The Commons Picture of the Year is a competition that was first run in 2006.It aims to identify the best freely licensed images from those that during the year have been awarded Featured picture status.This year's candidate images are listed at Commons:Featured pictures/chronological/2025.
Second place: Protester carrying a sign with a slogan at rally in support of Ukraine, outside Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, United States, 26 February 2022. Uznanie autorstwa: Becker1999 / CC-BY-SA 4.0
Second place: Banna children in Ethiopia with traditional body painting, playing on wooden stilts. Uznanie autorstwa: WAVRIK(CC-BY-SA 4.0)
Third place: Young stars form in 'The Pillars of Creation' as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared camera Uznanie autorstwa: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; image processing by Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI) (public domain)
Third place: Firefighter fighting a battle against a veld-fire at Ashton Bay, Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Uznanie autorstwa: StevenTerblanche(CC BY SA 4.0)
First place: Evolution of a Tornado: Composite of eight images shot in sequence as a tornado formed in Kansas. – Uznanie autorstwa: JasonWeingart (CC BY-SA 4.0)
First place: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto on July 14, 2015. – Uznanie autorstwa: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute (public domain)
Pierwsze miejsce: Dwa motyle z rodziny rusałkowatych (Dryas iulia) pijące łzy żółwi w Ekwadorze. Żółwie spokojnie pozwalają motylom pić z ich oczu wylegując się na pniu. Attribution: amalavida.tv (flickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Drugie miejsce: On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the Sun's atmosphere, the Corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Flickr)
Trzecie miejsce: High-speed photography of a light bulb shot with an airsoft pistol (positioned right of the lamp). Stefan Krause, Germany (User:Ritchyblack)
Pierwsze miejsce: Widok na jezioro Bondhus w Norwegii. W tle widoczny lodowiec Bondhus, będący częścią lodowca Folgefonna. (POTD) Heinrich Pniok (Alchemist-hp / pse-mendelejew.de)
Pierwsze miejsce: In mid-August 2010 ESO Photo Ambassador Yuri Beletsky snapped this amazing photo at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. A group of astronomers were observing the centre of the Milky Way using the laser guide star facility at Yepun, one of the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). (POTD) – Credit:
Drugie miejsce: Stari Most, the "Old Bridge", which connects the two banks of river Neretva, has been a symbol of Mostar for centuries. This view from north shows Helebija tower to the left and Tara tower to the right. It was made from the minaret of Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque. (POTD) – Credit: Own work by Ramirez. (GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0)
Pierwsze miejsce: Sikh pilgrim at the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar, India. (POTD) – Credit: Wikimedian Paulrudd. (GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0)
Trzecie miejsce: The Russian military honor guard welcomes U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, June 26, 2009. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country, meeting with counterparts and touring the Russian military academy. (POTD) – Credit:MC1 Chad J. McNeeley. (PD US Navy)