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Photo Challenge The Photo Challenge inspires photographers to take great pictures and upload them to Commons. Monthly thematic competitions encourage participants to try new subjects, new photographic or processing techniques, and to develop skills while improving the Commons repository of free images. Photographs entered into a competition must be new to Commons and taken by a Commons user.

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Challenges

Challenges are based on a theme and run for a month. The theme may be a concrete subject, an abstract concept, a photographic technique or artistic style.

Participation

Everybody can participate in challenges open for submission. You simply

1. Choose one or all of the current challenges
2. Read the challenge description(s), which may vary in their rules (e.g., some place restrictions on when the photos are taken)
3. Take picture(s) for the challenge(s) during the challenge period (or, if allowed, select from your own existing pictures that are not yet on Commons)
4. Upload your picture(s) during the challenge period
5. Submit your candidates at the top of the current challenge gallery during the challenge period. To do that you click the [Edit] button of the Entries section of your chosen challenge and insert the File name above the last entry (or above File:-Insert image here-.svg for the first entry).

   Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

   Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

   For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

6. Do not sign your submission(s)
7. If you want, you can have a look at previous challenges and Vote

Challenges are open to any Commons user. Submissions must be your own work, not previously uploaded to Commons prior to the challenge date and should illustrate the challenge theme in the opinion of the photographer. Please read the challenge descriptions, as there may be additional rules or explanations for specific challenges. There is no limit on the number of submissions per user (unless specially so restricted in the challenge), but please choose from among your best and most varied images.

To submit pictures, you edit the gallery of the contest and add your candidate(s) to the top of the list.

New themes can be proposed and discussed here.

Assessment

After the challenge has closed to new submissions, the pictures will be assessed by popularity voting in the subsequent month. You are allowed to vote for images submitted by others if your Commons account is at least ten days old and has more than 50 edits or if you participated in one of the challenges. Challenges open for voting can be found here.

Winning

The best three pictures will be awarded first, second and third place. They will be displayed on the Photo challenge page and may use the template {{Photo challenge winner}} on the file description page.

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Challenges open for submission

2025 – January – Leatherwork

The new challenge features Leather, Leatherwork and Leather crafting. Photographs depicting the process of making leather, its use in craftworks, and the finished products.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout January UTC.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. January 2025 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
• Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
• Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

• Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

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  Handmade shoes
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  Leather bags in strong colors at the leather market in Florence
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  Slingshot Catapult with leather pad
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  Leather goods in Sardinia
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  Shoes with leather leggings in a Sardinian market
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  Traditional Sardinian leather mask
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  Dealer of goat leather in the souks of Marrakesch
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  Used leather
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  Kolhapuri chappals made from buffalo-hide and thread in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
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  Kolhapuri chappals made from buffalo-hide and thread in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
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  Kolhapuri chappals made from buffalo-hide and thread in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
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  Kolhapuri chappals made from buffalo-hide and thread in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
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  Old women's shoes
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  Suede jacket
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  boots without an owner
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  I am at home...
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  Moroccan pouf made with camel leather
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  Nine guys wearing leather jackets in 1991, trying to look cool in a school library
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  Leather coin purse
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  Winter shoes
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  leather bag
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  horse harness
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  women's fur coats
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  women's shoes
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  Spanish flask with Don Quixote'relief
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  Leather horse harness
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  Pilot with Leather Aviator Helmet
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  Leatherworks at the market
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  Red leather credit card holder
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  Portapenne o portamatite in pelle con coperchio
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  Women's handbag
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  Horseshoe coin purse
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  Détail des coutures d'un gant en cuir
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  Boucle de ceinture en cuir
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  An old wallet with brown color
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  Moccasins in children's size
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  A girl pets curious wild horses
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  Hip flask - leather protection
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  Leather handbag with appliqué at the market in Santanyí
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  Leather belts at the market in Santanyí
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  Autograph book with leather cover
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  Kastinger mountaineering boot “SELLA 76” made of leather with triple stitched soles
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  Leather seats and cockpit of a Volkswagen WD (Denzel) Sport, built in 1949 in the Prototype Car Museum, Hafencity, Hamburg, Germany
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  Shoes and boots hanging on a line above Norderstraße, Flensburg, Germany
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  Grotesque leather handbag in the shape of a retro telephone seen in a shop window in Stralsund, Germany
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  Black leather boots on beautiful ladies' legs
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  Chair for visitors in Macao Museum of Art
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  performers wearing white boots
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  promotional model wearing white boots
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  Trousers belt
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  Trousers belt
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  Trousers belt
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  Sign of Genuine Leather. Sign of leather against a dark background
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  Bare male legs in traditional lederhosen, Graz, Austria
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  Tanners at work in one of the old tanneries of Fez, Morocco
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  View from above into a tannery and leather dye works in Fez, Morocco
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  Leather chandelier weighing 1200kg with a diameter of 5m in the patio of the Musée de Marrakesh, Marocco
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  leather boots in Bangladesh
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  Old leather glasses case
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  Portrait of a man wearing an old leather flight helmet and goggles
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  Soviet copy of german Leica camera produced in the sixties of the twentieth century in a leather case
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  A cow with a cowbell in Switzerland
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  Leather boots
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  Intricate design of a leather lamp shade 2
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  Intricate design of a leather lamp shade 3
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  Intricate design of a leather lamp shade 1
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  Leather lamp shades
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  Leather shoes kept away from getting wet at sea shore of Gopalpur on the sea
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  Large drum made out of leather
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  Delicately designed leather sandals
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  Leather bags craft of Shantiniketan, West Bengal
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  Leather quiver
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  Couverture en cuir du livre Plautus publié en 1577
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  Handmade historical medieval reconstruction bag and belt
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  Handmade historical medieval reconstruction bag
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  Sannomiya Center Gai, Kobe, Japan
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  Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in NYC
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  Sella della Maremma in Piazza Garibaldi a Pitigliano
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  Libro di poesie con copertine in pelle. Titolo Casperia, poesie di Ignazio Gennari (1953).
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  Gukje Market, Busan, South Korea
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  Leather bridle of a horse from the French Republican Guard
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  Ancient leather sandals in Asnapio'museum.- Villeneuve d'Ascq (Fr)
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  Ethiopian leather pouch
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  Leather wraps in Asnapio'museum.- Villeneuve d'Ascq (Fr)
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  Leather harness strap and buckle used for controlling working horses
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  Leather bags
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  A Leather Belt
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  To submit pictures please follow this link

