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 - Large documentation update. Integration of Sphinx-Gallery.
 - Closed 53 issues and merged 34 pull requests.
 
-See :ref:`Older Highlights <old_highlights>`.
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-- :doc:`DIPY 1.7.0 <release_notes/release1.7>` released April 23, 2023.
-- :doc:`DIPY 1.6.0 <release_notes/release1.6>` released January 16, 2023.
-- :doc:`DIPY 1.5.0 <release_notes/release1.5>` released March 11, 2022.
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 See some of our :ref:`Past Announcements <old_news>`