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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2004" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2004">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2004" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2004">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2004" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2004">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2004" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2004">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2005: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2005">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2005">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2005">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2005">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2005">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2005">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2005">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2005">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2005">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2005">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2005">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2005">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2006: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2006">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2006">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2006">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2006">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2006">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2006">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2006">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2006">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2006">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2006">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2006">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2006">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2007: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2007">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2007">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2007">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2007">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2007">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2007">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2007">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2007">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2007">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2007">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2007">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2007">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2008: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2008">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2008">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2008">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2008">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2008">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2008">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2008">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2008">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2008">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2008">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2008">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2008">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2009: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2009">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2009">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2009">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2009">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2009">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2009">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2009">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2009">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2009">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2009">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2009">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2009">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2010: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2010">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2010">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2010">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2010">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2010">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2010">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2010">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2010">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2010">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2010">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2010">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2010">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2011: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2011">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2011">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2011">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2011">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2011">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2011">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2011">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2011">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2011">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2011">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2011">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2011">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2012: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2012">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2012">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2012">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2012">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2012">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2012">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2012">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2012">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2012">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2012">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2012">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2012">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2013: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2013">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2013">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2013">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2013">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2013">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2013">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2013">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2013">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2013">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2013">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2013">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2013">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2014: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2014">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2014">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2014">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2014">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2014">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2014">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2014">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2014">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2014">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2014">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2014">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2014">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2015: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2015">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2015">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2015">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2015">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2015">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2015">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2015">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2015">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2015">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2015">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2015">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2015">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2016: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2016">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2016">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2016">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2016">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2016">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2016">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2016">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2016">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2016">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2016">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2016">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2016">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2017: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2017">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2017">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2017">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2017">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2017">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2017">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2017">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2017">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2017">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2017">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2017">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2017">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2018: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2018">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2018">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2018">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2018">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2018">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2018">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2018">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2018">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2018">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2018">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2018">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2018">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2019: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2019">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2019">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2019">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2019">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2019">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2019">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2019">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2019">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2019">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2019">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2019">November</a> </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2020: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2020">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2020">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2020">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2020">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2020">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2020">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2020">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2020">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2020">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2020">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2020">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2020">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2021: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2021">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2021">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2021">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2021">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2021">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2021">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2021">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2021">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2021">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2021">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2021">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2021">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2022: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2022">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2022">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2022">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2022">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2022">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2022">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2022">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2022">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2022">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2022">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2022">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2022">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2023: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2023">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2023">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2023">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2023">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2023">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2023">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2023">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2023">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2023">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2023">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2023">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2023">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2024: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2024">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2024">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2024">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2024">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2024">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2024">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2024">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2024">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2024">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2024">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2024">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2025: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2025">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2025">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2025">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2025">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2025">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2025">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2025">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2025">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2025">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2025">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2025">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2025">December</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <hr/> <p>These <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">featured pictures</a>, as scheduled below, appeared as the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">picture of the day</a> (POTD) on the English Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Main Page">Main Page</a> in December 2019. Individual sections for each day on this page can be linked to with the day number as the <a href="/wiki/Help:Link#Section_linking_(anchors)" title="Help:Link">anchor</a> name (e.g. <code class="nowrap">[[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2019<b>#1</b>]]</code> for December 1). </p><p>You can add an automatically updating POTD template to your <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">user page</a> using <code class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pic_of_the_day" title="Template:Pic of the day">Pic of the day</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></code> (version with <a href="/wiki/Blurb" title="Blurb">blurb</a>) or <code class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD" title="Template:POTD">POTD</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></code> (version without blurb). For instructions on how to make custom POTD layouts, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Wikipedia:Picture of the day</a>.