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Nature

See also: → Winter 2015-2016 in the Northern Hemisphere.

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  Photo: A Breakwater with ice
  near Oulu
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  Sculpture in snowfall, Hannover,
  
  January 2016 in Germany.
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  A frozen leaf of Acer pseudoplatanus
  (Winter 2015-2016 in Rhein-Neckar-Kreis)
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  Onopordum acanthium (17.1.2016), a Carduea plant in the Northern Hemisphere in January.
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  Photo of Forsythia x intermedia, 2016 01 05
  For more photos, view: Spring flowers in winter 2015-2016 in Germany:

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  Violet Wild flowers
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  at Angat River
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  Violet Wild flowers in the Philippines (Norzagaray)
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  Nature in Bulacan
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  ... Photos taken on 2 January 2016
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  Pescadores Poblacion Fields Candaba (14/1/2016)

A road-movie in The Philippines:

See Category:Pinagtulayan, Norzagaray, Bulacan and subcategory Bulacan Farm to Market Road (most of the photos are taken on Sunday 3 January, 2016,

view the mouseover-texts in the photos and use the links there to the photos (with description-texts) or the linked categories.

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  A road-movie ... 
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   ... by Commons-photographer Judgefloro ... 
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   ... on a Motorized tricycle of the Philippines ... 
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   ... going nearer ... 

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   ... through the Landscape-scenery
  
  of Pinagtulayan, Norzagaray, Bulacan.
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  Panoramics
  of Angat River in the forests of Pinagtulayan, Barangay Santa Cruz, ... 
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  near  
  Amador C. Dela Merced Bridge (Bulacan River) ... 
  
  ( → View the Photo,
  to see the bridge
  in the background of the river)
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  and the creeks and fields around:
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  In the left of the road in the photo:
  A Solanum melongena field
  in the Philippines.

Photos (Enero 2016) from Colombia (South America):

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  Parque Nacional Natural de los Nevados.
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  Valle de Cocora
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  Valle de Cocora
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  Cascada
  Laguna Negra,
  Mongua, Boyacá.
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  Cañón del Río Chicamocha
• Video: Winter in Jelaši (Croatia)
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  A Japanese garden
  and pond at Daisen Park
  in Sakai, January 2016.

Politics and elections

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  Région françaises au 1er janvier 2016
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  Pressekonferenz (5. Januar) im Rathaus Köln zu den Vorgängen in der Silvesternacht
  (Press conference in the town hall of Cologne)
• President Obama's
  2016 State of the Union Address
  (Video,
  January 12, 2016)
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  A Polling Station
  in Songshan District,
  
  Republic of China presidential election, January 16, 2016.
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  Seats, Legislative Yuan (Taiwan, 2016-01-16)
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  Klaus Schwab and John Kerry,
  WEF annual meeting
  
  in Davos, Switzerland.
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  Young Global Leaders Forum
  at the
  World Economic Forum 2016.

Society and community

See Category:New Year 2016

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  Phones ready for new year 2016 fireworks in Canberra Photo taken on 1 January 2016, 00:00:03 local time in Canberra 2016.
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  New year 2016 fireworks in Canberra Civic Square.
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  Sydney fireworks 2016:
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  New Year in Manchester
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  New Year celebrations in Manchester (59 photos)
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  Nach dem Neujahrsfeuerwerk nahe Bielefeld
  (Sparrenberg Castle):
  January 1, 2016
  after the New Year fireworks in Germany.
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  Nowy rok 2016 Gdańsk:
  Winter swimming ...
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  Winter swimming in Gdańsk.

See Category:Wikipedia 15 (15th birthday of Wikipedia)

on 15 January)

See Fotostrecke auf de-Wikinews

• Wikipedia 15
  in the Czech Republic:
  (Video:
  Krájení dortu
  na oslavách 15 let Wikipedie
  v Praze).
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  Photo:
  Wikipedia 15 anniversary-cake
  in Prague
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  WikipediAnniversary15
  birthday-cake in Bulgaria.
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  One Wikicrêpes
  of many Wikicrêpes.
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  WDR 2 schenkt Wikipedia eine Seite zum Geburtstag (Collaborative writing of a birthday article in the German wikipedia)
  (article de:Maschinenhaus der Zeche Wallfisch)

Buildings – technics – traffic – science

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  Destroyed in
  1 January 2016
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  A lateral mark on the Hailuoto ferry route
  Finland.
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  Two men at work,
  producing
  Rattan furniture.
• Manufactoring rattan furniture
  (Video)
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  Motorized tricycle in rain,
  San Mateo Highway Norzagaray,
  Bulacan, Philippines.
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  Old Golden Gate Bridge
  a Pedestrian and bicycle bridge
  in The Philippines ... 
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   ... to repair ... 
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  Photo
  of the 2 old and new bridge,
  taken on 15 January 2016,
  
  

  

  near Mount
  Arayat.
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  Disused pillars
  of old No 1 Bridge
  (built in the 1940s)
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  A HXD2-hauled freight train
  on 1st Bridge (near Beijing)
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  Construction
  of Hangzhou-Huangshan High-Speed Railway
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  The Rendsburg suspension ferry
  (Schwebefähre Rendsburg)
  after a collision ... 
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   ... on 4 January 2016
  with Ship "Evert Prahm" (with the ferry in the background of the photo).
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  Earth Observation
  of Cyclone Ula by Expedition 46,
  International Space Station.
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  Prehistoric Menhir from Feldengel Der lange Stein
  List of Menhirs in Thuringia (de-Wikipedia)

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  Túnel de La Quiebra (Colombia)
  
  on January 7, 2016
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  Fiume Tevere (river Tiber) in Rome,
  
  with an Italian bikeway
  (Cycling in Rome)

Disasters and Catastrophes

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  Cyclone Ula 2016-01-01
  (near Fiji)
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  (updated) track
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  Shakemap
  of Northeast India earthquake (4 January 2016)
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  Damaged Police Box
  caused by suicide bomb, Jakarta,
  Sarinah-StarbucksAttack, Jan. 14.

weather

Blizzard (Storm Jonas), 22 January 2016:

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  A winter storm (blizzard) in The United States,
  map: Noaa-forecast,
  2016-01-22
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  Snowzilla: A car in snow, Montgomery County.
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  bicycle rider and snow in Manhattan, New York City (January 23)
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  Photo: Car after snowfall, Storm Jonas
  in Fairfax County, Virginia (24 January 2016)
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  Snow in Taiwan (at Mount Datun),
  
  on 2016-01-24

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  2016-01-01 Max-min Temperature, NOAA.
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  2016-01-01 Surface Weather, NOAA.
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  2016-01-01 24-hr Precipitation, NOAA.
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  2016-01-19 500-Millibar Height Contour Map, NOAA.

 → Daily NCEP weather maps for January 2016 (for USA)

More January 2016 Photos and other media are in the larger Wikimedia Commons category "January 2016".

See also: Commons:Media by time.