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These are audio or video files selected for display on the Main Page as the Media of the day. Publishing them on this page allows users to translate the captions into other languages.
Media of the Day provides one freely-licensed audio or video file each day.
The current Media of the day can be included on a page using the template
{{Motd|width=300|float=right|lang=en}}
The audio or video file can be accessed using
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English: How the sun, clouds, CO₂ and other factors determine the climate
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English: Healthy pregnancy tips from the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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English: Baby Olive baboon holding to its mother at Queen Elizabeth National Park
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A close-up video of an Armadillidium vulgare pill-bug scaling up and down a tree trunk in a garden in Tokyo.
English : A close-up video of an Armadillidium vulgare pill-bug scaling up and down a tree trunk in a garden in Tokyo.
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An explanatory video of how computers work – from how silicon is used to make computer chips to how programs run and computer graphics are displayed.
English : An explanatory video of how computers work – from how silicon is used to make computer chips to how programs run and computer graphics are displayed.
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An amateur 20 cm (8 inch) Ritchey–Chrétien telescope on a strain wave mount images a mosaic of the Pleiades (not visible), briefly pauses, then images a mosaic of the Orion Nebula under dark skies of the York Prairie State Natural Area, Wisconsin, USA.
English : An amateur 20 cm (8 inch) Ritchey–Chrétien telescope on a strain wave mount images a mosaic of the Pleiades (not visible), briefly pauses, then images a mosaic of the Orion Nebula under dark skies of the York Prairie State Natural Area, Wisconsin, USA.
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English: Building a Sustainable Future for Wikimedia Contributors – Wikimania 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya
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English: Time-lapse video of the flowering of the cactus Thelocactus bicolor
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Wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) bathing in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India.
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English: Empty streets of Paris during Covid pandemic in April 2020
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A video of the 2026 Niscemi landslide aftermath in Italy.
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Video of modern firefighting in Kyiv after Russian attack on the city in the night on 10 June 2025. A 72-year-old woman died, 4 people were injured in the city.
English : Video of modern firefighting in Kyiv after Russian attack on the city in the night on 10 June 2025. A 72-year-old woman died, 4 people were injured in the city.
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English: Brutal Attack on Young Girl by Security Forces
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English: Voyaging canoe arrived in Pulap, Micronesia, in 1999
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English: Violent scenes during Iranian protests, with gunfire and injuries reported
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English: Lion dance and procession during Tin Hau's Birthday in Yuen Long, Hong Kong
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English: A wide view of the Laysan albatross colony on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, at the northwestern edge of the Hawaiian archipelago, April 2, 2026. USFWS volunteer video: Dan Rapp. Laysan albatross have the best built-in navigation. .
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Mid-20th century Chinese New Year song "Gong Xi Gong Xi" (恭喜恭喜), written by Chen Gexin (陳歌辛) and performed by Yao Lee (姚莉)
English : Mid-20th century Chinese New Year song "Gong Xi Gong Xi" (恭喜恭喜), written by Chen Gexin (陳歌辛) and performed by Yao Lee (姚莉)
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English: In Singapore Douglas Ng makes fishballs following his grandmother's recipe.
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English: After 28 days at sea Grand Master Navigator Mau Piailug and the voyaging canoe arrived in Majuro Lagoon in 1999.
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