Dear Wikimedians,

This year, the 8th edition of Wiki Loves Earth — the biggest international photo contest devoted to nature heritage — was held. The competition aims at raising public awareness about protected areas and creating the biggest database of free photos of them. We are happy to announce the *international winners of WLE 2020*!

We received more than 106k submissions from 34 countries all over the world. Local teams have chosen the best pictures of protected areas narrowing it down to 340 local winning photos that competed to get to the top-15.

Meet the winners depicting unique nature heritage sites and their representatives in our *blog post* — bit.ly/3r49Wug https://bit.ly/3r49Wug?fbclid=IwAR37gpUHkqz0FEf_toEniN5QLOq3d-Go-h8MEew217ZNSiu6ywD2JY6UMeM .

Do you want to discover more about WLE 2020, its organizing and jurying process, find out more about the authors of winning photos and hear their stories? Watch a livestream of the WLE 2020 award ceremony on December 20 at 11 am (UTC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgNf2Fm94WY.

Follow our social media pages to stay updated, we'll be posting stories and facts about the winners: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/interwle, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesearth/, Twitter https://twitter.com/WikiLovesEarth.

Best regards, Anastasiia Petrova Project Manager for International Wiki Loves Earth 2020