Hi everyone,
I am so pleased to finally announce the winners for this year's Picture of the Year contest! We had some truly incredible finalists to choose from, but the community has spoken.
Here are your top three winning images:
🥇 First Place: Damage in the Gaza Strip
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Damage_in_Gaza_Strip_during_the_October_2023_-_29.jpg🥈 Second Place: Baby cape fur seal sleeping at Cape Cross
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:014_Baby_cape_fur_seal_sleeping_at_Cape_cross_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg🥉 Third Place: Gigantic jet photographed from the International Space Station
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gigantic_jet_photographed_by_Nichole_Ayers_on_the_International_Space_Station,_some_edits.jpgYou can view the full results and see where all your favorite images placed here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2025/Results/AllI also want to highlight what an incredible turnout we had. In the second round, we saw a massive jump in both the number of users voting and the total votes cast. We had exactly 13,979 votes cast by 3,509 users! To put that in perspective, last year we had 7,403 votes from 2,837 users. It is amazing to see that level of growth and community engagement.
Thank you to everyone who voted, helped organize, and generally made the contest such a huge success this year.
