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Alceste is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck from 1767. The Italian libretto was written by Ranieri de' Calzabigi and based on the play Alcestis by Euripides. The premiere took place on 26 December 1767 at the Burgtheater in Vienna. The image shows the set design for Act III by François-Joseph Bélanger for the French-language premiere on 23 April 1776. Type: set design. Credits: François-Joseph Bélanger; restored by Adam Cuerden.

Alceste is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck from 1767. The Italian libretto was written by Ranieri de' Calzabigi and based on the play Alcestis by Euripides. The premiere took place on 26 December 1767 at the Burgtheater in Vienna. The image shows the set design for Act III by François-Joseph Bélanger for the French-language premiere on 23 April 1776. Type: set design. Credits: François-Joseph Bélanger; restored by Adam Cuerden.

The Picture of the Day of Thursday 23 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Alceste (Gluck).

Credits: François-Joseph Bélanger; restored by Adam Cuerden.

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Nahui Ollin - Wikipedia

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Beyoncé - Wikipedia

The Featured Article of Thursday 23 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Beyoncé.

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons. During the Second Red Scare, Oppenheimer's stances, together with his past associations with the Communist Party USA, led to a security hearing before the United States Atomic Energy Commission and the revocation of his security clearance in 1954. He continued to lecture, write, and work on physics, and in 1963 received the Enrico Fermi Award for contributions to theoretical physics. This portrait photograph of Oppenheimer was taken around 1944, while he was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory. The image is in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration. Type: photograph. Credits: unknown; restored by MyCatIsAChonk.

J. Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons. During the Second Red Scare, Oppenheimer's stances, together with his past associations with the Communist Party USA, led to a security hearing before the United States Atomic Energy Commission and the revocation of his security clearance in 1954. He continued to lecture, write, and work on physics, and in 1963 received the Enrico Fermi Award for contributions to theoretical physics. This portrait photograph of Oppenheimer was taken around 1944, while he was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory. The image is in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration. Type: photograph. Credits: unknown; restored by MyCatIsAChonk.

The Picture of the Day of Wednesday 22 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: J. Robert Oppenheimer.

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Nahui Ollin - Wikipedia

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Nihilism - Wikipedia

The Featured Article of Wednesday 22 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Nihilism.

Nihilism is a family of philosophical views that reject the existence of any objectively meaningful purpose, moral value, truth, or knowledge.

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Elizabeth II (21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death. The first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth), she became heir presumptive when the duke became king in 1936 upon the abdication of Edward VIII. During the Second World War, she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. She married Philip Mountbatten in 1947; they were wed for 73 years until his death in 2021. She became queen on her father's death in 1952, and reigned for seven decades through dramatic changes in her realms, attaining the oldest age of any British monarch (96), and having the longest reign. She faced media criticism of her family over the breakups of her children's marriages, and after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997. However, support for the monarchy in Britain remained high, as did her popularity. Elizabeth died at Balmoral Castle and was succeeded by her eldest son, Charles III. This 1933 oil-on-canvas painting of Elizabeth (then Princess Elizabeth of York) aged seven was created by Anglo-Hungarian artist Philip de László. It is now in the Royal Collection. Type: painting. Credits: Philip de László.

Elizabeth II (21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death. The first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth), she became heir presumptive when the duke became king in 1936 upon the abdication of Edward VIII. During the Second World War, she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. She married Philip Mountbatten in 1947; they were wed for 73 years until his death in 2021. She became queen on her father's death in 1952, and reigned for seven decades through dramatic changes in her realms, attaining the oldest age of any British monarch (96), and having the longest reign. She faced media criticism of her family over the breakups of her children's marriages, and after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997. However, support for the monarchy in Britain remained high, as did her popularity. Elizabeth died at Balmoral Castle and was succeeded by her eldest son, Charles III. This 1933 oil-on-canvas painting of Elizabeth (then Princess Elizabeth of York) aged seven was created by Anglo-Hungarian artist Philip de László. It is now in the Royal Collection. Type: painting. Credits: Philip de László.

The Picture of the Day of Tuesday 21 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Elizabeth II.

Credits: Philip de László.

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Nahui Ollin - Wikipedia

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Sinestro Corps War - Wikipedia

The Featured Article of Tuesday 21 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Sinestro Corps War.