2025 – January – Oval

The new challenge features Circles, Ellipses, Spheres and Ovals.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout January UTC.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. January 2025 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
• Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
• Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

• Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

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  The dog and the ball
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  My lying backpack through my glass
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  A special window in a Toulouse church
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  Rules for visiting the park
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  Baptismal font in a church of St. Gallen
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  View of a porthole of a aeroplane
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  leftover iced drink
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  deliciousness for a winter evening
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  New Year's decorations on the streets of Kharkov
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  New Year's decorations on the streets of Kharkov
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  Christmas lights with smiles
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  Wooden Peg Solitaire with black balls
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  At the playground
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  Karin Miyawaki as Bronze Medalist of Paris 2024 Olympics Fencing Women's Foil
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  From left to right, Koji Miyajiki, Yuji Taguchi, Naoki Hagiwara and Yuto Sano as Gold Medalist of Paris 2024 Paralympics Men's Goalball
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  Miho Yoshioka (left) as Silver Medalist of Paris 2024 Olympics Sailing Mixed Dinghy and Ayano Tsujiuchi (right) as Bronze Medalist of Paris 2024 Paralympics Para Swimming 100m Freestyle S12
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  Yakisoba with fried egg
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  Traffic mirror at a narrow passage near Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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  Bird flying towards the setting Sun. Taken in Padua, Italy.
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  Elbe Dam, Czech Republic
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  The Bell
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  Tourist sign in Besedice Rocks, Czech Republic
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  Sculpture Seed by Peter Randall-Page in the Eden Project in Cornwall
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  Wicker Ball in the Belper River Gardens in Belper, Derbyshire, England
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  Fountain in the Allerheiligenstrasse in Speyer
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  Fountain at Speyer Cathedral
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  Yokohama tires
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  Colorful Ceramic Bowls
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  Round pillow. Crochet, Slovak folk technique.
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  Sphere backlit colour balls
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  Jánošíkov dukat, Slovakia
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  Wristwatches, Slovakia
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  Tray, paper bowls, nut-chocolate filling and colorful dragees.
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  Top view of the Sony E 10-18mm F4 OSS, a wide-angle zoom lens for Sony E-mount.
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  A cheap Smena 35mm camera.
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  Gumballs for sale at an airport in Detroit, Michigan.
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  Alloy wheels on display at the Huawei flagship store in Wangfujing, Beijing, China.
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  A yakiniku grill plate containing assorted slices of beef, chicken and pork, in varying states of doneness.
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  Window of the New Synagogue in Libeň, Prague, Czech Republic
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  The Moon inside Leicester Cathedral
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  Circles within circles of wood grain
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  Tram track monument in Prague, Czech Republic
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  Exhibit in the Museo do Trigo (Mill Museum) on the Azores
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  Exhibit in the Museo do Trigo (Mill Museum) on the Azores
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  Picnic table at the Miradouro da Ponta da Madrugada on the Azores
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  Guns at Fort De Soto (Pinellas County, Florida)
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  Gros plan sur des chocolats de Noël emballé dans des papiers colorés
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  Chocolats de Noëls emballés dans des papiers colorés
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  Glass spheres and cabbage leaves.
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  Easter eggs viewed from above look like spheres.
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  The unwashed bowl.
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  A drop of water, a little sphere.
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  Water Striders
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  Parziale vista di Narni attraverso un oblò
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  Spherical observatory, Japan
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  stones as decoration
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  Rattan making a ball
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  valve with Chinese and English wording
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  Dandelion
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  White plate - tomato
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  Sweet tomato
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  A slice of sausage on a plate
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  Nature reserve Petgatten De Feanhoop. American Herkules windmill in Petgatten de Feanhoop. Year of construction 1926 (Detail).
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  Nett hier (Baden-Würtemberg) sticker covering Nett hier (Bavaria) sticker in Riga, Latvia
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  Vintage Logging Steam Train located in Elbe, WA
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  The Great Wheel located on the waterfront in Seattle, WA
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  Mushrooms
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  The gas cap on a 1965 Ford Mustang
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  Chemical compound in ultraviolet light
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  Duct Cover
