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class="description en">Night view of the baroque Turjak Fountain with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana_Castle" class="extiw" title="en:Ljubljana Castle">Ljubljana Castle</a> in the background, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana" class="extiw" title="en:Ljubljana">Ljubljana</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" class="extiw" title="en:Slovenia">Slovenia</a>.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-01&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-01_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-01 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Night view of the baroque Turjak Fountain with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana_Castle" class="extiw" title="en:Ljubljana Castle">Ljubljana Castle</a> in the background, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana" class="extiw" title="en:Ljubljana">Ljubljana</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" class="extiw" title="en:Slovenia">Slovenia</a>.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm/300px--Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="125" data-mwtitle="Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm/Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm/Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm/Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm/Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm/Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm/Water_Scarcity_explained_by_simpleshow_foundation.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>class=noresize</figcaption></figure></td> <td>thumbtime=70<br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-01&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-01_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-01 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="/wiki/Category:Videos_by_Simpleshow_in_English" title="Category:Videos by Simpleshow in English">A Simpleshow video</a> explaining why <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_scarcity" class="extiw" title="w:Water scarcity">water is a scarce resource</a> in many regions.</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-01_thumbtime" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-01 thumbtime"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: 70</li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2">2</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_M%C3%BCnsterstra%C3%9Fe,_Viktorkirmes,_Riesenrad_--_2023_--_9053_(kreativ).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/D%C3%BClmen%2C_M%C3%BCnsterstra%C3%9Fe%2C_Viktorkirmes%2C_Riesenrad_--_2023_--_9053_%28kreativ%29.jpg/300px-D%C3%BClmen%2C_M%C3%BCnsterstra%C3%9Fe%2C_Viktorkirmes%2C_Riesenrad_--_2023_--_9053_%28kreativ%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/D%C3%BClmen%2C_M%C3%BCnsterstra%C3%9Fe%2C_Viktorkirmes%2C_Riesenrad_--_2023_--_9053_%28kreativ%29.jpg/450px-D%C3%BClmen%2C_M%C3%BCnsterstra%C3%9Fe%2C_Viktorkirmes%2C_Riesenrad_--_2023_--_9053_%28kreativ%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/D%C3%BClmen%2C_M%C3%BCnsterstra%C3%9Fe%2C_Viktorkirmes%2C_Riesenrad_--_2023_--_9053_%28kreativ%29.jpg/600px-D%C3%BClmen%2C_M%C3%BCnsterstra%C3%9Fe%2C_Viktorkirmes%2C_Riesenrad_--_2023_--_9053_%28kreativ%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="13440" data-file-height="8960" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en"><a href="/wiki/Category:Photo_art" title="Category:Photo art">Photo art</a> based on a photograph of a <a href="/wiki/Category:Ferris_wheels" title="Category:Ferris wheels">Ferris wheel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Category:D%C3%BClmen" title="Category:Dülmen">Dülmen</a>, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany<br /><small>The original shot used the creative technique of <a href="/wiki/Category:Intentional_camera_movement" title="Category:Intentional camera movement">intentional camera movement</a>. This image was mirrored and recomposed to achieve the symmetry effect.</small></div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-02&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-02_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-02 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="/wiki/Category:Photo_art" title="Category:Photo art">Photo art</a> based on a photograph of a <a href="/wiki/Category:Ferris_wheels" title="Category:Ferris wheels">Ferris wheel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Category:D%C3%BClmen" title="Category:Dülmen">Dülmen</a>, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany<br /><small>The original shot used the creative technique of <a href="/wiki/Category:Intentional_camera_movement" title="Category:Intentional camera movement">intentional camera movement</a>. This image was mirrored and recomposed to achieve the symmetry effect.</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_1" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm/300px--Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="294" data-mwtitle="Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm/Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm/Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm/Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm/Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm/Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm/Tour_of_Asteroid_Bennu_QunVAWABQSc.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>class=noresize</figcaption></figure></td> <td>thumbtime=90<br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-02&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-02_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-02 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: A virtual tour of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Bennu" class="extiw" title="w:101955 Bennu">Bennu</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-type_asteroid" class="extiw" title="w:C-type asteroid">carbonaceous</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/near-Earth_object" class="extiw" title="w:near-Earth object">near-Earth</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/asteroid" class="extiw" title="w:asteroid">asteroid</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSIRIS-REx" class="extiw" title="w:OSIRIS-REx">OSIRIS-REx</a> spacecraft arrived at this sport, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nasa-osiris-rex-spacecraft-has-finally-arrived-asteroid-bennu">nearly 130 million km</a> from Earth, six years ago <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://phys.org/news/2018-12-osiris-rex-asteroid-bennu-excellent-mission.html">on 3 December</a>.<br />"Bennu is made of loose material weakly clumped together by gravity, and shaped like a spinning top. […] Scientists had expected Bennu’s surface to consist of fine-grained material like a sandy beach, but were instead greeted by a rugged world littered with boulders – the size of cars, the size of houses, the size of football fields. Now, thanks to laser altimetry data and high-resolution imagery from OSIRIS-REx, we can take a tour of Bennu’s remarkable terrain."</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-02_thumbtime" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-02 thumbtime"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: 90</li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="3">3</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Homeless_sleeping_on_Paulista_Avenue,_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_city,_Brazil.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Homeless_sleeping_on_Paulista_Avenue%2C_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_city%2C_Brazil.jpg/300px-Homeless_sleeping_on_Paulista_Avenue%2C_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_city%2C_Brazil.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Homeless_sleeping_on_Paulista_Avenue%2C_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_city%2C_Brazil.jpg/450px-Homeless_sleeping_on_Paulista_Avenue%2C_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_city%2C_Brazil.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Homeless_sleeping_on_Paulista_Avenue%2C_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_city%2C_Brazil.jpg/600px-Homeless_sleeping_on_Paulista_Avenue%2C_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_city%2C_Brazil.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness" class="extiw" title="w:Homelessness">Homeless person</a> sleeping on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulista_Avenue" class="extiw" title="w:Paulista Avenue">Paulista Avenue</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_city" class="extiw" title="w:São Paulo city">São Paulo city</a>, Brazil.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-03&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-03_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-03 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness" class="extiw" title="w:Homelessness">Homeless person</a> sleeping on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulista_Avenue" class="extiw" title="w:Paulista Avenue">Paulista Avenue</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_city" class="extiw" title="w:São Paulo city">São Paulo city</a>, Brazil.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_2" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Ikusgela_%E2%80%93_Bernart_Etxepare_eta_XVI._mendeko_literatura.webm/300px--Ikusgela_%E2%80%93_Bernart_Etxepare_eta_XVI._mendeko_literatura.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="394" data-mwtitle="Ikusgela_–_Bernart_Etxepare_eta_XVI._mendeko_literatura.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Ikusgela_%E2%80%93_Bernart_Etxepare_eta_XVI._mendeko_literatura.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/Ikusgela_%E2%80%93_Bernart_Etxepare_eta_XVI._mendeko_literatura.webm/Ikusgela_%E2%80%93_Bernart_Etxepare_eta_XVI._mendeko_literatura.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; 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Video with English subtitles.</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-03_thumbtime" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-03 thumbtime"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: 61</li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="4">4</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Savigny_%E2%80%93_%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame-et-Sainte-Barbe_%E2%80%93_Abside_III_2023_08_14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Savigny_%E2%80%93_%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame-et-Sainte-Barbe_%E2%80%93_Abside_III_2023_08_14.jpg/300px-Savigny_%E2%80%93_%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame-et-Sainte-Barbe_%E2%80%93_Abside_III_2023_08_14.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Savigny_%E2%80%93_%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame-et-Sainte-Barbe_%E2%80%93_Abside_III_2023_08_14.jpg/450px-Savigny_%E2%80%93_%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame-et-Sainte-Barbe_%E2%80%93_Abside_III_2023_08_14.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Savigny_%E2%80%93_%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame-et-Sainte-Barbe_%E2%80%93_Abside_III_2023_08_14.jpg/600px-Savigny_%E2%80%93_%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame-et-Sainte-Barbe_%E2%80%93_Abside_III_2023_08_14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5439" data-file-height="3626" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">Early 12th-century Romanesque apsis of Notre-Dame-et-Sainte-Barbe de <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savigny,_Manche" class="extiw" title="w:Savigny, Manche">Savigny, Manche</a>, France, with 14th-century murals presenting scenes from the martyrdom of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Barbara" class="extiw" title="w:Saint Barbara">St. Barbara</a>. Her feast day is today on 4 December.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-04&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-04_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-04 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Early 12th-century Romanesque apsis of Notre-Dame-et-Sainte-Barbe de <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savigny,_Manche" class="extiw" title="w:Savigny, Manche">Savigny, Manche</a>, France, with 14th-century murals presenting scenes from the martyrdom of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Barbara" class="extiw" title="w:Saint Barbara">St. Barbara</a>. 