<span style="float:right"><i class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/Special:Purge/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2019" title="Special:Purge/Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2019"><small>Purge server cache</small></a></i></span> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="1"><b>December 1</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:399px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Black-chested_snake-eagle_(Circaetus_pectoralis).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Black-chested snake eagle"><img alt="Black-chested snake eagle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Black-chested_snake-eagle_%28Circaetus_pectoralis%29.jpg/399px-Black-chested_snake-eagle_%28Circaetus_pectoralis%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="399" height="327" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Black-chested_snake-eagle_%28Circaetus_pectoralis%29.jpg/599px-Black-chested_snake-eagle_%28Circaetus_pectoralis%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Black-chested_snake-eagle_%28Circaetus_pectoralis%29.jpg/798px-Black-chested_snake-eagle_%28Circaetus_pectoralis%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2659" data-file-height="2180"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Black-chested_snake_eagle" title="Black-chested snake eagle">black-chested snake eagle</a></b> (<i>Circaetus pectoralis</i>) is a large African <a href="/wiki/Bird_of_prey" title="Bird of prey">bird of prey</a> in the family <a href="/wiki/Accipitridae" title="Accipitridae">Accipitridae</a>. It resembles other snake eagles and was formerly considered <a href="/wiki/Biological_specificity#Conspecific" title="Biological specificity">conspecific</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Short-toed_snake_eagle" title="Short-toed snake eagle">short-toed</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beaudouin%27s_snake_eagle" title="Beaudouin's snake eagle">Beaudouin's</a> snake eagles, to which it is closely related. As well as feeding on snakes, which may be swallowed while still alive, it feeds on lizards, small mammals, frogs and insects. It typically perches in an elevated position ready to swoop silently to capture its prey, before returning to its perch to eat. </p><p>This picture shows a black-chested snake eagle swallowing a snake, photographed in <a href="/wiki/Awash_National_Park" title="Awash National Park">Awash National Park</a>, Ethiopia. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Charlesjsharp" title="User:Charlesjsharp">Charles J. Sharp</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-11-30" title="Template:POTD/2019-11-30"><i>Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-11-29" title="Template:POTD/2019-11-29"><i>Mitra stictica</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-11-28" title="Template:POTD/2019-11-28">Lichfield Cathedral</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-01" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-01">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-01&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-01 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-01&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-01&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-01&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Black-chested_snake-eagle_(Circaetus_pectoralis).jpg" title="File:Black-chested snake-eagle (Circaetus pectoralis).jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="2"><b>December 2</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:399px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arthur_Streeton_-_Golden_summer,_Eaglemont_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Golden Summer, Eaglemont"><img alt="Golden Summer, Eaglemont" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Arthur_Streeton_-_Golden_summer%2C_Eaglemont_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/399px-Arthur_Streeton_-_Golden_summer%2C_Eaglemont_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="399" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Arthur_Streeton_-_Golden_summer%2C_Eaglemont_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/599px-Arthur_Streeton_-_Golden_summer%2C_Eaglemont_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Arthur_Streeton_-_Golden_summer%2C_Eaglemont_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/798px-Arthur_Streeton_-_Golden_summer%2C_Eaglemont_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5077" data-file-height="2659"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><i><b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Summer,_Eaglemont" title="Golden Summer, Eaglemont">Golden Summer, Eaglemont</a></b></i>, is an 1889 oil-on-canvas landscape painting by Australian artist <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Streeton" title="Arthur Streeton">Arthur Streeton</a>. Painted <i><a href="/wiki/En_plein_air" title="En plein air">en plein air</a></i> at the height of a summer drought, it depicts a sunlit, undulating plain, stretching away to the distant blue <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Ranges" title="Dandenong Ranges">Dandenong Ranges</a>, outside Melbourne. In 1892, it became the first painting by an Australian-born artist to be exhibited at London's <a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Arts" title="Royal Academy of Arts">Royal Academy of Arts</a>. Regarded as a masterpiece of <a href="/wiki/Heidelberg_School" title="Heidelberg School">Australian impressionism</a>, it is currently on display at the <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Australia" title="National Gallery of Australia">National Gallery of Australia</a> in Canberra, which acquired the painting in 1995 for A$3.5 million, a record price for an Australian painting at that time. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Painting credit: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Streeton" title="Arthur Streeton">Arthur Streeton</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-01" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-01">Black-chested snake eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-11-30" title="Template:POTD/2019-11-30"><i>Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-11-29" title="Template:POTD/2019-11-29"><i>Mitra stictica</i></a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-02" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-02">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-02&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-02 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-02&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-02&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-02&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Arthur_Streeton_-_Golden_summer,_Eaglemont_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" title="File:Arthur Streeton - Golden summer, Eaglemont - Google Art Project.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="3"><b>December 3</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:325px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DEXTER,_Samuel-Treasury_(BEP_engraved_portrait).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Samuel Dexter"><img alt="Samuel Dexter" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/DEXTER%2C_Samuel-Treasury_%28BEP_engraved_portrait%29.jpg/325px-DEXTER%2C_Samuel-Treasury_%28BEP_engraved_portrait%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="325" height="431" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/DEXTER%2C_Samuel-Treasury_%28BEP_engraved_portrait%29.jpg/488px-DEXTER%2C_Samuel-Treasury_%28BEP_engraved_portrait%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/DEXTER%2C_Samuel-Treasury_%28BEP_engraved_portrait%29.jpg/650px-DEXTER%2C_Samuel-Treasury_%28BEP_engraved_portrait%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6936" data-file-height="9192"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Dexter" title="Samuel Dexter">Samuel Dexter</a></b> (1761–1816) was an early American statesman who served both in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States" title="Cabinet of the United States">cabinets</a> of Presidents <a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>. Dexter served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> from 1793 to 1795, and then in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> from 1799 to 1800, for less than a year. President Adams appointed him <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">secretary of war</a> in 1800, and later as the third <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">secretary of the treasury</a>, serving in the latter role for four and a half months in 1801. </p><p>This picture is a <a href="/wiki/Line_engraving" title="Line engraving">line engraving</a> of Dexter, produced around 1902 by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Department of the Treasury">Department of the Treasury</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Engraving_and_Printing" title="Bureau of Engraving and Printing">Bureau of Engraving and Printing</a> (BEP), as part of a <a href="/wiki/US_Treasury_specimen_book" title="US Treasury specimen book">BEP presentation album</a> of the first 42 secretaries of the treasury. This engraving shows him wearing a dark coat over a frilled shirt and <a href="/wiki/Cravat" class="mw-disambig" title="Cravat">cravat</a>, garments that were fashionable during his lifetime. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Engraving credit: <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Engraving_and_Printing" title="Bureau of Engraving and Printing">Bureau of Engraving and Printing</a>; restored by <a href="/wiki/User:Godot13" title="User:Godot13">Andrew Shiva</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-02" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-02"><i>Golden Summer, Eaglemont</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-01" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-01">Black-chested snake eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-11-30" title="Template:POTD/2019-11-30"><i>Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando</i></a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-03" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-03">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-03&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-03 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-03&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-03&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-03&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:DEXTER,_Samuel-Treasury_(BEP_engraved_portrait).jpg" title="File:DEXTER, Samuel-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="4"><b>December 4</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RUS-2016-Pushkin-Catherine_Park-Chinese_Summer_House.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Creaking Pagoda"><img alt="Creaking Pagoda" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/RUS-2016-Pushkin-Catherine_Park-Chinese_Summer_House.jpg/350px-RUS-2016-Pushkin-Catherine_Park-Chinese_Summer_House.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="508" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/RUS-2016-Pushkin-Catherine_Park-Chinese_Summer_House.jpg/525px-RUS-2016-Pushkin-Catherine_Park-Chinese_Summer_House.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/RUS-2016-Pushkin-Catherine_Park-Chinese_Summer_House.jpg/700px-RUS-2016-Pushkin-Catherine_Park-Chinese_Summer_House.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3716" data-file-height="5398"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Creaking_Pagoda" title="Creaking Pagoda">Creaking Pagoda</a></b> or Chinese Summer-House is located in <a href="/wiki/Tsarskoye_Selo" title="Tsarskoye Selo">Tsarskoye Selo</a>, outside <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a>, Russia, between two ponds on the boundary separating the <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Park" title="Catherine Park">Catherine Park</a> of the Baroque <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Palace" title="Catherine Palace">Catherine Palace</a> and the New Garden of the neoclassical <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Palace" title="Alexander Palace">Alexander Palace</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Park_(Tsarskoye_Selo)" title="Alexander Park (Tsarskoye Selo)">Alexander Park</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Pagoda" title="Pagoda">pagoda</a>, designed by <a href="/wiki/Yury_Felten" title="Yury Felten">Georg von Veldten</a>, is a <a href="/wiki/Folly" title="Folly">folly</a> that resulted from the 18th-century taste for <i><a href="/wiki/Chinoiserie" title="Chinoiserie">Chinoiserie</a></i>. The walls are decorated with figures of dragons and other stylized Chinese motifs. Construction lasted from 1778 to 1786, and the structure was restored from 1954 to 1956. The name of the structure refers to a characteristic sound produced by a metal weathervane, shaped like a banner, on the top of the structure, which creaks when it is turned by the wind. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Godot13" title="User:Godot13">Andrew Shiva</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-03" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-03">Samuel Dexter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-02" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-02"><i>Golden Summer, Eaglemont</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-01" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-01">Black-chested snake eagle</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-04" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-04">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-04&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-04 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-04&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-04&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-04&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:RUS-2016-Pushkin-Catherine_Park-Chinese_Summer_House.jpg" title="File:RUS-2016-Pushkin-Catherine Park-Chinese Summer House.