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Barn owl (nominated by Cwmhiraeth) Welsh Wikipedian Cwmhiraeth is a master at handling the big topics on Wikipedia, such as Isopoda and Sea. The common, but iconic barn owl is one of the most widespread of all species of owl, occurring in every continent except Antarctica. The medium-sized, often pale-coloured owl has a heart shaped pale pearly white face and black eyes that give the bird a distinctive appearance. The barn owl is a nocturnal bird, relying on its acute sense of hearing when hunting in complete darkness, and usually becomes active shortly before dusk, though it sometimes hunts by day. Its diet tends to be small mammals like rats and mice, as well as lizards, amphibians and insects and other small prey.

Tony Hawk's Underground (nominated by Tezero) You know what, I'm just going to quote nominator Tezero on this one: "When asked, this is what I unfailingly name as my favorite video game of all time: it's got magically addictive gameplay, a killer soundtrack, a park editor that still hasn't been replicated, a set of diverse and very alive level maps, and probably the deepest, most relatable plot ever featured in an extreme sports game. Way back in the summer of 2006, when I was 11, this game introduced me to numerous rock bands I still dig, on top of the entire genre of rap. In other words, it was predictable by all estimates that I would pick this article up as a project, and I'm now ready to take it across the final border. I'm especially proud of this article in particular being brought here, as it would be the first FA (it's currently the only GA) in the Tony Hawk series, which is represented unusually poorly among Wikipedia's recognized content considering its popularity."

Nativity (Christus) (nominated by Victoria); The great art history team, Ceoil and Victoriaearle's new FA. The painting was completed in the 1450s by the Early Netherlandish painter Petrus Christus. It depicts the Holy Family before three low Romanesque windows surrounded by four angels and an expansive landscape. Christus was a sophisticated painter capable of harmonious colours, setting and brilliant colours. The work contains both complex Christian symbolism and naturalistic elements. The grass sprouting from the roof symbolizes new life and fresh beginnings. The trompe-l'oeil frame contains reliefs on the arch depicting small sculptures organised in a half circle. The lead image is a recently promoted featured picture.

Three Beauties of the Present Day (nominated by Curly Turkey) is both a featured picture and article. Kitagawa Utamaro (c. 1753–1806) is considered by many art historians the greatest of ukiyo-e (Japanese woodcut) artists, and known for his clear, precise and elegant drawings, which marked a new period of development in Japanese art history. This woodblock print depicts three celebrity beauties of 1790s Edo (today's Tokyo), and part of Utamaro's famous bijin-ga series. Tomimoto Toyohina (we're hoping someone notices the red link), a famous geisha, is depicted in the middle. The two other beauties were teahouse waitresses, Naniwaya Kita, (Okita) to the right, holding a uchiwa, and Takashima Hisa, (Ohisa), left, holding a hand towel over her left shoulder, all frequent models of Utamaro.

Female genital mutilation (nominated by SlimVirgin) A detailed, comprehensive and important article, brought to Good Article status and now Featured Article by SlimVirgin, on an operation with no known health benefits, carried out with scalpels, knives, razors, scissors, glass, sharpened rocks and fingernails on millions of girls and women. "Over 125 million women and girls have experienced FGM in the 29 countries in which it is concentrated”. Outlawed or restricted in many of these countries this practice, recognised by the United Nations General Assembly as a human-rights violation, is still commonly carried out, often from a mother’s fear "that failing to have their daughters and granddaughters cut will expose the girls to social exclusion."

December 7: Day of the Little Candles in Colombia; Armed Forces Flag Day in India; Pearl Harbor Day in the United States

"The Blue Marble"

43 BC – Cicero, widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists, was killed after having been proscribed as an enemy of the state.
1815 – Michel Ney, Marshal of France, was executed by a firing squad near Paris' Jardin du Luxembourg for supporting Napoleon.
1972 – The crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took the photograph "The Blue Marble" (pictured), the first clear image of an illuminated face of Earth, on their way to the Moon.
1999 – The Recording Industry Association of America filed a lawsuit against the peer-to-peer file sharing network Napster, alleging the service facilitated widespread copyright infringement.

Former Chinese domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang (pictured) is arrested and expelled from the Communist Party of China.
NASA successfully conducts the maiden flight of its Orion spacecraft.
Dozens of people are killed or injured in clashes between security forces and insurgents in Grozny, Chechen Republic, Russia.
In Canadian football, the Calgary Stampeders defeat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to win the Grey Cup.
Australian Test cricketer Phillip Hughes dies after being struck in the neck by a ball bowled to him.
A previously unknown copy of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, dated to 1623, is discovered at a library in Saint-Omer, near Calais, France.