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codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/2023_Satellite_Imagery-_A_Year_in_Review_%28NESDIS_2024-01-03_2024_01_05_2023_A_Year_In_Review%29.webm/2023_Satellite_Imagery-_A_Year_in_Review_%28NESDIS_2024-01-03_2024_01_05_2023_A_Year_In_Review%29.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-04&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-04_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-04 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: 'A Year in Review' of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" class="extiw" title="w:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">NOAA</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/satellite_imagery" class="extiw" title="w:satellite imagery">satellite imagery</a> during <a href="/wiki/Category:2023" title="Category:2023">2023</a>, showing recordings of hurricanes, wildfires, erupting volcanoes, and more.</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-04_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-04 thumbtime (page does not exist)"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-04_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-04 thumbtime (page does not exist)">Template:Motd/2024-12-04 thumbtime</a></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="5">5</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trier,_07-12-2023_(actm.)_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Trier%2C_07-12-2023_%28actm.%29_01.jpg/300px-Trier%2C_07-12-2023_%28actm.%29_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Trier%2C_07-12-2023_%28actm.%29_01.jpg/450px-Trier%2C_07-12-2023_%28actm.%29_01.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Trier%2C_07-12-2023_%28actm.%29_01.jpg/600px-Trier%2C_07-12-2023_%28actm.%29_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4082" data-file-height="2916" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">Trier, Alter Krahn on the Mosel.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-05&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-05_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-05 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Trier, Alter Krahn on the Mosel.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_4" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Ikusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm/300px--Ikusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="533" data-durationhint="82" data-mwtitle="Ikusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Ikusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/Ikusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm/Ikusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; 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codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="136" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/Ikusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm/Ikusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="202" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/Ikusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm/Ikusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="202" data-height="360" /><track src="/w/api.php?action=timedtext&amp;title=File%3AIkusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm&amp;lang=ar&amp;trackformat=vtt" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="ar" label="العربية ‪(ar)‬" data-dir="rtl" /><track src="/w/api.php?action=timedtext&amp;title=File%3AIkusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm&amp;lang=bn&amp;trackformat=vtt" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="bn" label="বাংলা ‪(bn)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="/w/api.php?action=timedtext&amp;title=File%3AIkusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm&amp;lang=en&amp;trackformat=vtt" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English ‪(en)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="/w/api.php?action=timedtext&amp;title=File%3AIkusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm&amp;lang=es&amp;trackformat=vtt" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="es" label="español ‪(es)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="/w/api.php?action=timedtext&amp;title=File%3AIkusgela-Durangoko_Azoka.webm&amp;lang=eu&amp;trackformat=vtt" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="eu" label="euskara ‪(eu)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></video></span><figcaption>class=noresize</figcaption></figure></td> <td>thumbtime=0<br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-05&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-05_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-05 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Eight facts about the Durango Fair focused on Basque culture that opens its doors today. Video with English subtitles.</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-05_thumbtime" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-05 thumbtime"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: 0</li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="6">6</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eurasian_brown_bear_(Ursus_arctos_arctos)_female_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Eurasian_brown_bear_%28Ursus_arctos_arctos%29_female_1.jpg/300px-Eurasian_brown_bear_%28Ursus_arctos_arctos%29_female_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Eurasian_brown_bear_%28Ursus_arctos_arctos%29_female_1.jpg/450px-Eurasian_brown_bear_%28Ursus_arctos_arctos%29_female_1.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Eurasian_brown_bear_%28Ursus_arctos_arctos%29_female_1.jpg/600px-Eurasian_brown_bear_%28Ursus_arctos_arctos%29_female_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4338" data-file-height="2892" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_brown_bear" class="extiw" title="en:Eurasian brown bear">Eurasian brown bear</a> (<i>Ursus arctos arctos</i>) female, near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stari_Kot" class="extiw" title="en:Stari Kot">Stari Kot</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" class="extiw" title="en:Slovenia">Slovenia</a>.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-06&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-06_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-06 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_brown_bear" class="extiw" title="en:Eurasian brown bear">Eurasian brown bear</a> (<i>Ursus arctos arctos</i>) female, near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stari_Kot" class="extiw" title="en:Stari Kot">Stari Kot</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" class="extiw" title="en:Slovenia">Slovenia</a>.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_5" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Jake_Ryan_%26_DSalva_-_Revival_%28Future_Rave%29_%28Music_video%29.webm/300px--Jake_Ryan_%26_DSalva_-_Revival_%28Future_Rave%29_%28Music_video%29.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="158" data-mwtitle="Jake_Ryan_&amp;_DSalva_-_Revival_(Future_Rave)_(Music_video).webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Jake_Ryan_%26_DSalva_-_Revival_(Future_Rave)_(Music_video).webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/Jake_Ryan_%26_DSalva_-_Revival_%28Future_Rave%29_%28Music_video%29.webm/Jake_Ryan_%26_DSalva_-_Revival_%28Future_Rave%29_%28Music_video%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; 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codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/Jake_Ryan_%26_DSalva_-_Revival_%28Future_Rave%29_%28Music_video%29.webm/Jake_Ryan_%26_DSalva_-_Revival_%28Future_Rave%29_%28Music_video%29.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/Jake_Ryan_%26_DSalva_-_Revival_%28Future_Rave%29_%28Music_video%29.webm/Jake_Ryan_%26_DSalva_-_Revival_%28Future_Rave%29_%28Music_video%29.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-06&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-06_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-06 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: The first exemplification of one of the world's newest <a href="/wiki/WikidataGalleries/MusicGenres/Main" class="mw-redirect" title="WikidataGalleries/MusicGenres/Main">music genres</a> called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Rave" class="extiw" title="w:Future Rave">Future Rave</a> on this platform. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno_music" class="extiw" title="w:Techno music">techno</a> derivative genre was established around 2019. Track: <i>Jake Ryan &amp; DSalva - Revival</i>.</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-06_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-06 thumbtime (page does not exist)"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-06_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-06 thumbtime (page does not exist)">Template:Motd/2024-12-06 thumbtime</a></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="7">7</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Avenue_des_Champs-Elys%C3%A9es,_Paris_12_December_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Avenue_des_Champs-Elys%C3%A9es%2C_Paris_12_December_2020.jpg/300px-Avenue_des_Champs-Elys%C3%A9es%2C_Paris_12_December_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="375" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Avenue_des_Champs-Elys%C3%A9es%2C_Paris_12_December_2020.jpg/450px-Avenue_des_Champs-Elys%C3%A9es%2C_Paris_12_December_2020.jpg 1.5x, 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Avenue</a> in Paris (France) in 2020.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_6" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Daniel_Herskedal_%E2%80%93_Time_of_Water_%E2%80%93%E2%80%93_Nature_cinematography_of_Svahken_Sijte_%28Svahken_reindeer_district%29%2C_Femunden_National_Park%2C_Norway.webm/300px--Daniel_Herskedal_%E2%80%93_Time_of_Water_%E2%80%93%E2%80%93_Nature_cinematography_of_Svahken_Sijte_%28Svahken_reindeer_district%29%2C_Femunden_National_Park%2C_Norway.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="273" 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codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>class=noresize</figcaption></figure></td> <td>thumbtime=1<br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-07&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-07_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-07 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: A cinematographic <a href="/wiki/Category:Drone_videos_of_nature" title="Category:Drone videos of nature">nature drone video</a> of the reindeer district <a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svahken_sijte" class="extiw" title="no:Svahken sijte">Svahken sijte</a> in Norway with music "<abbr title="from album &#39;Call for Winter&#39;">Time of Water</abbr>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Herskedal" class="extiw" title="w:Daniel Herskedal">Daniel Herskedal</a>.</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-07_thumbtime" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-07 thumbtime"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: 1</li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="8">8</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows_of_the_gazebo_(Hakkakutei)_at_Shitenn%C5%8D-ji_Honb%C5%8D_Park,_January_2024_-_6640.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Windows_of_the_gazebo_%28Hakkakutei%29_at_Shitenn%C5%8D-ji_Honb%C5%8D_Park%2C_January_2024_-_6640.jpg/300px-Windows_of_the_gazebo_%28Hakkakutei%29_at_Shitenn%C5%8D-ji_Honb%C5%8D_Park%2C_January_2024_-_6640.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="470" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Windows_of_the_gazebo_%28Hakkakutei%29_at_Shitenn%C5%8D-ji_Honb%C5%8D_Park%2C_January_2024_-_6640.jpg/450px-Windows_of_the_gazebo_%28Hakkakutei%29_at_Shitenn%C5%8D-ji_Honb%C5%8D_Park%2C_January_2024_-_6640.jpg 1.5x, 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dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-08_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-08 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Windows of the octagonal pavilion (<i>Hakkakutei</i>) at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Shitenn%C5%8D-ji" class="extiw" title="w:en:Shitennō-ji">Shitennō-ji</a> Honbō Park, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka" class="extiw" title="en:Osaka">Osaka</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" class="extiw" title="en:Japan">Japan</a>.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_7" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Ukrainian_Authorities_in_Bucha_Exhuming_Multiple_Mass_Graves.webmhd.webm/300px--Ukrainian_Authorities_in_Bucha_Exhuming_Multiple_Mass_Graves.webmhd.