Author: Olesia Lukaniuk

Hey! Let’s get to know today some interesting facts about this year’s WLE

The countries who joined for the first time in 2023:
Burkina Faso
Czech Republic
Côte d’Ivoire
Haiti
Madagascar
Mali
Niger
North-East Nigeria
Senegal
Slovakia
Uzbekistan

And who knows, maybe some of their images will go to top-20. We will find out very, very soon!

During the 10 years of the contest’s existence:

88 countries and territories have joined;
78 350+ uploaders participated;
870 000+ uploads were submitted;
200 000+ images used in the Wikipedia;

Let’s stay tuned for more!

And meanwhile, the international evaluation of the images will start soon.
Are you excited to know the winners?

Hey, dear WLE community! Time flies fast!

And very soon, the international team will start the evaluation of the images!

So, for this, we are gathering a fantastic team of the international jury — Wikimedians, experts, and photographers — to evaluate photos and choose winners. Do you have the desire to get this experience?

Please fill out this form to express your interest in joining, and we’ll contact you with details: http://bit.ly/45jCxzj.

Deadline for registration: 10.09.23

Make your contribution to a natural heritage!

During the Wikimania annual conference, an audience could attend and listen to a session called “Wiki Loves Earth — 10 years of experience” by Olesia Lukaniuk, Project Manager of the contest.

During the speech, there was an opportunity to share with the listeners a summary of the results of the international photo contest “Wiki Loves Earth” for 10 years of its existence. And also inform about the current state of the competition and important updates.

Some of the local teams also shared their perspective and experience in organizing the competition in a video.

After the session, all in-person attendees had the opportunity to receive WLE-branded souvenirs. We are grateful for this opportunity to spread awareness about Wiki Loves Earth with the international community and engage more people to contribute to a natural heritage!

You can watch the recorded session here with a timecode 1:20:30https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4zB7S9lEa0&t=4835s…

The active stage of Wiki Loves Earth is almost done, and we already have a few countries who submitted their local winners!

We can enjoy beautiful images from Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Germany, the Czech Republic, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan.

Still, a few countries are having their local contest during August, and we are waiting for the submissions from all participants!

Stay tuned for it, and meanwhile, check all local winners so far here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Commons:Wiki…/Winners.

Recently the famous Brazilian newspaper “Folha de S.Paulo” published an article about Wiki Loves Earth project in Brazil and the international part.

It generally says about the project, its rules this year, and timelines of it.

You can reach out to this article here:https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/…/wikipedia-realiza….

Don’t forget to upload your unique images and win your cool prizes!

Participating countries prepare and take care of their local competition, and participants are uploading their unique and beautiful images.

Meanwhile, we want to remind you not only about the main contest but also the special nomination “Human Rights and Environment”.

Contribute to spreading awareness about environmental problems and human impact on them!

Hurry up to take photos and upload them here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaign:wle-special.

And read more about this nomination here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Human_rights_and….

Also, check the previous year’s winning images:https://diff.wikimedia.org/…/wiki-loves-earth-2022…/.

In case of any questions, feel free to contact the international organizing team at wle-team@wikimedia.org.ua

Love Earth and good luck!

We have the first submitted local winners for the Wiki Loves Earth 2023 from the Czech Republic

You can see some images below and for more feel free to check this page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Commons:Wiki…/Winners.

Meanwhile, most of the countries are in the active stage now.

Stay tuned for more and upload your unique pictures

Woohoo! Already 9 countries finished their local contest and you can check some of the uploaded images below.

Most of the local teams started their competition this month and more will join in July. Stay tuned and follow your country’s criteria.

In general, 51 countries\territories are taking part this year and it is a great amount! If your country is not on this list, but you would like to participate, you still have time to prepare! Follow this guideline: https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Commons:Wiki…/Organise.

Check all uploaded pictures so far here, which is more than 24 thousand: https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Category:Images_from….

Love Earth and take pictures!

Almost one month since the beginning of the contest and we have the first great results

15, 411 images uploaded so far;

1, 018 images for the special nomination;

49 countries and territories that are participating right now or preparing their contest.

You can check all the uploaded files here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Category:Images_from….Stay tuned for more!

Love Earth and take pictures!