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 # Zarr
 
-<table>
-<tr>
-  <td>Latest Release</td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://pypi.org/project/zarr/">
-    <img src="https://badge.fury.io/py/zarr.svg" alt="latest release" />
-    </a>
-  </td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-  <td></td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://anaconda.org/anaconda/zarr/">
-    <img src="https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/zarr/badges/version.svg" alt="latest release" />
-    </a>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-  <td>Package Status</td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://pypi.org/project/zarr/">
-    <img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/status/zarr.svg" alt="status" />
-    </a>
-  </td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-  <td>License</td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/blob/main/LICENSE.txt">
-    <img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/zarr.svg" alt="license" />
-    </a>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-  <td>Build Status</td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/blob/main/.github/workflows/python-package.yml">
-    <img src="https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/actions/workflows/python-package.yml/badge.svg" alt="build status" />
-    </a>
-  </td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-  <td>Pre-commit Status</td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/blob/main/.pre-commit-config.yaml">
-    <img src="https://results.pre-commit.ci/badge/github/zarr-developers/zarr-python/main.svg" alt="pre-commit status" />
-    </a>
-  </td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-  <td>Coverage</td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://codecov.io/gh/zarr-developers/zarr-python">
-    <img src="https://codecov.io/gh/zarr-developers/zarr-python/branch/main/graph/badge.svg" alt="coverage" />
-    </a>
-  </td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-  <td>Downloads</td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://zarr.readthedocs.io">
-    <img src="https://pepy.tech/badge/zarr" alt="pypi downloads" />
-    </a>
-  </td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-  <td>Developer Chat</td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://ossci.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/423692-Zarr-Python">
-    <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/zulip-join_chat-brightgreen.svg" />
-    </a>
-  </td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-  <td>Funding</td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/">
-    <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/funded%20by-EOSS-FF414B.svg?logo=data:image/svg+xml;base64,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" alt="CZI's Essential Open Source Software for Science" />
-    </a>
-  </td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-  <td>Citation</td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3773450">
-    <img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.3773450.svg" alt="DOI" />
-    </a>
-  </td>
-</tr>
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-</table>
+[![Latest Release](https://badge.fury.io/py/zarr.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/zarr/)
+[![CondaForge](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/zarr/badges/version.svg)](https://anaconda.org/anaconda/zarr/)
+[![Package Status](https://img.shields.io/pypi/status/zarr.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/zarr/)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/zarr.svg)](https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/blob/main/LICENSE.txt)
+[![Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/zarr-developers/zarr-python/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/zarr-developers/zarr-python)
+[![Downloads](https://pepy.tech/badge/zarr)](https://zarr.readthedocs.io)
+[![Developer Chat](https://img.shields.io/badge/zulip-join_chat-brightgreen.svg)](https://ossci.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/423692-Zarr-Python)
+[![Funding](https://img.shields.io/badge/funded%20by-EOSS-FF414B.svg?logo=data:image/svg+xml;base64,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)](https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/)
+[![Citation](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.3773450.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3773450)
 
 ## What is it?