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="90" data-mwtitle="Ukrainian_Authorities_in_Bucha_Exhuming_Multiple_Mass_Graves.webmhd.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Ukrainian_Authorities_in_Bucha_Exhuming_Multiple_Mass_Graves.webmhd.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/Ukrainian_Authorities_in_Bucha_Exhuming_Multiple_Mass_Graves.webmhd.webm/Ukrainian_Authorities_in_Bucha_Exhuming_Multiple_Mass_Graves.webmhd.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Ukrainian_Authorities_in_Bucha_Exhuming_Multiple_Mass_Graves.webmhd.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-width="1077" data-height="606" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/Ukrainian_Authorities_in_Bucha_Exhuming_Multiple_Mass_Graves.webmhd.webm/Ukrainian_Authorities_in_Bucha_Exhuming_Multiple_Mass_Graves.webmhd.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/Ukrainian_Authorities_in_Bucha_Exhuming_Multiple_Mass_Graves.webmhd.webm/Ukrainian_Authorities_in_Bucha_Exhuming_Multiple_Mass_Graves.webmhd.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/Ukrainian_Authorities_in_Bucha_Exhuming_Multiple_Mass_Graves.webmhd.webm/Ukrainian_Authorities_in_Bucha_Exhuming_Multiple_Mass_Graves.webmhd.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-08&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-08_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-08 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Ukrainian authorities in Bucha exhuming multiple mass graves in 2022 after the invading forces committed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucha_massacre" class="extiw" title="w:Bucha massacre">Bucha massacre</a>.</div> <div 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style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Common_crab_spider_(Xysticus_cristatus)_female_with_prey_Carniolan_honey_bee_(Apis_melifera_carnica).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Common_crab_spider_%28Xysticus_cristatus%29_female_with_prey_Carniolan_honey_bee_%28Apis_melifera_carnica%29.jpg/300px-Common_crab_spider_%28Xysticus_cristatus%29_female_with_prey_Carniolan_honey_bee_%28Apis_melifera_carnica%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Common_crab_spider_%28Xysticus_cristatus%29_female_with_prey_Carniolan_honey_bee_%28Apis_melifera_carnica%29.jpg/450px-Common_crab_spider_%28Xysticus_cristatus%29_female_with_prey_Carniolan_honey_bee_%28Apis_melifera_carnica%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Common_crab_spider_%28Xysticus_cristatus%29_female_with_prey_Carniolan_honey_bee_%28Apis_melifera_carnica%29.jpg/600px-Common_crab_spider_%28Xysticus_cristatus%29_female_with_prey_Carniolan_honey_bee_%28Apis_melifera_carnica%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2140" data-file-height="2140" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xysticus_cristatus" class="extiw" title="en:Xysticus cristatus">Common crab spider</a> (<i>Xysticus cristatus</i>) female with prey <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carniolan_honey_bee" class="extiw" title="en:Carniolan honey bee">Carniolan honey bee</a> (<i>Apis melifera carnica</i>), a subspecies of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_honey_bee" class="extiw" title="en:Western honey bee">western honey bee</a>. Near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bled" class="extiw" title="en:Bled">Bled</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" class="extiw" title="en:Slovenia">Slovenia</a>.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-09&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-09_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-09 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xysticus_cristatus" class="extiw" title="en:Xysticus cristatus">Common crab spider</a> (<i>Xysticus cristatus</i>) female with prey <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carniolan_honey_bee" class="extiw" title="en:Carniolan honey bee">Carniolan honey bee</a> (<i>Apis melifera carnica</i>), a subspecies of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_honey_bee" class="extiw" title="en:Western honey bee">western honey bee</a>. Near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bled" class="extiw" title="en:Bled">Bled</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" class="extiw" title="en:Slovenia">Slovenia</a>.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_8" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm/300px--Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="1007" data-mwtitle="Does_this_2,000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_(Aeolipile).webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Does_this_2,000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_(Aeolipile).webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-width="3840" data-height="2160" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm/Does_this_2%2C000_Year_Old_Steam_Engine_Work_%28Aeolipile%29.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>class=noresize</figcaption></figure></td> <td>thumbtime=668<br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-09&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-09_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-09 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: The YouTuber of "<i>How To Make Everything</i>" reconstructs the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/aeolipile" class="extiw" title="w:aeolipile">aeolipile</a> "to see if this very first steam engine could be put to work". "Could the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/industrial_revolution" class="extiw" title="w:industrial revolution">industrial revolution</a> [have] started 2000 years earlier?".<br />Roman architect and engineer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvius" class="extiw" title="w:Vitruvius">Vitruvius</a> described the aeolipile for an experiment to demonstrate the nature of atmospheric air movements (wind) in his <i>Ten Books on Architecture</i> (30–20 BCE).</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-09_thumbtime" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-09 thumbtime"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: 668</li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="10">10</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fields_Zangla_Zanskar_River_Ladakh_Jun24_A7CR_00981.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Fields_Zangla_Zanskar_River_Ladakh_Jun24_A7CR_00981.jpg/300px-Fields_Zangla_Zanskar_River_Ladakh_Jun24_A7CR_00981.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Fields_Zangla_Zanskar_River_Ladakh_Jun24_A7CR_00981.jpg/450px-Fields_Zangla_Zanskar_River_Ladakh_Jun24_A7CR_00981.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Fields_Zangla_Zanskar_River_Ladakh_Jun24_A7CR_00981.jpg/600px-Fields_Zangla_Zanskar_River_Ladakh_Jun24_A7CR_00981.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8024" data-file-height="5349" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">Newly-sown fields of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zangla" class="extiw" title="w:Zangla">Zangla</a> village on the right bank of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanskar_River" class="extiw" title="w:Zanskar River">Zanskar River</a> contrasting refreshingly against the stark mountains of this arid region in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Himalayan_Region#Zanskar_Range" class="extiw" title="en:Indian Himalayan Region">Indian Himalayas</a>. The river flows from lower left to centre through a valley that narrows into the Zanskar gorge. Elevation: river 3,510 m (11,520 ft), peaks in centre ~5,200 m (17,100 ft). View from Zangla Fort, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanskar" class="extiw" title="w:Zanskar">Zanskar</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladakh" class="extiw" title="w:Ladakh">Ladakh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" class="extiw" title="w:India">India</a>.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-10&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-10_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-10 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Newly-sown fields of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zangla" class="extiw" title="w:Zangla">Zangla</a> village on the right bank of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanskar_River" class="extiw" title="w:Zanskar River">Zanskar River</a> contrasting refreshingly against the stark mountains of this arid region in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Himalayan_Region#Zanskar_Range" class="extiw" title="en:Indian Himalayan Region">Indian Himalayas</a>. The river flows from lower left to centre through a valley that narrows into the Zanskar gorge. Elevation: river 3,510 m (11,520 ft), peaks in centre ~5,200 m (17,100 ft). View from Zangla Fort, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanskar" class="extiw" title="w:Zanskar">Zanskar</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladakh" class="extiw" title="w:Ladakh">Ladakh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" class="extiw" title="w:India">India</a>.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_9" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm/300px--How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="432" data-mwtitle="How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_–_The_Royal_Society.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm/How_to_make_a_brand_new_protein_%E2%80%93_The_Royal_Society.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>class=noresize</figcaption></figure></td> <td>thumbtime=132<br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-10&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-10_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-10 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: A <a href="/wiki/Category:Videos_by_The_Royal_Society" title="Category:Videos by The Royal Society">video by</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Society" class="extiw" title="w:The Royal Society">The Royal Society</a> explaining how scientists using AI "are able to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_design" class="extiw" title="w:Protein design">create</a> many new proteins to solve all sorts of problems including disease and food security."</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-10_thumbtime" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-10 thumbtime"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: 132</li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="11">11</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bolshoy_Tkhach,_Adygea,_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A2%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87,_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0,_%D0%90%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%8F.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Bolshoy_Tkhach%2C_Adygea%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A2%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%2C_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%8F.jpg/300px-Bolshoy_Tkhach%2C_Adygea%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A2%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%2C_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%8F.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Bolshoy_Tkhach%2C_Adygea%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A2%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%2C_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%8F.jpg/450px-Bolshoy_Tkhach%2C_Adygea%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A2%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%2C_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%8F.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Bolshoy_Tkhach%2C_Adygea%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A2%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%2C_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%8F.jpg/600px-Bolshoy_Tkhach%2C_Adygea%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A2%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%2C_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%8F.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4912" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">Mount Bolshoy Tkhach, 2,368&#160;m (7,769&#160;ft), 20 minutes after sunrise. Republic of Adygea, Western Caucasus. Today is International Mountain Day.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-11&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-11_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-11 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Mount Bolshoy Tkhach, 2,368&#160;m (7,769&#160;ft), 20 minutes after sunrise. Republic of Adygea, Western Caucasus. Today is International Mountain Day.