Twelve articles were promoted to featured status this week: GRB 970508 (nom), {{foa|Design 1047 battlecruiser}}, Nassau class battleship (nom), Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (nom), 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing (nom), Street newspaper (nom), {{foa|Magic Johnson}}, {{foa|Tunnel Railway}}, {{foa|Zanzibar Revolution}}, {{foa|Forest Park (Portland)}}, {{foa|Rufous-crowned Sparrow}} and {{foa|SR Leader Class}}.

Eight lists were promoted to featured status this week: {{fol|List of Oslo T-bane stations}}, {{fol|List of alumni of Jesus College, Oxford: Mathematics, medicine and science}}, {{fol|List of Silver Slugger Award winners at shortstop}}, {{fol|List of United States Air Force Academy alumni}}, {{fol|List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Canada}}, {{fol|List of United States Military Academy alumni (non-graduates)}}, {{fol|Bruce Dickinson discography}} and {{fol|List of TNA World Tag Team Champions}}.

One topic was promoted to featured status this week: {{fot|Lists of United States Naval Academy alumni}}.

No portals were promoted to featured status this week.

The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page this week as Today's featured article: Agrippina, Emma Watson, Niobium, Retiarius, Joseph Priestley House, Gerard K. O'Neill, Chiffchaff and Alleyway.

=Former featured pages=

Five articles were delisted this week: {{ffr|Ladakh}}, {{ffr|Restoration comedy}}, {{ffr|Malwa (Madhya Pradesh)}}, {{ffr|Muhammad Iqbal}}, {{ffr|British African-Caribbean community}} and {{ffr|Pink Floyd}}.

Seven lists were delisted this week:

{{ffl|List of longest suspension bridge spans}}, {{ffl|List of awards and nominations received by Akon}}, List of universities in Nova Scotia (nom), List of universities in Ontario (nom), List of universities in Atlantic Canada (nom), List of universities in British Columbia (nom) and List of universities in Quebec (nom).

No topics were delisted this week.

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The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Abraham Lincoln assassination, Josh Blue, Elizabeth I of England, Recovery of Apollo 13, Silvereye, Firebreathing, Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge and Boat orchid.

No media files were featured this week.

Three featured pictures were demoted this week: Yellow-rattle (nom), Hebe x franciscana (nom) and Blue Morning Glory (nom).

Twenty-one pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.

File:Joan of Arc WWI lithograph2.jpg|Joan of Arc saving stamp

File:Easter egg roll boys2.jpg|Easter Monday

File:Hedychium gardnerianum.jpg|Hedychium gardnerianum

File:Cornelius Vanderbilt Daguerrotype2.jpg|Cornelius Vanderbilt

File:Jules Massenet - Le Cid 2e Acte, 3e Tableau - L'Illustration.jpg|Le Cid

File:Charles P. Stone2b.jpg|Charles Pomeroy Stone

File:Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 1.jpg|Japanese Anemone

File:Greater Hobart Panorama.jpg|Hobart

File:Miomantis_paykullii_Luc_Viatour.jpg|Miomantis paykullii

File:Gustave_Doré_-_The_Holy_Bible_-_Plate_CXLI,_The_Judas_Kiss.jpg|Kiss of Judas

File:Merops bullockoides 1 Luc Viatour.jpg|White-fronted Bee-eater

File:Andrew Curtin2.jpg|Andrew Gregg Curtin

File:Circumcision central Asia2.jpg|Circumcision

File:Robert McGee, scalped as a child by Sioux Chief Little Turtle in 1864-2.jpg|Scalping victim

File:A_big_tip_in_Galveston2.jpg|1900 Galveston hurricane

File:Jessie Willcox Smith - The Water Babies - p236 (Restored).jpg|Water Babies

File:Sept 11 monument in NYC - August 2004.jpg|September 11 attacks memorial

File:Shakespeare's King John at Drury Lane Theatre.jpg|King John

File:Rose Prickles.jpg|Rose prickle

File:Gaura lindheimeri Whirling Butterflies.jpg|Gaura lindheimeri

File:Goura scheepmakeri sclaterii 1 Luc Viatour.jpg|Southern Crowned Pigeon

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