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 Arcades at Nationalmuseet, Kopenhagen, Denmark Change image |
English : Arcades at Nationalmuseet, Kopenhagen, Denmark
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English : The Section Control from Rethen to Laatzen at B6 may be unconstitutional.
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 The High Court of Australia, in Canberra, ACT, is an unusual and distinctive structure, built in the brutalist style, and features a public atrium with a 24-metre-high roof. The building was completed in 1980. The High Court was added to the Australian National Heritage List in November 2007. Change image |
English : The High Court of Australia, in Canberra, ACT, is an unusual and distinctive structure, built in the brutalist style, and features a public atrium with a 24-metre-high roof. The building was completed in 1980. The High Court was added to the Australian National Heritage List in November 2007.
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English : Protest against Article 13 in Cologne. Today another protest is held in Berlin, on 23rd all over Europe.
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 The Loves of Paris and Helen is a 1788 painting by Jacques-Louis David, showing Helen of Troy and Paris from Homer's Iliad. It is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Change image |
English : The Loves of Paris and Helen is a 1788 painting by Jacques-Louis David, showing Helen of Troy and Paris from Homer's Iliad. It is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
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 Diagram of the geological process of subduction. Change image |
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English : The Rosenmontagsumzug (Rose monday parade) is the traditional apogée of Carnival in Germany.
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 Jo Wilson, a forward, during warm-ups before the London Bees vs. Millwall Lionesses match on 15 April 2017. Change image |
English : Jo Wilson, a forward, during warm-ups before the London Bees vs. Millwall Lionesses match on 15 April 2017.
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 Night view of the front of the German Chancellery building (in German Bundeskanzleramt), located in the heart of Berlin, Germany. The building, of postmodern style with elements of modernist style was opened in 2001 and was designed by Charlotte Frank and Axel Schultes. The iron sculpture called "Berlin" is work of Eduardo Chillida. The building hosts the agency serving the executive office of the Chancellor of Germany, the head of the federal government, currently Angela Merkel. Change image |
English : Night view of the front of the German Chancellery building (in German Bundeskanzleramt), located in the heart of Berlin, Germany. The building, of postmodern style with elements of modernist style was opened in 2001 and was designed by Charlotte Frank and Axel Schultes. The iron sculpture called "Berlin" is work of Eduardo Chillida. The building hosts the agency serving the executive office of the Chancellor of Germany, the head of the federal government, currently Angela Merkel.
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English : Un Drame au fond de la mer, a 1901 French silent short by Ferdinand Zecca, was one of the first films with a rolling title.
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English : Fringe Festival 2017 in Edinburgh: Nobody looks at the topless man., My body, my rules., protesting against the extradiction of Lauri Love.
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 West facade of the Paul-Löbe-Haus in Berlin-Mitte during the blue hour. The building was designed by architect Stephan Braunfels and built between 1997 and 2002. It's one of the buildings of the German parliament. Change image |
English : West facade of the Paul-Löbe-Haus in Berlin-Mitte during the blue hour. The building was designed by architect Stephan Braunfels and built between 1997 and 2002. It's one of the buildings of the German parliament.
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English : ‘’Dykes on Bikes‘’ lead the ’‘Dyke March’’ 2018 in Berlin.
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 The Frauenkirche is a church in the Bavarian city of Munich that serves as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. It is a landmark and a symbol of the Bavarian capital. Change image |
English : The Frauenkirche is a church in the Bavarian city of Munich that serves as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. It is a landmark and a symbol of the Bavarian capital.
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English : Le Spectre rouge is a 1907 stencil-colored silent French short by Segundo de Chomón.
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 Submerged church of St. Nicholas, Mavrovo Lake, Republic of Macedonia. The church was built in 1850 and submerged in the local lake in 1953, but due to droughts in the 21st century it has largely appeared out of the lake. Change image |
English : Submerged church of St. Nicholas, Mavrovo Lake, Republic of Macedonia. The church was built in 1850 and submerged in the local lake in 1953, but due to droughts in the 21st century it has largely appeared out of the lake.
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 St. Trudpert's Abbey Change image |
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English : Identifiable Images of Bystanders Extracted from Corneal Reflections is a 2013 short animation by R. Jenkins and C. Kerr.
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 The head of an adult Striated Heron (Butorides striata javanica). Change image |
English : The head of an adult Striated Heron (Butorides striata javanica).
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English : Science March in Heidelberg in 2017
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 The main office complex of the ADAC (General German Automobile Club) in Munich was designed by Sauerbruch Hutton and opened in 2012. Change image |
English : The main office complex of the ADAC (General German Automobile Club) in Munich was designed by Sauerbruch Hutton and opened in 2012.
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English : Fumeur d'opium is a song by Charles Helmer recorded in 1906 by Adolphe Bérard.
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English : Iola's Promise is a 1912 American silent short by D. W. Griffith starring Mary Pickford as a young Indian girl.
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 "Airborne" by Christopher Klein, an art installation representing a gas molecule. Built in 2008 for The Linde Group's headquarters, the Angerhof, in Munich. Change image |
English : "Airborne" by Christopher Klein, an art installation representing a gas molecule. Built in 2008 for The Linde Group's headquarters, the Angerhof, in Munich.