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_10" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2%27s_small_monitor_camera_%28CAM-H%29.webm/300px--Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2%27s_small_monitor_camera_%28CAM-H%29.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="210" data-durationhint="36" data-mwtitle="Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2&#39;s_small_monitor_camera_(CAM-H).webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2%27s_small_monitor_camera_(CAM-H).webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2%27s_small_monitor_camera_%28CAM-H%29.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9&quot;" data-width="700" data-height="490" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2%27s_small_monitor_camera_%28CAM-H%29.webm/Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2%27s_small_monitor_camera_%28CAM-H%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="686" data-height="480" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2%27s_small_monitor_camera_%28CAM-H%29.webm/Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2%27s_small_monitor_camera_%28CAM-H%29.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="206" data-height="144" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2%27s_small_monitor_camera_%28CAM-H%29.webm/Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2%27s_small_monitor_camera_%28CAM-H%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="342" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2%27s_small_monitor_camera_%28CAM-H%29.webm/Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2%27s_small_monitor_camera_%28CAM-H%29.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="514" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2%27s_small_monitor_camera_%28CAM-H%29.webm/Movie_before_and_after_touchdown_on_Ryugu_taken_with_Hayabusa2%27s_small_monitor_camera_%28CAM-H%29.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="514" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-11&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-11_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-11 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Recording of the touchdown for sample collection on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/162173_Ryugu" class="extiw" title="w:162173 Ryugu">asteroid Ryugu</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_in_spacelfight" class="extiw" title="w:2020 in spacelfight">2020</a> taken by the Japanese probe <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa2" class="extiw" title="w:Hayabusa2">Hayabusa2</a>.<br />It left the asteroid in November 2019 and returned the samples to Earth on 5 December 2020. In 2031, it is expected to rendezvous with the small, rapidly-rotating asteroid <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_KY26" class="extiw" title="w:1998 KY26">1998 KY<sub>26</sub></a>.</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-11_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-11 thumbtime (page does not exist)"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-11_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-11 thumbtime (page does not exist)">Template:Motd/2024-12-11 thumbtime</a></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="12">12</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Krakow_-_Kosciol_Mariacki.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Krakow_-_Kosciol_Mariacki.jpg/300px-Krakow_-_Kosciol_Mariacki.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="445" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Krakow_-_Kosciol_Mariacki.jpg/450px-Krakow_-_Kosciol_Mariacki.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Krakow_-_Kosciol_Mariacki.jpg/600px-Krakow_-_Kosciol_Mariacki.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2911" data-file-height="4314" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Basilica,_Krak%C3%B3w" class="extiw" title="en:St. Mary&#39;s Basilica, Kraków">Saint Mary Basilica</a> seen from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_Cloth_Hall" class="extiw" title="en:Kraków Cloth Hall">Cloth Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a>, Poland</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-12&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-12_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-12 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Basilica,_Krak%C3%B3w" class="extiw" title="en:St. Mary&#39;s Basilica, Kraków">Saint Mary Basilica</a> seen from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_Cloth_Hall" class="extiw" title="en:Kraków Cloth Hall">Cloth Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a>, Poland</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_11" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Demo_von_Wikimedia_und_F5_gegen_das_Sicherheitspaket_vor_dem_Brandenburger_Tor_02.webm/300px--Demo_von_Wikimedia_und_F5_gegen_das_Sicherheitspaket_vor_dem_Brandenburger_Tor_02.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="27" 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data-height="720" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Demo_von_Wikimedia_und_F5_gegen_das_Sicherheitspaket_vor_dem_Brandenburger_Tor_02.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/Demo_von_Wikimedia_und_F5_gegen_das_Sicherheitspaket_vor_dem_Brandenburger_Tor_02.webm/Demo_von_Wikimedia_und_F5_gegen_das_Sicherheitspaket_vor_dem_Brandenburger_Tor_02.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/Demo_von_Wikimedia_und_F5_gegen_das_Sicherheitspaket_vor_dem_Brandenburger_Tor_02.webm/Demo_von_Wikimedia_und_F5_gegen_das_Sicherheitspaket_vor_dem_Brandenburger_Tor_02.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/Demo_von_Wikimedia_und_F5_gegen_das_Sicherheitspaket_vor_dem_Brandenburger_Tor_02.webm/Demo_von_Wikimedia_und_F5_gegen_das_Sicherheitspaket_vor_dem_Brandenburger_Tor_02.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/Demo_von_Wikimedia_und_F5_gegen_das_Sicherheitspaket_vor_dem_Brandenburger_Tor_02.webm/Demo_von_Wikimedia_und_F5_gegen_das_Sicherheitspaket_vor_dem_Brandenburger_Tor_02.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" 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src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/Illegal_electrical_connection_shorting_2020.webm/Illegal_electrical_connection_shorting_2020.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/Illegal_electrical_connection_shorting_2020.webm/Illegal_electrical_connection_shorting_2020.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/Illegal_electrical_connection_shorting_2020.webm/Illegal_electrical_connection_shorting_2020.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/Illegal_electrical_connection_shorting_2020.webm/Illegal_electrical_connection_shorting_2020.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-13&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-13_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-13 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: A cluster of illegal electrical connections short-circuiting in Cape Town, South Africa.</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul 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typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vista_de_Horta_desde_Monte_da_Guia,_isla_de_Fayal,_Azores,_Portugal,_2020-07-27,_DD_07-18_HDR_PAN.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Vista_de_Horta_desde_Monte_da_Guia%2C_isla_de_Fayal%2C_Azores%2C_Portugal%2C_2020-07-27%2C_DD_07-18_HDR_PAN.jpg/300px-Vista_de_Horta_desde_Monte_da_Guia%2C_isla_de_Fayal%2C_Azores%2C_Portugal%2C_2020-07-27%2C_DD_07-18_HDR_PAN.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Vista_de_Horta_desde_Monte_da_Guia%2C_isla_de_Fayal%2C_Azores%2C_Portugal%2C_2020-07-27%2C_DD_07-18_HDR_PAN.jpg/450px-Vista_de_Horta_desde_Monte_da_Guia%2C_isla_de_Fayal%2C_Azores%2C_Portugal%2C_2020-07-27%2C_DD_07-18_HDR_PAN.jpg 1.5x, 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style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_13" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Nanook_of_the_North_%281922%29_by_Robert_J._Flaherty_HD.webm/300px--Nanook_of_the_North_%281922%29_by_Robert_J._Flaherty_HD.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="225" data-durationhint="4684" data-mwtitle="Nanook_of_the_North_(1922)_by_Robert_J._Flaherty_HD.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Nanook_of_the_North_(1922)_by_Robert_J._Flaherty_HD.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/Nanook_of_the_North_%281922%29_by_Robert_J._Flaherty_HD.webm/Nanook_of_the_North_%281922%29_by_Robert_J._Flaherty_HD.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/Nanook_of_the_North_%281922%29_by_Robert_J._Flaherty_HD.webm/Nanook_of_the_North_%281922%29_by_Robert_J._Flaherty_HD.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="960" data-height="720" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/Nanook_of_the_North_%281922%29_by_Robert_J._Flaherty_HD.webm/Nanook_of_the_North_%281922%29_by_Robert_J._Flaherty_HD.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1440" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Nanook_of_the_North_%281922%29_by_Robert_J._Flaherty_HD.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9&quot;" data-width="1920" data-height="1440" /><source 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/></video></span><figcaption>class=noresize</figcaption></figure></td> <td>thumbtime=3016<br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-14&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-14_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-14 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanook_of_the_North" class="extiw" title="w:Nanook of the North">Nanook of the North</a> (1922), silent film by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Flaherty" class="extiw" title="w:Robert J. Flaherty">Robert J. Flaherty</a></div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-14_thumbtime" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-14 thumbtime"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: 3016</li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="15">15</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_J%C3%BCdischer_Friedhof_--_2023_--_6451_(bw).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/D%C3%BClmen%2C_J%C3%BCdischer_Friedhof_--_2023_--_6451_%28bw%29.jpg/300px-D%C3%BClmen%2C_J%C3%BCdischer_Friedhof_--_2023_--_6451_%28bw%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/D%C3%BClmen%2C_J%C3%BCdischer_Friedhof_--_2023_--_6451_%28bw%29.jpg/450px-D%C3%BClmen%2C_J%C3%BCdischer_Friedhof_--_2023_--_6451_%28bw%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/D%C3%BClmen%2C_J%C3%BCdischer_Friedhof_--_2023_--_6451_%28bw%29.jpg/600px-D%C3%BClmen%2C_J%C3%BCdischer_Friedhof_--_2023_--_6451_%28bw%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6720" data-file-height="4480" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en"><a href="/wiki/Category:J%C3%BCdischer_Friedhof_D%C3%BClmen" title="Category:Jüdischer Friedhof Dülmen">Jewish cemetery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Category:D%C3%BClmen" title="Category:Dülmen">Dülmen</a>, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-15&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-15_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-15 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="/wiki/Category:J%C3%BCdischer_Friedhof_D%C3%BClmen" title="Category:Jüdischer Friedhof Dülmen">Jewish cemetery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Category:D%C3%BClmen" title="Category:Dülmen">Dülmen</a>, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_14" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm/300px--Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="122" data-mwtitle="Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies_NYC.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-15&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-15_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-15 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bans_Off_Our_Bodies" class="extiw" title="w:Bans Off Our Bodies">Bans Off Our Bodies</a>, 2022 abortion rights protests in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" class="extiw" title="w:New York City">New York City</a></div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-15_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-15 thumbtime (page does not exist)"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-15_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-15 thumbtime (page does not exist)">Template:Motd/2024-12-15 thumbtime</a></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="16">16</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_foggy_winter_morning.