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11 October 2025

A mother carries her baby in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 9, 2025. Sri Lanka's birth rate drops below replacement level, now at 1.8 children per woman. Experts warn this decline, driven by economic hardship, changing lifestyles, and urbanization, could lead to a shrinking workforce and aging population.

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1 October 2025

An excavator removes weeds from Dal Lake and loads them into a tipper truck as part of a cleanup operation in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on October 1, 2025. Authorities step up restoration efforts of Dal Lake, the main tourist attraction in the heart of Srinagar, with measures including deploying floating trash booms to capture plastic and other debris, as concerns mount over its shrinking size and deteriorating health.

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1 October 2025

An excavator removes weeds from Dal Lake and loads them into a tipper truck as part of a cleanup operation in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on October 1, 2025. Authorities step up restoration efforts of Dal Lake, the main tourist attraction in the heart of Srinagar, with measures including deploying floating trash booms to capture plastic and other debris, as concerns mount over its shrinking size and deteriorating health.

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1 October 2025

Kashmir's Lakes and Waterways Authority uses vessels to collect weeds from Dal Lake as part of a cleanup operation in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on October 1, 2025. Authorities step up restoration efforts of Dal Lake, the main tourist attraction in the heart of Srinagar, with measures including deploying floating trash booms to capture plastic and other debris, as concerns mount over its shrinking size and deteriorating health.

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1 October 2025

An excavator removes weeds from Dal Lake and loads them into a tipper truck as part of a cleanup operation in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on October 1, 2025. Authorities step up restoration efforts of Dal Lake, the main tourist attraction in the heart of Srinagar, with measures including deploying floating trash booms to capture plastic and other debris, as concerns mount over its shrinking size and deteriorating health.

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12 April 2025

“Pink” full Moon shining in a blue sky is seen in the municipality of Calascio, Italy, on April 11th, 2025. Some Eastern Native American tribes used to call April's full moon the "pink moon" due to its connection with early spring wildflowers. April full moon is also a supermoon, which occurs when the moon reaches its closest point to Earth in its orbit, making it appear larger and more radiant than usual.

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18 August 2024

A man is holding a Naga Banda kite, preparing to launch it at the Rare Angon Festival in Sanur, Bali. The brightly colored kite is standing out with its large size and striking design against the blue sky, on august 18, 2024.

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21 May 2024

The Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus) is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds, known for their medium-sized, striking yellow plumage with a black hood. This bird is a resident breeder in the tropical wooded gardens and open forests of southern Asia, ranging from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. The bird builds its nest in a tree and typically contains two eggs. Its diet consists of insects and fruit, especially figs, which are found in the tree canopies where they spend much of their time. The song of this bird is rich, fluty, and mellow, while its calls include raspy, nasal notes that can sound like a croak. A Black-hooded Oriole was observed sitting on a tree in a forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on May 20, 2024.

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21 May 2024

The Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus) is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds, known for their medium-sized, striking yellow plumage with a black hood. This bird is a resident breeder in the tropical wooded gardens and open forests of southern Asia, ranging from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. The bird builds its nest in a tree and typically contains two eggs. Its diet consists of insects and fruit, especially figs, which are found in the tree canopies where they spend much of their time. The song of this bird is rich, fluty, and mellow, while its calls include raspy, nasal notes that can sound like a croak. A Black-hooded Oriole was observed sitting on a tree in a forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on May 20, 2024.

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21 May 2024

The Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus) is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds, known for their medium-sized, striking yellow plumage with a black hood. This bird is a resident breeder in the tropical wooded gardens and open forests of southern Asia, ranging from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. The bird builds its nest in a tree and typically contains two eggs. Its diet consists of insects and fruit, especially figs, which are found in the tree canopies where they spend much of their time. The song of this bird is rich, fluty, and mellow, while its calls include raspy, nasal notes that can sound like a croak. A Black-hooded Oriole was observed sitting on a tree in a forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on May 20, 2024.

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21 May 2024

The Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus) is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds, known for their medium-sized, striking yellow plumage with a black hood. This bird is a resident breeder in the tropical wooded gardens and open forests of southern Asia, ranging from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. The bird builds its nest in a tree and typically contains two eggs. Its diet consists of insects and fruit, especially figs, which are found in the tree canopies where they spend much of their time. The song of this bird is rich, fluty, and mellow, while its calls include raspy, nasal notes that can sound like a croak. A Black-hooded Oriole was observed sitting on a tree in a forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on May 20, 2024.

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21 May 2024

The Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus) is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds, known for their medium-sized, striking yellow plumage with a black hood. This bird is a resident breeder in the tropical wooded gardens and open forests of southern Asia, ranging from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. The bird builds its nest in a tree and typically contains two eggs. Its diet consists of insects and fruit, especially figs, which are found in the tree canopies where they spend much of their time. The song of this bird is rich, fluty, and mellow, while its calls include raspy, nasal notes that can sound like a croak. A Black-hooded Oriole was observed sitting on a tree in a forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on May 20, 2024.

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21 May 2024

The Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus) is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds, known for their medium-sized, striking yellow plumage with a black hood. This bird is a resident breeder in the tropical wooded gardens and open forests of southern Asia, ranging from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. The bird builds its nest in a tree and typically contains two eggs. Its diet consists of insects and fruit, especially figs, which are found in the tree canopies where they spend much of their time. The song of this bird is rich, fluty, and mellow, while its calls include raspy, nasal notes that can sound like a croak. A Black-hooded Oriole was observed sitting on a tree in a forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on May 20, 2024.

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17 April 2024

A couple of Xylocopa violacea Linnaeus mating on a Pink flowering Cercis canadensis is seen in L'Aquila, Italy, on 11th april, 2024. "Xylocopa violacea Linnaeus," also known as the violet carpenter bee, is a striking and solitary species of bee found in Europe and parts of Asia, distinguished by its large size, metallic violet-black coloration, and its habit of excavating nests in wood, making it an important pollinator and a fascinating subject of study in entomology.

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19 March 2024

Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk. Most species of slugs are generalists, feeding on a broad spectrum of organic materials, including leaves from living plants, lichens, mushrooms, and even carrion. Some slugs are predators and eat other slugs, snails, or earthworms. Slugs' bodies are made up mostly of water and, without a full-sized shell, their soft tissues are prone to desiccation. They must generate protective mucus to survive. Many species are most active just after rain because of the moist ground or during nighttime. A land slug was observed crawling on the floor of a house and shrinking when touched at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 19/03/2024.

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19 March 2024

Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk. Most species of slugs are generalists, feeding on a broad spectrum of organic materials, including leaves from living plants, lichens, mushrooms, and even carrion. Some slugs are predators and eat other slugs, snails, or earthworms. Slugs' bodies are made up mostly of water and, without a full-sized shell, their soft tissues are prone to desiccation. They must generate protective mucus to survive. Many species are most active just after rain because of the moist ground or during nighttime. A land slug was observed crawling on the floor of a house and shrinking when touched at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 19/03/2024.

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