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21 January 2026

A House common sparrow is seen through the plants in Siliguri, India, on January 21, 2026. World Sparrow Day is celebrated on March 20 every year to raise awareness about the declining populations of these bird species.

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20 January 2026

A view of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, shows reduced water flow and visible pollution as illegal encroachment and waste dumping continue to impact the river's natural course.

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19 January 2026

A Snowy Egret in full breeding plumage displays its elegant lacy feathers at Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, in Merritt Island, Florida, on January 18, 2026. Once hunted nearly to extinction for its delicate plumes used in the hat trade, the Snowy Egret is now a conservation success story and a striking symbol of wetland restoration efforts.

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19 January 2026

A Snowy Egret in full breeding plumage displays its elegant lacy feathers at Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, in Merritt Island, Florida, on January 18, 2026. Once hunted nearly to extinction for its delicate plumes used in the hat trade, the Snowy Egret is now a conservation success story and a striking symbol of wetland restoration efforts.

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19 January 2026

A Snowy Egret in full breeding plumage displays its elegant lacy feathers at Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, in Merritt Island, Florida, on January 18, 2026. Once hunted nearly to extinction for its delicate plumes used in the hat trade, the Snowy Egret is now a conservation success story and a striking symbol of wetland restoration efforts.

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19 January 2026

A Snowy Egret in full breeding plumage displays its elegant lacy feathers at Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, in Merritt Island, Florida, on January 18, 2026. Once hunted nearly to extinction for its delicate plumes used in the hat trade, the Snowy Egret is now a conservation success story and a striking symbol of wetland restoration efforts.

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18 January 2026

The overall view of the Xochimilco Ecological Park is seen from a collection center for Christmas trees and poinsettias in the south of Mexico City, Mexico, on January 17, 2026. This collection is coordinated by the Ministry of the Environment (SEDEMA) as part of its conservation, ecological restoration, and sustainable management of natural resources.

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#13202845

16 January 2026

Workers create batik patterns using traditional canting tools at the Komar Batik Production House in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Komar Batik opens its doors to local and international tourists to learn batik as part of cultural education while introducing the batik-making process firsthand. This activity is carried out as an effort to preserve batik, one of the archipelago's distinctive fabrics, which UNESCO designates as an Intangible Cultural Heritage on October 2, 2009.

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#13202846

16 January 2026

Workers create batik patterns using traditional canting tools at the Komar Batik Production House in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Komar Batik opens its doors to local and international tourists to learn batik as part of cultural education while introducing the batik-making process firsthand. This activity is carried out as an effort to preserve batik, one of the archipelago's distinctive fabrics, which UNESCO designates as an Intangible Cultural Heritage on October 2, 2009.

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16 January 2026

International tourists, accompanied by batik artisans, carry out the batik cloth printing process at the Komar Batik Production House in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Komar Batik opens its doors to local and international tourists to learn batik as part of cultural education while introducing the batik-making process firsthand. This activity is carried out as an effort to preserve batik, one of the archipelago's distinctive fabrics, which UNESCO designates as an Intangible Cultural Heritage on October 2, 2009.

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16 January 2026

International tourists, accompanied by batik artisans, carry out the batik cloth printing process at the Komar Batik Production House in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Komar Batik opens its doors to local and international tourists to learn batik as part of cultural education while introducing the batik-making process firsthand. This activity is carried out as an effort to preserve batik, one of the archipelago's distinctive fabrics, which UNESCO designates as an Intangible Cultural Heritage on October 2, 2009.

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#13202848

16 January 2026

Workers dry batik traditionally at the Komar Batik Production House in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Komar Batik opens its doors to local and international tourists to learn batik as part of cultural education while introducing the batik-making process firsthand. This activity is carried out as an effort to preserve batik, one of the archipelago's distinctive fabrics, which UNESCO designates as an Intangible Cultural Heritage on October 2, 2009.

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#13202851

16 January 2026

Workers complete the production of hand-drawn batik cloth at the Komar Batik Production House in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Komar Batik opens its doors to local and international tourists to learn batik as part of cultural education while introducing the batik-making process firsthand. This activity is carried out as an effort to preserve batik, one of the archipelago's distinctive fabrics, which UNESCO designates as an Intangible Cultural Heritage on October 2, 2009.

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#13202852

16 January 2026

Workers complete the production of hand-drawn batik cloth at the Komar Batik Production House in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Komar Batik opens its doors to local and international tourists to learn batik as part of cultural education while introducing the batik-making process firsthand. This activity is carried out as an effort to preserve batik, one of the archipelago's distinctive fabrics, which UNESCO designates as an Intangible Cultural Heritage on October 2, 2009.

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#13202856

16 January 2026

Workers finish making stamped batik cloth at the Komar Batik Production House in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Komar Batik opens its doors to local and international tourists to learn batik as part of cultural education while introducing the batik-making process firsthand. This activity is carried out as an effort to preserve batik, one of the archipelago's distinctive fabrics, which UNESCO designates as an Intangible Cultural Heritage on October 2, 2009.

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#13202861

16 January 2026

Workers dry batik traditionally at the Komar Batik Production House in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Komar Batik opens its doors to local and international tourists to learn batik as part of cultural education while introducing the batik-making process firsthand. This activity is carried out as an effort to preserve batik, one of the archipelago's distinctive fabrics, which UNESCO designates as an Intangible Cultural Heritage on October 2, 2009.

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