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/A_foggy_winter_morning.jpg/300px-A_foggy_winter_morning.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/A_foggy_winter_morning.jpg/450px-A_foggy_winter_morning.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/A_foggy_winter_morning.jpg/600px-A_foggy_winter_morning.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">A foggy winter morning in Moulvibazar District, Bangladesh. Today is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(Bangladesh)" class="extiw" title="en:Victory Day (Bangladesh)">Victory Day</a> in Bangladesh.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-16&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-16_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-16 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: A foggy winter morning in Moulvibazar District, Bangladesh. Today is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(Bangladesh)" class="extiw" title="en:Victory Day (Bangladesh)">Victory Day</a> in Bangladesh.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_15" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Hand_Pump_Boring_installation_-_Complete_Process_Hand_Pump_Boring_-_MY_Village_Food_Secrets.webm/300px--Hand_Pump_Boring_installation_-_Complete_Process_Hand_Pump_Boring_-_MY_Village_Food_Secrets.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="1584" 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src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/Hand_Pump_Boring_installation_-_Complete_Process_Hand_Pump_Boring_-_MY_Village_Food_Secrets.webm/Hand_Pump_Boring_installation_-_Complete_Process_Hand_Pump_Boring_-_MY_Village_Food_Secrets.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/Hand_Pump_Boring_installation_-_Complete_Process_Hand_Pump_Boring_-_MY_Village_Food_Secrets.webm/Hand_Pump_Boring_installation_-_Complete_Process_Hand_Pump_Boring_-_MY_Village_Food_Secrets.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/Hand_Pump_Boring_installation_-_Complete_Process_Hand_Pump_Boring_-_MY_Village_Food_Secrets.webm/Hand_Pump_Boring_installation_-_Complete_Process_Hand_Pump_Boring_-_MY_Village_Food_Secrets.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/Hand_Pump_Boring_installation_-_Complete_Process_Hand_Pump_Boring_-_MY_Village_Food_Secrets.webm/Hand_Pump_Boring_installation_-_Complete_Process_Hand_Pump_Boring_-_MY_Village_Food_Secrets.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/001_Wild_Golden_Eagle_and_Majinghorn_Pfyn-Finges_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg/450px-001_Wild_Golden_Eagle_and_Majinghorn_Pfyn-Finges_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/001_Wild_Golden_Eagle_and_Majinghorn_Pfyn-Finges_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg/600px-001_Wild_Golden_Eagle_and_Majinghorn_Pfyn-Finges_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8640" data-file-height="4719" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">Wild <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_eagle" class="extiw" title="en:Golden eagle">golden eagle</a> (<i>Aquila chrysaetos</i>) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majinghorn" class="extiw" title="en:Majinghorn">Majinghorn</a> (Pfyn-Finges, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" class="extiw" title="en:Switzerland">Switzerland</a>)</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-17&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-17_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-17 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Wild <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_eagle" class="extiw" title="en:Golden eagle">golden eagle</a> (<i>Aquila chrysaetos</i>) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majinghorn" class="extiw" title="en:Majinghorn">Majinghorn</a> (Pfyn-Finges, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" class="extiw" title="en:Switzerland">Switzerland</a>)</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_16" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Holger_Madsen_-_Towards_The_Light_%28Mod_Lyset%29_1919_4K_Vintage_Movie_ENG_DANSK.webm/300px--Holger_Madsen_-_Towards_The_Light_%28Mod_Lyset%29_1919_4K_Vintage_Movie_ENG_DANSK.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="214" data-durationhint="3332" data-mwtitle="Holger_Madsen_-_Towards_The_Light_(Mod_Lyset)_1919_4K_Vintage_Movie_ENG_DANSK.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Holger_Madsen_-_Towards_The_Light_(Mod_Lyset)_1919_4K_Vintage_Movie_ENG_DANSK.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Holger_Madsen_-_Towards_The_Light_%28Mod_Lyset%29_1919_4K_Vintage_Movie_ENG_DANSK.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9&quot;" data-width="3032" data-height="2160" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a 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class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-17 thumbtime (page does not exist)"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-17_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-17 thumbtime (page does not exist)">Template:Motd/2024-12-17 thumbtime</a></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="18">18</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Knolparasolzwammen._09-11-2023._(d.j.b).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Knolparasolzwammen._09-11-2023._%28d.j.b%29.jpg/300px-Knolparasolzwammen._09-11-2023._%28d.j.b%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Knolparasolzwammen._09-11-2023._%28d.j.b%29.jpg/450px-Knolparasolzwammen._09-11-2023._%28d.j.b%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Knolparasolzwammen._09-11-2023._%28d.j.b%29.jpg/600px-Knolparasolzwammen._09-11-2023._%28d.j.b%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4448" data-file-height="3274" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">Two young Tuberous Parasol Fungi <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaggy_parasol" class="extiw" title="en:Shaggy parasol">(<i>Chlorophyllum rhacodes</i>)</a> in natural <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat" class="extiw" title="en:Habitat">habitat</a>. Focus stack of 16 photos.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-18&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-18_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-18 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Two young Tuberous Parasol Fungi <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaggy_parasol" class="extiw" title="en:Shaggy parasol">(<i>Chlorophyllum rhacodes</i>)</a> in natural <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat" class="extiw" title="en:Habitat">habitat</a>. Focus stack of 16 photos.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_17" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm/300px--Melting_an_iron_nail.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="28" data-mwtitle="Melting_an_iron_nail.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Melting_an_iron_nail.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;av1, opus&quot;" data-width="3840" data-height="2160" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm/Melting_an_iron_nail.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-18&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-18_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-18 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting" class="extiw" title="w:Melting">Melting</a> an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iron" class="extiw" title="w:iron">iron</a> nail</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-18_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-18 thumbtime (page does not exist)"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-18_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-18 thumbtime (page does not exist)">Template:Motd/2024-12-18 thumbtime</a></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="19">19</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grandmother_preparing_food_inside_traditional_kitchen_(edited).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Grandmother_preparing_food_inside_traditional_kitchen_%28edited%29.jpg/300px-Grandmother_preparing_food_inside_traditional_kitchen_%28edited%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Grandmother_preparing_food_inside_traditional_kitchen_%28edited%29.jpg/450px-Grandmother_preparing_food_inside_traditional_kitchen_%28edited%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Grandmother_preparing_food_inside_traditional_kitchen_%28edited%29.jpg/600px-Grandmother_preparing_food_inside_traditional_kitchen_%28edited%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5827" data-file-height="4160" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal" class="extiw" title="en:Nepal">Nepali</a> grandmother while preparing food in a traditional kitchen</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-19&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-19_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-19 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal" class="extiw" title="en:Nepal">Nepali</a> grandmother while preparing food in a traditional kitchen</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_18" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Thermite.webm/300px--Thermite.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="35" data-mwtitle="Thermite.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Thermite.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/Thermite.webm/Thermite.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/Thermite.webm/Thermite.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/Thermite.webm/Thermite.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Thermite.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/Thermite.webm/Thermite.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/Thermite.webm/Thermite.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/Thermite.webm/Thermite.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-19&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-19_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-19 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Stainless steel is made from iron ore by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/aluminothermic_reaction" class="extiw" title="w:aluminothermic reaction">aluminothermic reaction</a>. To better separate the resulting metal from the slag, cryolite and calcium fluoride was added to the mixture. The result was a stainless steel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ingot" class="extiw" title="w:ingot">ingot</a>.</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-19_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-19 thumbtime (page does not exist)"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-19_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-19 thumbtime (page does not exist)">Template:Motd/2024-12-19 thumbtime</a></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="20">20</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frost-covered_lifebuoy,_Lake_Siskiyou.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Frost-covered_lifebuoy%2C_Lake_Siskiyou.jpg/300px-Frost-covered_lifebuoy%2C_Lake_Siskiyou.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Frost-covered_lifebuoy%2C_Lake_Siskiyou.jpg/450px-Frost-covered_lifebuoy%2C_Lake_Siskiyou.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Frost-covered_lifebuoy%2C_Lake_Siskiyou.jpg/600px-Frost-covered_lifebuoy%2C_Lake_Siskiyou.