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="5"><b>December 5</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse; padding:0.9em;"> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lewis_Carroll_-_Henry_Holiday_-_Hunting_of_the_Snark_-_Plate_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Hunting of the Snark"><img alt="The Hunting of the Snark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Lewis_Carroll_-_Henry_Holiday_-_Hunting_of_the_Snark_-_Plate_3.jpg/500px-Lewis_Carroll_-_Henry_Holiday_-_Hunting_of_the_Snark_-_Plate_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="500" height="344" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Lewis_Carroll_-_Henry_Holiday_-_Hunting_of_the_Snark_-_Plate_3.jpg/750px-Lewis_Carroll_-_Henry_Holiday_-_Hunting_of_the_Snark_-_Plate_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Lewis_Carroll_-_Henry_Holiday_-_Hunting_of_the_Snark_-_Plate_3.jpg/1000px-Lewis_Carroll_-_Henry_Holiday_-_Hunting_of_the_Snark_-_Plate_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5140" data-file-height="3536"/></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em; text-align:left;"> <p><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Hunting_of_the_Snark" title="The Hunting of the Snark">The Hunting of the Snark</a></b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Nonsense_verse" title="Nonsense verse">nonsense poem</a> written by English writer <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Carroll" title="Lewis Carroll">Lewis Carroll</a> between 1874 and 1876. The poem describes a ship with a crew of ten trying to find the Snark, an animal which may turn out to be a highly dangerous Boojum. Among the hunters is a lace-making beaver, and a butcher, whose only skill is in butchering beavers. This picture, the third of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Holiday" title="Henry Holiday">Henry Holiday</a>'s original illustrations for the poem, accompanies the following stanza: </p> <span style="text-align:left"><blockquote><div class="poem"> <p>Yet still, ever after that sorrowful day,<br/> <span class="mw-poem-indented" style="display: inline-block; margin-inline-start: 1em;">Whenever the Butcher was by,</span><br/> The Beaver kept looking the opposite way,<br/> <span class="mw-poem-indented" style="display: inline-block; margin-inline-start: 1em;">And appeared unaccountably shy.</span> </p> </div></blockquote></span> <p style="text-align:center;"><small>Illustration credit: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Holiday" title="Henry Holiday">Henry Holiday</a>; restored by <a href="/wiki/User:Adam_Cuerden" title="User:Adam Cuerden">Adam Cuerden</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-04" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-04">Creaking Pagoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-03" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-03">Samuel Dexter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-02" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-02"><i>Golden Summer, Eaglemont</i></a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-05" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-05">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-05&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-05 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-05&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-05&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-05&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Lewis_Carroll_-_Henry_Holiday_-_Hunting_of_the_Snark_-_Plate_3.jpg" title="File:Lewis Carroll - Henry Holiday - Hunting of the Snark - Plate 3.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="6"><b>December 6</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:399px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Calliphora_vicina,_u,_Face,_DC_2014-04-24_-17.46.02_ZS_PMax_-_USGS_Bee_Inventory_and_Monitoring_Laboratory.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Calliphora vicina"><img alt="Calliphora vicina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Calliphora_vicina%2C_u%2C_Face%2C_DC_2014-04-24_-17.46.02_ZS_PMax_-_USGS_Bee_Inventory_and_Monitoring_Laboratory.jpg/399px-Calliphora_vicina%2C_u%2C_Face%2C_DC_2014-04-24_-17.46.02_ZS_PMax_-_USGS_Bee_Inventory_and_Monitoring_Laboratory.jpg" decoding="async" width="399" height="312" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Calliphora_vicina%2C_u%2C_Face%2C_DC_2014-04-24_-17.46.02_ZS_PMax_-_USGS_Bee_Inventory_and_Monitoring_Laboratory.jpg/599px-Calliphora_vicina%2C_u%2C_Face%2C_DC_2014-04-24_-17.46.02_ZS_PMax_-_USGS_Bee_Inventory_and_Monitoring_Laboratory.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Calliphora_vicina%2C_u%2C_Face%2C_DC_2014-04-24_-17.46.02_ZS_PMax_-_USGS_Bee_Inventory_and_Monitoring_Laboratory.jpg/798px-Calliphora_vicina%2C_u%2C_Face%2C_DC_2014-04-24_-17.46.02_ZS_PMax_-_USGS_Bee_Inventory_and_Monitoring_Laboratory.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4109" data-file-height="3218"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><i><b><a href="/wiki/Calliphora_vicina" title="Calliphora vicina">Calliphora vicina</a></b></i> is a species in the family <a href="/wiki/Calliphoridae" title="Calliphoridae">Calliphoridae</a>, the blow flies. The species is particularly important in the field of <a href="/wiki/Forensic_entomology" title="Forensic entomology">forensic entomology</a> due to its consistent time of arrival and colonization of the body following death. </p><p>This picture is a <a href="/wiki/Macro_photography" title="Macro photography">macro photograph</a> of the head of a <i>C. vicina</i> fly. The head is dominated by a pair of large <a href="/wiki/Compound_eye" title="Compound eye">compound eyes</a>, each composed of several thousand light-receiving units known as <a href="/wiki/Ommatidium" title="Ommatidium">ommatidia</a>, arranged in a hexagonal pattern. The ommatidia are elongated and rod-shaped, and are oriented perpendicular to the surface of the eye; each has its own <a href="/wiki/Lens" title="Lens">lens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Photoreceptor_cell" title="Photoreceptor cell">photoreceptor cells</a>. The brain combines the points of light from each of the ommatidia to form a mosaic image. Also visible in the picture are various bristles, <a href="/wiki/Pedipalp" title="Pedipalp">pedipalps</a> and mouthparts. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Geological_Survey" title="United States Geological Survey">USGS</a> Bee Inventory and Monitoring Laboratory</small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-05" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-05"><i>The Hunting of the Snark</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-04" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-04">Creaking Pagoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-03" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-03">Samuel Dexter</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-06" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-06">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-06&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-06 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-06&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-06&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-06&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Calliphora_vicina,_u,_Face,_DC_2014-04-24_-17.46.02_ZS_PMax_-_USGS_Bee_Inventory_and_Monitoring_Laboratory.jpg" title="File:Calliphora vicina, u, Face, DC 2014-04-24 -17.46.02 ZS PMax - USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Laboratory.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="7"><b>December 7</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse; padding:0.9em;"> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Monasterio_Khor_Virap,_Armenia,_2016-10-01,_DD_25.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Khor Virap"><img alt="Khor Virap" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Monasterio_Khor_Virap%2C_Armenia%2C_2016-10-01%2C_DD_25.jpg/600px-Monasterio_Khor_Virap%2C_Armenia%2C_2016-10-01%2C_DD_25.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="307" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Monasterio_Khor_Virap%2C_Armenia%2C_2016-10-01%2C_DD_25.jpg/900px-Monasterio_Khor_Virap%2C_Armenia%2C_2016-10-01%2C_DD_25.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Monasterio_Khor_Virap%2C_Armenia%2C_2016-10-01%2C_DD_25.jpg/1200px-Monasterio_Khor_Virap%2C_Armenia%2C_2016-10-01%2C_DD_25.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8525" data-file-height="4360"/></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em; text-align:left;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Khor_Virap" title="Khor Virap">Khor Virap</a></b> is a <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian Apostolic Church</a>, located on the <a href="/wiki/Ararat_Plain" title="Ararat Plain">Ararat Plain</a> in Armenia, near the closed border with Turkey, and about 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of the city of <a href="/wiki/Artashat,_Armenia" title="Artashat, Armenia">Artashat</a>, within the territory of ancient <a href="/wiki/Artaxata" title="Artaxata">Artaxata</a>. Shown here with <a href="/wiki/Mount_Ararat" title="Mount Ararat">Mount Ararat</a> in the background, it is one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in Armenia. Its fame is attributed to the fact that <a href="/wiki/Gregory_the_Illuminator" title="Gregory the Illuminator">Gregory the Illuminator</a>, the religious leader who converted Armenia from paganism to Christianity in 301, was imprisoned in the location for fourteen years by King <a href="/wiki/Tiridates_III_of_Armenia" title="Tiridates III of Armenia">Tiridates III</a>. A chapel was initially built in 642 by <a href="/wiki/Nerses_III_the_Builder" title="Nerses III the Builder">Nerses III the Builder</a> as a mark of veneration for Saint Gregory. Over the centuries, the monastery was repeatedly rebuilt; the current buildings date from 1662. </p> <p style="text-align:center;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Poco_a_poco" title="User:Poco a poco">Diego Delso</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-06" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-06"><i>Calliphora vicina</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-05" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-05"><i>The Hunting of the Snark</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-04" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-04">Creaking Pagoda</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-07" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-07">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-07&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-07 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-07&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-07&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-07&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Monasterio_Khor_Virap,_Armenia,_2016-10-01,_DD_25.jpg" title="File:Monasterio Khor Virap, Armenia, 2016-10-01, DD 25.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="8"><b>December 8</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dustin_Brown_14,_2015_Wimbledon_Qualifying_-_Diliff.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dustin Brown"><img alt="Dustin Brown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Dustin_Brown_14%2C_2015_Wimbledon_Qualifying_-_Diliff.jpg/350px-Dustin_Brown_14%2C_2015_Wimbledon_Qualifying_-_Diliff.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="343" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Dustin_Brown_14%2C_2015_Wimbledon_Qualifying_-_Diliff.jpg/525px-Dustin_Brown_14%2C_2015_Wimbledon_Qualifying_-_Diliff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Dustin_Brown_14%2C_2015_Wimbledon_Qualifying_-_Diliff.jpg/700px-Dustin_Brown_14%2C_2015_Wimbledon_Qualifying_-_Diliff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3562" data-file-height="3494"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Brown_(tennis)" title="Dustin Brown (tennis)">Dustin Brown</a></b> (born 8 December 1984) is a Jamaican-German professional tennis player. He rose to fame after beating <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Nadal" title="Rafael Nadal">Rafael Nadal</a> in the 2014 <a href="/wiki/Halle_Open" title="Halle Open">Halle Open</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2015_Wimbledon_Championships" title="2015 Wimbledon Championships">2015 Wimbledon Championships</a>, and is known for his technique, speed and entertaining playing style. </p><p>This picture of Brown was taken during the third round of the <a href="/wiki/2015_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Singles_Qualifying" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying">2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament</a>. Having earned himself a place in <a href="/wiki/2015_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Singles" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles">the main championships</a>, he caused a major upset in the second round by defeating Nadal, who had won <a href="/wiki/List_of_Wimbledon_gentlemen%27s_singles_champions" title="List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions">the men's singles title</a> on two previous occasions, but was beaten by <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Troicki" title="Viktor Troicki">Viktor Troicki</a> in the third round. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Diliff" title="User:Diliff">David Iliff</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-07" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-07">Khor Virap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-06" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-06"><i>Calliphora vicina</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-05" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-05"><i>The Hunting of the Snark</i></a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-08" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-08">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-08&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-08 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-08&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-08&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-08&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Dustin_Brown_14,_2015_Wimbledon_Qualifying_-_Diliff.jpg" title="File:Dustin Brown 14, 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying - Diliff.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="9"><b>December 9</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:399px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Savage_State_1836.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Savage State"><img alt="The Savage State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Savage_State_1836.jpg/399px-Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Savage_State_1836.jpg" decoding="async" width="399" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Savage_State_1836.jpg/599px-Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Savage_State_1836.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Savage_State_1836.jpg/798px-Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Savage_State_1836.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8880" data-file-height="5520"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Course_of_Empire_(paintings)#The_Savage_State" title="The Course of Empire (paintings)">The Savage State</a></b></i> is the first in a series of five paintings entitled <i><a href="/wiki/The_Course_of_Empire_(paintings)" title="The Course of Empire (paintings)">The Course of Empire</a></i>, created by American artist <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cole" title="Thomas Cole">Thomas Cole</a> between 1833 and 1836. The series depicts the growth and fall of an imaginary city, situated on the lower end of a river valley. This first painting shows the scenery before the civilizing influence of men change the landscape. A hunter clad in skins runs through the wilderness pursuing a fleeing deer, canoes paddle up the river and a few tipis cluster around a campfire. The visual references are those of aboriginal North American life, and the painting depicts the ideal state of the natural world, serene and unspoiled by humanity. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Painting credit: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cole" title="Thomas Cole">Thomas Cole</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-08" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-08">Dustin Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-07" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-07">Khor Virap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-06" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-06"><i>Calliphora vicina</i></a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-09" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-09">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-09&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-09 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-09&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-09&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-09&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Savage_State_1836.jpg" title="File:Cole Thomas The Course of Empire The Savage State 1836.