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  • Text from the ChatGPT page of the OpenAI website is shown in this photo, in New York, Feb. 2, 2023. English Wikipedia raked in more than 84 billion views in 2023. That's according to numbers collected by the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit behind the free, publicly edited online encyclopedia. And the most popular article was about ChatGPT. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

    Wikipedia, wrapped. Here are 2023's most-viewed articles on the internet's encyclopedia

  • Nhia Neng Vang conducts a soul-calling ritual at his home in St. Paul, Minn. on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. In traditional Hmong spirituality, humans are composed of multiple souls, which may become separated over time. The soul-calling ritual returns them for the new year. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

    In the US, Hmong 'new year' recalls ancestral spirits while teaching traditions to new generations

  • Cole Bures proposes to Samantha Camenzind during a photo shoot after she shot and killed a giant buck during a deer hunt on Nov. 12 , 2023 near Filley, Neb.. Bures surprised his future bride by popping the question after she bagged the deer. (Brenton Lammers/Lammers Media via AP)

    Nebraska woman bags marriage proposal shortly after killing big buck on hunting trip

  • Scottie the green turtle is shown in a handout photo. An endangered green turtle found on a Nova Scotia beach has been cared for by veterinarians and shipped back to the warmer waters she’s accustomed to in Bermuda. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canadian Sea Turtle Network **MANDATORY CREDIT**

    Hypothermic turtle revived after rescue from Bay of Fundy shore, shipped to Bermuda

  • FILE- Canadaian astronauts Joshua Kutryk and Jennifer Sidey acknowledge the crowd during Canada 150 celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, July 1, 2017. Kutryk has been assigned to a six-month mission that will launch no earlier than the beginning of 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Sean Kilpatrick)

    Canadian astronaut Kutryk bound for space station, colleague to back up moon flight

  • A Culex tarsalis mosquito is shown at the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Scientists say Canadians need to have a serious talk about the emerging technique of controlling insect pests through genetic modification. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Rick Bowmer

    Scientific report urges debate on genetic modification to control insect pests

  • A boy walks on the plastic waste at the Badhwar Park beach on the Arabian Sea coast on World Environment Day in Mumbai, India, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, File)

    Nations gather in Nairobi to hammer out treaty on plastic pollution

  • This photo provided by the National Toy Hall of Fame shows their 2023 inductees. From left, NERF, Fisher-Price Corn Popper, Cabbage Patch Kids, and baseball cards. They will be permanently installed at the Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, NY. (National Toy Hall of Fame via AP)

    Barbie's Ken left out again as Cabbage Patch Kids and Fisher-Price Corn Popper make Toy Hall of Fame

  • In this photo provided by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, steam billows from the waters off Ioto island, Ogasawara town in the Pacific Ocean, southern Tokyo, on Nov. 1, 2023. An unnamed undersea volcano, located about 1 kilometer (half a mile) off the southern coast of Iwo Jima, which Japan calls Ioto, started its latest series of eruptions on Oct. 21. (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force via AP)

    New island emerges after undersea volcano erupts off Japan, but experts say it may not last long

  • In this Nov. 6, 2007, file photo, a polar bear mother and her two cubs are seen in Wapusk National Park on the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Man. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

    Study looks back centuries to peer into the future for polar bears

  • Participants join a celebration rally in Jackson Square in New Orleans, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Adoption can be a way to build a loving family, particularly for same-sex couples, who are more likely to adopt than opposite-sex couples, according to census data. LGBTQ+ individuals and couples have options to adopt through foster care, private adoption or international adoption; however, they may face unique limitations. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

    How LGBTQ+ prospective parents can navigate the adoption process

  • A Christie's employee displays "Bleu Royal," a rare 17.61 carats internally flawless fancy vivid blue pear shaped diamond, during a preview at the Christie's, in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. The “Bleu Royal” sold at auction Tuesday, Nov. 7, for more than $44 million, far outstripping the pre-sale estimate, Christie's said. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

    Blue diamond sells for more than $44 million at Christie's auction in Geneva

  • This photo provided by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service shows a Wilson's warbler bird in Alaska. The American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, that birds in North America will no longer be named after people. In 2024, it will begin to rename around 80 species found in the U.S. and Canada. Birds that will be renamed include those currently called Wilson’s warbler and Wilson’s snipe, both named after the 19th century naturalist Alexander Wilson. (USFWS via AP)

    Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds - and stop naming them after people

  • In this NASA false-color image, the blue and purple shows the hole in Earth's protective ozone layer over Antarctica on Oct. 30, 2023. This year's ozone hole was about average size for the last 20 years. (NASA via AP)

    Ozone hole is about average size, despite undersea volcano eruption that was expected to worsen it

  • Newly elected Mayor Olivia Chow speaks at her first media availability after being officially sworn-in at Toronto City Hall, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

    After 100 days as Toronto’s mayor, Olivia Chow is still flying high. Here’s what lies ahead

  • The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has conditionally licensed an oral vaccine to protect honey bees against a disease called American foulbrood, which can wipe out entire colonies if not treated. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Alvaro De la Mora-University of Guelph

    First vaccine against serious bacterial infection in bees approved for use in Canada

  • FILE - A can of toddler nutritional drink sits on a shelf in a grocery store in Surfside, Fla., on Friday, June 17, 2022. Powdered drink mixes that are widely promoted as “toddler milks” for older babies and children up to age 3 are unregulated, unnecessary and “nutritionally incomplete,” the American Academy of Pediatrics warned Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

    So-called toddler milks are unregulated and unnecessary, a major pediatrician group says

  • The Eiffel Tower is illuminated during sunset in Paris, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

    Stranded on the Eiffel Tower, a couple decide to wed, with an AP reporter there to tell the story

  • Plastic food packaging waste sits on top of a pile of garbage that was dumped in the streets and empty greenspaces in Shwepyithar, Myanmar, in an undated photo.

    Canada promised to stop exporting unwanted plastic waste. But it's still happening.

  • An A&W Restaurant in Toronto is photographed on Monday, July 9, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

    A&W launches reusable, exchangeable cup program to tackle single-use cup waste