Dear Wikimedians,


The tenth Picture of the Year competition (2015) has ended and we are pleased to announce the results:
In both rounds, people voted for their favorite media files.

• In Round 1, there were 1322 candidate images.
• In the second round, people voted for the 56 finalists (the R1 top 30 overall and top 2 in each category).

We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating these beautiful media files and sharing them as freely licensed content:

1. 658 people voted for the winner, File:Pluto-01 Stern 03 Pluto Color TXT.jpg (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pluto-01_Stern_03_Pluto_Color_TXT.jpg)
   
2. In second place, 617 people voted for File:Nasir-al molk -1.jpg (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nasir-al_molk_-1.jpg)
   
3. In third place, 582 people voted for File:Heavens Above Her.jpg (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heavens_Above_Her.jpg)

See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2015/Results to view the top images »


We also sincerely thank to all voters for participating. We invite you to continue to participate in the Commons community by sharing your work.


Thanks,
Steinsplitter on behalf of the Picture of the Year committee