Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2013
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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 August 2013. 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/August 2013#1]]
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August 1
Charles III (1716–1788) was king of Spain from 1759 to 1788. As king, he implemented far-reaching reforms, such as weakening the Catholic Church and its monasteries, promoting science and university research, facilitating trade and commerce, modernizing agriculture and avoiding wars. However, he never achieved satisfactory control over finances, and his reforms proved short-lived. Painting: Anton Raphael Mengs
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August 2
The western departures concourse of Photo: Colin
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August 3
The Photo: Quartl
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August 4
The Photo: JJ Harrison
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August 5
Photo: Unknown
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August 6
Mikumi National Park is a national park near Morogoro, Tanzania. The fourth largest park in the country, its landscape is often compared to that of the Serengeti. Various species of animal are found here, including lions, zebras, and giraffes. Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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August 7
Arlington Row, a row of Cotswold stone cottages in Bibury, Gloucestershire, England. Built in 1380 as a monastic wool store, the buildings were converted into weavers' cottages in the 17th century. William Morris declared the village to be the most beautiful in England.
Photo: Saffron Blaze
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August 8
A male Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator), photographed in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain. Unlike the blue males, females of this species are green. Photo: Quartl
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August 9
Two paintings, Painting: Francisco Goya
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August 10
Photograph: JH-man
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August 11
The Photograph: JJ Harrison
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August 12
Photograph: Saffron Blaze
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August 13
The Hall of Mirrors is the central gallery of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France. Construction of the room began in 1678, lasting until 1684. It has since been used for various state functions, including the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Photograph: Myrabella
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August 14
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–81; depicted in 1872) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and philosopher. After publishing his first novel, Poor Folk, at age 25, Dostoyevsky wrote (among others) eleven novels, three novellas, and seventeen short novels, including Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). Painting: Vasily Perov
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August 15
The Photograph: Kenneth Dwain Harrelson
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August 16
The skull of the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), a large African bovine. It has a long but stocky body and short but thickset legs, resulting in a relatively short standing height. The adult bull’s horns, as shown here, have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield known as a "boss". Photograph: Jebulon
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August 17
The kris is an asymmetrical dagger from Southeast Asia famous for its distinctive wavy blade, although many have straight blades as well. A kris can be divided into three parts: bilah (blade), hulu (hilt), and warangka (sheath) Photograph: Chris Woodrich; edits: JJ Harrison
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August 18
A 1917 poster by marks in funds.
Poster: Lucian Bernhard; restoration: Bellhalla
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August 19
A lava lake at Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano found in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lava lakes, which can form in three different ways, are large volumes of molten lava, usually basaltic, contained in a volcanic vent, crater, or broad depression. Persistent lava lakes such as the one at Nyiragongo, which is the largest to appear in recent times, are rare. Photograph: Cai Tjeenk Willink
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August 20
The Photograph: JJ Harrison
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August 21
St John the Apostle Church in Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire; established in 1820, it was expanded in 1872. Photograph: Saffron Blaze
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August 22
Hammersmith Bridge is a suspension bridge which crosses the River Thames in west London. The second permanent bridge on the site, the current bridge was designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette and rests upon its predecessor's pier foundations. Bombings and an increase in traffic have led to the bridge being repaired and refurbished several times. Photograph: David Iliff
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August 23
Photograph: Hans Hillewaert
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August 24
The Photograph: David Iliff
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August 25
Painting: Francisco Goya
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August 26
Elizabeth Farren (c. 1759 – 1829) was an English actress of the late 18th century. She made her premiere in a performance of She Stoops to Conquer in 1777, retiring over twenty years later. Horace Walpole described her as the "most perfect actress" he had ever seen. Painting: Thomas Lawrence
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August 27
The central business district of Photo: JJ Harrison
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August 28
The ladder snake (Rhinechis scalaris) is found mostly in peninsular Spain, Portugal, and southern France. It usually eats eggs, insects, and small mammals such as mice. The snake is now threatened by habitat loss. Photo: User:Benny Trapp
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August 29
The Photo: JJ Harrison
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August 30
The United States Space Shuttle Discovery had its maiden flight on August 30, 1984. Its final mission was almost twenty-seven years later. Discovery spent a total of almost a year in space. Its missions helped to assemble the International Space Station, and it flew the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. The shuttle was decommissioned on March 9, 2011. Today Discovery is on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Photo: NASA; edit: John O'Neill
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August 31
Saint Catherine's Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox monastery which lies in Saint Catherine, Egypt, on the Sinai Peninsula. Established between 548 and 565 AD, it is recognised by UNESCO as one of the oldest working Christian monasteries. Photo: Berthold Werner
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