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Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) in flight over Cuba Change image |
Tanzania Youth Coalition is a non-government organization focused on making the voices of the youth heard in all policy platforms. They mostly work with individuals aged 15 to 35 years old. They facilitate information dissemination, sharing and exchange, policy analysis, lobbying, and advocacy to carry on their mission. Choose a new media file |
English : Tanzania Youth Coalition is a non-government organization focused on making the voices of the youth heard in all policy platforms. They mostly work with individuals aged 15 to 35 years old. They facilitate information dissemination, sharing and exchange, policy analysis, lobbying, and advocacy to carry on their mission.
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![]() Pack of lions (Panthera leo) devouring an African buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), Chobe National Park, Botswana Change image |
English : Pack of lions (Panthera leo) devouring an African buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), Chobe National Park, Botswana
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John F. Kennedy Assassination, House Select Committee on Assassinations - Marina Oswald's testimony Choose a new media file |
English : John F. Kennedy Assassination, House Select Committee on Assassinations - Marina Oswald's testimony
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Airplane landing in Bhutan, from a passenger's perspective Choose a new media file |
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The Eagle Has Landed, The Flight of Apollo 11. Story of the first human mission to the Moon, in July 1969. Choose a new media file |
English : The Eagle Has Landed, The Flight of Apollo 11. Story of the first human mission to the Moon, in July 1969.
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![]() Khairdeen, also known as Pritam, was the watchman of village Jandali, district Ludhiana, Punjab, India for over 70 years. Change image |
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![]() Adoration of the Magi, painted between 1440 and 1460 by the masters Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi Change image |
English : Adoration of the Magi, painted between 1440 and 1460 by the masters Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi
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No one knows for sure when yaks were first domesticated, but it's likely that they were first bred thousands of years ago as beasts of burden for the caravans of Himalayan trade routes. The massive hairy ox-like creatures are found in the high mountains of Central Asia, where they provide meat, milk, hides and labor. But as VOA’s Tibetan Service reporter Yeshie Dorje tells us, they are increasingly finding new homes in America’s high country. Mil Arcega narrates. Choose a new media file |
English : No one knows for sure when yaks were first domesticated, but it's likely that they were first bred thousands of years ago as beasts of burden for the caravans of Himalayan trade routes. The massive hairy ox-like creatures are found in the high mountains of Central Asia, where they provide meat, milk, hides and labor. But as VOA’s Tibetan Service reporter Yeshie Dorje tells us, they are increasingly finding new homes in America’s high country. Mil Arcega narrates.
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English : Winter morning in the Gorgany mountain range, Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
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Staff Sgt. Shane Rathburn takes on this soprano saxophone solo in this arrangement of the first movement of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Choose a new media file |
English : Staff Sgt. Shane Rathburn takes on this soprano saxophone solo in this arrangement of the first movement of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
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The Jazz Singer — American musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland, production Warner Bros Choose a new media file |
English : The Jazz Singer — American musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland, production Warner Bros
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![]() Close wing mud-puddling position of the common nawab (Charaxes bharata, C.& R. Felder, 1867) Change image |
English : Close wing mud-puddling position of the common nawab (Charaxes bharata, C.& R. Felder, 1867)
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NCAR scientist Christine Shields explains atmospheric rivers. Choose a new media file |
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![]() Delleboersterheide, nature reserve of the It Fryske Gea. Pinus sylvestris. Change image |
English : Delleboersterheide, nature reserve of the It Fryske Gea. Pinus sylvestris.
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Monkey and the Crabs (1927), Japanese short cartoon. Choose a new media file |
English : Monkey and the Crabs (1927), Japanese short cartoon.
