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Featured pictures in Wikipedia

This page highlights the finest images on Wikipedia. The featured picture criteria explain that featured pictures must be freely licensed or in the public domain, must be of a high technical quality, and must add significantly to at least one article on Wikipedia. There are currently 5,660 featured pictures, and they are categorized by the topic they represent. All featured pictures are also available in a category.

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One featured picture is chosen as the picture of the day. You can include this box anywhere (e.g., your user page) by adding the text {{pic of the day}} or {{POTD}} where you want the picture to be shown.

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Animals

Atractomorpha crenulata at Sambisari Temple Complex, 2014-09-28 04.jpg Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) female Labuk Bay.jpg Nephila pilipes, Bangunjiwo, Bantul 2015-09-19 04.jpg
» subpages: amphibians, arachnids, birds, cnidarians, crustaceans, fish, insects, mammals, molluscs, reptiles, others

Artwork

Albrecht Dürer - Portrait of Dürer's Father at 70.jpg Antonello da Messina - Portrait of a Man - National Gallery London.jpg Rembrandt-Belsazar.jpg
» subpages: East Asian art, literary illustrations, paintings, sculpture, others

Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle

Sample 09-F9 protest art, Free Speech Flag by John Marcotte.svg Max Brückner - Otto Henning - Richard Wagner - Final scene of Götterdämmerung.jpg
» subpages: culture and lifestyle, entertainment, religion and mythology, sport, theatre

Currency

CUB-29c-El Banco Espanol de la Habana-5 Centavos (1876).jpg
+4 others
ROM-69-Emergency WWI-10 Bani (1917).jpg ROM-70-Emergency WWI-25 Bani (1917).jpg
» subpages: American currency, Asian currency, European currency, USA banknotes, USA coins, Other

Diagrams, drawings, and maps

Coat of arms of Mexico.svg Conventional 18-wheeler truck diagram.svg Stielers Handatlas 1891 59.jpg
» subpages: diagrams, drawings, maps

Engineering and technology

Tiger-Game-Com-FL.jpg Pippin-Atmark-Console-Set.jpg
» subpages: electronics, machinery, weaponry, others. See also: vehicles

Food and drink

Buckwheat and products from it 01.jpg Egyptian food Koshary.jpg Amplang from Kotabaru, South Kalimantan 2015-05-23 01.jpg
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Fungi

Meripilus giganteus (Karst 1882).jpg Zierliche Koralle Ramaria gracilis.JPG Hydnellum ferrugineum Glieres.jpg
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History

Map of the night's march after Battle of Malvern Hill.jpg The Siege of Osaka Castle.jpg Pullman dining car 1894.jpg
» subpages: American history, other history, American Civil War, World War I, World War II, other wars

Natural phenomena

Erika Aug 16 2003 1655Z.jpg Ash in Yogyakarta during the 2014 eruption of Kelud 01.jpg
» subpages: atmospheric optics, weather, others

People

Thomas Sully - Portrait of Major John Biddle.jpg Hans Holbein, the Younger, Around 1497-1543 - Portrait of Henry VIII of England - Google Art Project.jpg Jaroslava Mucha by Alfons Mucha.jpg
» subpages: artists and writers, business, entertainment, military, political, religious figures, royalty and nobility, science and engineering, sport, traditional dress, others

Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment

LEI0190 188 Leica Standard Chrom Sn. 244297 1937 -38-M39 Front view-5809 hf.jpg Gustave Le Gray - Brig upon the Water - Google Art Project.jpg LEI0060 186 Leica I Sn.5193 1927 Originalzustand Front-2 FS-15.jpg
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Places

Piazzetta San Marco Venice BLS.jpg Tour Saint-Jacques BLS.jpg NY 199 E of Hammertown 2014.jpg
» subpages: architecture, interiors, landscapes, panorama, urban, others

Plants

Echinocereus reichenbachii by RO.jpg Passiflora caerulea (makro close-up).jpg Mammillaria spinosissima by RO.jpg
» subpages: flowers, fruits, others

Sciences

Depth Coded Phalloidin Stained Actin Filaments Cancer Cell.png Maroc Marrakech Agdal Luc Viatour 1.JPG 16 wood samples.jpg
» subpages: biology, geology, materials science, mathematics, others. See also: astronomy.

Space

Pluto-01 Stern 03 Pluto Color TXT.jpg Galileo launch on Soyuz, 21 Oct 2011 (6266227357).jpg Ultraviolet image of the Cygnus Loop Nebula crop.jpg
» subpages: getting there, looking back, looking out, Panorama, understanding

Vehicles

Christen Eagle II N49AE EDST.jpg NB-36H with B-50, 1955 - DF-SC-83-09332.jpeg Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EER MUC 2015 04.jpg
» subpages: air, land, water

Other lifeforms

Staphylococcus aureus, 50,000x, USDA, ARS, EMU.jpg Flagellum base diagram en.svg Gephyrocapsa oceanica color.jpg
» subpages: bacteria, protists

Other

Train station with train and coal depot by Gustave Le Gray1.jpg 1Mcolors.png
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