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diff --git a/client/src/pages/home.tsx b/client/src/pages/home.tsx
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--- a/client/src/pages/home.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/home.tsx
@@ -227,9 +227,13 @@ function FeaturedCarousel({ articles, popular, galleryImages }: { articles: Arti
 
   if (!isGalleryPage && articles.length > 0) {
     hero = articles[page % articles.length];
+  }
+
+  if (articles.length > 0) {
+    const offset = isGalleryPage ? 0 : 1;
     side = [
-      articles[(page + 1) % articles.length],
-      articles[(page + 2) % articles.length],
+      articles[(page + offset) % articles.length],
+      articles[(page + offset + 1) % articles.length],
     ];
   }