World Childrens Day 20 Nov 2023

Children are the future, brimming with potential, curiosity, and dreams waiting to be fulfilled. Ensuring their well-being and protection is a fundamental necessity for a thriving society. World Children"s Day celebrates that mission and coincides with the United Nations General Assembly"s adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1959.

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Today in History

Creating a better world
20 Nov 2024Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
20 Nov 2025World in Progress by artist Saype in Geneva, Switzerland

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4 Mar 2024Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
24 Mar 2024Silvereyes
19 Jul 2025National Moth Week
23 Jun 2025Elbe river in Dresden, Saxony, Germany
A longstanding ode to love
19 Sep 2024International Talk Like a Pirate Day
A hiker’s dream
19 Sep 2023Splügen Pass, Switzerland
15 Aug 2024Hang Sơn Đoòng, Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Vietnam
Zebras enjoying their day
3 Sep 2025St Barbaras Cathedral, Kutná Hora, Czechia
1 Jan 2024Happy New Year!
10 Jan 2025Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
17 Apr 2025Andean cocks-of-the-rock, Ecuador
Fly me to the moon
Blood moon
24 Sep 2025Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, United States
4 Oct 2025World Space Week
1 Jul 2025Happy Canada Day!
28 Feb 2026Oloupena Falls, island of Molokai, Hawaii, United States
22 Dec 2025The Nutcracker performed by the Turkish State Opera and Ballet in Ankara
30 Sep 2023Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA
7 Jan 2024Great Staple Tor, Dartmoor National Park
Where history comes alive
12 Oct 2025Village of Saranac Lake, New York, United States
Stop and smell the Sakura
A prehistoric pavement
29 Jul 2024Tiger siblings in Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
A day for the worlds Indigenous populations