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Photo Challenge The Photo Challenge inspires photographers to take great pictures and upload them to Commons. Monthly thematic competitions encourage participants to try new subjects, new photographic or processing techniques, and to develop skills while improving the Commons repository of free images. Photographs entered into a competition must be new to Commons and taken by a Commons user.

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Challenges

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Participation

Everybody can participate in challenges open for submission. You simply

1. Choose one or all of the current challenges
2. Read the challenge description(s), which may vary in their rules (e.g., some place restrictions on when the photos are taken)
3. Take picture(s) for the challenge(s) during the challenge period (or, if allowed, select from your own existing pictures that are not yet on Commons)
4. Upload your picture(s) during the challenge period
5. Submit your candidates at the top of the current challenge gallery during the challenge period. To do that you click the [Edit] button of the Entries section of your chosen challenge and insert the File name above the last entry (or above File:-Insert image here-.svg for the first entry).

   Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

   Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

   For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

6. Do not sign your submission(s)
7. If you want, you can have a look at previous challenges and Vote

Challenges are open to any Commons user. Submissions must be your own work, not previously uploaded to Commons prior to the challenge date and should illustrate the challenge theme in the opinion of the photographer. Please read the challenge descriptions, as there may be additional rules or explanations for specific challenges. There is no limit on the number of submissions per user (unless specially so restricted in the challenge), but please choose from among your best and most varied images.

To submit pictures, you edit the gallery of the contest and add your candidate(s) to the top of the list.

New themes can be proposed and discussed here.

Assessment

After the challenge has closed to new submissions, the pictures will be assessed by popularity voting in the subsequent month. You are allowed to vote for images submitted by others if your Commons account is at least ten days old and has more than 50 edits or if you participated in one of the challenges. Challenges open for voting can be found here.

Winning

The best three pictures will be awarded first, second and third place. They will be displayed on the Photo challenge page and may use the template {{Photo challenge winner}} on the file description page.

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Challenges open for submission

2025 – September – Bricks

The new challenge features Bricks.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout September UTC.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. September 2025 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
• Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
• Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

• Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer. Additional entries will be ignored.

