and park complex Saint Nicholas Horodok convent, Horodok, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine.
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