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The winners of the 2025 Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest

Now on its 16th edition, Wiki Loves Monuments still retains its crown as the world’s largest photo contest. Each year since 2010, photographers from around the globe have come together to celebrate cultural heritage through their camera lens—and donate it all to benefit Wikimedia’s freely shared knowledge.  Despite Wiki Loves Monuments’ size and scope, it….

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“Cinematic intensity”: The winners of Wiki Loves Earth 2025

If you just had a quick glance at the above image, you might think it was a screenshot from the latest hit show or nature documentary. But no—it’s one of the winners of this year’s Wiki Loves Earth photo contest. For more than a decade, this volunteer-organized competition has been capturing the breathtaking essence of….

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Twentieth edition of Wikimania celebrates humans who make Wikipedia possible

This week, Wikimania 2025, the twentieth edition of the flagship annual conference that celebrates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, will take place in Kenya.

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“Redemption”: The winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2024

Out of nearly 240,000 submissions, 25 winning images were announced today in the fifteenth edition of the world’s largest photography contest.

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“Straight out of a mystery”: The winners of Wiki Loves Earth 2024

The 12th annual edition of the globe-trotting photo contest has announced this year's winners.

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Wikimania 2024 in Poland celebrates global volunteers who make Wikipedia and sister projects possible

The nineteenth edition of the global event will take place in Katowice, Poland (the 2024 European City of Science), from 7 - 10 August.

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“Where time stands still”: The winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2023

Out of nearly 200,000 submissions from 4,700 participants in 45+ countries, fifteen winning images were announced today in the fourteenth annual Wiki Loves Monuments photography contest.

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Birds, bugs, and beauty: The winners of Wiki Loves Earth 2023

The international Wiki Loves Earth photo contest has announced the winners of its 2023 edition.

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Wikimania 2023 in Singapore centers on diversity, collaboration, and the future of free knowledge

In its eighteenth edition, Wikimania, the flagship annual conference that celebrates Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia and the volunteers who make them possible, is set to take place in Singapore.

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Wikipedia’s new sound logo: Winner of The Sound of All Human Knowledge contest announced

The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, announced the winner of its global Sound of All Human Knowledge contest, ending the search for a sound logo for Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects.

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