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@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ pyaerocom
 .. |Coverage| image:: https://codecov.io/gh/metno/pyaerocom/branch/main-dev/graph/badge.svg?token=A0AdX8YciZ
     :target: https://codecov.io/gh/metno/pyaerocom
 
-.. image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.13927979.svg
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