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  River and Trees - Serra da Estrela, Portugal
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  Post Office sign, Ireland.
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  Part of spent rocket stage
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  Dampflokomotive 86 1333-3. Sonderfahrt im Herbst durch das Erzgebirge. Aufgenommen in Stollberg.
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  A lot of Japanese paper lanterns of two different Ellipsoid shape
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  Three elliptical round windows in the Dr.-Carl-Haeberlin-Friesenmuseum on Föhr
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  Sunset on the beach near Utersum on Föhr with a view of Sylt
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  Rubber rings as Olympic rings
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  Necklace made of pearls as a circle
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  Setting sun and transmission towers. Flaten, Orhem, Stockholm, Sweden
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  Begehbare und mit Haldenwärme beheizte Edelstahl-Installation. Wunderhorn (Erika Harbort) am Glückaufturm in Oelsnitz Erzgebirge, Sachsen.
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  Leninorden auf einem Gebäude in St. Petersburg, Russland.
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  Drebacher Krokuswiesen im Glaskugel. 09430 Drebach, Erzgebirgskreis, Sachsen.
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  Typical porcelain plate with maritime motif at front door of residential house on peninsula L-Isla, Valletta, Malta
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  Aerial image of circular irrigated green fields in desert sand, Sahara desert, Algeria
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  Church interieur of Sanctuary Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady (Rotunda of Mosta), Mosta, Malta
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  Ceiling light in café of art museum "Hamburger Kunsthalle", Hamburg, Germany
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  oval dish with side dishes
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  Affreschi sul soffitto della Cappella all'interno della Rocca Albornoz a Narni
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  Trompe l'oeils of portholes in Port of Ustka
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  Oval fruits tray
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  Chicken eggs
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  Tomato
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  Water balls at Ustka beach
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  Water ball in Ustka
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  Circular pipes
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  Art in public space, ‘Ring’ by Mauro Staccioli in Munich
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  Bull's-eye panes reflected in a glass sphere, Albrecht Dürer House, Nuremberg, Germany
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  Dome of the church of the Vienna Central Cemetery from the inside
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  Yokohama fender of SSCV Sleipnir, the world's largest crane vessel, Rotterdam
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  Zernez, decoration on the vaults of the Reformed Church San Mauritius.
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  New Year Square
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  Giant Sphere
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  Chola Poori
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  Lifebuoy USTKA K.P.
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  Neuruppin Stadium
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  Circular "Moon Gate" and an arch with a gate, Truby King Park, Wellington, New Zealand
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  A Cup of Bokeh
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  Bale of hay in the field
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  Lifebuoy with text "USTKA ALUNIA"
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  Lifebuoy, selective color
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  Pulley wheel of the cable car in Mindo, Ecuador
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  Chatschpuri
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  Three fireworks during the Fourth of July fireworks show in Lexington, Massachusetts on July 5, 2024
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  View through a circle opening at Station La Defense, Paris
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  Common giant umbrella mushroom, Lampenhain, Odenwald, D
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  Crater lake, Lagoa das Eguas sul, São Miguel, Azores, P
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  Letting the circular coins to float on the water surface
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  Capelinhos Volcano Interpretation Centre, Fayal, Azores, P
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  Ovals: egg and its shadow
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  Train strap
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  Ein Teller mit Momos in einem kleinen Restaurant im Bundesstaat Himachal Pradesh in Nordindien. In der Mitte ist eine scharfe Soße und Sauerrahm.
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  That lots Chinese lanterns of various ovals on Taiping Old Street in Douliu City, Yunlin, Taiwan .
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  Striped Pumpkins
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  An aircraft technician performs maintenance on an airliner engine
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  Window of the Baltic Fleet's Machine School
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  A tree sparrow leaning out of a hollow tree
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  A nuthatch in the forest on a frosty winter day fluffing up its feathers to escape the cold
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  A cup of tea
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  Oval rear of building
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  A glass of tomato juice on a black plate with cherry tomatoes and lime
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  cathedral altar and stained glass window
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  Bottle slot
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  Miś Roundabout in Warsaw
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  Plaque, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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  Schild Thesen Island
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  Scaevola taccada, Blüten und Früchte
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  Die Bourkes Glück Strudellöcher befinden sich an der Panorama Route in Südafrika.
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  Mooring block at Port Dundas, Glasgow
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  The Raising of Lazarus by Jacob van Oost the Younger in église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine'church of Lille (Fr)