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="10"><b>December 10</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:300px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Egretta_thula_at_Las_Gallinas_Wildlife_Ponds.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Snowy egret"><img alt="Snowy egret" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Egretta_thula_at_Las_Gallinas_Wildlife_Ponds.jpg/300px-Egretta_thula_at_Las_Gallinas_Wildlife_Ponds.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="389" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Egretta_thula_at_Las_Gallinas_Wildlife_Ponds.jpg/450px-Egretta_thula_at_Las_Gallinas_Wildlife_Ponds.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Egretta_thula_at_Las_Gallinas_Wildlife_Ponds.jpg/600px-Egretta_thula_at_Las_Gallinas_Wildlife_Ponds.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2437" data-file-height="3159"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Snowy_egret" title="Snowy egret">snowy egret</a></b> (<i>Egretta thula</i>) is a small member of the <a href="/wiki/Heron" title="Heron">heron</a> family, Ardeidae, native to the Americas, where it has a widespread distribution. The bird forages for fish, frogs, crustaceans, insects and worms in marshes and shallow water habitats, applying various techniques to persuade the prey to reveal itself. A sociable species, it often forages in mixed species groups, and nests in the company of other herons and egrets. The bill is specially adapted for probing and stabbing. </p><p>This picture shows a snowy egret photographed at Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds, near <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael,_California" title="San Rafael, California">San Rafael, California</a>. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Frank_Schulenburg" title="User:Frank Schulenburg">Frank Schulenburg</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-09" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-09"><i>The Savage State</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-08" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-08">Dustin Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-07" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-07">Khor Virap</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-10" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-10">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-10&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-10 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-10&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-10&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-10&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Egretta_thula_at_Las_Gallinas_Wildlife_Ponds.jpg" title="File:Egretta thula at Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="11"><b>December 11</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PHI-115-Japanese_Government_(Philippines)-1000_Pesos_(1945).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Japanese government-issued Philippine peso"><img alt="Japanese government-issued Philippine peso" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/PHI-115-Japanese_Government_%28Philippines%29-1000_Pesos_%281945%29.jpg/350px-PHI-115-Japanese_Government_%28Philippines%29-1000_Pesos_%281945%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="339" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/PHI-115-Japanese_Government_%28Philippines%29-1000_Pesos_%281945%29.jpg/525px-PHI-115-Japanese_Government_%28Philippines%29-1000_Pesos_%281945%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/PHI-115-Japanese_Government_%28Philippines%29-1000_Pesos_%281945%29.jpg/700px-PHI-115-Japanese_Government_%28Philippines%29-1000_Pesos_%281945%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3869"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Japanese_government-issued_Philippine_peso" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese government-issued Philippine peso">Japanese government-issued Philippine peso</a></b> was a form of <a href="/wiki/Fiat_money" title="Fiat money">fiat money</a> issued in the Philippines by the Japanese government during World War II as part of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_the_Philippines" title="Japanese occupation of the Philippines">its occupation of the archipelago</a>. The first issue in 1942 had notes valued at 1, 5, 10 and 50 centavos, and 1, 5 and 10 pesos. A new series of peso denominations were issued in 1943, and <a href="/wiki/Hyperinflation" title="Hyperinflation">hyperinflation</a> resulted in a further issue in 1944, with the higher value notes of 100 and 500 pesos being added. </p><p>This picture shows the obverse <i>(top)</i> and reverse <i>(bottom)</i> sides of a 1000-peso note that was issued in 1945, shortly before the country was <a href="/wiki/Philippines_campaign_(1944%E2%80%931945)" title="Philippines campaign (1944–1945)">liberated by Allied troops</a>. The banknote is in the <a href="/wiki/National_Numismatic_Collection" title="National Numismatic Collection">National Numismatic Collection</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a>'s <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_American_History" title="National Museum of American History">National Museum of American History</a>. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Banknote credit: <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a>; photographed by <a href="/wiki/User:Godot13" title="User:Godot13">Andrew Shiva</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-10" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-10">Snowy egret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-09" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-09"><i>The Savage State</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-08" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-08">Dustin Brown</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-11" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-11">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-11&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-11 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-11&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-11&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-11&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:PHI-115-Japanese_Government_(Philippines)-1000_Pesos_(1945).jpg" title="File:PHI-115-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1000 Pesos (1945).jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="12"><b>December 12</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:300px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Laura_Dekker_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Laura Dekker"><img alt="Laura Dekker" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Laura_Dekker_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Laura_Dekker_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Laura_Dekker_%28cropped%29.jpg/450px-Laura_Dekker_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Laura_Dekker_%28cropped%29.jpg/600px-Laura_Dekker_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4048" data-file-height="3584"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Laura_Dekker" title="Laura Dekker">Laura Dekker</a></b> (born 1995) is a New Zealand–born Dutch sailor who completed a solo <a href="/wiki/Circumnavigation" title="Circumnavigation">circumnavigation</a> of the globe in a 12.4-metre (41-foot) two-masted <a href="/wiki/Ketch" title="Ketch">ketch</a> from 2010 to 2012. Dekker was fourteen years old when she set off from Gibraltar rather than the Netherlands, because the Dutch shipping regulations did not permit anyone under the age of sixteen to skipper a boat of that size in Dutch waters. After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, she started her record-breaking attempt from <a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a> in the Caribbean, passing through the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a> and traversing the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans before completing her circumnavigation back at Sint Maarten. This picture shows Dekker attending the 2011 Hiswa Boat Show in Amsterdam. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: Savyasachi, retouched by <a href="/wiki/User:Ukexpat" title="User:Ukexpat">ukexpat</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-11" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-11">Japanese government-issued Philippine peso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-10" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-10">Snowy egret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-09" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-09"><i>The Savage State</i></a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-12" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-12">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-12&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-12 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-12&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-12&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-12&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Laura_Dekker_(cropped).jpg" title="File:Laura Dekker (cropped).jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="13"><b>December 13</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:300px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bloemen_in_een_terracotta_vaas.,_Albertus_Jonas_Brandt,_Eelke_Jelles_Eelkema,_1810_-_1824_-_Zoeken_-_Rijksmuseum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flowers in a Terracotta Vase"><img alt="Flowers in a Terracotta Vase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Bloemen_in_een_terracotta_vaas.%2C_Albertus_Jonas_Brandt%2C_Eelke_Jelles_Eelkema%2C_1810_-_1824_-_Zoeken_-_Rijksmuseum.jpg/300px-Bloemen_in_een_terracotta_vaas.%2C_Albertus_Jonas_Brandt%2C_Eelke_Jelles_Eelkema%2C_1810_-_1824_-_Zoeken_-_Rijksmuseum.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="385" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Bloemen_in_een_terracotta_vaas.%2C_Albertus_Jonas_Brandt%2C_Eelke_Jelles_Eelkema%2C_1810_-_1824_-_Zoeken_-_Rijksmuseum.jpg/450px-Bloemen_in_een_terracotta_vaas.%2C_Albertus_Jonas_Brandt%2C_Eelke_Jelles_Eelkema%2C_1810_-_1824_-_Zoeken_-_Rijksmuseum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Bloemen_in_een_terracotta_vaas.%2C_Albertus_Jonas_Brandt%2C_Eelke_Jelles_Eelkema%2C_1810_-_1824_-_Zoeken_-_Rijksmuseum.jpg/600px-Bloemen_in_een_terracotta_vaas.%2C_Albertus_Jonas_Brandt%2C_Eelke_Jelles_Eelkema%2C_1810_-_1824_-_Zoeken_-_Rijksmuseum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5309" data-file-height="6807"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><i><b>Flowers in a Terracotta Vase</b></i> is a still life painting by the Dutch artists <a href="/wiki/Albertus_Jonas_Brandt" title="Albertus Jonas Brandt">Albertus Jonas Brandt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eelke_Jelles_Eelkema" title="Eelke Jelles Eelkema">Eelke Jelles Eelkema</a>. It was painted in oils on a maple wood panel by Albertus Jonas Brandt, but had not been completed at the time of his death from tuberculosis in 1821. After being purchased by the Museum van Levende Nederlandsche Meesters in an unfinished state, it was completed by Eelke Jelles Eelkema the following year. The painting was later transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Rijksmuseum" title="Rijksmuseum">Rijksmuseum</a> in Amsterdam where it remains. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Painting credit: <a href="/wiki/Albertus_Jonas_Brandt" title="Albertus Jonas Brandt">Albertus Jonas Brandt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eelke_Jelles_Eelkema" title="Eelke Jelles Eelkema">Eelke Jelles Eelkema</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-12" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-12">Laura Dekker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-11" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-11">Japanese government-issued Philippine peso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-10" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-10">Snowy egret</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-13" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-13">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-13&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-13 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-13&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-13&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-13&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Bloemen_in_een_terracotta_vaas.,_Albertus_Jonas_Brandt,_Eelke_Jelles_Eelkema,_1810_-_1824_-_Zoeken_-_Rijksmuseum.jpg" title="File:Bloemen in een terracotta vaas., Albertus Jonas Brandt, Eelke Jelles Eelkema, 1810 - 1824 - Zoeken - Rijksmuseum.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="14"><b>December 14</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:300px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alabama_state_coat_of_arms_(illustrated,_1876).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alabama"><img alt="Alabama" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Alabama_state_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg/300px-Alabama_state_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="391" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Alabama_state_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg/450px-Alabama_state_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Alabama_state_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg/600px-Alabama_state_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2950" data-file-height="3840"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a></b>, in the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">southeastern United States</a>, was admitted as the 22nd state of the union on December 14, 1819. This picture is a historical depiction of the coat of arms of Alabama, as illustrated by American engraver Henry Mitchell in <i><a href="/wiki/Historical_armorial_of_U.S._states_from_1876" title="Historical armorial of U.S. states from 1876">State Arms of the Union</a></i>, published in 1876 by <a href="/wiki/Louis_Prang" title="Louis Prang">Louis Prang</a>. It depicts a <a href="/wiki/Bald_eagle" title="Bald eagle">bald eagle</a> with wings raised, perching on a national shield with <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States" title="Flag of the United States">stars and stripes</a>. The eagle's foot grasps three arrows and its beak holds a streamer with the motto "Here we rest", a reference to the state being known as "the land of rest". This design is also featured in the <a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Alabama" title="Seal of Alabama">seal of Alabama</a>, which was adopted on December 29, 1868. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Illustration credit: Henry Mitchell; restored by <a href="/wiki/User:Godot13" title="User:Godot13">Andrew Shiva</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-13" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-13"><i>Flowers in a Terracotta Vase</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-12" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-12">Laura Dekker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-11" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-11">Japanese government-issued Philippine peso</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-14" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-14">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-14&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-14 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-14&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-14&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-14&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Alabama_state_coat_of_arms_(illustrated,_1876).jpg" title="File:Alabama state coat of arms (illustrated, 1876).jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="15"><b>December 15</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:380px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marsh_fritillary_(Euphydryas_aurinia)_female_underside.