English : Basilica of Santa Francesca, Rome, Italy. A church at the site was known by the tenth century. It was named Santa Maria Nova ("New St Mary"), to distinguish it from the other church inside the Roman forum devoted to St Mary, Santa Maria Antiqua ("Ancient St Mary"), which had fallen into ruin by then. The relics from the ancient church were moved to this church under Pope Leo. Santa Maria Nuova was enlarged in the second half of the tenth century, and then rebuilt by Pope Honorius III in the thirteenth century, adding the campanile and the apse, as well as being decorated with a mosaic Maestà, a depiction of the Madonna enthroned accompanied by saints (as seen in the picture). Since 1352 the church has been in the care of the Olivetans. In the 16th century, the church was rededicated to Frances of Rome (Francesca Buzzi), who was canonized in 1608 and whose relics are in the crypt. The interior of the church has undergone many refurbishments.

English : Poplar hawkmoth (Laothoe populi populi) male in Cumnor Hill, Oxfordshire, England. All of the insect is in focus after focus stacking 15 images.

English : Coro delle Monache, fresco of Deposition by Paolo Caylina the Younger in the Museo di Santa Giulia in Brescia. Today is Good Friday in Western Christianity.

English : Boy under waterfall in Phu Sang National Park, Thailand

English : Stained glass windows in the Iglesia de El Salvador, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. From left to right:

*Baptism of Jesus
*Parable of the Prodigal Son
*Resurrection of Jesus
*Calming the storm
*Marriage at Cana

Today is Easter Sunday in Western Christianity.

English : Solitary tree with frost and fields near Hausdülmen, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

English : The Ziegeleisee in Böckingen, Heilbronn, Germany, view in spring. In the centre a landing mute swan (Cygnus olor).

English : Entrance to U-Bahnhof Zoologischer Garten, Berlin. Taken by Willem van de Poll in November 1935.

English : Sun rises over a wintry landscape. Location, Langweerderwielen (Langwarder Wielen) and surroundings.

English : Three pewter measuring cups.

English : Glendale tea estate with silver oak shade trees, verdant green and bright blue during a break from the monsoon rains. View from NH-181, Kattery, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India

English : Arboreal stingless bee nest (Trigona sp.) near Flores, Guatemala

English : Rudder and propeller on beached fishing vessel Skagerrak, Nørre Vorupør beach, Denmark.

English : Smoky hot rice and ilish bhaja with dal chachchori and eggplant fry is a unique combination of Bengali food habits. Today is Bengali new year.

English : Key Monastery in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is located at an elevation of 4,166 m (13,668 ft) on a hill rising above the Spiti valley, where it is the largest monastery and houses hundreds of monks. It is said to have been founded in the 11th century and belongs to the Gelugpa school of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. This view shows the monastery in winter, overlooking the snow-covered Spiti river valley with the Himalayas in the background.

English : Blue shark (Prionace glauca), Faial-Pico Channel, Azores Islands, Portugal. The blue shark is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, that inhabits deep waters (images taken though between 5 and 10 meter below water) averaging around 3.1 m (10 ft) and preferring cooler waters. They can live up to 20 years, can move very quickly and feed primarily on small fish and squid, although they can take larger prey.

English : Teichbachtal near Gütenbach/Simonswald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

English : Flower buds of a Camellia × williamsii 'Jury's Yellow'. Focus stack of 16 photos.

English : The Rain Vortex at night. The world's largest and tallest indoor waterfall, 40 metres (130 ft) high. In Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore

English : A shepherd wearing a red turban, smiling and waving in the setting sun at Jawai Bandh in Rajasthan, India.

English : The Capitoline Wolf is a bronze sculpture made by unknown Etruscan sculptors (5th century BC), with the twins Romulus and Remus added in the late 15th century AD, by sculptor Antonio del Pollaiuolo. The sculptural group depicts a scene from the legend of the founding of Rome, occurred on 21 April 753 BC.

English : Glaucidium cuculoides (Asian barred owlet) in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India.

English : Saint George; upper altarpiece of the main altar of the parish church St. Georg, built in 1750 - 1751 by Peter Thumb (1681–1767), Hüfingen-Mundelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Today is Saint George's Day.

English : Rapanui Rock during sunset, Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand

English : Pig heads in a market. Today is the Feast of Saint Mark. According to legend, ninth century Venetian sailors smuggled Saint Mark's relics out of Muslim-controlled Alexandria by covering them with pork.

English : Euganean Hills are a group of hills of volcanic origin that rise to heights of 300 to 600 m in Veneto, Italy.

English : Blunt-headed burrowing frog (Glyphoglossus molossus). Hua Hin District, Thailand.

English : Pilot boat outside Öja island (Landsort), Stockholm Archipelago's most southern point.

English : Golden jackal (Canis aureus) in azureum flowers (Jim Corbett National Park, India)

English : Prinia socialis (Ashy Prinia) in Ajodhya Hills, West Bengal, India.