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There are currently 20,419 of such images in the Commons repository which is roughly 0.016% of the available images (128,083,797). All featured images are entered into our annual Picture of the Year competition. You may wish to browse the profiles of individual photographers , illustrators , and restorationists within the Commons community who have contributed a substantial portion of our featured pictures.
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Galleries
Animals
Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in tree
024 Male green kingfisher in Encontro das Águas State Park Photo by Giles Laurent
Pez mariposa arábigo (Chaetodon melapterus), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-13, DD 77
Astronomy
Hubble reveals the Ring Nebula’s true shape
Messier 24 (infrared, red, green)
Food and drink
Chilaquiles at the Grand Cantina, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-09-01 04
Fungi
Historical
Felice Beato - Interior of the Angle of Taku North Fort Immediately After Its Capture by Storm - Google Art Project
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (cropped)
Beauty Out of Damage, 1993
Natural phenomena
Sun striking through the clouds over Guaiba river
Pattern in sand made by dry grass and wind
Obir-Tropfsteinhöhle Haifischmaul Sintersee 01
Objects
MGB HGe 4-4 I 36 Andermatt - Nätschen
Pumpkin festival - Ludwigsburg 2024 - 18
Победник, Београд (The Victor, Belgrade, Serbia)
Life preserver on post, Leamington Harbour, Leamington, Ontario, 2025-08-02
People
Porto Alegre por Cristine Huff 24
Young Tikuna girl from the Wotchimaücü indigenous community in a feathered headdress
Photo techniques
Trilogie "Hexentanz" -- 2025
Сава центар конгресна соба (Sava Center, convention room)
Norderney, Dünenlandschaft, Wegweiser -- 2025 -- 9437
Monkey wrench Mexico 1900
Places
Amphithéâtre d’El Jem vue aerienne (2023) 1
Jewish cemetery in Żory (Sohrau), Silesia 02
Hauptdeckenfresko-Heilig-Geist-Kirche-Muenchen-2025
Silhouette of Sultan Quli Qutub Shah Tomb
Plants
Pomegranate flowers (Punica granatum), Ponte de Sor, Portugal (approx. GPS location) julesvernex2
ND-05430 Baumgruppe am Bildstock 4-2025 (1)
Zaden van een Viburnum plicatum. 20-07-2025. (d.j.b)
Haltern am See, Westruper Heide, Solitärbaum -- 2025 -- 8748
Space exploration
Sports
Tam Nakano in the wrestling ring at Yokohama Arena - ASGQ2025
Vasily Surikov - Боярыня Морозова - Google Art Project
The Giant 'Uj and the Prophets Moses, Jesus and Muhammad - Khalili Collection Islamic Art HIGHRES
Црква „Вознесение Христово“ - Братин Дол 6
Црква „Рождество на Пресвета Богородица“ - Калишта 5