User:ArionStar

Fun fact: I unpretentiously took this picture depicting the Buddha of Ibiraçu in February 2024, on my work vacation, and it ended up becoming a Commons Picture of the Year 2024!

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From left to right, top to bottom:

• Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro aboard USS Iwo Jima after his capture by the U.S. Armed Forces;
• NASA launches the lunar flyby mission Artemis II, the first crewed flight past low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972;
• A war begins following Pakistani airstrikes targeting militant groups in neighboring Afghanistan;
• The 2026 FIFA World Cup is held in Canada, Mexico, and the United States and is won by Spain;
• The 2026 Winter Olympics are held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy;
• Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez with law enforcement officers at Playa El Tarajal, Ceuta, amid a border incident involving his country and Morroco;
• Buildings destroyed in Los Palos Grandes following 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes that striked Venezuela and left more than 6,100 people dead;
• Rescue workers and bystanders after the Minab school attack, the deadliest civilian incident in the Iran war.