Wikipedia:Today's featured list/September 2025
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September 1
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The Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novel is one of the Aurealis Awards presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, [and] horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 November of the prior year and 31 October of the corresponding year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. Since 2005, honourable mentions and high commendations have been awarded intermittently. Kim Wilkins (pictured) has won the award three times, while three people have each won the award twice: Trent Jamieson, Kirstyn McDermott and Kaaron Warren. (Full list...)
September 5
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Norwegian singer-songwriter Sigrid has recorded songs for two studio albums and three extended plays (EPs), and has also collaborated with other artists and covered songs by others. Sigrid wrote and released her first song, "Sun", in 2013. Island Records released her debut single, "Don't Kill My Vibe", in 2017. It was the lead single from her debut EP, Don't Kill My Vibe (2017). Sigrid's second EP, Raw (2018), included the single "High Five" and the self-written "Focus (Demo)". On her debut album, Sucker Punch (2019), Sigrid reunited with previous collaborators Martin Sjølie and Emily Warren, and worked with new songwriters like Noonie Bao and Oscar Holter. Sigrid wrote most of her second album, How to Let Go (2022), with Caroline Ailin and Sylvester Sivertsen. In 2022, Sigrid released singles in collaboration with Bring Me the Horizon and Griff, respectively. The Hype (2023), Sigrid's third EP, was supported by the single "The Hype". (Full list...)
September 8
There are 103 municipalities in Almería, a province in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. As of the 2024 Spanish census, the Province of Almería is the 21st-most populous of Spain's 50 provinces, with 760,964 inhabitants, and the 27th-largest province by land area, spanning 8,773.05 square kilometres (3,387.29 sq mi). Municipalities are the most basic local political division in Spain and can only belong to one province. The most populous municipality in the province as of the 2024 Spanish census is Almería (pictured), its capital, with 201,946 residents, while the least populous is Benitagla, with 59 residents. The largest municipality by area is Níjar, which spans 599.76 square kilometres (231.57 sq mi), while Alicún is the smallest, at 5.87 square kilometres (2.27 sq mi). (Full list...)
September 12
Ninety-six episodes of My Name Is Earl, an American television sitcom created by Greg Garcia for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), aired. The first season premiered on September 20, 2005. Three additional seasons followed before the series concluded on May 14, 2009. The series was unexpectedly cancelled, ending on a cliffhanger. The series follows the titular character, Earl Hickey (portrayed by Jason Lee), an unemployed petty thief who lives in the fictional Camden County. After he wins the jackpot on a lottery scratcher, Earl celebrates and is struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run collision. While in the hospital, he discovers the concept of karma and decides to make a list of his bad deeds. He uses his lottery winnings to make up for them by helping the people he wronged. (Full list...)
September 15
Papua New Guinea has designated a number of areas as potential UNESCO World Heritage Sites. These sites cover areas of both cultural and natural significance. Only one, the Kuk Early Agricultural Site, has become inscribed as an official site. Archaeology at this site has found evidence of the independent development of agriculture on the island of New Guinea. The other listings remain tentative. Many of these sites were selected following foreign proposals, and while they have national government support, there has been little or no progress towards the protections needed to lodge official nominations since the sites were tentatively listed in 2006. Due to the political power of local communities in the country, any successful nomination would require local support and cooperation. The nomination of this site was made with support from the Kawelka people, who continue to carry out traditional land-use practices at the site. (Full list...)
September 19
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are a Triple-A baseball team that has competed in the International League since 1989. The franchise has played under several names—including the Red Barons and Yankees—before adopting the RailRiders name in 2013. The RailRiders have completed thirty-five seasons. As of the 2024 season, the club has qualified for the postseason sixteen times, winning thirteen division titles and two Governors' Cup championships, in 2008 and 2016. They would win in the latter year, winning their first Triple-A National Championship, defeating the El Paso Chihuahuas. (Full list...)
September 22
Insecta is a class of invertebrates that consists of around 30 individual orders. Orders are the fifth taxonomic rank used to classify living organisms, below the rank of class, but above the rank of family. With around 1 million insect species having been formally described and assigned a binomial name, insects are the most diverse group of animals, comprising approximately half of extant species on Earth. The total insect biodiversity has been estimated at around 6 million species. The most diverse orders are Coleoptera (beetles), Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants and sawflies), Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), Diptera (flies) and Hemiptera (true bugs). Taxonomists disagree on the exact number of orders, with opinions ranging from 26 to 32 distinct extant orders. (Full list...)
September 26
The South African singer Tyla (pictured) has won 31 industry awards from 105 nominations. She is the recipient of four South African Music Awards, three MTV Europe Music Awards, two BET Awards and two Billboard Music Awards. In 2024, her self-titled debut studio album was released and it debuted at number 24 on the Billboard 200. That same year, Tyla made the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and she was named the youngest African to win a Grammy Award after receiving the inaugural Best African Music Performance for "Water" at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. She received backlash after winning Best Afrobeats Video at the MTV Video Music Awards, where she identified as an amapiano artist in her acceptance speech. In 2025, Billboard Women in Music honoured her with the Impact award. Tyla hosted the 2025 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, where she won an accolade for Favorite Global Music Star. (Full list...)
September 29
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There are 40 constituencies of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of Mizoram state in Northeast India. The seat of the legislative assembly (pictured) is at Aizawl, the capital of the state. The assembly's 40 members are directly elected from single-seat constituencies and sit for a term of five years, unless it is dissolved early. Mizoram is the fourth-smallest state in India; and the second-least populous state with a population of 1.10 million. Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for STs and SCs. The 2011 census of India stated that the indigenous population constitutes 95% of the state's total population. The STs have been granted a reservation of 39 seats in the Mizoram assembly, leaving only one (Aizawl East-I) unreserved. (Full list...)