Today is Earth Day—a day dedicated to celebrating the planet we call home and raising awareness of environmental problems. The seeds of this day were planted back in 1969 when Gaylord Nelson, the then-senator of Wisconsin, USA, witnessed events like the Cuyahoga River catching fire and the Santa Barbara oil spill and decided that the world needed an environmental initiative. A year later, the first Earth Day event was held. Now, it has grown into an annual event with more than a billion people in over 193 countries taking part.
Earth Day
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Fireflies glowing above a stream, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
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The Painted Hills, Oregon, USA
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Praia das Catedrais, Galicia, Spain
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Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
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Halfway there
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World Space Week
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Red fox, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States
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West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Connecticut, USA
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Call of the wilderness
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Salzburg, Austria
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Happy St Andrews Day!
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Blue-throated toucanet, Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica
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Eagles assemble!
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Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
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English National Ballet performing The Nutcracker
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Pancake Day
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Glacial rivers, Iceland
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Spiegelgracht canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands
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International Whale Shark Day
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Discovery Day in Yukon, Canada
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Bewitched by the fairy flower
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Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England
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Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Noah Beach, Queensland, Australia
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Scottish Blackface sheep, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Endangered Species Day
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Something to ‘bee’ thankful for
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Maasai giraffe mother with calf in the Serengeti, Tanzania
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Glastonbury Festival begins
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