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Media of the day
1 May 2026
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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
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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.

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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 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 : 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 : Template:Motd/2026-05-08 (en)
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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 : 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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English : 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.

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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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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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2026-04 ← 2026-05 → 2026-06

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