Four users were granted admin status last week: AmiDaniel (nom), KimvdLinde (nom), Natalya (nom) and Wwwwolf (nom).

A record nineteen articles were featured last week: Psittacosaurus (nom) Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp (nom), Detroit, Michigan (nom), Georg Forster (nom), Indian Institutes of Technology (nom), Battle of Smolensk (1943) (nom), Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (nom), Hurricane Claudette (2003) (nom), Chew Valley (nom), Absinthe (nom), Pashtun people (nom), F-4 Phantom II (nom), Enceladus (moon) (nom), Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (nom), Hurricane Nora (1997) (nom), Operation Auca (nom), Gremlins (nom), Definition of planet (nom) and Deconstructivism (nom).

Two articles that were de-featured last week: Quantum mechanics and Gender role.

No portals reached featured portal status last week.

No lists reached featured list status last week.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the main page as Today's featured article: Pakistan, Hopkins School, Nostradamus, 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Transhumanism, Bob McEwen and Elias Ashmole.

These were the pictures of the day last week: Loch Lomond, Carbon nanotubes, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Apartheid, Monument Valley, Shipka Pass and Tower Bridge.

Two pictures reached featured picture status last week:

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  World War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
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  Crab Spider