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![]() Close wing position mud-puddling and peeing activity of male Blue-striped Mime (Papilio slateri, Hewitson,1859) Change image |
English : Close wing position mud-puddling and peeing activity of male Blue-striped Mime (Papilio slateri, Hewitson,1859)
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![]() Zoophilia from the base of Lakshmana Temple in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India Change image |
English : Zoophilia from the base of Lakshmana Temple in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Parasitic jaeger, also known as the arctic skua or parasitic skua, (Stercorarius parasiticus) Choose a new media file |
English : Parasitic jaeger, also known as the arctic skua or parasitic skua, (Stercorarius parasiticus)
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![]() Sucking of fluid from dead fly in close wing posture by jewelled nawab (Charaxes delphis, Doubleday, 1843) Change image |
English : Sucking of fluid from dead fly in close wing posture by jewelled nawab (Charaxes delphis, Doubleday, 1843)
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Go West (1925), American silent Western comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton Choose a new media file |
English : Go West (1925), American silent Western comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton
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![]() Lake Baskunchak, Baskunchak nature park: Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. Wooden pillars were used for salt production – a net attached to the pillars was lowered into the very salty (the salinity is about 300 g/l) lake water. After that it was raised and the salt crystallized. Change image |
English : Lake Baskunchak, Baskunchak nature park: Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. Wooden pillars were used for salt production – a net attached to the pillars was lowered into the very salty (the salinity is about 300 g/l) lake water. After that it was raised and the salt crystallized.
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Life on International Space Station. B-roll of life aboard the ISS with Expedition 36 and Expedition 32 crew members daily activities, eating, exercising and working on the ISS. Choose a new media file |
English : Life on International Space Station. B-roll of life aboard the ISS with Expedition 36 and Expedition 32 crew members daily activities, eating, exercising and working on the ISS.
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![]() Bernard Lake near Fraser, British Columbia, Canada Change image |
Instructions for the safe use of microwave ovens when preparing food at home and possible risks when working with deep-frozen food. Lecture in sign language with English text translation. Choose a new media file |
English : Instructions for the safe use of microwave ovens when preparing food at home and possible risks when working with deep-frozen food. Lecture in sign language with English text translation.
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![]() Bridge at Kakesbeck Castle in the Bechtrup hamlet in Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Bridge at Kakesbeck Castle in the Bechtrup hamlet in Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Views of the take-off of Artemis I from various locations. This was an unmanned flight with the main aim to assess the heat shield of the onboard Orion spacecraft. The take-off of Artemis I on 16 November 2022 has been a milestone in the return of NASA to the manned exploration of the Moon. Choose a new media file |
English : Views of the take-off of Artemis I from various locations. This was an unmanned flight with the main aim to assess the heat shield of the onboard Orion spacecraft. The take-off of Artemis I on 16 November 2022 has been a milestone in the return of NASA to the manned exploration of the Moon.
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![]() Solitary birch (Betula) in a beautiful landscape. Location, nature Delleboersterheide - Cats Poele, in the Netherlands. Change image |
English : Solitary birch (Betula) in a beautiful landscape. Location, nature Delleboersterheide - Cats Poele, in the Netherlands.
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Presentation of the Vessel, an innovative building in Manhattan, New York City. The honeycomb structure that has been built upon the plans by the British designer Thomas Heatherwick is 16 stories high and is the main feature of the Hudson Yards Public Square. Its final cost amounted to 200 million USD. Choose a new media file |
English : Presentation of the Vessel, an innovative building in Manhattan, New York City. The honeycomb structure that has been built upon the plans by the British designer Thomas Heatherwick is 16 stories high and is the main feature of the Hudson Yards Public Square. Its final cost amounted to 200 million USD.
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![]() First live record of a gynandromorph colour sergeant (Athyma inara, Westwood, 1850) found at Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India. Change image |
English : First live record of a gynandromorph colour sergeant (Athyma inara, Westwood, 1850) found at Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India.
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The significance of exploration of exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope Choose a new media file |
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![]() A Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas), about 12 cm (4.7 in) long, with two smaller oysters and a barnacle (Chthamalus sp.) attached to it Change image |
English : A Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas), about 12 cm (4.7 in) long, with two smaller oysters and a barnacle (Chthamalus sp.) attached to it
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Aerial view of Perchtoldsdorf, Austria. This is a market town immediately at the Vienna city limits, known chiefly for winemaking. The fortified tower in the middle of the town dates to the late 15th/early 16th century and is the largest Austrian defense tower. Choose a new media file |
English : Aerial view of Perchtoldsdorf, Austria. This is a market town immediately at the Vienna city limits, known chiefly for winemaking. The fortified tower in the middle of the town dates to the late 15th/early 16th century and is the largest Austrian defense tower.
