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 2026-07-21 (en)
Space Shuttle Atlantis being towed back from the Shuttle Landing Facility to Orbiter Processing Facility-2 after completing STS-135, bringing the Space Shuttle program to an end. Today marks the 15th anniversary of said event.
 2026-07-22 (en)
This statue of Mary Magdalene is at the main altar of the parish church St. Georg in Hüfingen-Mundelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Today is Mary Magdalene's feast day.
 2026-07-23 (en)
Male Green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) in Mato Grosso, Brazil
 2026-07-24 (en)
Photograph of Machu Picchu taken in 1912 by Hiram Bingham during the Yale Peruvian Expedition. The site, an important Inca citadel in the Andes of Peru, had been visited earlier by local people such as Agustín Lizárraga in 1902, and was later brought to international attention through Bingham’s expeditions of 1911 and 1912. Today marks the anniversary of Bingham’s 1911 visit, which contributed to its worldwide recognition.
 2026-07-25 (en)
Soviet FD20 steam locomotive exposed at Zuyevka railway station, Kirov Oblast, Russia
 2026-07-26 (en)
Magnus Cort in the French Alps on Tour de France 2024. Tour de France will finish today on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
 2026-07-27 (en)
Haigerloch, Germany: view of Haigerloch Castle and the castle church with the surrounding valley.
 2026-07-28 (en)
View of Buiba Valley in Ergaki Range. Metamorphic schists and granites of ancient glaciation in mountain tundra. Western Sayan Mountains, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.
 2026-07-29 (en)
The Raising of Lazarus at the St. Wolfgang Altarpiece of the Catholic parish- and pilgrimage church St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Upper Austria. Michael Pacher, 1471–79, set up in 1481. Today is the feast day of St. Lazarus in Western Christianity.
 2026-07-30 (en)
Interior of the Shandong Grand Theater
 2026-07-31 (en)
Parasols, Evening on the beach, Rincón de la Victoria, Andalusia, Spain.
 2026-08-01 (en)
Ceiling of Sala della Stufa, Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. The room, created between 1627 and 1641, was originally an open gallery, but it was closed off later in the 17th century and restructured as a “stove” room, a bathroom heated using the same techniques as the Roman baths and intended for private use by the Grand Duke, whose bedroom is believed to be next door. The decoration, specially the frescos and stuccos, commissioned by Grand Duke Ferdinand II de' Medici, are a work of Michelangelo Cinganelli (1558-1635) Matteo Rosselli (1578-1650) and Ottavio Vannini (1585–1643).
 2026-08-02 (en)
Giraffe in Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa
 2026-08-03 (en)
Red deer (Cervus elaphus), in Freyr forest, near Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium.
 2026-08-04 (en)
The 108-metre-long Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II connects the historic centre of Rome, east of the Tiber, with the Vatican City.
 2026-08-05 (en)
HMS Belfast is a museum ship permanently moored in the Port of London. The ship was commissioned on this day in 1939
 2026-08-06 (en)
Samango monkey (Cercopithecus mitis labiatus), Mount Sheba, Pilgrim's Rest, South Africa.
 2026-08-07 (en)
Motion picture poster for Three Friends, a Biograph Studios release, shows three men clasping hands while sitting at a table in a bar. 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 104 x 70 cm. Today is International Beer Day.
 2026-08-08 (en)
The Milky Way over Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in the Caucasus. The Serpens–Aquila Rift stands in the center of the view: a group of dark interstellar clouds in the constellations Aquila, Serpens Cauda, and eastern Ophiuchus.
 2026-08-09 (en)
Panixersee (Lag da Pigniu) above Andiast. Rock face above the reservoir.
 2026-08-10 (en)
Finnish Air Force Hawker Hurricane warbird and U.S. Navy T-6 Texan warbird in flight over Finland
 2026-08-11 (en)
Zagedan Valley with the mountain cirque and high-altitude lakes formed by ancient glacial erosion. Zagedan Ridge, Karachay-Cherkessia, Caucasus Mountains.
 2026-08-12 (en)
Ploceus philippinus (Baya Weaver) in Bhigwan, Maharashtra, India.
 2026-08-13 (en)
Aurora borealis captured during the peak of the Perseids meteor shower at the beach of Norderney on August 13th, 2024
 2026-08-14 (en)
Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) female in Mount Pleasant, South Australia. Also known as the pink and grey cockatoo or rose-breasted cockatoo.
 2026-08-15 (en)
Tea plantations around Mattupetty lake near Munnar, Kerala, India. The country—which celebrates its independence day today—is the second largest producer and exporter of tea in the world, and also its largest consumer with a vibrant and diverse tea culture.
 2026-08-16 (en)
Altar of the church of the Monastery of Jesus, Setúbal, Portugal. The monastery, founded in 1490, is one of the oldest buildings in Manueline style (Portuguese version of Gothic) and served as a monastery of Poor Clare nuns.
 2026-08-17 (en)
Solitary tree in the Westrup Heath in the early morning during the heather blossom season, Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
 2026-08-18 (en)
The Beatles arriving at JFK International Airport in 1964. On 18 August 1962, Ringo Starr officially joined The Beatles.
 2026-08-19 (en)
Standing white Pelargonium zonale. Focus stack of 47 photos.
 2026-08-20 (en)
Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland
 2026-08-21 (en)
Acro paraglider shows off infinity tumbling, the most spectacular aerobatics maneuver that exist in paragliding
 2026-08-22 (en)
SBB Ce 6/8 II 14253 "crocodile" electric locomotive with the Gotthard mountain route experience train 31066 Lavorgo - Erstfeld crosses the lower Wattingen bridge near Wassen, Switzerland.
 2026-08-23 (en)
Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in flight in Mato Grosso, Brazil
 2026-08-24 (en)
Stipa – the symbol of the Tarutyns'kyj steppe. Today is the Independence Day of Ukraine.