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  Rings as decorative elements on the ceiling of the Gorny institute metrostation
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  Toy bicycle wheel
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  Colorful rangoli design
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  Tea served in vintage Saucer
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  Latte served in mug
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  Grand festive cooking in huge vessels
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  Wall mural design with Harsingar flowers
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  Mosaic floor design during rain
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  Oil lamp captured in oval shape
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  Underpass of Michelinstraße in Hallstadt
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  Big satellite dish
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  Cans with cloudberries
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  Fruits of a hawthorn (Crataegus) Focus stack of 22 photos.
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  Pizza with tomato, mozzarella, and anchovies
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  Trier, Dom Saint-Pierre, cathédrale de Trèves. Detail of the exterior. (barred window).
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  A group of dusty balls with shallow depth of field, by the window. Soft window light. Foreground is a vintage golden cage and a miniature duck home decoration. (Bangkok, Thailand - Jan 2025) by enchanted_fairy for Oval Photo Contest by Wikimedia
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  Christmas decoration (Bangkok, Thailand - Dec 2024) by enchanted_fairy for Oval Photo Contest by Wikimedia
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  Solar Halo, Colorado, U.S.
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  Mountain path to the tongue of the Morteratsch glacier Split stone by mechanical weathering.
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  Making of a chiffon cake
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  Internal structure of the Leaning Tower in Pisa
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  Ceiling with round decorative elements
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  Ceiling with decorative circles
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  Lipstick Building New York City
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  Old Tree Trunk Hollow in the Center
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  Small Ring Light reflection in eye.
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  Trademark of S.G.M. of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, on a grain mill in A.R.A.M. (Villeneuve-d'Ascq). France
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  Plaque, Dublin, Ireland.
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  Fontana in un giardino storico in Roccalvecce (Viterbo)
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  The underground wine cellar and wooden wine barrels at the Tahbilk Winery, Victoria, Australia.
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  Portrait of Guido Reni by Simone Cantarini, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna, Italy
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  Art Deco wall
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  Станция метро "Марьина роща" (БКЛ)
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  В центре ГУМа у фонтана
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  Воздушный шар
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  Work vessel - Binnenvaart.eu. on the Prinses Margriet Canal. Lifebuoy.
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  Eating Table in a garden 1
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  Pacific sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens)
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  Orthophoto of the locomotive shed in Lichtenfels
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  Shakshuka in Tel Aviv (Israel)
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  Perfect Moon over Germany
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  Camera's selfie
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  Karlspassage Kaufhaus Breuninger Stuttgart
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  Rondel im Kaufhaus Breuninger
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  Thanjavur-Prachtteller
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  Thanjavur-Prachtteller
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  Tree on a path in Bavaria
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  Aspetto di un fungo Phylloscypha phyllogena (Cooke) Van Vooren. Parco urbano di Villa Ada a Roma
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  Chandelier ঝাড়বাতি
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  Wedding Decoration in front of a house in Howrah City
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  The underside of a winter wood fungus on a dead twig on the De Famberhorst nature reserve.
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  Spiral stairs and a Christmas tree
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  A hemispherical weir guard in a circular weir.
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  Basket of chili peppers
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  Horseshoe Bend (Arizona)
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  Inside Vessel (NYC)
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  Sleeping Siamese cat
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  Tropaeolum majus leaves
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  Round ornaments in ceiling of the Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
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  Art object at a junction of paths on the Planken Wambuis. A nature reserve that is part of the (endless) Veluwe in the province of Gelderland 'Netherlands'.
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  Sunglasses
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  Six grains of fiery hot tangyuan on the Shaved ice
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  Grumman F3F-2 "Flying Barrel", at an airshow in Colorado, U.S.
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  Olivine crystals of a meteorite (Sericho Pallasite, Kenya)
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  Vintage Elevator Floor Indicator
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  North rose window of Notre-Dame de Paris
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  North rose window of Notre-Dame de Paris
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  South rose window of Notre-Dame de Paris
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  South rose window of Notre-Dame de Paris
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  Wall Clock দেওয়াল ঘড়ি
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  Bunga Rafflesia gadutensis di kawasan hutan tropis Bengkulu, Indonesia pada pagi hari yang cerah di Bengkulu Utara, Indonesia
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  A Boeing 737 on approach to Boston at night
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Challenges open for voting