"Sinestro Corps War" is an American comic book crossover series published by DC Comics in its Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps titles.

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Doris is a "comedy opera" by Alfred Cellier, with a libretto by B. C. Stephenson. It premiered in London in 1889 and ran for a modestly successful 202 performances, despite a starry cast including Arthur Williams, Ben Davies, Alice Barnett and Hayden Coffin. Marie Tempest, the star of the same team's 1886 hit Dorothy, later played Doris. Critics praised the score but disliked the libretto, in which a person accused of a plot against Queen Elizabeth I repeatedly switches clothes with others to escape arrest. This image shows the front cover of the score of a waltz composed by Procida Bucalossi based on Cellier's tunes from Doris. The lithographic illustration, by Nicholas Hanhart, depicts the scene in which Doris stumbles upon Sir Philip Carey's hiding spot and decides to help him. Type: lithograph. Credits: Nicholas Hanhart; restored by Adam Cuerden.

Doris is a "comedy opera" by Alfred Cellier, with a libretto by B. C. Stephenson. It premiered in London in 1889 and ran for a modestly successful 202 performances, despite a starry cast including Arthur Williams, Ben Davies, Alice Barnett and Hayden Coffin. Marie Tempest, the star of the same team's 1886 hit Dorothy, later played Doris. Critics praised the score but disliked the libretto, in which a person accused of a plot against Queen Elizabeth I repeatedly switches clothes with others to escape arrest. This image shows the front cover of the score of a waltz composed by Procida Bucalossi based on Cellier's tunes from Doris. The lithographic illustration, by Nicholas Hanhart, depicts the scene in which Doris stumbles upon Sir Philip Carey's hiding spot and decides to help him. Type: lithograph. Credits: Nicholas Hanhart; restored by Adam Cuerden.

The Picture of the Day of Monday 20 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Doris.

Credits: Nicholas Hanhart; restored by Adam Cuerden.

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Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant - Wikipedia

The Featured Article of Monday 20 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant.

The Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant is a theme restaurant at Disney's Hollywood Studios, one of the four main theme parks at Walt Disney World.

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The fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) is a bird in the hummingbird family, Trochilidae. It is native to the Andes of South America, occurring in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The species inhabits tropical and subtropical forests, at altitudes between 1,000 to 2,300 metres (3,300 to 7,500 ft), and feeds mainly on nectar, as well as occasional small insects and spiders. The fawn-breasted brilliant has a patchy distribution, but is nonetheless classified as a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It is green above with iridescent copper underparts, and a long, slightly curved bill. Males perform courtship displays but do not assist with nesting. The female builds a camouflaged nest, lays two eggs, and raises the chicks alone. This fawn-breasted brilliant of the subspecies H. r. aequatorialis was photographed in flight in the Refugio Paz de las Aves, a nature reserve in the foothills of the Ecuadorian Andes. Type: photograph. Credits: Charles J. Sharp.

The fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) is a bird in the hummingbird family, Trochilidae. It is native to the Andes of South America, occurring in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The species inhabits tropical and subtropical forests, at altitudes between 1,000 to 2,300 metres (3,300 to 7,500 ft), and feeds mainly on nectar, as well as occasional small insects and spiders. The fawn-breasted brilliant has a patchy distribution, but is nonetheless classified as a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It is green above with iridescent copper underparts, and a long, slightly curved bill. Males perform courtship displays but do not assist with nesting. The female builds a camouflaged nest, lays two eggs, and raises the chicks alone. This fawn-breasted brilliant of the subspecies H. r. aequatorialis was photographed in flight in the Refugio Paz de las Aves, a nature reserve in the foothills of the Ecuadorian Andes. Type: photograph. Credits: Charles J. Sharp.

The Picture of the Day of Sunday 19 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Fawn-breasted brilliant.

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1986 World Snooker Championship - Wikipedia

The Featured Article of Sunday 19 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: 1986 World Snooker Championship.

The 1986 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 19 April and 5 May 1986 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.

