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Type	Non-image		Image		Overall
	vph	Article	vph	Article	vph	Article
Low	100.2	Jonas Vaidutis	590.5	Amalberga of Temse	100.2	Jonas Vaidutis
Median	287.4	Marie-Thérèse Eyquem Shō Sen'i	1,274.1	Ethel Preston memorial White chocolate	300.3	Eurovision Song Contest 1984 Papa (2024 film)
High	571.4	Áʼa꞉líya Warbus	1,844.2	Paora	1,844.2	Paora

Table

Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
Paora	2025-01-01		22,130	1,844.2	... that following public backlash over the mistreatment of Paora (pictured), Zoo Miami stated: "We have offended the nation of New Zealand"?
Fictional planets of the Solar System	2025-01-02		21,742	1,811.8	... that fictional planets of the Solar System (diagram pictured) include planets between Venus and Earth, planets on the inside of a hollow Earth, and a planet "behind the Earth"?
White chocolate	2025-01-03		18,334	1,527.9	... that white chocolate (pictured) has been used as a coating for vitamin products?
Ethel Preston memorial	2025-01-02		12,244	1,020.4	... that the grave of Ethel Preston in Leeds, England, has a life-sized statue of her (pictured) stood in front of black marble doors, left ajar?
1991 Andover tornado	2025-01-01		10,848	904.0	... that the 1991 Andover tornado (pictured) narrowly avoided hitting two warplanes equipped with nuclear warheads?
Amalberga of Temse	2025-01-03		7,086	590.5	... that Saint Amalberga of Temse (pictured) is the patron saint of upper-limb injuries, because of the legend that Charlemagne broke her arm while trying to force her to marry him?
Áʼa꞉líya Warbus	2025-01-02		6,857	571.4	... that Canadian rapper Apt Exact, who has been described as "not gangster", was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 2024?
Brian Higgins (trade unionist)	2025-01-01		6,827	568.9	... that Scottish bricklayer Brian Higgins was unable to find work for 25 years after appearing on a construction-industry blacklist?
Mountain Landscape	2025-01-03		6,619	551.6	... that a Mountain Landscape is difficult to capture with photography?
Pula Nikolao Pula	2025-01-01		3,476	289.6	... that the 2024 American Samoan gubernatorial election was won by Pula and Pulu?
Pulu Ae Ae Jr.			2,626	218.9
Total			6,102	508.5
Siege of Ak-Mechet	2025-01-01		6,093	507.8	... that bored soldiers during the siege of Ak-Mechet began stealing watermelons from gardens outside the enemy fortress?
Canaanite ivory comb	2025-01-02		5,986	498.9	... that the Canaanite ivory comb contains the earliest known sentence in a Canaanite language?
Jing Tsu	2025-01-01		5,956	496.4	... that Jing Tsu remembers being called "female tiger" because her schoolteachers' punishments had little effect on her?
Murad Al-Katib	2025-01-01		5,914	492.8	... that Murad Al-Katib provided 700 million meals of Saskatchewan-grown chickpeas, lentils and wheat to a United Nations program for Syrian refugees?
Beechcraft BQM-126	2025-01-02		5,211	434.2	... that the 1980s Beechcraft BQM-126 target drone could be launched from aircraft based on aircraft carriers?
Ettore Verna	2025-01-03		5,194	432.8	... that baritone Ettore Verna twice "sang himself out of his pants" during a performance at the Boston Opera House, according to Billboard?
Edward W. Gantt	2025-01-01		5,178	431.5	... that Edward W. Gantt was a Confederate soldier who defected to the Union during the American Civil War?
Death of Milton King	2025-01-03		5,014	417.8	... that five percent of Barbados's population turned out to protest the death of Milton King in Cape Town police custody?
Civilized drama	2025-01-03		4,948	412.4	... that critics argued that involving actresses in civilized drama would promote obscenity?
LaTasha Barnes	2025-01-01		4,532	377.7	... that jazz dancer LaTasha Barnes used to be a sergeant in the U.S. Army?
The Heart Knows Its Own Bitterness	2025-01-03		4,406	367.1	... that a Talmudic passage, "The Heart Knows Its Own Bitterness", has been used in Jewish medical ethics to justify patient autonomy?
Moses sees Rabbi Akiva (Menachot 29b)	2025-01-02		4,306	358.9	... that meetings between Biblical and post-Biblical characters, such as when Moses sees Rabbi Akiva teach and be martyred, are rare in Talmudic stories?
Abu Sulayman Da'ud	2025-01-01		4,128	344.0	... that Arab Christian physician Abu Sulayman Da'ud served both Latin Christian and Arab Muslim rulers?
Pro-Fatimid conspiracy against Saladin	2025-01-03		3,821	318.4	... that the members of an abortive conspiracy to restore the Fatimid Caliphate were said to have asked the Order of Assassins for assistance in eliminating Saladin?
St Bride's Church, Mauku	2025-01-03		3,802	316.8	... that St Bride's Church still has loopholes from use as a military outpost in the 19th century?
