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2024 Picture of the Year:Mundari man polishing the horns of one of his Watusi cows using a mixture of cow urine and ash as a ritualistic and protective practice in a temporary cattle camp in Terekeka, South Sudan.
Dear Wikimedian,
Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2025 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year is the twentieth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favourite images featured on Commons during the last year (2025) to produce a single Picture of the Year.
Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.
For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topical categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you may vote for as many images as you like. The top 30 overall and the top 5% of most popular images in each category will continue to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just five images to become the Picture of the Year.
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Dear Wikimedian,
You are receiving this message because we noticed that you previously voted in the Picture of the Year contest. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favourite images featured on Commons during the last year (2025) to produce a single Picture of the Year.
Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year were entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.
In this second and final round, you may vote for a maximum of five images. The image with the most votes will become the Picture of the Year 2025.
Latest comment: 24 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Hi everyone,
Wikimedia Commons is pleased to finally announce the winners of this year's Picture of the Year 2025 contest! We had some truly incredible finalists to choose from, but the community has spoken.
Here are your top three winning images:
First place: The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023, leaving widespread destruction in the Rimal area. Attribution: WAFA (Q2915969) / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Second place: Baby cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) sleeping at Cape cross, Namibia. Attribution: Giles Laurent / CC-BY-SA 4.0
Third place: A gigantic jet photographed from the International Space Station by astronaut Nichole Ayers. Attribution: public domain
You can view the full results and see where all your favorite images placed here: Full 2025 Results
I also want to highlight what an incredible turnout we had. In the second round, we saw a massive jump in both the number of users voting and the total votes cast. We had exactly 13,979 votes cast by 3,509 users! To put that in perspective, last year we had 7,403 votes from 2,837 users. It is amazing to see that level of growth and community engagement.
Thank you to everyone who voted, helped organize, and generally made the contest such a huge success this year!
Latest comment: 11 days ago6 comments2 people in discussion
Hi. This picture is NOT "ordinary" neither trivial. It is a very good, well composed, balanced and beautiful image. I have noticed that after a negative vote or comment, other reviewers hesitate sometimes to support. That's why I have Support it without comment, and I hope it will be featured ! Good luck !--Jebulon (talk) 15:13, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Bonjour @Jebulon: je vous remercie sincèrement pour votre soutien. Je suis désolé que votre proposition ait suscité autant de controverse, pour l’essentiel de manière assez injuste… Lorsque j’ai vu l’état du daguerréotype original, il m’est apparu clairement qu’une restauration manuelle aurait nécessité des semaines, voire des mois, d’un travail extrêmement fastidieux, sans aucune garantie d’obtenir un résultat final satisfaisant. Je pense que, dans quelques années, ce type de méthode de travail sera totalement accepté, mais pour l’instant, un certain niveau de résistance semble inévitable. The Cosmonaut (talk) 16:46, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Merci, c'est très aimable. Je partage votre opinion. Sachez que j'ai quand meme beaucoup travaillé sur ce fichier original avec GIMP avant de le passer à la moulinette de l' Intelligence Artificielle (si mal nommée). Il faut la manipuler avec une extreme précaution, encadrer son usage dans Commons avec des règles claires et lui donner des instructions claires, sans se satisfaire d'approximations. Bien sûr, vous avez compris qu'il ne s'agit pas d'images inventées, mais bien de copies d'originaux que je tente d'améliorer par tous les moyens offerts par la technologie. J'espère bien que ce genre de débats (parfois personnellement blessants) n'auront bientôt plus lieu, et avant les "quelques années" que vous évoquez. Merci encore de votre soutien (on va m'accuser de "canvassing" !) Jebulon (talk) 17:46, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
J’espère sincèrement que votre estimation du calendrier est correcte! Quoi qu’il en soit, il est regrettable de voir à quelle vitesse une discussion technique a dégénéré en attaques personnelles… The Cosmonaut (talk) 22:27, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
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Support it without comment, and I hope it will be featured ! Good luck !--Jebulon (talk) 15:13, 21 May 2026 (UTC)
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