Picture of the day Explosive Ordnance Disposal 1st Class Christopher Courtney assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Six (EODMU-6), Det. 16 assists his team members during Special Purpose Insertion Extraction (SPIE) training from an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter. The Nimitz-class...

Picture of the day Gabrielle Aplin performing live at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, California. Today is her birthday.

Picture of the day Illuminated manuscript of the Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Book of hours for Parisians), or "Book of Hours of Charles VIII" King of France (1468 - 1498). The folio shows Saint Denis, first bishop and patron of Paris, walking with his head in his hands after his execution. Today...

Picture of the day S-charl, rapids in the mountain stream Clemgia, a tributary of the Inn

Picture of the day Damaged building in the kibbutz Be'eri in Israel, following the October 7th massacre by Hamas. Today marks two years since the Hamas-led October 7 attacks in Israel, which were the bloodiest in Israel's history.

Picture of the day Drone view of Lake Willoughby, Vermont, with Mount Hor on the left and Mount Pisgah on the right.

Picture of the day Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) catching a fish in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Picture of the day Side view of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi from the north-west, showing the imposing structure of the Basilica and monastery located in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. Today (4th October) is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, Patron of Ecologists.

Picture of the day Three doors of the bunker 26 in the Dülmen-Visbeck special ammunition depot, Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Picture of the day A circa 1660–70 Pahari painting from Basohli, Jammu, India, depicting the Hindu goddess Bhadrakali being worshipped by the three supreme gods of Hinduism: Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer, to pacify her after she killed the demon Mahishasura,...

Picture of the day Orbicular (round body) batfish (Platax orbicularis), Red Sea, Egypt. It belongs to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes and batfishes. This species is found in the Indo-Pacific but has been recorded outside its native range in the western Atlantic Ocean. The adult can reach...

Picture of the day Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) with diver in the background, Fernando de Noronha Marine National Park, Pernambuco, Brazil

Picture of the day Fall of the Rebel Angels is a fresco by Giacinto Brandi adorning the central vault of Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso basilica in Rome. It depicts Michael the Archangel's victory in battle over fallen angels. Today is Michaelmas.

Picture of the day French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur photographed by Nadar. Renowned for his scientific discoveries, he saved millions by developing vaccines for rabies and anthrax, as well as the process of pasteurization. He died on this day 130 years ago.

Picture of the day Panoramic view of the west bank of Nigeen Lake in Srinagar, India, with the distant Middle Himalayan Pir Panjal mountain range in the background. The city, situated on the banks of the Jhelum river and several lakes in the Himalayan Kashmir Valley, is the summer capital of...

Picture of the day An image of Arab twin brothers Saints Cosmas and Damian from the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany. As ancient physicians, they are depicted holding tools of their profession. Today is their feast day on the General Roman Calendar.

Picture of the day Concrete paving with gaps in the parking lot of the city cemetery of Waldenbuch, Germany

Picture of the day Feskekôrka (meaning "fish church") is a historic building in Gothenburg, Sweden that formerly housed an indoor fish market. Its name is based on the building's resemblance to a neo-Gothic church.

Picture of the day The participants of the Prussian Egypt expedition on the top of the Great Pyramid, watercolour by Johann Jakob Frey, 1842

Picture of the day The Isaiah Scroll is the best preserved of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls that were first discovered by Bedouin shepherds from Qumran. The Dead Sea Scrolls were first made available to the public on this date in 1991.

Picture of the day This sculpture representing the Gospel of Matthew appears in St. Genesius Church in Baden-Württemberg. It depicts a tetramorph element standing next the apostle reading a codex. Today is Saint Matthew's feast day.

Picture of the day Paesens. Dobbe (Little lake) behind the sea wall.

Picture of the day Haigerloch, Germany: view of the old town with its picturesque location in a bend of the Eyach river. In the centre Haigerloch Castle and the castle church.

Picture of the day Hood ornament “Spirit of Ecstasy” (commonly known as “Emily”) of a Rolls-Royce Phantom II

Picture of the day View towards Sorano - taken from San Rocco viewpoint (W of Sorano) during blue hour

Picture of the day Gaztelugatxe, Bermeo, Basque Country, Spain

Picture of the day Basketball, European Qualifiers, match between Germany and Poland in July 2022: Dennis Schröder (GER, 17). Today is his birthday.

Picture of the day Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus ceylanensis) feeding on an egret in Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Picture of the day View across Lake Siskiyou in Northern California to Mount Shasta. At 4317 m, the stratovolcano is the second highest peak in the Cascade Range.

Picture of the day Half-opened seed pods of a beech (Fagus sylvatica) Focus stack of 57 photos.

Picture of the day Remains of the World Trade Center complex in downtown New York City, United States, after the September 11 attacks. Image taken by NOAA's Cessna CitationJet on September 23, 2001, from an altitude of 3,300 ft (1,005 m) using a Leica/LH systems RC30 camera.

Picture of the day Iceberg in the Northeast Greenland National Park photographed on this day 20 years ago.

Picture of the day Northwest view up to the pediment, rotunda, and dome of the California State Capitol in Sacramento. California was admitted as the 31st state of the Union 175 years ago today.

Picture of the day A Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) and her two chicks in a tree hole, National Botanical Garden, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Picture of the day Palácio do Planalto, seat of the Brazilian Federal Executive. In late September afternoon, the height of the dry season, the setting sun gives a special color to the monument. Today is Independence Day in Brazil.

Picture of the day A Formula One car Cooper T53, built in 1961 by the by British motorsport team Cooper for sales. The picture was taken in 2023, during a historic race at Donington Park, England.

Picture of the day Kalahari lion (Panthera leo) male cub, four months old, in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa Shortly after feeding on eland with the rest of the family.

Picture of the day Main hall of the Szombierki Heat Power Station in Bytom, Poland

Picture of the day Photographic art based on the lights of a Ferris wheel on the Herbstsend in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Picture of the day Coral (Favia favus), Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt. This species of stony corals is massive and forms thickly encrusting dome-shaped colonial corals. There is a great diversity of form even among the same species. The corallites project slightly above the surface...

Picture of the day A real-life "Rosie the Riveter" operating a hand drill at a Vultee factory in Nashville, working on an A-31 Vengeance dive bomber. Today is Labor Day in the United States.

Picture of the day Formula 1, Dutch Grand Prix 2024: Carlos Sainz jr (ESP, Scuderia Ferrari). Today is this year's Grand Prix.

Picture of the day A caterpillar of the spurge hawk moth (Hyles euphorbiae), photographed in the Scrivia riverbed, in Novi Ligure, Piedmont, Italy. The larvae of this Europiean hawk moth eat the leaves and bracts of the leafy spurge (Euphorbia virgata), which gives the species its common name.

Picture of the day American chocolates from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

Picture of the day TDK tape head cleaner cassette "HCL-11" made of clear hard plastic. The plastic is birefringent and demonstrates internal stress as coloured patterns (photoelasticity) when photographed using cross-polarisation. Invented by Lou Ottens and his team at the Dutch company Philips,...

Picture of the day Children play with bicycle tires among large conical piles of rice at a processing mill in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh

Picture of the day View of the old town of Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, seen from the islet Unterwöhrd in the river Kocher.

Picture of the day Wildlife photographer in a ghillie suit. Some wild animals are very difficult to approach without disturbing them, which sometimes leads some wildlife photographers to wear a ghillie suit when they go in search of them. By remaining undetected, wildlife photographers can...

Picture of the day Patriotic graffiti in Vinnytsia, Ukraine during the war 2022.

Picture of the day The Qianlong Emperor in Ceremonial Armour on Horseback by Giuseppe Castiglione