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Featured pictures

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There are currently 22,114 such images in the Commons repository which is roughly 0.015% of the available images (145,217,551). 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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Picture of the day

Interior of the Shandong Grand Theater, China +/− [en]

Galleries

Contents:	Animals · Astronomy · Food and drink · Fungi · Historical · Natural phenomena · Objects · Other lifeforms · People · Photo techniques · Places · Plants · Space exploration · Sports · Static non-photographic media

Animals

021a European bee-eater eating an Emperor dragonfly in Pfyn-Finges Photo by Giles Laurent
002 Male Lion prowling in the Serengeti National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
Yellow-spotted Agama in Kuwait
Pez ángel de cola dorada (Pomacanthus chrysurus), Ambalihabe, Madagascar, 2025-09-16, DD 125

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Arachnida (Arachnids) ·

Diptera (Flies) ·

Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps & Sawflies) ·

Lepidoptera (Moths & Butterflies) ·

Odonata (Damselflies and dragonflies) ·

Arthropoda (Arthropods) ·

Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fish) ·

Amphibia (Amphibians) ·

Reptilia (Reptiles) ·

Aves (Birds) ·

Accipitriformes (hawks, eagles, vultures and relatives) ·

Anseriformes (Waterfowl) ·

Charadriiformes (Waders) ·

Coraciiformes ·

Passeriformes (Passerines) ·

Pelecaniformes ·

Mammalia (Mammals) ·

Artiodactyla (Even-toed ungulates) ·

Carnivora (Carnivores) ·

Primates ·

Others ·

Bones and fossils ·

Shells ·

Animals in their habitats

Astronomy

5 panel mosaic of the northern summer Milky Way
Solar eclipse taken from Artemis II - April 2026
Поглед на Млечен Пат над Кокино
M24 - VST - potw2237a

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Food and drink

Edible fungi in basket 2026 G01
Orange 002 2014 03 19
Steckerlfisch auf der Auer Maidult 05
Table for Badnjak celebration (2026 Christmas Eve, Serbian Christmas celebrations)

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Fungi

Young Macrolepiota Grass Ooty Jul26 A7CR 11715-60 zsd
Under Macrolepiota Grass Ooty Jul26 A7CR 11472-515 zsp
White Fungus Lentinus Ooty Jun26 A7CR 11026-70 zsp
Mucronella flava - 18 images - Tillamook, Oregon

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Historical

Ramones rocket to russia photo
2nd Infantry Division, E-1 draw, Easy Red sector, Omaha Beach, D+1, June 7, 1944
Martin Van Buren by Mathew Brady c1855-58 sepia original restored
Lunch atop a Skyscraper - Charles Clyde Ebbets

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Historical · Historical portraits

Natural phenomena

Ice structure no. 2
Auroras in Estonia
Sunset at Coal Oil Point
Udu lahkub järvelt

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Natural phenomena · Weather

Objects

Scillonian III July 2026 03
Einstellbarer Wandkalender mit Werbung für Fewa BW 2026-07-14 16-54-04 N
Zeiss Icon slide viewer Ikoscop BW 2026-07-12 16-21-36 fs
Schlepperpier - Bremerhaven 01

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» Land vehicles · Rail vehicles · Water transport · Air transport · Geology and chemistry · Sculptures · Architectural elements · Monetary items · Others

Other lifeforms

A Swirl of a Day for Phytoplankton (154086)
Scanning electron micrograph of a human H9 T cell infected with HIV virus particles
Algal mat in Marine Park (90933)
Alfombra de algas amarillas, parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-27, DD 42

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People

Cachoeira Santa Bárbara 02
Drying the cottom silk fabric
Woman Baby Mane Spiti Jun18 DSC05475
Venezuelan woman of 94 years old from Margarita island

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People · Working people · Portrait

Photo techniques

Exam tables - France
Tocumen International Airport alt
The pier at Velenje Lake (Velenje, Slovenia, 2026)
Music Express at Herbstmess Freiburg 2023

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Composites and Montages · Styles and Techniques · Modern black and white photos

Places

Ferry Building San Francisco from Hyatt Regency with R-Evolution and Bay Bridge 2026 dllu
Canadian Museum for Human Rights and downtown Winnipeg skyline at night, Manitoba, Canada
Glacier de Mont-de-Lans - France - 2020
Lac d'Arpitetta, Besso et Glacier de Moming

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Agriculture · Architecture–Exteriors · Bridges · Castles and fortifications · Palaces · Cemeteries · Cityscapes · Gardens and parks · Industry · Interiors · Natural · Religious buildings · Religious buildings–Interiors · Religious buildings–Ceilings · Satellite images · Settlements · Others · Towers · Transport · Roads · By country

Plants

Bloemknoppen van een Stewartia rostrata 21-06-2026. (actm.)
Dipsacus seedling
Dipsacus fullonum 2026 G1
Cylindropuntia imbricata July 2026-2

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» Plants · Asparagales (asparagoid lilies) · Asterales · Fagales · Ranunculales · Rosales

Space exploration

The Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft is in the grasp of the Canadarm2 robotic arm (iss074e0378294)
Zhuque-2E propellant dump over Wisconsin
Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'Big Sky' Drilling Site (PIA19920)
At Sardinia 2025 010 - Sardinia Radio Telescope