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Marsh fritillary"><img alt="Marsh fritillary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Marsh_fritillary_%28Euphydryas_aurinia%29_female_underside.jpg/380px-Marsh_fritillary_%28Euphydryas_aurinia%29_female_underside.jpg" decoding="async" width="380" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Marsh_fritillary_%28Euphydryas_aurinia%29_female_underside.jpg/570px-Marsh_fritillary_%28Euphydryas_aurinia%29_female_underside.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Marsh_fritillary_%28Euphydryas_aurinia%29_female_underside.jpg/760px-Marsh_fritillary_%28Euphydryas_aurinia%29_female_underside.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5044" data-file-height="3363"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Marsh_fritillary" title="Marsh fritillary">marsh fritillary</a></b> (<i>Euphydryas aurinia</i>) is a butterfly of the family <a href="/wiki/Nymphalidae" title="Nymphalidae">Nymphalidae</a>. Commonly distributed in the <a href="/wiki/Palearctic_realm" title="Palearctic realm">Palearctic</a> region, the marsh fritillary's common name derives from one of its habitats, <a href="/wiki/Marsh" title="Marsh">marshland</a>. The larval stage lasts seven to eight months and includes a period of <a href="/wiki/Hibernation" title="Hibernation">hibernation</a> over the winter. The <a href="/wiki/Larva" title="Larva">larvae</a> are dependent on the host plant, <i><a href="/wiki/Succisa_pratensis" title="Succisa pratensis">Succisa pratensis</a></i>, not only for food but also for shelter during the hibernation stage. Females lay eggs in batches on the host plant and are, like other batch-layers, selective about location because offspring survivorship levels for batch-layers are highly dependent on location selection. </p><p>This picture shows the underside of a female marsh fritillary, photographed near the English village of <a href="/wiki/Lydlinch" title="Lydlinch">Lydlinch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a>. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Charlesjsharp" title="User:Charlesjsharp">Charles J. 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It is named after <a href="/wiki/Humphrey,_Duke_of_Gloucester" title="Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester">Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester</a>, a connoisseur of literature, who donated his collection of 281 books to the university at his death in 1447. Books were hand-written at the time and his legacy was considered an extraordinarily generous donation, since the university previously had only 20 books. Only three books from the original donation remain, the rest having been removed in 1550 and probably burnt during the <a href="/wiki/Reformation" title="Reformation">Reformation</a>. The library was restored and restocked by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bodley" title="Thomas Bodley">Thomas Bodley</a> from 1598 onwards. The books in the oldest part of the library are accommodated in oak bookcases that are at right angles to the walls on either side, with integrated reading desks. The ceiling consists of panels painted with the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_University_of_Oxford" title="Coat of arms of the University of Oxford">coat of arms of the University of Oxford</a>. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Diliff" title="User:Diliff">David Iliff</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-15" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-15">Marsh fritillary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-14" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-14">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-13" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-13"><i>Flowers in a Terracotta Vase</i></a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-16" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-16">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-16&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-16 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-16&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-16&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-16&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Duke_Humfrey%27s_Library_Interior_6,_Bodleian_Library,_Oxford,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg" title="File:Duke Humfrey's Library Interior 6, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK - Diliff.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="17"><b>December 17</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:300px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maria_I,_Queen_of_Portugal_-_Giuseppe_Troni,_atribu%C3%ADdo_(Turim,_1739-Lisboa,_1810)_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Maria I of Portugal"><img alt="Maria I of Portugal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Maria_I%2C_Queen_of_Portugal_-_Giuseppe_Troni%2C_atribu%C3%ADdo_%28Turim%2C_1739-Lisboa%2C_1810%29_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg/300px-Maria_I%2C_Queen_of_Portugal_-_Giuseppe_Troni%2C_atribu%C3%ADdo_%28Turim%2C_1739-Lisboa%2C_1810%29_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="388" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Maria_I%2C_Queen_of_Portugal_-_Giuseppe_Troni%2C_atribu%C3%ADdo_%28Turim%2C_1739-Lisboa%2C_1810%29_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg/450px-Maria_I%2C_Queen_of_Portugal_-_Giuseppe_Troni%2C_atribu%C3%ADdo_%28Turim%2C_1739-Lisboa%2C_1810%29_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Maria_I%2C_Queen_of_Portugal_-_Giuseppe_Troni%2C_atribu%C3%ADdo_%28Turim%2C_1739-Lisboa%2C_1810%29_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg/600px-Maria_I%2C_Queen_of_Portugal_-_Giuseppe_Troni%2C_atribu%C3%ADdo_%28Turim%2C_1739-Lisboa%2C_1810%29_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3717" data-file-height="4808"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Maria_I_of_Portugal" title="Maria I of Portugal">Maria I</a></b> (17 December 1734 – 20 March 1816) was <a href="/wiki/List_of_Portuguese_monarchs" title="List of Portuguese monarchs">Queen of Portugal</a> from 1777 until her death in 1816 and the country's first undisputed <a href="/wiki/Queen_regnant" title="Queen regnant">queen regnant</a>. </p><p>This picture is an oil-on-canvas portrait, painted in 1783, showing the queen in her <a href="/wiki/Boudoir" title="Boudoir">boudoir</a>. It is usually attributed to <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Troni" title="Giuseppe Troni">Giuseppe Troni</a>, the Italian court painter to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Braganza" title="House of Braganza">House of Braganza</a>, and now hangs in the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Queluz" title="Palace of Queluz">Palace of Queluz</a>, which became the official and full-time residence of the queen and her court from 1794. At that time, the queen was becoming increasingly deranged. In 1807, after <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a>'s conquests in Europe, under the direction of her son, Prince Regent <a href="/wiki/John_VI_of_Portugal" title="John VI of Portugal">João</a>, her court moved to Brazil. The Portuguese colony was then elevated to the rank of kingdom, with the consequent formation of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Portugal,_Brazil_and_the_Algarves" title="United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves">United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves</a>, of which she was the first monarch. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Painting credit: <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Troni" title="Giuseppe Troni">Giuseppe Troni</a> (attributed)</small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-16" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-16">Duke Humfrey's Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-15" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-15">Marsh fritillary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-14" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-14">Alabama</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-17" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-17">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-17&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-17 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-17&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-17&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-17&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Maria_I,_Queen_of_Portugal_-_Giuseppe_Troni,_atribu%C3%ADdo_(Turim,_1739-Lisboa,_1810)_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg" title="File:Maria I, Queen of Portugal - Giuseppe Troni, atribuído (Turim, 1739-Lisboa, 1810) - Google Cultural Institute.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="18"><b>December 18</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:399px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Raorchestes_parvulus_(male).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Raorchestes parvulus"><img alt="Raorchestes parvulus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Raorchestes_parvulus_%28male%29.jpg/399px-Raorchestes_parvulus_%28male%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="399" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Raorchestes_parvulus_%28male%29.jpg/599px-Raorchestes_parvulus_%28male%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Raorchestes_parvulus_%28male%29.jpg/798px-Raorchestes_parvulus_%28male%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7333" data-file-height="4889"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><i><b><a href="/wiki/Raorchestes_parvulus" title="Raorchestes parvulus">Raorchestes parvulus</a></b></i> is a small bush frog native to tropical southeastern Asia. Although the reproductive strategy of this species has not been studied, members of the family typically make a foam nest while mating in vegetation overhanging a stream. They create the foam by beating their legs, and the eggs are deposited into the nest and covered with seminal fluid before the foam hardens into a protective casing. When the eggs hatch, the young push their way out of the nest and fall into the water below. </p><p>This picture shows a male <i>R. parvulus</i> frog, photographed in <a href="/wiki/Phu_Kradueng_National_Park" title="Phu Kradueng National Park">Phu Kradueng National Park</a>, Thailand, calling by inflating its <a href="/wiki/Vocal_sac" title="Vocal sac">vocal sac</a>. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Rushenb" title="User:Rushenb">Rushenb</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-17" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-17">Maria I of Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-16" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-16">Duke Humfrey's Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-15" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-15">Marsh fritillary</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-18" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-18">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-18&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-18 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-18&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-18&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-18&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Raorchestes_parvulus_(male).jpg" title="File:Raorchestes parvulus (male).jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="19"><b>December 19</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:300px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mrs._Fiske,_%22Love_finds_the_way%22_-_Zaida_Ben_Yusuf._LCCN2006677585_-_Restoration,_levels_tweaked.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Minnie Maddern Fiske"><img alt="Minnie Maddern Fiske" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Mrs._Fiske%2C_%22Love_finds_the_way%22_-_Zaida_Ben_Yusuf._LCCN2006677585_-_Restoration%2C_levels_tweaked.jpg/300px-Mrs._Fiske%2C_%22Love_finds_the_way%22_-_Zaida_Ben_Yusuf._LCCN2006677585_-_Restoration%2C_levels_tweaked.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="433" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Mrs._Fiske%2C_%22Love_finds_the_way%22_-_Zaida_Ben_Yusuf._LCCN2006677585_-_Restoration%2C_levels_tweaked.jpg/450px-Mrs._Fiske%2C_%22Love_finds_the_way%22_-_Zaida_Ben_Yusuf._LCCN2006677585_-_Restoration%2C_levels_tweaked.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Mrs._Fiske%2C_%22Love_finds_the_way%22_-_Zaida_Ben_Yusuf._LCCN2006677585_-_Restoration%2C_levels_tweaked.jpg/600px-Mrs._Fiske%2C_%22Love_finds_the_way%22_-_Zaida_Ben_Yusuf._LCCN2006677585_-_Restoration%2C_levels_tweaked.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1574" data-file-height="2273"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Minnie_Maddern_Fiske" title="Minnie Maddern Fiske">Minnie Maddern Fiske</a></b> (December 19, 1865 – February 15, 1932) was an American actress, producer, director and playwright. She started her acting career at the age of three, was taking on leading roles at sixteen, and was widely considered the most important actress on the American stage in the first quarter of the 20th century. She married the journalist and newspaper owner <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Grey_Fiske" title="Harrison Grey Fiske">Harrison Grey Fiske</a> in March 1890, and he directed almost all her plays thereafter. </p><p>This picture shows Fiske in 1896 in the leading role of <i><a href="/wiki/Love_Finds_the_Way" title="Love Finds the Way">Love Finds the Way</a></i>, which opened on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> on April 11, 1898. She played an unhappy young woman, alienated from her family, who sought romance. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="/wiki/Zaida_Ben-Yusuf" title="Zaida Ben-Yusuf">Zaida Ben-Yusuf</a>; restored by <a href="/wiki/User:Adam_Cuerden" title="User:Adam Cuerden">Adam Cuerden</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-18" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-18"><i>Raorchestes parvulus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-17" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-17">Maria I of Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-16" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-16">Duke Humfrey's Library</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-19" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-19">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-19&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-19 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-19&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-19&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-19&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Mrs._Fiske,_%22Love_finds_the_way%22_-_Zaida_Ben_Yusuf._LCCN2006677585_-_Restoration,_levels_tweaked.jpg" title="File:Mrs. Fiske, "Love finds the way" - Zaida Ben Yusuf. LCCN2006677585 - Restoration, levels tweaked.