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 numpydoc -- Numpy's Sphinx extensions
 =====================================
 
+.. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/numpydoc/badge/?version=latest
+   :alt: Documentation Status
+   :scale: 100%
+   :target: https://numpydoc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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+.. image:: https://codecov.io/gh/numpy/numpydoc/branch/main/graph/badge.svg
+   :target: https://app.codecov.io/gh/numpy/numpydoc/branch/main
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+.. image:: https://github.com/numpy/numpydoc/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg?branch=main
+   :target: https://github.com/numpy/numpydoc/actions/workflows/test.yml
+
 This package provides the ``numpydoc`` Sphinx extension for handling
 docstrings formatted according to the NumPy documentation format.
 The extension also adds the code description directives
diff --git a/numpydoc/_version.py b/numpydoc/_version.py
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.8.0rc1"
+__version__ = "1.8.0rc2.dev0"