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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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Read More: Wikimedia Commons: Here Are The 45 Best Pictures Of 2006-2022 Chosen By This Community

#1 Jubilee And Munin. Ravens Of The Tower Of London By Colin

First place, Picture of the Year 2016

#1 Jubilee And Munin. Ravens Of The Tower Of London By Colin

#2 Young Stars Form In ‘The Pillars Of Creation’ As Seen By The James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera By Nasa

#3 Nasa’s New Horizons Spacecraft Captured This High-Resolution Enhanced Color View Of Pluto On July 14, 2015 By Nasa

#4 Evolution Of A Tornado: Composite Of Eight Images Shot In Sequence As A Tornado Formed In Kansas By Jasonweingart

#5 Two Julia Butterflies (Dryas Iulia) Drinking The Tears Of Turtles In Ecuador By Ministerio Turismo Ecuador

#6 A Leaf Beetle (Aulacophora Indica) Looking Out From A Leaf Hole Of Alnus Nepalensis Tree In Chitwan National Park, Nepal By Mildeep

#7 Wild Elephants Walking Up A Road In The Area Of Khao Yai National Park By Khunkay

#8 The Aurora Borealis, Or Northern Lights, Shines Above Bear Lake, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska By Joshua Strang

#9 Frosted Bubble By Danielarapava

#10 A Doctor During The Covid-19 Pandemic In San Salvatore Hospital In Pesaro, Italy By Alberto Giuliani

#11 A Long Filament Of Solar Material That Had Been Hovering In The Sun’s Atmosphere, The Corona, Erupted Out Into Space By Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center

#12 Notre Dame’s Spire Taken From The Saint Louis Bridge During The 15th April 2019 Fire By Levrier Guillaume

#13 Fire In The Mist: Great Cormorant, Little Egret And Gadwell Duck In Taudaha Lake, Near Katmandu, Nepal By Prasan Shrestha

#14 Common Kingfisher (Alcedo Atthis) Hunting In Water By Luca Casale

#15 Royal Pavilion In Phraya Nakhon Cave In Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park By Berryj

#16 Self Portrait Of Tracy Caldwell Dyson In The Cupola Module Of The International Space Station Observing The Earth Below During Expedition 24 By Tracy Caldwell Dyson (Nasa)

#17 Sarychev Peak Volcano Erupts June 12, 2009, On Matua Island (North Kuril Islands) By Nasa

#18 A View Of The Interior Of Nasir Ol Molk Mosque Located In Shiraz By Ayyoubsabawiki

#19 A View Of The Lake Bondhus In Norway. In The Background A View Of The Bondhus Glacier As A Part Of The Folgefonna Glacier By Heinrich Pniok

#20 Horses On Bianditz Mountain. Behind Them Aiako Harria Mountain Can Be Seen By Mikel Ortega

#21 A Swallow (Hirundo Rustica) Drinking While Flying Over A Swimming Pool By Sanchezn

#22 Saint John Church Of Sohrol Is A 5th Or 6th Century Armenian Catholic Church In Sohrol, Shabestar, Iran By Farzin Izaddoust Dar

#23 Elakala Waterfalls In The Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia, United States By Forest Wander

#24 Cueva De Los Verdes, Canary Islands, Spain. Reflection On Water By

#25 Red Squirrel With Pronounced Winter Ear Tufts In The Hofgarten In Düsseldorf By Ray Eye

#26 Milky Way Lying Above A Lady, At Trona Pinnacles National Landmark, California By Ian Norman

#27 Two Bulls Running While The Jockey Holds On To Them In Pacu Jawi By Rodney Ee

#28 A Surgeon During The Covid-19 Pandemic In San Salvatore Hospital In Pesaro, Italy By Alberto Giuliani

#29 Train From Antofagasta To Bolivia By David Gubler

#30 European Bee-Eater, Ariège, France. The Female (In Front) Awaits The Offering Which The Male Will Make By Pierre Dalous

#31 Eso’s Paranal Observatory By Yuri Beletsky

#32 Male Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus) Chasing A Bearded Seal By Andreas Weith

#33 The Tungsten Filament Burning With A Flame In The Light Bulb By Stefan Krause

#34 A Blue Jay (Cyanocitta Cristata) In Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada By Mdf

#35 National Park “Sviati Hory” (Holy Mountains) By Balkhovitin

#36 Fire Breathing “Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band” In Chassepierre, Belgium By Luc Viatour

#37 Stari Most, The “Old Bridge”, Which Connects The Two Banks Of River Neretva, Has Been A Symbol Of Mostar For Centuries By Ramirez

#38 An Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes Forsteri) In Antarctica Jumping Out Of The Water By Christopher Michel

#39 Broadway Tower In Cotswolds, England By Newton2

#40 A Village Girl By Salar Arkan

#41 Firefighter Fighting A Battle Against A Veld-Fire At Ashton Bay By Steventerblanche

#42 Homeless Person In Paris By Eric Pouhier

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