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5293" data-file-height="3541" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">Frost-covered lifebuoy attached to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_(structure)" class="extiw" title="en:Dolphin (structure)">dolphin</a>, captured on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Siskiyou" class="extiw" title="en:Lake Siskiyou">Lake Siskiyou</a> in Northern California</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-20&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-20_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-20 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Frost-covered lifebuoy attached to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_(structure)" class="extiw" title="en:Dolphin (structure)">dolphin</a>, captured on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Siskiyou" class="extiw" title="en:Lake Siskiyou">Lake Siskiyou</a> in Northern California</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_19" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/A_Woman_of_Paris%2C_A_Drama_of_Fate_%281923%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm/300px--A_Woman_of_Paris%2C_A_Drama_of_Fate_%281923%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="225" data-durationhint="4885" data-mwtitle="A_Woman_of_Paris,_A_Drama_of_Fate_(1923)_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:A_Woman_of_Paris,_A_Drama_of_Fate_(1923)_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/A_Woman_of_Paris%2C_A_Drama_of_Fate_%281923%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9&quot;" data-width="1440" data-height="1080" /></video></span><figcaption>class=noresize</figcaption></figure></td> <td>thumbtime=1650<br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-20&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-20_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-20 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Woman_of_Paris" class="extiw" title="w:A Woman of Paris">A Woman of Paris</a>: A Drama of Fate (1923), silent film by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin" class="extiw" title="w:Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a></div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-20_thumbtime" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-20 thumbtime"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: 1650</li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="21">21</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Road_Padum_Zanskar_Range_Jun24_A7CR_00818.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Road_Padum_Zanskar_Range_Jun24_A7CR_00818.jpg/300px-Road_Padum_Zanskar_Range_Jun24_A7CR_00818.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Road_Padum_Zanskar_Range_Jun24_A7CR_00818.jpg/450px-Road_Padum_Zanskar_Range_Jun24_A7CR_00818.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Road_Padum_Zanskar_Range_Jun24_A7CR_00818.jpg/600px-Road_Padum_Zanskar_Range_Jun24_A7CR_00818.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9069" data-file-height="6046" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">The Padum-Pibiting Road from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsha" class="extiw" title="w:Karsha">Karsha</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padum" class="extiw" title="w:Padum">Padum</a> (elevation 3,500&#160;m (11,500&#160;ft)) which is nestled at the base of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Himalayan_Region#Zanskar_Range" class="extiw" title="en:Indian Himalayan Region">Zanskar range</a>. The mountains of this Trans-Himalayan range tower 2,400&#160;m (7,900&#160;ft) above Padum. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanskar" class="extiw" title="w:Zanskar">Zanskar</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladakh" class="extiw" title="w:Ladakh">Ladakh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" class="extiw" title="w:India">India</a>.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-21&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-21_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-21 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: The Padum-Pibiting Road from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsha" class="extiw" title="w:Karsha">Karsha</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padum" class="extiw" title="w:Padum">Padum</a> (elevation 3,500&#160;m (11,500&#160;ft)) which is nestled at the base of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Himalayan_Region#Zanskar_Range" class="extiw" title="en:Indian Himalayan Region">Zanskar range</a>. The mountains of this Trans-Himalayan range tower 2,400&#160;m (7,900&#160;ft) above Padum. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanskar" class="extiw" title="w:Zanskar">Zanskar</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladakh" class="extiw" title="w:Ladakh">Ladakh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" class="extiw" title="w:India">India</a>.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_20" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Cristkindlmarket_Chicago_2014.webm/300px--Cristkindlmarket_Chicago_2014.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" 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data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Cristkindlmarket_Chicago_2014.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/Cristkindlmarket_Chicago_2014.webm/Cristkindlmarket_Chicago_2014.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/Cristkindlmarket_Chicago_2014.webm/Cristkindlmarket_Chicago_2014.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/Cristkindlmarket_Chicago_2014.webm/Cristkindlmarket_Chicago_2014.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/Cristkindlmarket_Chicago_2014.webm/Cristkindlmarket_Chicago_2014.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-21&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-21_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-21 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Impressions of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_market" class="extiw" title="w:Christmas market">Christkindlmarket</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christkindlmarket,_Chicago" class="extiw" title="w:Christkindlmarket, Chicago">Chicago</a>, 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codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/Dredging_the_Gowanus_Canal_%2805880%29.webm/Dredging_the_Gowanus_Canal_%2805880%29.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/Dredging_the_Gowanus_Canal_%2805880%29.webm/Dredging_the_Gowanus_Canal_%2805880%29.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-22&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" 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height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Carved_wooden_bench_furniture_and_crafts_at_Heuan_Chan_heritage_house_in_Luang_Prabang_Laos.jpg/450px-Carved_wooden_bench_furniture_and_crafts_at_Heuan_Chan_heritage_house_in_Luang_Prabang_Laos.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Carved_wooden_bench_furniture_and_crafts_at_Heuan_Chan_heritage_house_in_Luang_Prabang_Laos.jpg/600px-Carved_wooden_bench_furniture_and_crafts_at_Heuan_Chan_heritage_house_in_Luang_Prabang_Laos.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4691" data-file-height="4691" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">Carved wooden bench, furniture, textile crafts, lanterns and suspended <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_(sculpture)" class="extiw" title="en:Mobile (sculpture)">mobile sculptures</a>, at the wooden <i>Heuan Chan heritage house</i>, stilt building with wooden ceiling, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luang_Prabang" class="extiw" title="en:Luang Prabang">Luang Prabang</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos" class="extiw" title="en:Laos">Laos</a>.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-23&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-23_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-23 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Carved wooden bench, furniture, textile crafts, lanterns and suspended <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_(sculpture)" class="extiw" title="en:Mobile (sculpture)">mobile sculptures</a>, at the wooden <i>Heuan Chan heritage house</i>, stilt building with wooden ceiling, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luang_Prabang" class="extiw" title="en:Luang Prabang">Luang Prabang</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos" class="extiw" title="en:Laos">Laos</a>.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_22" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Hindenburg_Explodes_%28audio_extracted%29.webm/300px--Hindenburg_Explodes_%28audio_extracted%29.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="225" data-durationhint="327" data-mwtitle="Hindenburg_Explodes_(audio_extracted).webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Hindenburg_Explodes_(audio_extracted).webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Hindenburg_Explodes_%28audio_extracted%29.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9&quot;" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/Hindenburg_Explodes_%28audio_extracted%29.webm/Hindenburg_Explodes_%28audio_extracted%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/Hindenburg_Explodes_%28audio_extracted%29.webm/Hindenburg_Explodes_%28audio_extracted%29.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="192" data-height="144" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/Hindenburg_Explodes_%28audio_extracted%29.webm/Hindenburg_Explodes_%28audio_extracted%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="320" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/Hindenburg_Explodes_%28audio_extracted%29.webm/Hindenburg_Explodes_%28audio_extracted%29.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/Hindenburg_Explodes_%28audio_extracted%29.webm/Hindenburg_Explodes_%28audio_extracted%29.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>class=noresize</figcaption></figure></td> <td>thumbtime=179<br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-23&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-23_(en)" 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title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Silhuetas_no_Forte_de_Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_da_Barra_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Silhuetas_no_Forte_de_Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_da_Barra_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Silhuetas_no_Forte_de_Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_da_Barra_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Silhuetas_no_Forte_de_Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_da_Barra_%28cropped%29.jpg/450px-Silhuetas_no_Forte_de_Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_da_Barra_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Silhuetas_no_Forte_de_Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_da_Barra_%28cropped%29.jpg/600px-Silhuetas_no_Forte_de_Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_da_Barra_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3751" data-file-height="2816" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">Silhouettes at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forte_de_Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_da_Barra" class="extiw" title="w:Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra">Fort of Santo Antônio da Barra</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador,_Bahia" class="extiw" title="w:Salvador, Bahia">Salvador, Bahia</a>, Brazil. It was constructed to guard the entrance to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_All_Saints" class="extiw" title="w:Bay of All Saints">Bay of All Saints</a>, during the time of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" class="extiw" title="w:Portuguese Empire">Portuguese Empire</a>.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-24&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-24_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-24 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Silhouettes at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forte_de_Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_da_Barra" class="extiw" title="w:Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra">Fort of Santo Antônio da Barra</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador,_Bahia" class="extiw" title="w:Salvador, Bahia">Salvador, Bahia</a>, Brazil. It was constructed to guard the entrance to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_All_Saints" class="extiw" title="w:Bay of All Saints">Bay of All Saints</a>, during the time of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" class="extiw" title="w:Portuguese Empire">Portuguese Empire</a>.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_23" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Stille_Nacht_United_States_Navy_Band_Recorded_at_DAR_Constitution_Hall%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._on_Dec._21%2C_2014.webm/300px--Stille_Nacht_United_States_Navy_Band_Recorded_at_DAR_Constitution_Hall%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._on_Dec._21%2C_2014.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="334" data-mwtitle="Stille_Nacht_United_States_Navy_Band_Recorded_at_DAR_Constitution_Hall,_Washington,_D.C._on_Dec._21,_2014.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Stille_Nacht_United_States_Navy_Band_Recorded_at_DAR_Constitution_Hall,_Washington,_D.C._on_Dec._21,_2014.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/Stille_Nacht_United_States_Navy_Band_Recorded_at_DAR_Constitution_Hall%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._on_Dec._21%2C_2014.webm/Stille_Nacht_United_States_Navy_Band_Recorded_at_DAR_Constitution_Hall%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._on_Dec._21%2C_2014.