Today, we are pleased to share with you the best images chosen by the community of Wikimedia Commons. Let us briefly introduce this platform for those who don't know. Wikimedia Commons is part of the non-profit and free-to-reuse content Wikimedia family. Similar to the information available in this well-known, multilingual online encyclopedia, its sister website offers various media for everyone to browse and use free of charge.
The Wikimedia Commons also attracts many photographers to participate in various challenges created by the platform. Except for the monthly competitions, with a specific theme, contestants can also submit their work and fight for the annual award, Commons: Picture of the Year. We gathered all the winning images this community chose between 2006 and 2022. Scroll down to see all these amazing images we have selected and listed for you.
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#21 A Swallow (Hirundo Rustica) Drinking While Flying Over A Swimming Pool By Sanchezn
Third place, Picture of the Year 2013
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75points
#22 Saint John Church Of Sohrol Is A 5th Or 6th Century Armenian Catholic Church In Sohrol, Shabestar, Iran By Farzin Izaddoust Dar
First place, Picture of the Year 2021
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75points
#23 Elakala Waterfalls In The Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia, United States By Forest Wander
Second place, Picture of the Year 2009
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74points
#24 Cueva De Los Verdes, Canary Islands, Spain. Reflection On Water By
Third place, Picture of the Year 2011
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71points
#25 Banna Children In Ethiopia With Traditional Body Painting, Playing On Wooden Stilts By Wavrik
Second place, Picture of the Year 2022
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71points
#26 Red Squirrel With Pronounced Winter Ear Tufts In The Hofgarten In Düsseldorf By Ray Eye
Third place, Picture of the Year 2007
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70points
#27 Milky Way Lying Above A Lady, At Trona Pinnacles National Landmark, California By Ian Norman
Third place, Picture of the Year 2015
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67points
#28 Two Bulls Running While The Jockey Holds On To Them In Pacu Jawi By Rodney Ee
First place, Picture of the Year 2019
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67points
#29 A Surgeon During The Covid-19 Pandemic In San Salvatore Hospital In Pesaro, Italy By Alberto Giuliani
Third place, Picture of the Year 2020
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64points
#30 Train From Antofagasta To Bolivia By David Gubler
Second place, Picture of the Year 2018
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64points
#31 European Bee-Eater, Ariège, France. The Female (In Front) Awaits The Offering Which The Male Will Make By Pierre Dalous
First place, Picture of the Year 2012
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64points
#32 Eso’s Paranal Observatory By Yuri Beletsky
First place, Picture of the Year 2010
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63points
#33 Male Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus) Chasing A Bearded Seal By Andreas Weith
Third place, Picture of the Year 2016
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60points
#34 The Tungsten Filament Burning With A Flame In The Light Bulb By Stefan Krause
First place, Picture of the Year 2013
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58points
#35 A Blue Jay (Cyanocitta Cristata) In Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada By Mdf
Third place, Picture of the Year 2006
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58points
#36 Two Phyllomedusa Rohdei Vie For A Branch, One Passing Over The Other By Renato Augusto Martins
First place, Picture of the Year 2017
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57points
#37 National Park "Sviati Hory" (Holy Mountains) By Balkhovitin
Second place, Picture of the Year 2013
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57points
#38 Fire Breathing "Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band" In Chassepierre, Belgium By Luc Viatour
Second place, Picture of the Year 2008
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57points
#39 Stari Most, The "Old Bridge", Which Connects The Two Banks Of River Neretva, Has Been A Symbol Of Mostar For Centuries By Ramirez
Second place, Picture of the Year 2010
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53points
#40 An Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes Forsteri) In Antarctica Jumping Out Of The Water By Christopher Michel
Second place, Picture of the Year 2014
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52points