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="20"><b>December 20</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:399px; text-align:center;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv/399px-seek%3D184-WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="399" height="299" data-durationhint="386" data-mwtitle="WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv/WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="480"/><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv/WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="960" data-height="720"/><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="960" data-height="720"/><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv/WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="320" data-height="240"/><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv/WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360"/><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv/WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360"/></video></span><figcaption>Women Airforce Service Pilots</figcaption></figure> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots" title="Women Airforce Service Pilots">Women Airforce Service Pilots</a></b> (WASP) was a <a href="/wiki/Civilian" title="Civilian">civilian</a> organization whose members were <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_civil_service" title="United States federal civil service">United States federal civil service</a> employees. Its trained pilots tested and ferried aircraft but had no military standing. Their purpose was to free male pilots for combat roles during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Before the program was dissolved on December 20, 1944, the pilots flew over 60 million miles and transported every type of military aircraft. They simulated strafing missions, towed targets for live anti-aircraft gun practice and transported cargo. Thirty-eight WASP members died and one disappeared while on a ferry mission. In 1977, the WASP were granted <a href="/wiki/Veteran" title="Veteran">military veteran</a> status and, in 2009, awarded the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Gold_Medal" title="Congressional Gold Medal">Congressional Gold Medal</a>. </p><p>This short film was part of the <i><a href="/wiki/Army%E2%80%93Navy_Screen_Magazine" title="Army–Navy Screen Magazine">Army–Navy Screen Magazine</a></i> series, directed by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Capra" title="Frank Capra">Frank Capra</a>. It was intended to be viewed by "service men only", prior to a <a href="/wiki/Feature_film" title="Feature film">feature film</a>. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Film credit: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-19" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-19">Minnie Maddern Fiske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-18" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-18"><i>Raorchestes parvulus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-17" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-17">Maria I of Portugal</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-20" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-20">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-20&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-20 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-20&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-20&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-20&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv" title="File:WASPS-Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Training-1943-Army-Navy-Screen-Magazine-No.-16.ogv">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="21"><b>December 21</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:399px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Black_hole_-_Messier_87_crop_max_res.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Black hole"><img alt="Black hole" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Black_hole_-_Messier_87_crop_max_res.jpg/399px-Black_hole_-_Messier_87_crop_max_res.jpg" decoding="async" width="399" height="399" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Black_hole_-_Messier_87_crop_max_res.jpg/599px-Black_hole_-_Messier_87_crop_max_res.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Black_hole_-_Messier_87_crop_max_res.jpg/798px-Black_hole_-_Messier_87_crop_max_res.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="4320"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>A <b><a href="/wiki/Black_hole" title="Black hole">black hole</a></b> is a region of <a href="/wiki/Spacetime" title="Spacetime">spacetime</a> exhibiting gravitational acceleration so strong that nothing – no particles or even <a href="/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation" title="Electromagnetic radiation">electromagnetic radiation</a> such as light – can escape from it. The theory of <a href="/wiki/General_relativity" title="General relativity">general relativity</a> predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black hole. The boundary of the region from which no escape is possible is called the <a href="/wiki/Event_horizon" title="Event horizon">event horizon</a>. Although the event horizon has an enormous effect on the fate and circumstances of an object crossing it, no locally detectable features appear to be observed. </p><p>This picture is a photograph of the shadow of the <a href="/wiki/Supermassive_black_hole" title="Supermassive black hole">supermassive black hole</a> at the centre of the <a href="/wiki/Messier_87" title="Messier 87">Messier 87</a> (M87) <a href="/wiki/Elliptical_galaxy" title="Elliptical galaxy">elliptical galaxy</a> in the constellation <a href="/wiki/Virgo_(constellation)" title="Virgo (constellation)">Virgo</a>, as captured on 11 April 2017 by the <a href="/wiki/Event_Horizon_Telescope" title="Event Horizon Telescope">Event Horizon Telescope</a>, a planet-scale array of eight ground-based <a href="/wiki/Radio_telescope" title="Radio telescope">radio telescopes</a>, a collaborative effort by scientists from over 20 countries; the photograph itself was released on 10 April 2019. As a black hole is a completely dark object from which no light escapes, its shadow is the next best alternative to an image of the black hole itself. The event horizon, from which the telescope takes its name, is around 2.5 times smaller than the shadow it casts and measures just under 40 billion kilometres (25 billion miles) across. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="/wiki/Event_Horizon_Telescope" title="Event Horizon Telescope">Event Horizon Telescope</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-20" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-20">Women Airforce Service Pilots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-19" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-19">Minnie Maddern Fiske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-18" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-18"><i>Raorchestes parvulus</i></a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-21" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-21">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-21&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-21 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-21&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-21&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-21&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Black_hole_-_Messier_87_crop_max_res.jpg" title="File:Black hole - Messier 87 crop max res.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="22"><b>December 22</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:300px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Teresa_Carre%C3%B1o_at_the_piano.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Teresa Carreño"><img alt="Teresa Carreño" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Teresa_Carre%C3%B1o_at_the_piano.jpg/300px-Teresa_Carre%C3%B1o_at_the_piano.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="440" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Teresa_Carre%C3%B1o_at_the_piano.jpg/450px-Teresa_Carre%C3%B1o_at_the_piano.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Teresa_Carre%C3%B1o_at_the_piano.jpg/600px-Teresa_Carre%C3%B1o_at_the_piano.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3065" data-file-height="4494"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Carre%C3%B1o" title="Teresa Carreño">Teresa Carreño</a></b> (December 22, 1853 – June 12, 1917) was a Venezuelan pianist, soprano and composer. Her family emigrated to the United States when she was a child, and she made her debut in a piano recital at <a href="/wiki/Irving_Place_Theatre" title="Irving Place Theatre">Irving Hall</a> in New York City at the age of eight. After giving concerts across the northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, Carreño travelled to Europe with her family in 1866, and performed in France, Spain and Britain, occasionally taking on operatic roles. In her later career, she performed at many venues around Europe and North America, and made concert tours to Australia and New Zealand. She composed approximately 75 works for solo piano, voice and piano, choir and orchestra, and instrumental ensembles. </p><p>This photograph of Carreño, taken sometime between 1915 and 1917, shows her at the piano; it is part of the <a href="/wiki/George_Grantham_Bain" title="George Grantham Bain">George Grantham Bain Collection</a>, held at the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> in Washington, D.C. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: unknown; restored by <a href="/wiki/User:Adam_Cuerden" title="User:Adam Cuerden">Adam Cuerden</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-21" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-21">Black hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-20" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-20">Women Airforce Service Pilots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-19" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-19">Minnie Maddern Fiske</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-22" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-22">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-22 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-22&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-22&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-22&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Teresa_Carre%C3%B1o_at_the_piano.jpg" title="File:Teresa Carreño at the piano.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="23"><b>December 23</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:399px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2018_STM_Austria_Skibob_Hochficht_GRUBER_Sarah-2779.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Skibobbing"><img alt="Skibobbing" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/2018_STM_Austria_Skibob_Hochficht_GRUBER_Sarah-2779.jpg/399px-2018_STM_Austria_Skibob_Hochficht_GRUBER_Sarah-2779.jpg" decoding="async" width="399" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/2018_STM_Austria_Skibob_Hochficht_GRUBER_Sarah-2779.jpg/599px-2018_STM_Austria_Skibob_Hochficht_GRUBER_Sarah-2779.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/2018_STM_Austria_Skibob_Hochficht_GRUBER_Sarah-2779.jpg/798px-2018_STM_Austria_Skibob_Hochficht_GRUBER_Sarah-2779.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5600" data-file-height="3733"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Skibobbing" title="Skibobbing">Skibobbing</a></b> is a <a href="/wiki/Winter_sports" title="Winter sports">winter sport</a> involving a bicycle-type frame attached to skis. Although originally a form of transportation in the <a href="/wiki/Alps" title="Alps">Alps</a>, skibobbing is now a competitive sport, with contestants often achieving speeds of over 100 mph (160 km/h). </p><p>This picture shows Italian skibobber Sarah Gruber, from the ASKÖ SBC Linz club, taking part in the <a href="/wiki/Giant_slalom" title="Giant slalom">giant slalom</a> event at the 2018 Austrian national championships. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Isiwal" class="extiw" title="c:User:Isiwal">Isiwal</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-22" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-22">Teresa Carreño</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-21" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-21">Black hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-20" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-20">Women Airforce Service Pilots</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-23" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-23">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-23&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-23 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-23&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-23&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-23&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:2018_STM_Austria_Skibob_Hochficht_GRUBER_Sarah-2779.jpg" title="File:2018 STM Austria Skibob Hochficht GRUBER Sarah-2779.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="24"><b>December 24</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:399px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Set_design_by_Philippe_Chaperon_for_Act1_sc2_of_Aida_by_Verdi_1871_Cairo_-_Gallica_-_Restored.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aida"><img alt="Aida" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Set_design_by_Philippe_Chaperon_for_Act1_sc2_of_Aida_by_Verdi_1871_Cairo_-_Gallica_-_Restored.jpg/399px-Set_design_by_Philippe_Chaperon_for_Act1_sc2_of_Aida_by_Verdi_1871_Cairo_-_Gallica_-_Restored.jpg" decoding="async" width="399" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Set_design_by_Philippe_Chaperon_for_Act1_sc2_of_Aida_by_Verdi_1871_Cairo_-_Gallica_-_Restored.jpg/599px-Set_design_by_Philippe_Chaperon_for_Act1_sc2_of_Aida_by_Verdi_1871_Cairo_-_Gallica_-_Restored.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Set_design_by_Philippe_Chaperon_for_Act1_sc2_of_Aida_by_Verdi_1871_Cairo_-_Gallica_-_Restored.jpg/798px-Set_design_by_Philippe_Chaperon_for_Act1_sc2_of_Aida_by_Verdi_1871_Cairo_-_Gallica_-_Restored.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2636" data-file-height="2099"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><i><b><a href="/wiki/Aida" title="Aida">Aida</a></b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Grand_opera" title="Grand opera">grand opera</a> in four acts by <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi" title="Giuseppe Verdi">Giuseppe Verdi</a> to an Italian <a href="/wiki/Libretto" title="Libretto">libretto</a> by <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Ghislanzoni" title="Antonio Ghislanzoni">Antonio Ghislanzoni</a>. Set in the <a href="/wiki/Old_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Old Kingdom of Egypt">Old Kingdom of Egypt</a>, it was commissioned by Cairo's <a href="/wiki/Khedivial_Opera_House" title="Khedivial Opera House">Khedivial Opera House</a> and had its premiere there on 24 December 1871, in a performance conducted by <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Bottesini" title="Giovanni Bottesini">Giovanni Bottesini</a>. Today, the work holds a central place in the operatic canon, receiving performances every year around the world; at New York's <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera" title="Metropolitan Opera">Metropolitan Opera</a> alone, <i>Aida</i> has been sung more than 1,100 times since 1886. </p><p>This picture is the set design for Act 1, Scene 2, of the opera's 1871 premiere, depicting the <a href="/wiki/Portico" title="Portico">portico</a> of the Temple of Vulcan, designed by <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Chaperon" title="Philippe Chaperon">Philippe Chaperon</a>. The drawing is in the collection of the <a href="/wiki/Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale_de_France" title="Bibliothèque nationale de France">Bibliothèque nationale de France</a>. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Drawing credit: <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Chaperon" title="Philippe Chaperon">Philippe Chaperon</a>; restored by <a href="/wiki/User:Adam_Cuerden" title="User:Adam Cuerden">Adam Cuerden</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-23" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-23">Skibobbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-22" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-22">Teresa Carreño</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-21" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-21">Black hole</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-24" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-24">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-24&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-24 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-24&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-24&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-24&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Set_design_by_Philippe_Chaperon_for_Act1_sc2_of_Aida_by_Verdi_1871_Cairo_-_Gallica_-_Restored.jpg" title="File:Set design by Philippe Chaperon for Act1 sc2 of Aida by Verdi 1871 Cairo - Gallica - Restored.