The King of Comedy Visits Shanghai	2025-01-03		3,746	312.2	... that The King of Comedy Visits Shanghai depicted Charlie Chaplin in China fourteen years before it happened?
Papa (2024 film)	2025-01-02		3,617	301.4	... that multiple scenes in Papa feature cotton-tree flowers, even though it was not scripted and the falling cotton simply kept drifting into the shot?
Eurovision Song Contest 1984	2025-01-01		3,590	299.2	... that booing heard after the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was reportedly either a response to past football hooliganism, claims of lip syncing, or alleged plagiarism of the Supremes?
Gohobi	2025-01-03		3,562	296.9	... that the Japanese band Gohobi describes themselves as having a "tofu mentality"?
Shō Sen'i	2025-01-01		3,495	291.2	... that Shō Sen'i was overthrown in favor of his thirteen-year-old nephew?
Marie-Thérèse Eyquem	2025-01-02		3,403	283.6	... that Marie-Thérèse Eyquem served in the government of Vichy France, and was later appointed a national secretary of the French Socialist Party?
2019 Timaru hailstorm	2025-01-01		3,370	280.8	... that insurers paid out about NZ$171 million in damages caused by a 10-minute hailstorm in New Zealand?
The Manhasset	2025-01-02		3,347	278.9	... that the apartment building the Manhasset caught fire in 1999, just as its renovation was being completed?
Jews in the Polish Army	2025-01-03		3,281	273.4	... that about 200,000 Jews served in the Polish Army and related formations during World War II?
Flora Hommel	2025-01-02		3,178	264.8	... that Flora Hommel, after being afraid of giving birth to her own child, went on to teach the Lamaze technique to more than 17,000 couples?
Ovalipes catharus	2025-01-01		2,738	228.1	... that one of the major prey groups of the paddle crab, Ovalipes catharus, is other paddle crabs?
Mary Chalmers	2025-01-02		2,735	227.9	... that children's author Mary Chalmers owned ten cats and a Pomeranian dog, whose poses helped her draw illustrations for her books?
Austin Staats	2025-01-01		2,688	224.0	... that lacrosse player Austin Staats was undefeated in his college career?
Sonya Friedman (translator)	2025-01-02		2,554	212.8	... that Sonya Friedman developed the idea of supertitles, which translate words being sung on stage in opera?
1917 Moscow District Duma elections	2025-01-02		2,321	193.4	... that in the 1917 Moscow District Duma elections, the Bolshevik Party won 97 percent of the votes of the soldiers at the heavy artillery workshops?
Antiquiala	2025-01-01		2,193	182.8	... that the dragonfly Antiquiala was described from a single wing found in the state of Washington?
History of education in Wales (1939–present)	2025-01-02		2,106	175.5	... that schools in Wales during the Second World War were held in village halls?
Kathryn Maple	2025-01-02		2,006	167.2	... that Kathryn Maple won the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition twice in three years?
Sing-Song Girl Red Peony	2025-01-01		1,988	165.7	... that the titular songstress in Sing-Song Girl Red Peony, a contender for China's first sound film, was overdubbed by a man?
Kurt Burris	2025-01-03		1,857	154.8	... that Kurt Burris was the first American football lineman to finish among the top two in Heisman Trophy voting?
Pete Vann	2025-01-03		1,840	153.4	... that Pete Vann recovered from spinal meningitis to set an NCAA single-season passing record?
Chen Dingshan	2025-01-02		1,831	152.6	... that Chen Dingshan has been called the last heir of the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school?
I Care So Much That I Don't Care at All	2025-01-03		1,711	142.6	... that Glaive recorded the first track for I Care So Much That I Don't Care at All at the age of 17?
An Amorous History of the Silver Screen: Shanghai Cinema, 1896–1937	2025-01-02		1,709	142.4	... that An Amorous History of the Silver Screen, an exploration of more than four decades of film in China, argues that cinema is a "modern folk tale"?
Tema "Sacher"	2025-01-02		1,690	140.9	... that a critic called Benjamin Britten's Tema "Sacher" a "truncated and barely coherent page [of music]" and "a pathetic fragment"?
As Long as You're Mine	2025-01-01		1,554	129.5	... that the basic tune for "As Long as You're Mine" from 2003's Wicked was written by Stephen Schwartz in the 1970s?
George K. Teulon	2025-01-03		1,402	116.8	... that according to George K. Teulon all of the presidents and vice-presidents of the Republic of Texas, and four-fifths of its government officials, were freemasons?
Frederick Warren Freer	2025-01-03		1,362	113.5	... that Frederick Warren Freer switched from studying medicine to art after becoming partially deaf?
Jonas Vaidutis	2025-01-03		1,202	100.2	... that the Lithuanian duke Jonas Vaidutis was elected as the second rector of the oldest Polish university after its restoration in 1400?

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