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  A red brick wall
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  Alte Hauswand in Friedrichshafen
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  Portal of the Virgin Mary Queen of Poland church in Jastrzębsko Stare, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
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  Windows of the Virgin Mary Queen of Poland church in Jastrzębsko Stare, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
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  Saint Michael abbey in Gaillac, Tarn, France
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  Window of the Maison Pierre de Biens in Gaillac, Tarn, France
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  The St. Catherine's Church in Hoogstraten is one of the tallest brick buildings of Europe
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  The St. Catherine's Church in Hoogstraten is one of the tallest brick buildings of Europe
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  Oasis de montagne de Chebika, en Tunisie, au petit matin du mois de janvier
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  V areáli Mestských hradieb v historickom centre mesta Bratislavy, Slovensko.
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  Vnútri Mestských hradieb v historickom centre mesta Bratislavy, Slovensko.
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  Balcon dans la ville de Gaillac
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  Tour de l'Abbaye Saint-Michel
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  bricks of different colour of the road
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  a corner of Himeji Castle
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  Beside the St. Paul's ruins
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  barbecue in Hac Sa
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  Brick Wall in Orford, Suffolk, England
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  Old Brick Wall in Schwanau-Ottenheim, BW
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  Town Wall and Beggars Tower in Memmingen, Bavaria
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  Town Centre in Aylsham, Norfolk, England
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  'Make Your Way' bricks in Carluke, Scotland.
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  Koyama Himon (Koyama sluiceway) built in 1898 in Chiba prefecture, Japan.
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  Brick wall, at Colorado Springs located in Colorado, in the United States
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  France, Colombier du Manoir d'Ango
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  Brick tower, villa "under the scepter"
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  Brick church tower
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  Brick, reflection in the window (mirror)
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  Brick wall, wild boar trophy
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  A Street Lined in the Blue Bricks of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
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  A snow covered tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremilin illuminated at night, 13-03-22
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  Close-up of a "stop nonsense" cement-brick wall with stone foundation in Vezubuhle, Mpumalanga
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  Leftover red bricks after construction
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  Wall of Wine at MooMoo Menlyn Park, Pretoria, South Africa
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  The side of a 20th century brick apartment building in downtown Des Moines, IA.
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  Giardino dei semplici nell'Orto botanico di Roma
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  Bad Doberaner Münster 2012
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  Doberaner Münster 2012 Bad Doberan
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  Cafe Seestern Graal Müritz 2012
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  Leuchttürme Kap Arkona 2006 Rügen
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  Sewer vent tower Goldenrock Tamilnadu India
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  Hauswand mit Relief und Verkehrsschildern in Schwäbisch Gmünd
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  Saint Michael orthodox church, located inside the Alexander Clinical Hospital, in Kyiv
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  Bridge across the Leliegracht located between the 159 and 157 Keizersgracht in Amsterdam
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  Museumpark campus of the Hogeschool of Rotterdam. This building was the headquarters of Unilever from 1930 to 1993
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  Fake window above a small street "rue étroite" in Toulouse. This type of construction is purely decorative
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  Red chapel in Bítov, Czech Republic.
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  Chapel in Arnultovice, Nový Bor, Czech Republic.
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  Ruins of the chapel at the Bohnice Institutional Cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic.
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  Ruins of the chapel at the Bohnice Institutional Cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic.
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  Brick wall of old fire station with drain pipe and flagpole holder
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  Cloture_de_brique
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  Ventilation grid in brick wall
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  Saint Catherine of Siena Chapel in Allenspark, Colorado.
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  Mossy bricks on the side of Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
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  Mary garden surrounded by the Basilica of St.Lawrence
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  Former home of the Stratmoor family, this place holds a hidden story to the development of the city of Colorado Springs. Shown even on the brick floor made out of Colorado's Pikes Peak Granite.
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  North German brick expressionism, represented by the ten-storey Chilehaus in Hamburg, which, when viewed from the south-east, rises into the sky like the bow of a ship
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  The Sprinkenhof, a building in the North German brick expressionist style, UNESCO World Heritage Site Kontorhaus district in Hamburg
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  Brickwork of the Caracalla Thermal Baths in Rome. Ring-necked parakeets, possibly descendants of animals imported to Rome from India in 273 BC, nest in the holes. The length of the bird, 42 cm, shows the Roman brick formats used
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  Member of the Bhil ethnic group in southern Rajasthan in front of fired bricks, which the Bhil traditionally produce by hand, often in slave-like conditions
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  The West Tower on the island of Wangerooge
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  Brick Shoppe in Seattle, Washington
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  Brick house in Burlington, Vermont
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  Brick gable, Lueneburg, Germany
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  Brick and clay gables of an old house, Lenzen (Elbe), Germany
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  Bricks covered with moss and algae, Kaloe Castle ruins, Kaloe, Denmark
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  Timber framing with brick pattern, Den Gamle By, Aarhus, Denmark
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  Stacked bricks from a demolished building, India
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  Exposed layered bricks Tamilnadu India
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  Wall in Venice, Italy
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  Bricks and marble in Venice, Italy
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  Brick Tower Clock in Burlington, Vermont
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  Blanchard Block in Montpelier, Vermont
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  Bricks for air circulation
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  Stacked bricks from an abandoned building
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  Dünenweg auf der Insel Juist, Ostfriesland, D
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  Kunstvolles Mauerwerk (Detail) an St. Johannis, Lüneburg, D
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  Lutherkirche Leer, Detail an der SW-Ecke des Turmes, Ostfriesland, D
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  Sankt Mariæ, Helsingør, Detail am Kreuzgang, DK
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  A closer look at Seville’s iconic Plaza de España walls.
