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Wiki Loves Earth 2020 starts!

The 8th year in a row Wiki Loves Earth photo contest starts to collect photos of nature heritage sites all around the world. Join us to draw attention to protected areas and help to illustrate wikiprojects!

Started in 2013, Wiki Loves Earth has grown to the biggest worldwide contest devoted to nature heritage. From nature reserves of Brazil to national parks of Indonesia — we collected more than half a million photos of natural monuments. During May — July of 2020, we continue creating the biggest database of free images of protected sites. Moreover, the contest helps to raise public awareness about unique natural areas around our planet.

This year 24 countries have already joined Wiki Loves Earth! (and the list is extending) 
WLE 2020 Participating countries
WLE 2020 Participating countries, source.
Check out our first countries that have just started their contest today: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Philippines, Nepal, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Taiwan. 
How to join:
Do you love photography? Are you interested in nature monuments? Take part in the contest!

Please, check a specific period of the contest in your region/country (the international timeframe is from May to July). Review our Rules, prepare your submissions and upload them to Wikimedia Commons. 
Go through your archives, maybe you have some jewels from your region/country or captured some protected area while travelling.

Haven’t found your region/country on the list? Are you passionate about organizing? Start your local contest!

Check out our detailed guidelines about the process. If you would like to organize a local contest in your region/country, contact us at wle-team@wikimedia.org.ua.

It’s a challenging time right now. Until the world gets healthier, we have a great opportunity to make a positive impact online. Join Wiki Loves Earth 2020!

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Wiki Loves Earth 2019 is Over

June 30th marked the last day of Wiki Loves Earth 2019.

According to the preliminary statistics, this year’s contest has seen:

  • 37 countries participating in Wiki Loves Earth (the highest number since the contest was founded);
  • more than 85,000 photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons;
  • over 8700 participants.

Thanks a lot to each participant, member of the organizing team, partner, and any person involved for making it happen!

The organizing teams will determine winners for each country’s contest throughout the summer. The international team will post local winners on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) as they are announced.

International winners will be announced in September.

 

The Winning Photos from WLE Jordan 2018

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all the participants!
This year was the first time Jordan was among participating countries.  Over the course of June, 45 participants uploaded 467 photos of protected areas in Jordan. 115 of the contestants were new participants.

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