The Fiddler beetle (Eupoecila australasiae) is a colourful green- or yellow-and-black member of the scarab beetle family from eastern Australia measuring from 1.5 to 2 cm (0.59 to 0.79 in) in length. These beetles are strong flyers and can fly without moving the elytra. They spend much of the time searching for nectar and plant exudates.

Photo credit: Fir0002

The Japanese Instrument of Surrender, signed on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, was the written agreement that enabled the Surrender of Japan, ending World War II. It was signed by representatives from Japan, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.

The remains of a trailer park in Sylmar, California, a neighborhood of Los Angeles. The damage was due to the November 2008 Sayre Fire, which destroyed 480 of the park's 600 units, plus an additional nine homes, the worst loss of homes due to fire in the city's history. However, there were no fatalities and only minor injuries to six people.

Photo credit: Michael Mancino, FEMA

A panoramic view of the historic penitentiary at Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia, a former penal colony located 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Hobart. Named after Van Diemen's Land lieutenant governor George Arthur, the settlement started as a timber station in 1830, but it became the country's largest penal station in 1833. It is now an open air museum and Tasmania's top tourist attraction.

Photo credit: Noodle snacks

An illustration depicting eighteenth century social dance, with the caption reading, "A cheerful dance awakens love and feeds hope with lively joy." The focuses of social dance are sociability and socializing, which differs from other forms, such as ceremonial, competitive, or performance. Social dances are usually partner or group dances.

Illustration credit: Giuseppe Piattoli

William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, giving his last public address at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, standing under the gazebo, hatless, wearing a tuxedo and holding speech notes in his hand, one day before he was shot on September 6, 1901. One bullet was extracted, but the second was not, and McKinley eventually died of gangrene from his wound, eight days later.

Photo credit: Charles Dudley Arnold

A 1908 photo of child laborers in a glass factory in Indiana, United States, taken by Lewis Hine for the National Child Labor Committee, which formed after the 1900 census revealed that about 1 in 6 children between the ages of five and ten were gainfully employed. Hine's photos of children working in industrial settings resulted in a wave of popular support for federal child labor regulations put forward by the NCLC.

Photo credit: Lewis Wickes Hine; restored by Michel Vuijlsteke

A film showing laborers digging through rubble for bodies killed as a result of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, which struck the city of Galveston, Texas, United States, on September 8, 1900. At the time this film was shot the stench of decomposing corpses could be smelled for miles. One body was discovered in this pile (but not filmed) while the camera crew was present.

Film credit: Edison Manufacturing Co.

Hypericum calycinum is a low-growing shrub indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia, but widely cultivated for its large yellow flowers. It is a popular, semi-evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids derived from it.

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Two robber flies, the common name for insects in the family Asilidae, mating on an apple tree leaf. Robber flies prey upon other insects and spiders.

Photo credit: Fir0002

A collection of hand-painted tiles adorns this fence in Greenwich Village in Manhattan as a memorial for the attacks of September 11, 2001. Recurring themes within these pieces of art include world peace, American patriotism, and appreciation of the heroism of the FDNY and NYPD.

Photo credit: David Iliff