Hello Everyone,

The most awaited results are here! Wiki Loves Love is back with our winners! With over 7121 images in the month of February, we received over 24 videos!

First Prize is won by User:Виктория Злых https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%97%D0%BB%D1%8B%D1%85 from Russia. His photograph showcases an authentic Russian wedding ceremony.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wedding_2VB.jpg

Second Prize goes to Rio Ubatay https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rioubatay&action=edit&redlink=1 from Philippines. His image depicts the famous Kinabayo Festival celebrations of Philippines.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kinabayo_Festival_Showdown.jpg

Third Prize is won by Mikhail Kapychka https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Mikhail_Kapychka&action=edit&redlink=1 from Belarus. His image depicts a Belarussy style wedding.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_end_of_the_wedding.jpg

Consolation winners:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSK_02.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sindur.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:My_queen_and_me.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Wedding_Ceremony_(591).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AG1_8451.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HOLY_CELEBRATION.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morning_Namaste.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20120122_Vietnam_SB_2006.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bright-celebration-crowd-431722.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JD_18_Wiki_Loves_Love_2019.jpg

Video winner

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Color_Festival.ogv

Community prize for Images and Video:

User: Benipal Hardarshan

A big thanks to our Jury Members: Poco a poco https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Poco_a_poco, Steinsplitter https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Steinsplitter, Fæ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:F%C3%A6, Natuur12 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Natuur12, and Fitindia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fitindia for their assistance in selecting our winning photos and video.

P.s. Special shout out to Natacha from Wikimedia France who also organized a parallel article writing contest for Wiki Loves Love from 10th February to 31st March! We got 1000 + articles in over 20 languages :)

Thank you Sumita Roy Dutta https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sumita_Roy_Dutta, Kawayashu https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Kawayashu and Camelia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Camelia.boban Boban for being part of this beautiful journey and organizing different Wikipedia projects with Wiki Loves Love in your home countries!

Lastly, thanks to our sponsoring partners Wikimedia France, Wikimedia Deutschland, and CIS-A2K for their support of Wiki Loves Love.

Team Wiki Loves Love wishes you a wonderful year ahead! See you next February!

Best Regards, Rupika Sharma Co-ordinator, Wiki Loves Love https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Love_2019 Member, Ombudsman Commission https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission Strategy Liaison, WMF https://wikimediafoundation.org/

[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Love_2019

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Love_2019

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Love_2019/Project_Page