Voting is open to all registered contributors who have held accounts for at least 10 days and made 50 edits, and also to new Commons contributors who have entered the challenge with a picture. Users cannot vote for their own picture. Voters may select up to three photographs in each theme to award points and can give praise to other photos without awarding points. Voting will be open for one month. The votes not complying with those requirements will be removed or converted to praises. In some cases users might be asked to correct their votes after voting ends.

December 2024

• Pastels
• Footprints

Previous challenges

November 2024

Intentional Camera Movement: Entries • Votes • Scores

Rank	1	2	3
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Title	Flying on the swing	White Equinne	1961 Cooper T53
Author	Vsatinet	Herbertkikoy	Julian Herzog
Score	18	11	11

Sidewalk: Entries • Votes • Scores

Rank	1	2	3
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Title	Rientro al tramonto	Gently sloping sidewalk in central Stockholm	Sidewalk on Smolnaya Embankment
Author	Repuli	Slottsviken51	Inforested
Score	21	8	8

October 2024

Blue and Yellow: Entries • Votes • Scores

Rank	1	2	3
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Title	Yellow window reveal with blue window shutter	Water drops on glass in the sun	Flight of the Blue-and-Yellow Macaw
Author	F. Riedelio	Anna.Massini	CUIZIANG
Score	20	19	18

Recycling: Entries • Votes • Scores

Rank	1	2	3
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Title	Blacksmith/recyclers of Médine district in Bamako, Mali: Boy beating old sheet metal flat for the recycling of scrap metal into watering cans	Stylishely recycled	Recycling von Metall-Schrott
Author	Lusi Lindwurm	Soulful sunshine	Otto Domes
Score	29	13	8

September 2024

Roofs: Entries • Votes • Scores

Rank	1	2	3
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Title	Altstadt Meißen, Dach Des Hauses Markt 3.	Workers re-doing the artistic roof line on a thatched cottage	Holzschindeldach des Frohnauer Hammer (Sachsen)
Author	Kora27	Cbuske46	YvoBentele
Score	19	18	8

Accessibility: Entries • Votes • Scores

Rank	1	2	3
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Title	Fare gates at Stevens MRT station in Singapore, including a wider gate for priority users	Wheelchair ramp, Confey Railway Station, Ireland.	Wheelchair racer during Paralympic Games 2024
Author	S5A-0043	Leimanbhradain	Ibex73
Score	9	9	8

August 2024

Dust: Entries • Votes • Scores

Rank	1	2	3
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Title	Mustangs in Colorado, USA, 1971	Dusty Billiard Table, former Pozzuolo del Friuli barracks, Ferrara, Italy	The Milky Way with cosmic dust
Author	Foeniz	Nicola Quirico	Zwiebackgesicht
Score	13	10	7

