Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/December

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31 December 2013

  • 12:00, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Wilhelm Gustloff


  • 00:00, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Clock Tower, Herne Bay

30 December 2013

  • 12:00, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Tangut dharani pillars on display at the Ancient Lotus Pond in Baoding


  • 00:00, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Dudeney's hinged dissection of a triangle into a square.

29 December 2013

  • 12:00, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

The courthouse


  • 00:00, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Prince James Francis Edward, by Anton Raphael Mengs

28 December 2013

  • 12:00, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Jin envoys meeting Genghis Khan


  • 00:00, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Aerial view of the bombardment by the NTSB

27 December 2013

  • 12:00, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

Vardges Sureniants in 1908


  • 00:00, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

St. Wenceslas Church in Prague

26 December 2013

  • 12:00, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Twelve mazurek cakes


  • 00:00, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Petrus Christus - The Nativity

25 December 2013

  • 12:00, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Gingerbread house


  • 00:00, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Anonychomyrma constricta fossil

24 December 2013

  • 12:00, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Birthplace of Herbert Hoover in West Branch, Iowa


  • 00:00, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Bronze head from Ife

23 December 2013

  • 12:00, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Adrienne Augarde


  • 00:00, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Summer Leys Nature Reserve, 2009

22 December 2013

  • 12:15, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Diagram of Picture Rock Pass Petroglyphs


  • 00:30, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Statue of naked Orestes holding a sword in his (proper) right hand.

21 December 2013

  • 12:45, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Sussman in 2013


  • 01:00, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls

20 December 2013

  • 13:15, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Sancai grave sentry held at the British Museum


  • 01:30, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Vildmarksvägen between Stekenjokk and Klimpfjäll

19 December 2013

  • 13:45, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Postcard 1928 Sängerfest


  • 02:00, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Caudy's Castle

18 December 2013

  • 14:15, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

National Press Monument


  • 02:30, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Wilhelm in 1909

17 December 2013

  • 14:45, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Agroecomyrmex duisburgi head


  • 03:00, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Totem Pole in the British Museum

16 December 2013

  • 15:15, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Chef Yoshimi Tanigawa of Kichisen demonstrating Ikama school knife ceremony


  • 03:30, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Hockey Hall of Famer Roy Conacher while a member of the Toronto Dominions senior team in 1936–37

15 December 2013

  • 15:45, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

USNS Lewis B. Puller


  • 04:00, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Mann in Mexico City

14 December 2013

  • 16:15, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Encephalartos senticosus


  • 04:30, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

group of standing male figures

13 December 2013

  • 16:45, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Schwester Selma


  • 05:00, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Mitchell's Satyr butterfly in Van Buren County, Michigan

12 December 2013

  • 17:15, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Longfellow Hall at Radcliffe


  • 05:15, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

head of the statue of Tara

11 December 2013

  • 04:40, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Old Fortress of Corfu

10 December 2013

  • 11:35, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Dobrilovina Monastery

9 December 2013

  • 23:20, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Spain plays Canada at the 2012 Summer Paralympics


  • 11:05, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Dal Lake at the foothills of Zabarwan

8 December 2013

  • 20:30, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Detail of Jesus Christ and the Archangel Michael in judgement.


  • 08:15, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Male Plumbeous Water Redstart

7 December 2013

  • 20:00, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

British Museum Lion of Knidos


  • 08:45, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Udny Mort House


  • 00:30, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

St. Nicholas Church in Vršovice

6 December 2013

  • 16:00, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Ada Jafri


  • 08:00, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

19th Street Bridge in 2008


  • 00:00, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

North Church (now Aberdeen Arts centre)

5 December 2013

  • 16:00, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Portrait of Henry Purcell by John Closterman


  • 08:00, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

The redeveloped Domain Interchange


  • 00:00, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Head of Odysseus from Sperlonga

4 December 2013

  • 16:00, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Memorial tablet in Meaux Cathedral


  • 08:00, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Male Bar-backed Partridge


  • 00:00, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

St George's Church, Thornton Hough

3 December 2013

  • 16:00, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Yellow-spotted Honeyeater


  • 08:00, 3 December 2013 (UTC)


  • 00:00, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Tank on the 2008 Polish Armed Forces Day Parade

2 December 2013

  • 16:00, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Samuel Minturn Peck, c. 1910


  • 05:31, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Christmas lights in La Playa Avenue

1 December 2013

  • 16:00, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Christ's Charge to Peter by Raphael, 1515


  • 08:00, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

old restoration


  • 00:00, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Dayana Kirillova

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