Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2017
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These featured pictures, as scheduled below, appeared as the picture of the day (POTD) on the English Wikipedia's Main Page in April 2017. Individual sections for each day on this page can be linked to with the day number as the anchor name (e.g. [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2017#1]] for April 1).
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April 1
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The Jabberwock, the titular creature of neologisms as galumphing and chortle to the English lexicon.
Illustration: John Tenniel
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April 2
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De Menagerie, an grey parrot from Africa, and a purple-naped lory from the East Indies .
Painting: Melchior d'Hondecoeter
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April 3
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Photograph: Diego Delso
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April 4
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The Photograph: Sathyan Velumani
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April 5
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A Photograph: Luc Viatour
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April 6
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A family, or mob, of Photograph: Charles J. Sharp
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April 7
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The Photograph: Roman Bonnefoy
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April 8
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Photograph: Alexander Vasenin
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April 9
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Shown here is a treatment of the subject by Albrecht Altdorfer. Completed c. 1520, the painting is held at the National Gallery in London. Painting: Albrecht Altdorfer
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April 10
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Schönbrunn Palace is a former imperial summer residence located in Vienna, Austria. The 1,441-room Baroque palace, with a history that spans more than 300 years, is a World Heritage Site and a major tourist attraction. Photograph: Thomas Wolf
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April 11
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A diagram of a supercell in the Northern Hemisphere, showing the different parts of its structure. Supercells are thunderstorms characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone: a deep, persistently rotating updraft. Of the four types of thunderstorms (supercell, squall line, multi-cell, and single-cell), supercells are the least common and have the potential to be the most severe. Supercells are often isolated from other thunderstorms and can dominate the local weather up to 30 kilometres (20 mi) away. Diagram:
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April 12
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The lady chapel at Salisbury Cathedral, an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England. Pictured below the stained glass is an installation by the artist Nicholas Pope, called "The Apostles Speaking in Tongues Lit By Their Own Lamps". Photograph: David Iliff
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April 13
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Painting: Paul Gauguin
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April 14
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Photograph: Nick Hobgood
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April 15
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Painting: Johan Zoffany
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April 16
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Todi is a town and comune (municipality) of the province of Perugia in central Italy. Perched on a tall two-crested hill overlooking the east bank of the river Tiber, it had a population of more than 17,000 in 2007. Photograph: Livioandronico2013
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April 17
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Whaler's Cove, the largest cove at Point Lobos, a group of three protected areas in California. Point Lobos contains a number of hiking trails, many next to the ocean, and a smaller number of beaches. It is also home to a museum on whaling, which includes a historic building once used by area fishermen. Photograph: David Iliff
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April 18
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Allie Mae Burroughs, Wife of a Cotton Sharecropper, Hale County, Alabama, a 1936 photograph taken by Photograph: Walker Evans
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April 19
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Illustration: Sidney Hall; restoration: Adam Cuerden
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April 20
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Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. This tronie depicts a girl in an exotic dress, an oriental turban, and a pearl earring. The painting has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902. Painting: Johannes Vermeer
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April 21
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The Pictured here is the golden dome above the mausoleum. Photograph: Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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April 22
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A female . Photograph: Charles J. Sharp
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April 23
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Dynjandi is a series of waterfalls located in the Westfjords, Iceland. They have a cumulative height of 100 m (330 ft). Photograph: Diego Delso |
April 24
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Photograph: Harris & Ewing; restoration: Centpacrr
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April 25
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A feral Photograph:
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April 26
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Painting: Pierre Auguste Cot
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April 27
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A view of the Photograph: KennyOMG
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April 28
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The Roman Catholic church in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Though the parish was established in 1728, making it the oldest continuous one in Ontario, the cornerstone of the present church building was laid in the 1840s, with extensive construction efforts in subsequent decades. As of 2012, the church requires $15 million in repairs.
Photograph: Chris Woodrich
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April 29
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The Threatened Swan is an oil painting made around 1650 by Dutch Golden Age painter Jan Asselijn. Depicting a life-size swan defending its nest, it has been interpreted as an allegory of grand pensionary Johan de Witt protecting the Netherlands from its enemies. The work is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Painting: Jan Asselijn
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April 30
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Franz Lehár (1870–1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer mainly known for his operettas, the most successful and best known being The Merry Widow. He also wrote sonatas, symphonic poems and marches. Photograph:
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