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="25"><b>December 25</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:399px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Giorgione_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_National_Gallery_of_Art.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Adoration of the Shepherds"><img alt="Adoration of the Shepherds" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Giorgione_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_National_Gallery_of_Art.jpg/399px-Giorgione_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_National_Gallery_of_Art.jpg" decoding="async" width="399" height="326" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Giorgione_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_National_Gallery_of_Art.jpg/599px-Giorgione_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_National_Gallery_of_Art.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Giorgione_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_National_Gallery_of_Art.jpg/798px-Giorgione_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_National_Gallery_of_Art.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4613" data-file-height="3773"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The <i><b><a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_(Giorgione)" title="Adoration of the Shepherds (Giorgione)">Adoration of the Shepherds</a></b></i> is an oil-on-panel painting by Italian Renaissance artist <a href="/wiki/Giorgione" title="Giorgione">Giorgione</a>, completed around 1505 to 1510. It depicts a common subject in the <a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus_in_art" title="Nativity of Jesus in art">nativity of Jesus in art</a>. The scene, based on the Biblical account in <a href="/wiki/Luke_2" title="Luke 2">Luke 2</a>, depicts shepherds visiting the stable to celebrate the <a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">birth of Jesus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a>. </p><p>Giorgione portrayed the main characters on the right, with <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Saint Joseph</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Virgin Mary</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Christ_Child" title="Christ Child">Christ Child</a> shown in front of a dark <a href="/wiki/Grotto" title="Grotto">grotto</a>, while on the left is a bright landscape with trees, buildings and distant hills. At one time, the work was owned by the department-store magnate <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Henry_Kress" title="Samuel Henry Kress">Samuel Henry Kress</a>, who displayed it in the window of his <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Avenue" title="Fifth Avenue">Fifth Avenue</a> store in New York City over the Christmas period in 1938. The picture was part of a donation made by the Kress Foundation to the newly established <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Art" title="National Gallery of Art">National Gallery of Art</a> in Washington, D.C., in 1941, where it remains to this day. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Painting credit: <a href="/wiki/Giorgione" title="Giorgione">Giorgione</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-24" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-24"><i>Aida</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-23" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-23">Skibobbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-22" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-22">Teresa Carreño</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-25" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-25">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-25&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-25 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-25&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-25&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-25&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Giorgione_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_National_Gallery_of_Art.jpg" title="File:Giorgione - Adoration of the Shepherds - National Gallery of Art.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="26"><b>December 26</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:300px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Russell_Lowell_-_1855.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James Russell Lowell"><img alt="James Russell Lowell" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/James_Russell_Lowell_-_1855.jpg/300px-James_Russell_Lowell_-_1855.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="389" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/James_Russell_Lowell_-_1855.jpg/450px-James_Russell_Lowell_-_1855.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/James_Russell_Lowell_-_1855.jpg/600px-James_Russell_Lowell_-_1855.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2620" data-file-height="3400"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/James_Russell_Lowell" title="James Russell Lowell">James Russell Lowell</a></b> (1819–1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He was involved in the movement to abolish slavery and used his poetry to express his anti-slavery views. He was the first editor of what was to become <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic">The Atlantic</a></i> and taught at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> for twenty years. In 1877, he was appointed minister (ambassador) to the court of Spain and, three years later, accepted a similar role as minister to England. </p><p>This picture is an engraved portrait of Lowell, produced in 1894 by John Angel James Wilcox, from an original drawing made in 1855 by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_W._Rowse" title="Samuel W. Rowse">Samuel Worcester Rowse</a>. The engraving is held by the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> in Washington, D.C. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Engraving credit: John A. J. Wilcox, after <a href="/wiki/Samuel_W._Rowse" title="Samuel W. Rowse">Samuel W. 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The bird's black back and white underparts provide <a href="/wiki/Camouflage" title="Camouflage">camouflage</a> in the form of <a href="/wiki/Countershading" title="Countershading">countershading</a> when viewed from above or below, helping it to avoid detection by its predators, which include the <a href="/wiki/Leopard_seal" title="Leopard seal">leopard seal</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Southern_giant_petrel" title="Southern giant petrel">southern giant petrel</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Brown_skua" title="Brown skua">brown skua</a> and the <a href="/wiki/South_polar_skua" title="South polar skua">south polar skua</a>. The chinstrap penguin grows to a length of 68–76 cm (27–30 in) and a weight of 3.2–5.3 kg (7.1–11.7 lb), with the weight varying with the time of year. Males are greater in weight and height than females. </p><p>This picture shows a chinstrap penguin photographed on <a href="/wiki/Deception_Island" title="Deception Island">Deception Island</a>, in the Antarctic archipelago of the <a href="/wiki/South_Shetland_Islands" title="South Shetland Islands">South Shetland Islands</a>. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Godot13" title="User:Godot13">Andrew Shiva</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-26" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-26">James Russell Lowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-25" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-25"><i>Adoration of the Shepherds</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-24" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-24"><i>Aida</i></a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-27" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-27">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-27&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-27 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-27&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-27&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-27&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:South_Shetland-2016-Deception_Island%E2%80%93Chinstrap_penguin_(Pygoscelis_antarctica)_04.jpg" title="File:South Shetland-2016-Deception Island–Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) 04.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="28"><b>December 28</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse; padding:0.9em;"> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Death_of_King_Alfonso_XII_of_Spain.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alfonso XII of Spain"><img alt="Alfonso XII of Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Death_of_King_Alfonso_XII_of_Spain.jpg/500px-Death_of_King_Alfonso_XII_of_Spain.jpg" decoding="async" width="500" height="400" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Death_of_King_Alfonso_XII_of_Spain.jpg/750px-Death_of_King_Alfonso_XII_of_Spain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Death_of_King_Alfonso_XII_of_Spain.jpg/1000px-Death_of_King_Alfonso_XII_of_Spain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7856" data-file-height="6292"/></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em; text-align:left;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Alfonso_XII_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfonso XII of Spain">Alfonso XII</a></b> (1857–1885) was <a href="/wiki/List_of_Spanish_monarchs" title="List of Spanish monarchs">King of Spain</a> from 1874 to 1885. Coming to the throne at an early age and being of a benevolent and sympathetic disposition, Alfonso won the affection of his people by fearlessly visiting districts ravaged by <a href="/wiki/Cholera" title="Cholera">cholera</a> or devastated by earthquakes. He had been suffering from <a href="/wiki/Tuberculosis" title="Tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a>, but the immediate cause of his death was <a href="/wiki/Dysentery" title="Dysentery">dysentery</a>, and he died at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Palace_of_El_Pardo" title="Royal Palace of El Pardo">Royal Palace of El Pardo</a> on 25 November 1885, aged 27. He was succeeded by his unborn son, who became <a href="/wiki/Alfonso_XIII_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfonso XIII of Spain">Alfonso XIII</a> at his birth the following year. </p><p>This picture shows Alfonso's <a href="/wiki/Funeral_procession" title="Funeral procession">funeral procession</a> on its way from El Pardo to Madrid, engraved by Auguste Tilly for the French newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/L%27Illustration" title="L'Illustration">L'Illustration</a></i>. The French text under the engraving reads 'The death of Alfonso XII – Translation of the king's body to Madrid' and 'After the sketches of Mr Campuzano, correspondent for <i>L'Illustration</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>. </p> <p style="text-align:center;"><small>Engraving credit: Auguste Tilly, after M. 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During his international career, his record included 160 <a href="/wiki/Caught" title="Caught">catches</a> and 38 <a href="/wiki/Stumped" title="Stumped">stumpings</a> during <a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test matches</a>. He was a reliable lower-order <a href="/wiki/Batting_(cricket)" title="Batting (cricket)">batsman</a> and, in the <a href="/wiki/1983_Cricket_World_Cup" title="1983 Cricket World Cup">1983 Cricket World Cup</a>, was the recipient of the best wicket-keeper award. He partnered <a href="/wiki/Sunil_Gavaskar" title="Sunil Gavaskar">Sunil Gavaskar</a> in a record ninth wicket stand, scoring an unbeaten 143 in the Madras Test. Always a central figure on the <a href="/wiki/Cricket_field" title="Cricket field">field</a> with his closely-shaven head, he could dive and somersault to catch the ball, and was responsible for many batsmen being <a href="/wiki/Run_out" title="Run out">run out</a>. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Mydreamsparrow" title="User:Mydreamsparrow">Augustus Binu</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-28" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-28">Alfonso XII of Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-27" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-27">Chinstrap penguin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-26" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-26">James Russell Lowell</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-29" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-29">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-29&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-29 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-29&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-29&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-29&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Syed_Mujtaba_Hussain_Kirmani.jpg" title="File:Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="30"><b>December 30</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:399px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Actinidia_chinensis_-_Austins_Ferry.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Actinidia chinensis"><img alt="Actinidia chinensis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Actinidia_chinensis_-_Austins_Ferry.jpg/399px-Actinidia_chinensis_-_Austins_Ferry.jpg" decoding="async" width="399" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Actinidia_chinensis_-_Austins_Ferry.jpg/599px-Actinidia_chinensis_-_Austins_Ferry.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Actinidia_chinensis_-_Austins_Ferry.jpg/798px-Actinidia_chinensis_-_Austins_Ferry.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1667"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><i><b><a href="/wiki/Actinidia_chinensis" title="Actinidia chinensis">Actinidia chinensis</a></b></i> is a fruit-producing vine, one of some 40 related species of the genus <i><a href="/wiki/Actinidia" title="Actinidia">Actinidia</a></i>, native to China. The species is a <a href="/wiki/Variety_(botany)" title="Variety (botany)">variety</a> closely related to <i><a href="/wiki/Actinidia_deliciosa" title="Actinidia deliciosa">Actinidia deliciosa</a></i>, and is the source of the common commercial <a href="/wiki/Kiwifruit" title="Kiwifruit">kiwifruit</a>. The plant is a vigorous climbing shrub native to China where it grows in thick oak forests, particularly on slopes and the sides of ravines. Kiwifruit were originally gathered from the wild in China for local consumption and first grown commercially in New Zealand. They are now the subject of international trade. </p><p>This picture shows a few <i>A. chinensis</i> kiwifruit growing on a branch in <a href="/wiki/Austins_Ferry,_Tasmania" title="Austins Ferry, Tasmania">Austins Ferry</a>, in the Australian state of <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>. The fruit colour may vary from green to lime green or gold, depending on <a href="/wiki/Plant_breeding" title="Plant breeding">breeding</a>. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photograph credit: <a href="/wiki/User:JJ_Harrison" title="User:JJ Harrison">John Harrison</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-29" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-29">Syed Kirmani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-28" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-28">Alfonso XII of Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-27" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-27">Chinstrap penguin</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-30" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-30">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2019-12-30&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2019-12-30 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-30&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-30&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2019-12-30&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Actinidia_chinensis_-_Austins_Ferry.jpg" title="File:Actinidia chinensis - Austins Ferry.