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30 April 2024

  • 00:00, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
G299.2-2.9
G299.2-2.9

29 April 2024

  • 00:00, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Francis of Delirium
Francis of Delirium

28 April 2024

  • 00:00, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
N661US
N661US

27 April 2024

  • 00:00, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Mirna El Helbawi
Mirna El Helbawi

26 April 2024

  • 00:00, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Vicky López
Vicky López
  • ... that Vicky López (pictured) took up horse riding during a six-month period when she was not allowed to play football?
  • ... that Blackpink's "Pink Venom" incorporates the sounds of traditional Korean instruments such as the geomungo?
  • ... that Iona Allen, "the only one to ever make a perfect pair of boots", constructed the pair worn by Neil Armstrong on the Moon out of thirteen layers of precisely fabricated material?
  • ... that Vostok 2022 marked the most comprehensive participation of Chinese forces in a Russian military exercise to date?
  • ... that the chandelier Pokémon Chandelure is a playable character in the fighting game Pokkén Tournament?
  • ... that the REM de l'Est, a planned light rail network, was abandoned due to its controversial use of elevated railways in downtown Montreal?
  • ... that Porter Robinson listened to excerpts of 100,000 songs in two years to create his EP Virtual Self?
  • ... that tokoyama (traditional Japanese hairdressers) working in kabuki are divided into specialties named after the floors of the Kabuki-za?
  • ... that the Puyallup people traditionally took ritual sweat baths before hunting, after intercourse, and even as a sport?

25 April 2024

  • 00:00, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Celestial globe by Åkerman
Celestial globe by Åkerman

24 April 2024

  • 00:00, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Mamiko Tanaka
Mamiko Tanaka

23 April 2024

  • 00:00, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
Stanley Cup rioter in Vancouver
Stanley Cup rioter in Vancouver

22 April 2024

  • 00:00, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
Calamophyton tree
Calamophyton tree

21 April 2024

  • 00:00, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Charles Holland
Charles Holland

20 April 2024

  • 00:00, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
East Quoddy Head Light
East Quoddy Head Light

19 April 2024

  • 00:00, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Election portrait of Komeng
Election portrait of Komeng

18 April 2024

  • 00:00, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump

17 April 2024

  • 00:00, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Cover-up tattoo depicting a ladder
Cover-up tattoo depicting a ladder

16 April 2024

  • 00:00, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
Max Whitlock
Max Whitlock

15 April 2024

  • 12:00, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Georgiana Bonser
Georgiana Bonser
  • 00:00, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Jennifer Martz (background) hitting
Jennifer Martz (background) hitting

14 April 2024

  • 12:00, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Look from The Girl Who Lived in the Tree
Look from The Girl Who Lived in the Tree
  • 00:00, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Aiming stone in Beşiktaş
Aiming stone in Beşiktaş

13 April 2024

  • 12:00, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Grave with the Hands
Grave with the Hands
  • 00:00, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
George W. Munroe
George W. Munroe

12 April 2024

  • 12:00, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
Akshaya­puree­swarar Temple
Akshaya­puree­swarar Temple
  • 00:00, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center
Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center

11 April 2024

  • 12:00, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
Game Boy Color connected to a cell phone via an adapter
Game Boy Color connected to a cell phone via an adapter
  • 00:00, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
Oakland California Temple
Oakland California Temple

10 April 2024

  • 12:00, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Sturmabteilung officer burning confiscated books on 10 May 1933
Sturmabteilung officer burning confiscated books on 10 May 1933
  • 00:00, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Funeral of a Mummy on the Nile
Funeral of a Mummy on the Nile

9 April 2024

  • 12:00, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
Men praying in a mosque
Ramadan prayers
  • 00:00, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
Riley Jackson
Riley Jackson

8 April 2024

  • 12:00, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Aphaena submaculata
Aphaena submaculata
  • 00:00, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Sculpture of an abstract multicoloured flower
Hibiscus Rising

7 April 2024

  • 12:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Camilo Cienfuegos (left) and Fidel Castro (right)
Camilo Cienfuegos (left) and Fidel Castro (right)
  • 00:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Dirham of Eretna with an inscription in the Uyghur script
Dirham of Eretna with an inscription in the Uyghur script

6 April 2024

  • 12:00, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
The Feast of Bacchus by Philips Koninck
The Feast of Bacchus by Philips Koninck
  • 00:00, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Jean-Emmanuel Depraz
Jean-Emmanuel Depraz

5 April 2024

  • 12:00, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Untitled (2012–2013) by Aleksandra Waliszewska
Untitled (2012–2013) by Aleksandra Waliszewska
  • 00:00, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
White-tailed jay
White-tailed jay

4 April 2024

  • 12:00, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Hell Gate Bridge
Hell Gate Bridge
  • 00:35, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Teleseme
Teleseme

3 April 2024

  • 12:00, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Barren Island
Barren Island
  • 00:00, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Lviv headquarters of the Ukrderzh­nats­menvydav
Lviv headquarters of the Ukrderzh­nats­menvydav

2 April 2024

  • 00:00, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Artist's impression of a ray cat
Artist's impression of a ray cat

1 April 2024

  • 00:00, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Sodankylä Old Church
Sodankylä Old Church