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 # pandas: powerful Python data analysis toolkit
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-  <td>Latest Release</td>
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-    <a href="https://pypi.org/project/pandas/">
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-  <td></td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://anaconda.org/anaconda/pandas/">
-    <img src="https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pandas/badges/version.svg" alt="latest release" />
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-  <td>Package Status</td>
-  <td>
-		<a href="https://pypi.org/project/pandas/">
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-  <td>License</td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/blob/master/LICENSE">
-    <img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/pandas.svg" alt="license" />
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-  <td>Build Status</td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://travis-ci.org/pandas-dev/pandas">
-    <img src="https://travis-ci.org/pandas-dev/pandas.svg?branch=master" alt="travis build status" />
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-    <a href="https://dev.azure.com/pandas-dev/pandas/_build/latest?definitionId=1&branch=master">
-      <img src="https://dev.azure.com/pandas-dev/pandas/_apis/build/status/pandas-dev.pandas?branch=master" alt="Azure Pipelines build status" />
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-  <td>Coverage</td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://codecov.io/gh/pandas-dev/pandas">
-    <img src="https://codecov.io/github/pandas-dev/pandas/coverage.svg?branch=master" alt="coverage" />
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-  <td>Downloads</td>
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-    <a href="https://pandas.pydata.org">
-    <img src="https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pandas/badges/downloads.svg" alt="conda-forge downloads" />
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-	<td>Gitter</td>
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-		<a href="https://gitter.im/pydata/pandas">
-		<img src="https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg" />
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+[![PyPI Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pandas.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/pandas/)
+[![Conda Latest Release](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pandas/badges/version.svg)](https://anaconda.org/anaconda/pandas/)
+[![Package Status](https://img.shields.io/pypi/status/pandas.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/pandas/)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/pandas.svg)](https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/blob/master/LICENSE)
+[![Travis Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/pandas-dev/pandas.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/pandas-dev/pandas)
+[![Azure Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/pandas-dev/pandas/_apis/build/status/pandas-dev.pandas?branch=master)](https://dev.azure.com/pandas-dev/pandas/_build/latest?definitionId=1&branch=master)
+[![Coverage](https://codecov.io/github/pandas-dev/pandas/coverage.svg?branch=master)](https://codecov.io/gh/pandas-dev/pandas)
+[![Downloads](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pandas/badges/downloads.svg)](https://pandas.pydata.org)
+[![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/pydata/pandas)
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 ## What is it?