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="31"><b>December 31</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:399px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gustav_Klimt_-_Beech_Grove_I_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gustav Klimt"><img alt="Gustav Klimt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Gustav_Klimt_-_Beech_Grove_I_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/399px-Gustav_Klimt_-_Beech_Grove_I_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="399" height="396" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Gustav_Klimt_-_Beech_Grove_I_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/599px-Gustav_Klimt_-_Beech_Grove_I_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Gustav_Klimt_-_Beech_Grove_I_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/798px-Gustav_Klimt_-_Beech_Grove_I_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3422" data-file-height="3396"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><i>Beech Grove I</i>, by the Austrian artist <b><a href="/wiki/Gustav_Klimt" title="Gustav Klimt">Gustav Klimt</a></b> (1862–1918), is an oil-on-canvas painting dated 1902. It is part of a collection of about 300 paintings held by the <a href="/wiki/Galerie_Neue_Meister" title="Galerie Neue Meister">Galerie Neue Meister</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a>, Germany. </p><p>Klimt, one of the most prominent members of the <a href="/wiki/Vienna_Secession" title="Vienna Secession">Vienna Secession</a> movement, is best known for his opulent, symbol-laden portraits of the <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Viennese</a> <a href="/wiki/Bourgeoisie" title="Bourgeoisie">bourgeoisie</a>, but his landscapes represent an important aspect of his career. For many years he travelled each summer through the Austrian and Italian countryside, painting and sketching as he went. In this work, he captures shafts of light illuminating the bare trunks of young <a href="/wiki/Beech" title="Beech">beech</a> trees above a litter of leaves on the forest floor. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Painting credit: <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Klimt" title="Gustav Klimt">Gustav Klimt</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-30" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-30"><i>Actinidia chinensis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-29" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-29">Syed Kirmani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2019-12-28" title="Template:POTD/2019-12-28">Alfonso XII of Spain</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a 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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2005">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2005">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2005">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2005">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2005">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2005">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2005">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2005">September</a> </td> 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2006">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2007: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2007">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2007">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2007">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2007">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2007">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2007">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2007">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2007">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2007">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2007">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2007">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2007">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2008: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2008">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2008">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2008">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2008">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2008">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2008">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2008">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2008">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2008">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2008">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the 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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2010">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2010">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2010">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2010">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2010">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2010">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2010">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2010">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2010">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2010">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2010">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2011: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2011">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2011">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2011">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2011">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2011">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2011">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2011">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2011">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2011">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2011">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2011">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2011">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2012: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2012">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2012">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2012">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2012">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2012">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2012">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2012">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2012">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2012">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2012">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2012">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2012">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2013: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2013">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2013">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2013">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2013">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2013">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2013">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2013">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2013">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2013">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2013">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2013">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2013">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2014: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2014">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2014">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2014">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2014">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2014">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2014">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2014">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2014">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2014">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2014">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2014">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2014">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2015: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2015">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2015">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2015">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2015">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2015">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2015">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2015">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2015">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2015">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2015">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2015">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2015">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2016: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2016">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2016">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2016">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2016">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2016">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2016">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2016">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2016">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2016">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2016">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2016">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2016">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2017: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2017">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2017">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2017">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2017">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2017">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2017">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2017">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2017">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2017">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2017">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2017">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2017">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2018: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2018">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2018">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2018">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2018">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2018">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2018">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2018">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2018">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2018">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2018">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2018">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2018">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2019: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2019">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2019">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2019">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2019">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2019">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2019">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2019">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2019">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2019">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2019">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2019">November</a> </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2020: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2020">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2020">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2020">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2020">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2020">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2020">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2020">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2020">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2020">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2020">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2020">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2020">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2021: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2021">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2021">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2021">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2021">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2021">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2021">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2021">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2021">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2021">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2021">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2021">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2021">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2022: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2022">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2022">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2022">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2022">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2022">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2022">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2022">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2022">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2022">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2022">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2022">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2022">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2023: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2023">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2023">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2023">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2023">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2023">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2023">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2023">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2023">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2023">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2023">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2023">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2023">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2024: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2024">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2024">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2024">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2024">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2024">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2024">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2024">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2024">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2024">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2024">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2024">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2025: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2025">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2025">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 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