Today we"re in Assam, India, to celebrate International Tiger Day, the annual celebration of the magnificent striped cats that have captured our imagination through the ages. This annual observance began in 2010 at a summit in Saint Petersburg, Russia, conceived as a way to draw attention to the plight of tigers and spur conservation efforts.
Hiding in plain sight
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Jan van Eyckplein in Bruges, Belgium
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Here’s looking at you, teachers
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Don’t get lost in there
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Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
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Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
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Giant kelp in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
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Cheers! It’s National Wine Day
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The last thing seen by Wile E. Coyote
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A triumph of light
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A river runs through rice fields
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Mercury in retrograde
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A star blows a bubble
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Composite image of a lunar eclipse
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A wonderland in winter
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International Day for Biosphere Reserves
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An island for the birds
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Celebrating World Wildlife Day
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League of Nations, 100 years later
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Entoloma hochstetteri mushroom at Lake Mahinapua, New Zealand
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Okavango Delta, Botswana