An ugly duckling no more

An ugly duckling no more

Mute swan in Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, near Valkenswaard, the Netherlands (© David Pattyn/Minden Pictures)

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Oct. 23, 2023Corn maze in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
Oct. 23, 2024Madame Sherri Forest, New Hampshire, United States
Oct. 23, 2025International Day of the Snow Leopard

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Dec. 13, 2025Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California, United States
A life-sized snow globe
Jun 17, 2026Tremola Road on the Saint Gotthard Pass in Airolo, Switzerland
Mar. 4, 2025Happy Fat Tuesday!
Chasing rainbows
Feb. 23, 2025Mount Fuji Day
Sep. 8, 2023International Literacy Day
May 29, 20261953 Mount Everest Expedition
Feb. 10, 2026Es Vedrà and Es Vedranell, Ibiza, Spain
Stop and smell the Sakura
Hide-and-go-seek world champion
Feb. 10, 2025Banff National Park, Alberta
Feb. 14, 2025Happy Valentines Day!
Apr. 9, 2025Naxos, Cyclades, Greece
Mesmerising glass pyramids
Nov. 9, 2024Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
Jan. 30, 2026Winterlude begins
May 15, 2025Palace of Westminster, London, England
Dad on duty
Dec. 7, 2024Lake Ontario, Toronto, during winter
Masterpiece of acoustic science
Nov. 13, 2023Serra de Tramuntana, Balearic Islands, Majorca, Spain
Check out these ‘sea cows’
Jan. 31, 2025Happy International Zebra Day!
A kiss and a sigh
Sep. 30, 2025Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia
Oct. 13, 2023Jasper Dark Sky Festival
What returned to this city 500 years ago?
Dec. 5, 2024Tufa formation on Mono Lake, California, United States