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22 кичӱ изӱ ай 2024
This is an unusual four-armed sculpture of Parshurama from the carved wall of Rani Ki Vav, holding in his four hands an arrow, a sword, a shield and a slack bow. The stepwell situated in the town of Patan in Gujarat, India. 10 years ago on this day, Rani Ki Vav was added to the list of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.
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English : The big cottage garden in the Hohenlohe Open Air Museum in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.

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English : A seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) covered in dew sitting on a flower. Taken in Viernheimer Waldheide Special Area of Conservation, Germany

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English : This stained glass window by Oskar Berbig (1884–1930) depicts the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It is located in Katholische Kapelle Sogn Antoni von Padua (Andiast, Switzerland). Today is the feast day of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the Roman Catholic Church.

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English : Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), the Pantanal, Brazil

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English : A human, aligned with the Milky Way, looks at the stars from Oeschinensee (Switzerland) during Perseids in search of shooting stars.

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English : Cassiterite bipyramids, chemical formula SnO2. locality Southeast slope Xuebaoding, Pingwu country, province Sichuan in China. Edge length ca. 30mm. Collection M.R.

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English : The small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata) known as St Anna Lime, a natural monument and about 300 years old, on a hill near Kirchhausen, Heilbronn, Germany.

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English : Farmhouse in Provence, painting produced in 1888 by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh at the height of his career. The painting was made in Arles, a city located in the region of Provence (southern France).

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English : This is an unusual four-armed sculpture of Parshurama from the carved wall of Rani Ki Vav, holding in his four hands an arrow, a sword, a shield and a slack bow. The stepwell situated in the town of Patan in Gujarat, India. 10 years ago on this day, Rani Ki Vav was added to the list of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.

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English : Vasco da Gama Bridge (Ponte Vasco da Gama), Lisbon, Portugal

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English : Alba Madonna created by Raphael c. 1511 depicts Mary, Jesus, and John the Baptist in a typical Italian countryside. Today is the Nativity of John the Baptist.

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English : Leon International Hot Air Balloon Festival, 2012 edition

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English : The floating torii gate of the Itsukushima Shrine in Japan, during low tide

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English : On this day, 110 years ago, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife in Sarajevo, precipitated the start of World War I. The event is represented here in the July 12, 1914 issue of Le Petit Journal.

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