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English : In March 2019, Wooferendum, an anti-Brexit campaign, organized in London's Victoria Tower Gardens a stunt called a Dog's dinner (slang for mess).
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English : The Gay Shoe Clerk is a 1903 American silent short by Edwin S. Porter.
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 General view of Persepolis ("The Persian City"), situated 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran. The UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979 dates back to 515 BC and it was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Change image |
English : General view of Persepolis ("The Persian City"), situated 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran. The UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979 dates back to 515 BC and it was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire.
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English : How a Wind Up Music Box Works is a 2015 short educational video by Bill Hammack on the conception of music boxes.
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English : The Toll of the Sea, a 1922 silent film by Chester M. Franklin based on Madama Butterfly, was the first Technicolor feature film.
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 Silja Serenade in archipelagos of Stockholm Change image |
English : Silja Serenade in archipelagos of Stockholm
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English : The Gender Pay Gap was discussed on Equal Pay Day in March 2019 in Frankfurt at the Römer.
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 Sunset panorama of the Toronto skyline as seen from the Toronto Islands. Change image |
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English : Design for Dreaming is a 1956 cult industrial short directed by William Beaudine and starring Tad Tadlock.
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 A sailboat on the body of water "Plan d'eau du Vidourle" in Le Grau-du-Roi, France. Change image |
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English : Theodore Roosevelt's arrival in Africa is a 1909 animation film of unknown authorship. Former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt took part in the Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition.
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 High altar (Altar of the Holy Helpers) at the parish church Freistadt, Upper Austria. Anonymous master of the Danube school (Lienhard Krapfenbacher?), around 1520. Change image |
English : High altar (Altar of the Holy Helpers) at the parish church Freistadt, Upper Austria. Anonymous master of the Danube school (Lienhard Krapfenbacher?), around 1520.
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 View of one of the six courtyards of the Abbāsi House, a large traditional historical house located in Kashan, Iran. Built during the late 18th century, it is said to have been the property of a famous cleric. Change image |
English : View of one of the six courtyards of the Abbāsi House, a large traditional historical house located in Kashan, Iran. Built during the late 18th century, it is said to have been the property of a famous cleric.
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English : Hell's Hinges, directed in 1916 by Charles Swickard and starring William S. Hart, is considered to be one the finest silent Westerns.
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 On the left the Reichstag building. On the right next to it the east side of the Paul-Löbe-Haus in Berlin-Mitte, facing the river Spree, during the blue hour. Change image |
English : On the left the Reichstag building. On the right next to it the east side of the Paul-Löbe-Haus in Berlin-Mitte, facing the river Spree, during the blue hour.
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English : Some ten thousends Britons expressed their concerns on the state of national politics at the People's Vote March in London in March 2019.
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 A captive Red kite (Milvus milvus) in the Adlerwarte Obernberg am Inn falconry. Obernberg am Inn, Austria. Change image |
English : A captive Red kite (Milvus milvus) in the Adlerwarte Obernberg am Inn falconry. Obernberg am Inn, Austria.
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English : David Graeber interviewed on the premises of his book Bullshit Jobs at the De Balie Center in 2018.
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 The nebula N159 in the Large Magellanic Cloud Change image |
English : The nebula N159 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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English : The Lonedale Operator is a 1911 silent short by D. W. Griffith, featuring Blanche Sweet and notable for its use of a close up.
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 Ida Husted Harper was an American author, journalist, columnist, and suffragist, as well as the chosen biographer of Susan B. Anthony, whom she also worked with on the six-volume History of Woman Suffrage. Harper also served as secretary of the Indiana chapter of the National Woman Suffrage Association, became a prominent figure in the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., and wrote columns on women's issues for numerous newspapers across the United States, amongst other things. Change image |
English : Ida Husted Harper was an American author, journalist, columnist, and suffragist, as well as the chosen biographer of Susan B. Anthony, whom she also worked with on the six-volume History of Woman Suffrage. Harper also served as secretary of the Indiana chapter of the National Woman Suffrage Association, became a prominent figure in the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., and wrote columns on women's issues for numerous newspapers across the United States, amongst other things.
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English : Big Ben chiming in the Clock Tower for the last time before renovation starts.
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English : A night video from the 2018 lower Puna eruption of volcano Kīlauea on Hawaiian Islands, May 19, 2018.
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 Interior of the Serbian Orthodox Hercegovačka Gračanica church, built in 2000 and located on the Crkvina Hill overlooking the town of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The temple is an exact copy of the Gračanica monastery in Kosovo (built in 1321). Change image |
English : Interior of the Serbian Orthodox Hercegovačka Gračanica church, built in 2000 and located on the Crkvina Hill overlooking the town of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The temple is an exact copy of the Gračanica monastery in Kosovo (built in 1321).
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English : Snow White is a 1916 American silent film directed by J. Searle Dawley, starring Marguerite Clark, and based on Winthrop Ames' theatrical adaptation of the eponymous fairy tale collected by the Grimm brothers.
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