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; 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codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/Stille_Nacht_United_States_Navy_Band_Recorded_at_DAR_Constitution_Hall%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._on_Dec._21%2C_2014.webm/Stille_Nacht_United_States_Navy_Band_Recorded_at_DAR_Constitution_Hall%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._on_Dec._21%2C_2014.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/Stille_Nacht_United_States_Navy_Band_Recorded_at_DAR_Constitution_Hall%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._on_Dec._21%2C_2014.webm/Stille_Nacht_United_States_Navy_Band_Recorded_at_DAR_Constitution_Hall%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._on_Dec._21%2C_2014.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/Stille_Nacht_United_States_Navy_Band_Recorded_at_DAR_Constitution_Hall%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._on_Dec._21%2C_2014.webm/Stille_Nacht_United_States_Navy_Band_Recorded_at_DAR_Constitution_Hall%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._on_Dec._21%2C_2014.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/Stille_Nacht_United_States_Navy_Band_Recorded_at_DAR_Constitution_Hall%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._on_Dec._21%2C_2014.webm/Stille_Nacht_United_States_Navy_Band_Recorded_at_DAR_Constitution_Hall%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._on_Dec._21%2C_2014.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-24&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-24_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-24 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_Band" class="extiw" title="w:United States Navy Band">United States Navy Band</a> performing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Night" class="extiw" title="w:Silent Night">Silent Night</a> at DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. on December 21, 2014.</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-24_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-24 thumbtime (page does not exist)"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-24_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-24 thumbtime (page does not exist)">Template:Motd/2024-12-24 thumbtime</a></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="25">25</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kefermarkt_Kirche_Fl%C3%BCgelaltar_Geburt_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Kefermarkt_Kirche_Fl%C3%BCgelaltar_Geburt_02.jpg/300px-Kefermarkt_Kirche_Fl%C3%BCgelaltar_Geburt_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="345" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Kefermarkt_Kirche_Fl%C3%BCgelaltar_Geburt_02.jpg/450px-Kefermarkt_Kirche_Fl%C3%BCgelaltar_Geburt_02.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Kefermarkt_Kirche_Fl%C3%BCgelaltar_Geburt_02.jpg/600px-Kefermarkt_Kirche_Fl%C3%BCgelaltar_Geburt_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3868" data-file-height="4448" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en"><i>Nativity of Christ</i> scene from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefermarkt_Altarpiece" class="extiw" title="en:Kefermarkt Altarpiece">Kefermarkt Altarpiece</a>. Today is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas" class="extiw" title="en:Christmas">Christmas</a>.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-25&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-25_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-25 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <i>Nativity of Christ</i> scene from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefermarkt_Altarpiece" class="extiw" title="en:Kefermarkt Altarpiece">Kefermarkt Altarpiece</a>. Today is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas" class="extiw" title="en:Christmas">Christmas</a>.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_24" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm/300px--Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="36" data-mwtitle="Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8&quot;" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm/Christmas_Tree_going_up_timelapse.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>class=noresize</figcaption></figure></td> <td>thumbtime=33<br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-25&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-25_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-25 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Timelapse of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree" class="extiw" title="w:Christmas tree">Christmas tree</a> going up at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Carousel" class="extiw" title="w:Columbia Carousel">Columbia Carousel</a></div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-25_thumbtime" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-25 thumbtime"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: 33</li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="26">26</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Khone_Phapheng_Falls,_Si_Phan_Don,_Laos,_widest_waterfall_in_the_world.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Khone_Phapheng_Falls%2C_Si_Phan_Don%2C_Laos%2C_widest_waterfall_in_the_world.jpg/300px-Khone_Phapheng_Falls%2C_Si_Phan_Don%2C_Laos%2C_widest_waterfall_in_the_world.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Khone_Phapheng_Falls%2C_Si_Phan_Don%2C_Laos%2C_widest_waterfall_in_the_world.jpg/450px-Khone_Phapheng_Falls%2C_Si_Phan_Don%2C_Laos%2C_widest_waterfall_in_the_world.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Khone_Phapheng_Falls%2C_Si_Phan_Don%2C_Laos%2C_widest_waterfall_in_the_world.jpg/600px-Khone_Phapheng_Falls%2C_Si_Phan_Don%2C_Laos%2C_widest_waterfall_in_the_world.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6688" data-file-height="3762" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khone_Phapheng_Falls" class="extiw" title="w:Khone Phapheng Falls">Khone Phapheng Falls</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_Phan_Don" class="extiw" title="w:Si Phan Don">Si Phan Don</a>, Laos. Located on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_River" class="extiw" title="w:Mekong River">Mekong River</a> near the border with Cambodia, at 10.7 kilometres (6.6&#160;mi) wide, it is the widest waterfall in the world.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-26&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-26_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-26 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khone_Phapheng_Falls" class="extiw" title="w:Khone Phapheng Falls">Khone Phapheng Falls</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_Phan_Don" class="extiw" title="w:Si Phan Don">Si Phan Don</a>, Laos. Located on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_River" class="extiw" title="w:Mekong River">Mekong River</a> near the border with Cambodia, at 10.7 kilometres (6.6&#160;mi) wide, it is the widest waterfall in the world.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_25" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Hubble_Goes_to_the_eXtreme_to_Assemble_Farthest_Ever_View_of_the_Universe.ogv/300px--Hubble_Goes_to_the_eXtreme_to_Assemble_Farthest_Ever_View_of_the_Universe.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="163" data-mwtitle="Hubble_Goes_to_the_eXtreme_to_Assemble_Farthest_Ever_View_of_the_Universe.ogv" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Hubble_Goes_to_the_eXtreme_to_Assemble_Farthest_Ever_View_of_the_Universe.ogv"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/Hubble_Goes_to_the_eXtreme_to_Assemble_Farthest_Ever_View_of_the_Universe.ogv/Hubble_Goes_to_the_eXtreme_to_Assemble_Farthest_Ever_View_of_the_Universe.ogv.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; 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codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/Hubble_Goes_to_the_eXtreme_to_Assemble_Farthest_Ever_View_of_the_Universe.ogv/Hubble_Goes_to_the_eXtreme_to_Assemble_Farthest_Ever_View_of_the_Universe.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/Hubble_Goes_to_the_eXtreme_to_Assemble_Farthest_Ever_View_of_the_Universe.ogv/Hubble_Goes_to_the_eXtreme_to_Assemble_Farthest_Ever_View_of_the_Universe.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><track src="/w/api.php?action=timedtext&amp;title=File%3AHubble_Goes_to_the_eXtreme_to_Assemble_Farthest_Ever_View_of_the_Universe.ogv&amp;lang=en&amp;trackformat=vtt" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English ‪(en)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="/w/api.php?action=timedtext&amp;title=File%3AHubble_Goes_to_the_eXtreme_to_Assemble_Farthest_Ever_View_of_the_Universe.ogv&amp;lang=fr&amp;trackformat=vtt" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="fr" label="français ‪(fr)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="/w/api.php?action=timedtext&amp;title=File%3AHubble_Goes_to_the_eXtreme_to_Assemble_Farthest_Ever_View_of_the_Universe.ogv&amp;lang=he&amp;trackformat=vtt" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="he" label="עברית ‪(he)‬" data-dir="rtl" /></video></span><figcaption>class=noresize</figcaption></figure></td> <td>thumbtime=89<br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-26&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-26_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-26 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: This NASA video explains how astronomers meticulously assembled mankind's deepest view <a href="/wiki/Category:Videos_of_cosmology" title="Category:Videos of cosmology">of the universe</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_eXtreme_Deep_Field" class="extiw" title="w:Hubble eXtreme Deep Field">Hubble eXtreme Deep Field</a>, from combining <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" class="extiw" title="w:Hubble Space Telescope">Hubble Space Telescope</a> exposures taken over the decade up to 2012. It shows about one thirty-two millionth of the sky.</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-26_thumbtime" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-26 thumbtime"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: 89</li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="27">27</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seehornsee_im_Herbst.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Seehornsee_im_Herbst.jpg/300px-Seehornsee_im_Herbst.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Seehornsee_im_Herbst.jpg/450px-Seehornsee_im_Herbst.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Seehornsee_im_Herbst.jpg/600px-Seehornsee_im_Herbst.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7243" data-file-height="4900" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">The Seehornsee in the Berchtesgaden Alps. On the right the normal route to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seehorn_(Berchtesgaden_Alps)" class="extiw" title="en:Seehorn (Berchtesgaden Alps)">Seehorn</a>.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-27&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-27_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-27 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: The Seehornsee in the Berchtesgaden Alps. On the right the normal route to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seehorn_(Berchtesgaden_Alps)" class="extiw" title="en:Seehorn (Berchtesgaden Alps)">Seehorn</a>.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_26" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Jupiter%E2%80%99s_Great_Red_Spot_Is_Shaking_%28SVS14702_GRS_WIDE_MP4%29.webm/300px--Jupiter%E2%80%99s_Great_Red_Spot_Is_Shaking_%28SVS14702_GRS_WIDE_MP4%29.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="120" 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vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-27&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-27_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-27 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter" class="extiw" title="w:Jupiter">Jupiter</a>’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Red_Spot" class="extiw" title="w:Great Red Spot">Great Red Spot</a> is shaking</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-27_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-27 thumbtime (page does not exist)"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-27_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-27 thumbtime (page does not exist)">Template:Motd/2024-12-27 thumbtime</a></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="28">28</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Etna_Awakens_on_its_Side.