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31 January 2008[edit]

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Josef Pilsudski with Kasztanka


  • 02:34, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Cornelis Ketel

30 January 2008[edit]

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USS Bexar (APA-237


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Black Rock Forest


  • 02:00, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Thomas Trueblood

29 January 2008[edit]

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Osmond Barnes - Chief Herald of Delhi in 1877


  • 12:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

USS Noble (APA-218)


  • 05:10, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Contracts House in Kiev, Ukraine

28 January 2008[edit]

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Abbas Tyabji


  • 14:57, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Malik Umar Hayat Khan by artist Major A.C. Lovett


  • 05:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Peewee Valley Confederate Cemetery

27 January 2008[edit]

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USS Meriwether (APA-203


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26 January 2008[edit]

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Powelton Club


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José Joaquin Estudillo

25 January 2008[edit]

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Confederate memorial


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24 January 2008[edit]

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Charles D. Griffin


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Australian cricketer Clem Hill, taken during his playing career

23 January 2008[edit]

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22 January 2008[edit]

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Lake Placid bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track

21 January 2008[edit]

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Charles Le Gendre

20 January 2008[edit]

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Villa Medici La Petraia


19 January 2008[edit]

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Dhaki at Dhakedwari temple, Dhaka


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Roman Temple of Évora

18 January 2008[edit]

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Sankey Valley Park


  • 04:01, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Hurricane Kenneth

17 January 2008[edit]

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Castle Lake


  • 11:16, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

St Barnabas' Church, Bromborough


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16 January 2008[edit]

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Cub Stricker


  • 02:50, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

The Gleaners

15 January 2008[edit]

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Peake's painting of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of James I of England


  • 14:32, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Hampton Mansion


  • 04:08, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Grande Odalisque

14 January 2008[edit]

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Frauenfriedenskirche, Frankfurt


  • 14:37, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

The Distrest Poet by William Hogarth


  • 02:25, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Cyclone Inigo

13 January 2008[edit]

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Look at me!


  • 13:57, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Yellow-throated Scrubwren


  • 06:05, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Deanmill, Western Australia


  • 00:01, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Air Vice Marshal William Anderson

12 January 2008[edit]

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Kerala Houseboat


  • 05:42, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial

11 January 2008[edit]

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Mount Elbrus


  • 16:26, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

No. 233 Squadron RAF


  • 10:47, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Razorbelly scad (Alepes kleinii)


  • 01:46, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

An Olmec statue

10 January 2008[edit]

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Churchill and a ship's cat


  • 13:55, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Canadian Star of Courage


  • 03:58, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Germany

9 January 2008[edit]

  • 21:57, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

A thirsty Hood Mockingbird attempts to pilfer a water bottle.


  • 12:50, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

The Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria, in Braniewo, Poland


  • 05:35, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Bobsled track

8 January 2008[edit]

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Cleftbelly trevally (A. atropos)


  • 15:33, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Westinghouse Time Capsule


  • 04:26, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Smocking sampler

7 January 2008[edit]

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typical portable engine


  • 14:42, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Grossmarkthalle


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Scottish Rite Cathedral, Indianapolis, Indiana

6 January 2008[edit]

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Paul G. Goebel


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Black Spiny-tailed Iguana


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Walhonding Canal

5 January 2008[edit]

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Image:Schloss Hellenstein


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Klevner de Heiligenstein


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Grand Duke Sergei Mikailovich

4 January 2008[edit]

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Possible Lakotah borders


  • 16:34, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Alejandro Foxley


  • 09:39, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Traditional Ukrainian embroidery


  • 03:15, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Notre Dame de Paris

3 January 2008[edit]

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Fremantle Markets


  • 14:47, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Look at me!


  • 08:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Society for Savings Building, Cleveland, Ohio


  • 02:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha, Coimbra, Portugal

2 January 2008[edit]

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Louis XVII


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Bell XGAM-63 Rascal USAF

1 January 2008[edit]

  • 19:41, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Mezhyhirskyi Monastery


  • 12:49, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Aesop's Fables


  • 02:46, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Crested Shelduck