Spices: Entries • Votes • Scores

Rank	1	2	3
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Title	The Christmas spices star anise, cinnamon and cloves	Chili peppers at the market in Santanyí	Blüte mit Safranfäden
Author	F. Riedelio	F. Riedelio	Tetraeder
Score	17	6	6

July 2024

Manholes: Entries • Votes • Scores

Rank	1	2	3
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Title	A lion is coming from a manhole, in León, Spain	Manhole opened for cleaning, Heidelberg	Child coming out of a sump
Author	Guy Delsaut	Foeniz	Saral Shots
Score	15	13	9

Breads: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	African bush squirrel eating bread gotten from tourists in Namibia	A young man putting discs of bread into the oven in the Islamic Cairo section of Cairo, Egypt.	Bread being kneaded in a bakery in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Author	Lusi Lindwurm	FischerFotos	Mozzihh
Score	24	12	9

June 2024

Construction sites: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Carpenter working on a concrete formwork	Workers attaching a chain to the Main bridge in Ebing	Demolition site of the so-called Kaufhof store "Tortenschachtel" (cake box) on Berliner Platz
Author	Ermell	Ermell	F. Riedelio
Score	17	14	11

Mushrooms: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Poisonous mushrooms against a forest in autumn, Wrzosów, Poland		Mycena interrupta NZ
Author	Ivonna Nowicka	Famberhorst	Haydenrjones
Score	15	13	9

May 2024

Waves: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	This was shot in Kakinada Beach, shows struggle of fishermen in middle of sea	A wave painted with a white neon lamp in a flashlight, city beach in Płock, Poland.	Port Saint-Michel in Batz-sur-Mer
Author	Zahed.zk	Lightpainterplock	Ibex73
Score	28	19	11

Pets: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Australian Shepherd Dog	Hachi and Boy	Cat enjoying the sun between daisies
Author	Ermell	HachiBoy	Lusi Lindwurm
Score	27	15	13

April 2024

Vertical lines: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Колонны здания администрации и думы Новгородской области 2H1A4397WI	Columns on the façade of the Philharmonie in Luxembourg	Fassade Mark- Twain- Grundschule 02
Author	Kora27	Ermell	ThoBel-0043
Score	25	14	11

Flames: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Visitors at the 2024 Easter fire in Rottorf	Campfire at lake Yngen, Filipstad Municipality, Värmland, Sweden	Osterfeuer im oberen Murtal
Author	F. Riedelio	Mozzihh	Bitisajn
Score	21	14	10

March 2024

Grays: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Sieben graue Köpfe	Reflections - Shyok River	Nina-Replica
Author	Mensch01	Prof Ranga Sai	Wingerham52
Score	20	18	11

Courthouses: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Palazzo di Guistizia with Courte di Cassazione at river Tiber, Rome, Italy	North facade of Palais de justice de Paris.	Supreme Court of Finland at night
Author	Mozzihh	FreCha	GPSLeo
Score	19	15	12

February 2024

Lunar New Year: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Dragon Dance, Oklahoma City, OK, Lunar New Year, 2024 (Year of the Dragon)	Sec. 1, Wuchang St., Taipei City, with LED lights decorations above on 2024 Chinese New Year	Eu Tong Sen Street in Chinatown, Singapore, with CNY decorations above
Author	OKJaguar	Junyu-K	S5A-0043
Score	11	9	9

Knots: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Boat knot	Figure-eight loop in mountaineering	Root knot of a beech tree
Author	Teseo	Wagner Cxxx	Foeniz
Score	11	9	8

January 2024

Silos: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Garfield Grain Elevator and Silos Garfield Washington USA	Feed silos in Hirschbrunn near Burgebrach	Silos of the Hannoversche Portland -Cementfabrik (abandoned in 1986)
Author	DaveGinOly	Ermell	Hgrobe
Score	19	13	8

Masks: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Narrentag 2024 - Elzacher Schuttig	Kirchseoner Perchtenlauf - old winter parade tradition in Bavaria. Mask of type "Klaubauf"	Taken in Dublin, march 2014
Author	Rainer Halama	Würmchen-vom-Mölchlein	Oncewerecolours
Score	13	13	10

Previous years

• Photo challenge in 2023
• Photo challenge in 2022
• Photo challenge in 2021
• Photo challenge in 2020
• Photo challenge in 2019
• Photo challenge in 2018
• Photo challenge in 2017
• Photo challenge in 2016
• Photo challenge in 2015
• Photo challenge in 2014
• Photo challenge in 2013