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Etna_Awakens_on_its_Side.jpg/300px-Etna_Awakens_on_its_Side.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="459" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Etna_Awakens_on_its_Side.jpg/450px-Etna_Awakens_on_its_Side.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Etna_Awakens_on_its_Side.jpg/600px-Etna_Awakens_on_its_Side.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6049" data-file-height="9259" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">Satellite picture of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Etna" class="extiw" title="en:Mount Etna">Etna volcano</a> erupting in eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicily" class="extiw" title="en:Sicily">Sicily</a> (Italy) in December 2018.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" 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kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="ln" label="lingála ‪(ln)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="/w/api.php?action=timedtext&amp;title=File%3AAsteroid_Bennu%27s_Journey%2C_the_formation_of_our_Solar_system_and_the_early_Earth%2C_NASA.webm&amp;lang=sw&amp;trackformat=vtt" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="sw" label="Kiswahili ‪(sw)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></video></span><figcaption>class=noresize</figcaption></figure></td> <td>thumbtime=215<br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-28&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-28_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-28 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Animated short film by NASA about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSIRIS-REx" class="extiw" title="w:OSIRIS-REx">OSIRIS-REx</a> mission, asteroid <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Bennu" class="extiw" title="w:101955 Bennu">Bennu</a>, the origin <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation_and_evolution_of_the_Solar_System" class="extiw" title="w:Formation and evolution of the Solar System">of our Solar system</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Category:Early_Earth" title="Category:Early Earth">early</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" class="extiw" title="w:Earth">Earth</a>.</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-28_thumbtime" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-28 thumbtime"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: 215</li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="29">29</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canterbury_Cathedral_Choir_1,_Kent,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Canterbury_Cathedral_Choir_1%2C_Kent%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/300px-Canterbury_Cathedral_Choir_1%2C_Kent%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Canterbury_Cathedral_Choir_1%2C_Kent%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/450px-Canterbury_Cathedral_Choir_1%2C_Kent%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Canterbury_Cathedral_Choir_1%2C_Kent%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/600px-Canterbury_Cathedral_Choir_1%2C_Kent%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9880" data-file-height="7079" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">Interior of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Cathedral" class="extiw" title="en:Canterbury Cathedral">Canterbury Cathedral</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket" class="extiw" title="en:Thomas Becket">Thomas Becket</a> was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/martyr" class="extiw" title="en:martyr">martyred</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/altar" class="extiw" title="en:altar">altar</a> on this date in 1170. Today is Thomas Becket's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" class="extiw" title="en:Calendar of saints">feast day</a>.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-29&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-29_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-29 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Interior of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Cathedral" class="extiw" title="en:Canterbury Cathedral">Canterbury Cathedral</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket" class="extiw" title="en:Thomas Becket">Thomas Becket</a> was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/martyr" class="extiw" title="en:martyr">martyred</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/altar" class="extiw" title="en:altar">altar</a> on this date in 1170. Today is Thomas Becket's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" class="extiw" title="en:Calendar of saints">feast day</a>.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_28" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/MKZD_south_and_west_part_views_from_freight_train_before_reconstruction.webm/300px--MKZD_south_and_west_part_views_from_freight_train_before_reconstruction.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="127" data-mwtitle="MKZD_south_and_west_part_views_from_freight_train_before_reconstruction.webm" 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type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/MKZD_south_and_west_part_views_from_freight_train_before_reconstruction.webm/MKZD_south_and_west_part_views_from_freight_train_before_reconstruction.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/MKZD_south_and_west_part_views_from_freight_train_before_reconstruction.webm/MKZD_south_and_west_part_views_from_freight_train_before_reconstruction.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source 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</td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-29_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-29 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freighthopping" class="extiw" title="w:Freighthopping">Freighthopping</a> on the rooftop of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/railroad_car" class="extiw" title="w:railroad car">railroad car</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ring_of_the_Moscow_Railway" class="extiw" title="w:Little Ring of the Moscow Railway">Little Ring of the Moscow Railway</a>.</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-29_thumbtime" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-29 thumbtime"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: 76</li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="30">30</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Can%C3%A1rio_do_campo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Can%C3%A1rio_do_campo.jpg/300px-Can%C3%A1rio_do_campo.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Can%C3%A1rio_do_campo.jpg/450px-Can%C3%A1rio_do_campo.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Can%C3%A1rio_do_campo.jpg/600px-Can%C3%A1rio_do_campo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4322" data-file-height="2882" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge-tailed_grass_finch" class="extiw" title="en:Wedge-tailed grass finch">Wedge-tailed grass finch</a> (<i>Emberizoides herbicola</i>) in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terenos" class="extiw" title="en:Terenos">Terenos</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mato_Grosso_do_Sul" class="extiw" title="en:Mato Grosso do Sul">Mato Grosso do Sul</a>, Brazil.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-30&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-30_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-30 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge-tailed_grass_finch" class="extiw" title="en:Wedge-tailed grass finch">Wedge-tailed grass finch</a> (<i>Emberizoides herbicola</i>) in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terenos" class="extiw" title="en:Terenos">Terenos</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mato_Grosso_do_Sul" class="extiw" title="en:Mato Grosso do Sul">Mato Grosso do Sul</a>, Brazil.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Media_of_the_day" title="Commons:Media of the day">Media of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_29" poster="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm/300px--NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="300" height="169" data-durationhint="83" data-mwtitle="NASA_Tracks_Freddy,_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:NASA_Tracks_Freddy,_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm"><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm/NASA_Tracks_Freddy%2C_Longest-lived_Tropical_Cyclone_on_Record.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-30&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Motd/Day/preload">Choose a new media file</a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Motd/2024-12-30_(en)" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-30 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: NASA Tracks <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Freddy" class="extiw" title="w:Cyclone Freddy">Cyclone Freddy</a>, longest-lived tropical cyclone on record.</div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc"> <div style="background:#F0F2F5;padding:1px 1em;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">Advanced options</div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;"> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-30_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-30 thumbtime (page does not exist)"><i>thumbtime</i></a>&#8201;: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2024-12-30_thumbtime&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Motd/2024-12-30 thumbtime (page does not exist)">Template:Motd/2024-12-30 thumbtime</a></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="31">31</h2></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" style="clear:both;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></b> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="potd-image" style="width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:491_BC_-_1902_AD_-_A_Long_Time_Between_Drinks.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/491_BC_-_1902_AD_-_A_Long_Time_Between_Drinks.jpg/300px-491_BC_-_1902_AD_-_A_Long_Time_Between_Drinks.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="408" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/491_BC_-_1902_AD_-_A_Long_Time_Between_Drinks.jpg/450px-491_BC_-_1902_AD_-_A_Long_Time_Between_Drinks.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/491_BC_-_1902_AD_-_A_Long_Time_Between_Drinks.jpg/600px-491_BC_-_1902_AD_-_A_Long_Time_Between_Drinks.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3677" data-file-height="4995" /></a><figcaption><div class="description en">Humoristic cartoon from <i>Puck</i> on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Greece and Persia. In 499 BC, the Persian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" class="extiw" title="w:Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a> tried unsuccessfully to conquer various ancient Greek city-states. Finally in 449 BC a de facto peace was concluded and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Persian_Wars" class="extiw" title="w:Greco-Persian Wars">Greco-Persian Wars</a> effectively ended, but the two sides refused to have any relations. In 1902, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozaffar_ad-Din_Shah" class="extiw" title="w:Mozaffar ad-Din Shah">Mozaffar ad-Din Shah</a> of Persia and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_I_of_Greece" class="extiw" title="w:George I of Greece">George I of Greece</a> agreed to de jure recognition and after 2393 years established diplomatic relations.</div></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Potd/2024-12-31&amp;action=edit&amp;preload=Template:Potd/Day/preload">Change image </a></b> </td> <td width="100%"><div class="description en" dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Potd/2024-12-31_(en)" title="Template:Potd/2024-12-31 (en)">English</a>&#8201;: Humoristic cartoon from <i>Puck</i> on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Greece and Persia. In 499 BC, the Persian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" class="extiw" title="w:Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a> tried unsuccessfully to conquer various ancient Greek city-states. Finally in 449 BC a de facto peace was concluded and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Persian_Wars" class="extiw" title="w:Greco-Persian Wars">Greco-Persian Wars</a> effectively ended, but the two sides refused to have any relations. 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