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![]() An owner of an old book selling store in Kolkata Change image |
English : An owner of an old book selling store in Kolkata
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An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter formed long ago during a colossal collision between two galaxy clusters. This is the first time that dark matter has been found with a distribution that differs substantially from the distribution of ordinary matter. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen). Choose a new media file |
English : An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter formed long ago during a colossal collision between two galaxy clusters. This is the first time that dark matter has been found with a distribution that differs substantially from the distribution of ordinary matter. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen).
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English : Northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela hybrida). Taken by the Mulde in Eilenburg, Saxony, Germany.
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What happens in Las Vegas, stays in Las Vegas.😏 Choose a new media file |
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English : Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Lviv, Ukraine. Today is the Day of Unity of Ukraine.
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Consequences of the Russian attack on January 14, 2023 in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine Choose a new media file |
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![]() Two panels of earthenware tiles painted with polychrome glazes over a white glaze. Iran, first half of the 19th century. Change image |
English : Two panels of earthenware tiles painted with polychrome glazes over a white glaze. Iran, first half of the 19th century.
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Menton, a town in southeastern France. It has the fame of the most beautiful town of the French Riviera. Choose a new media file |
English : Menton, a town in southeastern France. It has the fame of the most beautiful town of the French Riviera.
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English : Portrait photo of Danish composer Carl Nielsen (1865–1931)
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![]() View from the organ loft towards the altar of Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford University, California. On January 25, 1903, the church was dedicated in memory of Leland Stanford, former governor of California and founder of the university. Change image |
English : View from the organ loft towards the altar of Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford University, California. On January 25, 1903, the church was dedicated in memory of Leland Stanford, former governor of California and founder of the university.
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Aerial view of the New York City Subway: Williamsburg Bridge, the East River, Downtown Manhattan, Williamsburg (Brooklyn), 420 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn Shipyard, Williamsburg Bank Choose a new media file |
English : Aerial view of the New York City Subway: Williamsburg Bridge, the East River, Downtown Manhattan, Williamsburg (Brooklyn), 420 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn Shipyard, Williamsburg Bank
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Charles Lindbergh landing in the Spirit of St. Louis at Roosevelt Field, New York City, his departure from N.Y., and his arrival and reception in Paris Choose a new media file |
English : Charles Lindbergh landing in the Spirit of St. Louis at Roosevelt Field, New York City, his departure from N.Y., and his arrival and reception in Paris
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![]() Aerial view of Somapura Mahavihara, Bangladesh. It was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Change image |
English : Aerial view of Somapura Mahavihara, Bangladesh. It was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
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Mating flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) at the Twilight Zone, one of the best muck diving spot at Ambon Bay, Indonesia Choose a new media file |
English : Mating flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) at the Twilight Zone, one of the best muck diving spot at Ambon Bay, Indonesia
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Spaghetti with cuttlefish 😋 Choose a new media file |
English : Spaghetti with cuttlefish 😋
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![]() Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) fishing in the Pantanal wetland region of Brazil. Skimmers are the only birds with distinctive uneven bills, where the lower mandible is longer than the upper. It allows them to use their amazing fishing technique. Change image |
English : Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) fishing in the Pantanal wetland region of Brazil. Skimmers are the only birds with distinctive uneven bills, where the lower mandible is longer than the upper. It allows them to use their amazing fishing technique.
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India holds an annual beating retreat ceremony for Republic Day of India. Choose a new media file |
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![]() Church of St. Mary's Nativity in the Suzdal Kremlin, Russia Change image |
English : Church of St. Mary's Nativity in the Suzdal Kremlin, Russia
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Shio Koji (塩麹) Choose a new media file |
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