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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allimages gaicontinue="Antarctica-EquirectangularRegional.png" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="236" ns="6" title="File:Adāta dialects.png" />
      <page pageid="379" ns="6" title="File:Affanon1.jpg" />
      <page pageid="385" ns="6" title="File:Akana-blank-NE hemisphere.jpg" />
      <page pageid="383" ns="6" title="File:Akana-blank.jpg" />
      <page pageid="384" ns="6" title="File:Akana-tectonic.jpg" />
      <page pageid="474" ns="6" title="File:Akana-tectonic.png" />
      <page pageid="476" ns="6" title="File:Akana climates draft2.png" />
      <page pageid="1399" ns="6" title="File:Akana ocean currents.png" />
      <page pageid="1400" ns="6" title="File:Akana pressure and winds january.png" />
      <page pageid="1401" ns="6" title="File:Akana pressure and winds july.png" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>