The bustling city streets of Barcelona seem as good a place as any to mark World Population Day. More and more of us are heading to the city. It"s estimated that 2007 was the first year in which more people lived in cities than in rural areas. If current trends continue, by 2050 about two-thirds of the world population will be living in cities. City planners and government officials will need to account for this rapid increase as power grids, water supplies, public transit, and emergency services will all be stretched.
World Population Day
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Happy International Astronomy Day!
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Get on your bike and ride
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC
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International Day of the Snow Leopard
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Road to Sa Calobra, Majorca, Spain
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Great Backyard Bird Count
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Veterans Day
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Star Wars Day
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We heart Berlin
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Spring blooms in the Netherlands
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Least chipmunk, Kootenai National Forest, Montana
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Who s wearing such cute hats?
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Astoria-Megler Bridge, Oregon
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Happy Mother s Day
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47 years of Badlands National Park
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Meet our fuzzy Earth Day mascot
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Kjell Henriksen Observatory
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A notorious gunfight that was incorrectly named
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Hey, don t you guys have somewhere to be?
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Bonifacio on the island of Corsica, France
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Siblings Day
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Too awesome to be a planet
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National Mushroom Month
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International Day for Biosphere Reserves
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Knuthöjdsmossen, a nature reserve in Sweden
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Harvest season begins
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National Mushroom Day
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Iceberg off the coast of Antarctica
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A stunning national park in winter white
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