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Today in History

4 Jan 2026Kings Mountain, Chugach Mountains, Alaska, United States
Aug 30, 2023International Whale Shark Day
20 Feb 2025Red deer, Canada
A beacon in the golden light
Art beyond beauty
20 Apr 2024Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
30 Mar 2024Brown-throated three-toed sloth
8 Jun 2025World Oceans Day
Alps of the sea
Blackpool’s light fantastic
18 Nov 2024Porthcawl lighthouse, Wales
A prickly customer
5 Feb 2025Scottish Blackface sheep, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
A walk in the clouds
A hiker’s dream
A postcard-perfect landscape
12 Jul 2024Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
24 Jan 2025Thorrablot: The Icelandic midwinter festival
27 Oct 2025Thick-billed raven, Simien Mountains, Ethiopia
4 Jun 2024Chestnut-headed bee-eater, Bardia National Park, Nepal
18 Mar 2024Elephant Rock, Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
2 Sep 2024Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine, USA
27 Aug 2025World Lake Day
Nature at its colourful best
Aug 25, 2023National Park Service anniversary
2 Aug 2025Cowes Week
4 Feb 2025Golden Bridge, Bà Nà Hills, Da Nang, Vietnam
Bridging past and present
11 Nov 2025Externsteine in the Teutoburg Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
An architectural masterpiece fit for a king