Dear all,
I hope this email finds you well. Please see below for information about an
upcoming Wiki photo campaign, Wiki Loves Peace.
With best wishes,
Lucy
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From: Raydann via Wikimedia-l <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Sat, 12 Sept 2026 at 12:46
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Loves Peace - in collaboration with the United
Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
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Cc: Raydann <yelloinsaan(a)gmail.com>
Dear Wikimedians,
I am pleased to announce the launch of *Wiki Loves Peace (WLP) 2026*, an
international photography campaign organized in collaboration with the *United
Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)*.
Wiki Loves Peace aims to document peace-related heritage, memorials,
museums, educational institutions, public art, and peacebuilding
initiatives around the world through freely licensed photographs and media
on Wikimedia Commons. The initiative takes inspiration from campaigns such
as Wiki Loves Monuments and Wiki Loves Earth while focusing specifically on
themes of peace, remembrance, reconciliation, coexistence, and disarmament
education.
Selected winning photographs will be featured on UNODA's official social
media platforms with appropriate attribution in accordance with Wikimedia
Commons licensing requirements.
Campaign dates
*Launch:* 21 September 2026 (International Day of Peace)
*Submission deadline:* 30 October 2026, 11:59 PM AOE (end of United Nations
Disarmament Week)
Objectives
The campaign seeks to:
- Promote open knowledge related to peace and disarmament
- Encourage documentation of peace memorials, museums, monuments, and
heritage sites on Wikimedia Commons
- Increase freely licensed media related to peace education and anti-war
remembrance
- Support collaboration between Wikimedia communities and institutions
working on peace and disarmament themes
Examples of eligible subjects
Contributors are invited to document, among other things:
- Peace memorials and monuments
- Peace museums and exhibitions
- Anti-war memorials
- Sites associated with reconciliation and coexistence
- Disarmament and peace education initiatives
- Public art promoting peace
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki heritage sites
- Cultural heritage associated with peacebuilding
Learn more
Meta-Wiki project page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Peace
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Questions, suggestions, endorsements, and expressions of interest are
warmly welcome. We would be especially grateful for support from
affiliates, community organizers, photographers, educators, GLAM
institutions, and peace-related organizations interested in helping expand
participation and document peace heritage from their regions.
Kind regards,
--
Raydann
*Wikimedian-in-Residence*
Central Library, IIT Delhi &
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
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