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Featured pictures Featured pictures are images from highly skilled creators that the Wikimedia Commons community has chosen as some of the highest quality on the site. Simply click on the name of a category on this page to see all the featured images for that subject. To reuse any images from Wikimedia Commons please see this guide. There are currently 15,020 of such images in the Commons repository which is roughly 0.019% of the available images (77,748,461). 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 large portion of our featured pictures. Images may be considered for featured status by being listed at Commons:Featured picture candidates, where the community will reach a consensus. You can find all featured pictures in Category:Featured pictures on Wikimedia Commons. Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and current month. The Gallery Slideshow will allow you to explore Featured pictures from all Wikimedia projects by subject or by country. RSS feed - new Featured pictures on Wikimedia Commons (add this link to your feed reader)

Picture of the day 125 years ago: Place card for "Landrath Harz" for the banquet at the inauguration of the Emperor William Monument, in the Kaiserhof, Porta Westfalica, Germany on October 18, 1896. +/− [en]

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