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2 May 2025

Intersectional feminist demonstration in Berlin on the meadow between the Chancellery, Paul Löbe House, Reichstag building, Platz der Republik and the Tipi. Before the formation of the new federal government made up of the parties CDU, CSU and SPD under the then still to be elected Chancellor Friedrich Merz, activists in costumes inspired by Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel ‘The Handmaid's Tale’ demonstrated against what they claim is dismantling of human rights with their heads bowed under the slogans ‘Not my government’ and ‘Handmaid's tale riot’. +/− [en] Problems playing the file?

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The playing of the pipe organ in Immanuel Church in Tel Aviv, Israel. Today is Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel's Independence Day).

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English : The playing of the pipe organ in Immanuel Church in Tel Aviv, Israel. Today is Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel's Independence Day).

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Intersectional feminist demonstration in Berlin on the meadow between the Chancellery, Paul Löbe House, Reichstag building, Platz der Republik and the Tipi. Before the formation of the new federal government made up of the parties CDU, CSU and SPD under the then still to be elected Chancellor Friedrich Merz, activists in costumes inspired by Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel ‘The Handmaid's Tale’ demonstrated against what they claim is dismantling of human rights with their heads bowed under the slogans ‘Not my government’ and ‘Handmaid's tale riot’.

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English : Intersectional feminist demonstration in Berlin on the meadow between the Chancellery, Paul Löbe House, Reichstag building, Platz der Republik and the Tipi. Before the formation of the new federal government made up of the parties CDU, CSU and SPD under the then still to be elected Chancellor Friedrich Merz, activists in costumes inspired by Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel ‘The Handmaid's Tale’ demonstrated against what they claim is dismantling of human rights with their heads bowed under the slogans ‘Not my government’ and ‘Handmaid's tale riot’.

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A full turn ride on a paternoster lift in a public building in Kiel, Germany.

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English : A full turn ride on a paternoster lift in a public building in Kiel, Germany.

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Je Vivroie liement, a 14th century French virelai written by Guillaume de Machaut, performed by Emilio Villalba.
The video may be Commons' best representation of the broad music genre medieval music. The recreated mechanical stringed musical instrument is a hurdy-gurdy.

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English : Je Vivroie liement, a 14th century French virelai written by Guillaume de Machaut, performed by Emilio Villalba.
The video may be Commons' best representation of the broad music genre medieval music. The recreated mechanical stringed musical instrument is a hurdy-gurdy.

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An underwater video of a jellyfish, recorded by a remotely operated underwater vehicle. The captured specimen was then analyzed and found to be representing a new species, which was named Santjordia pagesi and has this specimen as its holotype.

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English : An underwater video of a jellyfish, recorded by a remotely operated underwater vehicle. The captured specimen was then analyzed and found to be representing a new species, which was named Santjordia pagesi and has this specimen as its holotype.

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Mezhdunami - The Shining, a dreamy retrostyle example of the music genre chillwave.

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English : Mezhdunami - The Shining, a dreamy retrostyle example of the music genre chillwave.

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Real-time Magnetic Resonance Imaging of a child swallowing pineapple juice. Such juice contains an inherent concentration of paramagnetic manganese, which serves as a contrast agent for such images. The background noise results from the rapid switching of electromagnets that assist in the imaging process, particularly by encoding spatial information.

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English : Real-time Magnetic Resonance Imaging of a child swallowing pineapple juice. Such juice contains an inherent concentration of paramagnetic manganese, which serves as a contrast agent for such images. The background noise results from the rapid switching of electromagnets that assist in the imaging process, particularly by encoding spatial information.

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Larva of the giant waterbug (Lethocerus patruelis) attacking a fish (Pseudorasbora parva) in an example of predator–prey reversal.

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English : Larva of the giant waterbug (Lethocerus patruelis) attacking a fish (Pseudorasbora parva) in an example of predator–prey reversal.

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A LibreOffice tutorial video explaining how to create charts with the open source office suite LibreOffice.
On English Wikipedia, a new WikiProject Data Visualization has recently been proposed whose activities would include the creation of charts.

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English : A LibreOffice tutorial video explaining how to create charts with the open source office suite LibreOffice.
On English Wikipedia, a new WikiProject Data Visualization has recently been proposed whose activities would include the creation of charts.

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A tour of a Wikipedia articles, explaining various subjects such as its layout. The video is part of a tutorial series.

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English : A tour of a Wikipedia articles, explaining various subjects such as its layout. The video is part of a tutorial series.

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Illustration of the process of generating a scientific illustration of an oviposition by a parasitic wasp (Xenomorphia resurrecta) into a fly puparium based on 3D rendering of micro-CT data of fossil specimens.

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English : Illustration of the process of generating a scientific illustration of an oviposition by a parasitic wasp (Xenomorphia resurrecta) into a fly puparium based on 3D rendering of micro-CT data of fossil specimens.

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