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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter, as imaged by the Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z on Sol 768 (April 18, 2023). Ingenuity made history as the first aircraft ever to pull off a powered and controlled flight outside Earth on April 19, 2021. Originally planned for only five flights, it ultimately completed 72 flights over nearly three years before its mission ended in January 2024. Type: photograph. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter, as imaged by the Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z on Sol 768 (April 18, 2023). Ingenuity made history as the first aircraft ever to pull off a powered and controlled flight outside Earth on April 19, 2021. Originally planned for only five flights, it ultimately completed 72 flights over nearly three years before its mission ended in January 2024. Type: photograph. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/.

The Picture of the Day of Saturday 18 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Ingenuity.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/.

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Tropical Storm Henri (2003) - Wikipedia

The Featured Article of Saturday 18 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Tropical Storm Henri (2003).

Tropical Storm Henri was a moderate tropical storm that struck Florida during the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season.

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Priacanthus hamrur, commonly known as the lunar-tailed bigeye or moontail bullseye, is a species of marine fish in the family Priacanthidae. It is widespread but uncommon in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from the Red Sea and eastern Africa to Japan, Australia and French Polynesia, with rare records in the Mediterranean Sea. A reef-associated species, P. hamrur inhabits lagoons and outer reef slopes at depths of 8 to 250 metres (26 to 820 ft). It has a deep, laterally compressed body, very large red eyes, and a crescent-shaped tail. Its colour varies from silver to red, with red bands. A nocturnal feeder, its diet consists primarily of small fishes, crustaceans and other invertebrates. It may live solitarily or form schools, and is listed as a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. This P. hamrur fish was photographed off the coast off Zanzibar, Tanzania. Type: photograph. Credits: Diego Delso.

Priacanthus hamrur, commonly known as the lunar-tailed bigeye or moontail bullseye, is a species of marine fish in the family Priacanthidae. It is widespread but uncommon in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from the Red Sea and eastern Africa to Japan, Australia and French Polynesia, with rare records in the Mediterranean Sea. A reef-associated species, P. hamrur inhabits lagoons and outer reef slopes at depths of 8 to 250 metres (26 to 820 ft). It has a deep, laterally compressed body, very large red eyes, and a crescent-shaped tail. Its colour varies from silver to red, with red bands. A nocturnal feeder, its diet consists primarily of small fishes, crustaceans and other invertebrates. It may live solitarily or form schools, and is listed as a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. This P. hamrur fish was photographed off the coast off Zanzibar, Tanzania. Type: photograph. Credits: Diego Delso.

The Picture of the Day of Friday 17 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Priacanthus hamrur.

Credits: Diego Delso.

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Justin Fairfax - Wikipedia

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Bridge - Wikipedia

The Featured Article of Friday 17 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Bridge.

A bridge is a structure designed to span an obstacle, such as a river or railroad, allowing vehicles, pedestrians, and other loads to pass across. Most bridges consist of a flat deck, supported by beams, arches, or cables.

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Shearing the Rams is an 1890 oil painting on canvas by the Australian artist Tom Roberts. It depicts sheep shearers plying their trade in a timber shearing shed. Roberts modelled the painting on a shearing shed at what is now called Killeneen, an outstation of the 24,000-hectare (59,000-acre) Brocklesby sheep station, near Corowa in the Riverina region of New South Wales. One of Australia's best-known paintings, this and other Australian Impressionist works gave visual expression to an emerging sense of national identity. The painting is currently in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. Type: painting. Credits: Tom Roberts.

Shearing the Rams is an 1890 oil painting on canvas by the Australian artist Tom Roberts. It depicts sheep shearers plying their trade in a timber shearing shed. Roberts modelled the painting on a shearing shed at what is now called Killeneen, an outstation of the 24,000-hectare (59,000-acre) Brocklesby sheep station, near Corowa in the Riverina region of New South Wales. One of Australia's best-known paintings, this and other Australian Impressionist works gave visual expression to an emerging sense of national identity. The painting is currently in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. Type: painting. Credits: Tom Roberts.

The Picture of the Day of Thursday 16 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Shearing the Rams.

Credits: Tom Roberts.

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Eric Swalwell - Wikipedia

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Nynetjer - Wikipedia

The Featured Article of Thursday 16 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Nynetjer.

Nynetjer was the third pharaoh of the Second Dynasty of Egypt during the Early Dynastic Period, prior to the Old Kingdom period.

