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29 February 2016

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Excavations at Mes Aynak
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Georgiana Simpson

28 February 2016

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Halocnemum strobilaceum
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A jack-o'-lantern Halloween cake

27 February 2016

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Six Gentlemen
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1963 Harley-Davidson KR

26 February 2016

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Mells War Memorial
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Francis Drake playing bowls

25 February 2016

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Norwich War Memorial

24 February 2016

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Echinopsis spachiana in flower
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1945 Treasury poster

23 February 2016

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An electrum Carthaginian shekel
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Aerial view of the Carbajal Valley

22 February 2016

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Kashmir papier-mâché with paint and gold leaf
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The Panama remotely controlled Land Rover

21 February 2016

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Muga silk fabric with jaapi hat
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Gwendoline Konie

20 February 2016

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Diwata-1
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Fresco of a servant in the Roman Tomb of Silistra

19 February 2016

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Thanjavur Art Plate
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Black Cross Nurses' parade, 1922

18 February 2016

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Rob Roy in 1924
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Framingham Railroad Station in 1959

17 February 2016

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Teresia Sampsonia, Lady Shirley
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The Federal Reserve Bank Building in Seattle

16 February 2016

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Jimmy Greene
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Pocket FM, a portable radio transmitter

15 February 2016

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Arnos Park Viaduct
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Xin Fengxia

14 February 2016

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Mountain nyala on the Ethiopian ten santim coin
Mountain nyala on the Ethiopian ten santim coin
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Ava DuVernay

13 February 2016

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Hawaiian monk seal
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Concrete face of the X-10 Graphite Reactor

12 February 2016

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[[File:|120x133px|Kaushiki Chakraborty ]]
Kaushiki Chakraborty
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Diagram of Nimrod

11 February 2016

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Carlisle Civic Centre amid floodwater
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Paisaje con bosque y río by Joaquín Clausell

10 February 2016

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Ewa Bandrowska-Turska
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A shrimp and corn chowder

9 February 2016

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Ranikot Fort
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Samantha Bee

8 February 2016

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Mahabaleshwar strawberries
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Malouma

7 February 2016

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First Congregational Church of Albany
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Satellite image of Cyclone Gonu approaching the Arabian Peninsula

6 February 2016

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Longren in the pilot's seat, 1911
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A male Abyssinian guinea pig

5 February 2016

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Pierre Boulez in 1968
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Dibatag

4 February 2016

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Screen wall of Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra
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Buddy Holly's glasses at the Buddy Holly Center

3 February 2016

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A waterstarting windsurfer rising up
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Sandsfoot Castle

2 February 2016

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Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai meeting Mao Zedong
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Mitre Inn

1 February 2016

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Gyaclavator kohlsi holotype
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The uncompleted Foreshore Freeway Bridge in 2007