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Today in History

Unbe-leaf-able
Dec 8, 2023La Rocque Harbour, Island of Jersey
Oct 21, 2025Happy Diwali!
Feb 24, 2024Almond trees in full bloom, California, USA
In the tropics, land greets sea warmly
Dec 29, 2025St. Gregory Church in Ani Ruins, Kars, Türkiye
Reflecting on Christmas
Jan 1, 2026Happy New Year!
Amber waves of grain
Jun 18, 2024Lupine fields, Snæfellsnes, Iceland
Blood moon
The lungs of Earth
Dec 21, 2024Happy winter solstice!
Beautiful falling waters
Nov 27, 2024Tombeau du Géant in Bouillon, Belgium
A bevy of buzzers
Straight out of a fairytale
Feb 1, 2024Aýna, Albacete, Spain
Sep 12, 2025World Dolphin Day
Check out these ‘sea cows’
Purple bliss as far as the eye can see
Dec 22, 2024Christmas tree at Crystal Pier, San Diego, California, United States
Sep 23, 2024Sea otter in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
Sep 5, 20242024 Toronto International Film Festival
Oct 12, 2024Mysore Dasara
Jun 11, 2025Greater flamingos, Lüderitz, Namibia
Jun 12, 2024Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA
Mar 22, 2024World Water Day
Sep 24, 2025Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, United States
May 7, 2024A duckling swimming in a water meadow, Suffolk, England