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The Baspa Valley is the river valley of the Baspa River, which is fed by Himalayan glaciers and flows through the district of Kinnaur, in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, until it meets the Sutlej. This photograph shows a panoramic view of the Baspa Valley covered in snow in March 2025. The town of Sangla is on the right-hand side of the image. Type: photograph. Credits: UnpetitproleX.

The Baspa Valley is the river valley of the Baspa River, which is fed by Himalayan glaciers and flows through the district of Kinnaur, in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, until it meets the Sutlej. This photograph shows a panoramic view of the Baspa Valley covered in snow in March 2025. The town of Sangla is on the right-hand side of the image. Type: photograph. Credits: UnpetitproleX.

The Picture of the Day of Wednesday 15 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Baspa Valley.

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Eric Swalwell - Wikipedia

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Coeliac disease - Wikipedia

The Featured Article of Wednesday 15 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Coeliac disease.

Coeliac disease or celiac disease is a chronic autoimmune disease, mainly affecting the small intestine.

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The black caracara (Daptrius ater) is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae, found in the lowlands of the Amazon basin and French Guiana. Its common habitats include rivers, gallery forest and wooded savanna, at elevations up to 900 meters (3,000 ft). A largely sedentary and sociable species, it is an opportunistic omnivore, its diet including carrion, small mammals and reptiles, fish, fruit, insects, and other bird species. It is also known for removing parasites from animals such as tapirs and capybaras. Adults are mostly glossy black, with a white band on the tail, and bright yellow to orange-red feet and face. This black caracara was photographed on a branch near the Napo River in SucumbĂ­os Province, northeastern Ecuador. Type: photograph. Credits: Charles J. Sharp.

The black caracara (Daptrius ater) is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae, found in the lowlands of the Amazon basin and French Guiana. Its common habitats include rivers, gallery forest and wooded savanna, at elevations up to 900 meters (3,000 ft). A largely sedentary and sociable species, it is an opportunistic omnivore, its diet including carrion, small mammals and reptiles, fish, fruit, insects, and other bird species. It is also known for removing parasites from animals such as tapirs and capybaras. Adults are mostly glossy black, with a white band on the tail, and bright yellow to orange-red feet and face. This black caracara was photographed on a branch near the Napo River in SucumbĂ­os Province, northeastern Ecuador. Type: photograph. Credits: Charles J. Sharp.

The Picture of the Day of Tuesday 14 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Black caracara.

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2026 Hungarian parliamentary election - Wikipedia

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Flow (video game) - Wikipedia

The Featured Article of Tuesday 14 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Flow (video game).

Flow is an indie video game created by Jenova Chen and Nicholas Clark.

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Artemis II - Wikipedia

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Oradour-sur-Glane is a commune in Haute-Vienne, a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in west-central France, with a population of 2,477 as of 2019. It is best known for the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre, which occurred on 10 June 1944 (four days after the Normandy landings on D-Day), in which 642 inhabitants, including 207 children, were killed by Nazi German troops. Only a handful of people survived by feigning death. The massacre was led by Adolf Diekmann, who had intended to attack the nearby village of Oradour-sur-Vayres, which had supported French and Belgian Resistance fighters, but took a wrong turn en route. After the war, a new settlement was built nearby, while the destroyed village was preserved on the orders of Charles de Gaulle as a memorial, alongside the Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour, a commemorative museum. This photograph, taken in 2017, shows part of the preserved ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane. Type: photograph. Credits: Davdavlhu.

Oradour-sur-Glane is a commune in Haute-Vienne, a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in west-central France, with a population of 2,477 as of 2019. It is best known for the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre, which occurred on 10 June 1944 (four days after the Normandy landings on D-Day), in which 642 inhabitants, including 207 children, were killed by Nazi German troops. Only a handful of people survived by feigning death. The massacre was led by Adolf Diekmann, who had intended to attack the nearby village of Oradour-sur-Vayres, which had supported French and Belgian Resistance fighters, but took a wrong turn en route. After the war, a new settlement was built nearby, while the destroyed village was preserved on the orders of Charles de Gaulle as a memorial, alongside the Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour, a commemorative museum. This photograph, taken in 2017, shows part of the preserved ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane. Type: photograph. Credits: Davdavlhu.

The Picture of the Day of Monday 13 April 2026 on @wikipedia.org is: Oradour-sur-Glane.

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2026 Hungarian parliamentary election - Wikipedia

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