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  Brick wall of McDonald’s in Porto, Portugal
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  A close up of the brickwork detail on the A Bond Tobacco Warehouse, Bristol, UK
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  Mauerblich aus dem Ostetal
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  Brick Road and Brick Buildings, Jamestown, NY
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  After the flood-Noah legend depicted on a brick wall of a school building in Stockholm Sweden
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  A boy and a ball (on a brick-paved square)
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  Jungle (Wheelabrator) Baltimore, Maryland.
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  Kasbah Hengelo
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  Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe]]
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  Traditional rural mud brick house with visible erosion and patch repairs in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
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  Dublin, house No 19 in the Dawson Street
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  Dry moss on a brick wall (Duisburg)
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  Plant clinging to a brick wall (Duisburg)
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  Tiny moss on a brick wall (Duisburg)
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  Bricked-up windows in Alfeld (Leine)
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  "Fukushima Prefecture" written on a block
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  Lightning earth connection on a brick wall
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  Not yet a house in orange & teal
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  New South Wales Saving Bank plaque on brick wall
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  Vista lateral dos Tijolos do antigo matadouro da Vila Mariana, atual Cinemateca Brasileira
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  Tijolos do antigo matadouro da Vila Mariana, atual Cinemateca Brasileira em 2025
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  Tijolos do Parque Modernista em meados de setembro de 2025
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  Tijolos do antigo matadouro da Vila Mariana, atual Cinemateca Brasileira em setembro do ano de 2025
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  Masonry of the former inn of the former Friedrichshall spa resort
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  Brick wall and window
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  Skulptur av Per Kirkeby på Florida i Bergen
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  Die Marienkapelle im Kloster Hirsau hat nichts von ihrer Schönheit eingebüßt.
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  Die Wagenhallen in Stuttgart wurden restauriert, der Kleiderbügel macht sich gut dort.
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  Die Ruine aus Backstein im Land der Backsteingotik
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  Бывшее банковское здание (деталь), Выборг, Ленинградская область . 2H1A5522WI
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  Бывшее банковское здание (деталь), Выборг, Ленинградская область 2H1A5527WI
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  Chinese-style "money pattern" hollow concrete bricks
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  Fassadenfront in der Speicherstadt Hamburg
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  Ecocathedral in Mildam municipality of Heerenveen, Part of surplus building material stacked in a special way.
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  Ruins of church of Saint Nicholas (Russko-Vysotskoye)
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  Ruins of church of Saint Nicholas (Russko-Vysotskoye)
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  A lattice hollow brick wall was Include bird shapes, fish shapes and geometric shapes pattern in Tamsui , New Taipei
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  Bricks are always useful in the household
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  Chicken in front of a brick wall and pile of bricks in Tanzania
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  Wet footprints on bricks leading from a pool in a Moroccan riad
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  Abandoned construction of a school building in Tanzania leaving exposed bricks
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  Abandoned construction of a school building in Tanzania leaving exposed bricks
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  Wasserturm Altmittweida (Detail) in Sachsen.
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  Wasserturm Altmittweida in Sachsen.
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  Textured brick wall with white paint partially worn away, revealing red bricks beneath, in Toronto, Canada
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  Close up of Red Brick Wall in Toronto, Canada
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  Mixed Coloured Brick Wall in Toronto, Canada
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  Multi-Coloured Brick Wall with Vertical Lines in Toronto, Canada
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  Light reflecting from the stained glass onto the brick pavement of the Bazaar of Tabriz, Iran
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  Deutschland - Trier - Basilika und Kurfürstliches Palais
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  Iran - Festung Rudkhan
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  Iran - Shiraz- Zitadelle des Karim Khan
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  Rumänien - Kloster Neamt
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  Ecocathedral in Mildam municipality of Heerenveen, Part of surplus building material stacked in a special way.
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  Scaligero Bridge detail - Verona (Italy)
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  Decorative bricks on a building facade in Marseille
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  Trompe l’oeil bricks of Palacio de la Madraza facade - Granada
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  Otranto (Italy) - Aragonese Castle
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  Königsberg Cathedral
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  Vault of the Faceted Chamber in Novgorod Kremlin
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  Ecocathedral in Mildam municipality of Heerenveen, Part of surplus building material stacked in a special way.
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  Delizia della Diamantina, Italy
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  1914-1918 Kriegendenkmal in Eibau, Saxony, Germany
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  Detached spiral arch and decorative infill made of bricks
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  Owl hole in a compartment with brick infill
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  Standard-size brick as Poroton perforated brick
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  Standard-size clinker brick as solid brick for brickwork for chimney caps
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  Fabbrica di laterizi dismessa. Come materiale veniva utilizzata l’argilla, che era estratta lungo le sponde del fiume Tevere a Monterotondo (Lazio)
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  Yellow brick wall of an apartment building in Hökarängen, southern Stockholm, Sweden
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  Ecocathedral in Mildam municipality of Heerenveen, Part of surplus building material stacked in a special way.
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  Gasometers in Simmering, Vienna, Austria
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  Fort Morgan Arches
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  Fort Morgan Steps
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  Stone Wall 1848-2
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  Old Tbilisi
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  Old damaged brick wall with remains of plaster; Tenement house; Lublin.
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  Fragment of a wall with a window; Orthodox church, Lublin, Poland.
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  Paving stones – parking lot of the “Stokrotka” supermarket
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  Chiesa di San Domenico in Chioggia
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  Maison briques et bois 12 Rue d'Engueysse à Albi (Tarn)
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  Briques
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  Cheminée de Briques à Villeneuvette (Hérault)
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  Escalier dans la Rue d'Engueysse à Albi (Tarn)
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  Вентилляционное отверстие в кирпичной стене
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  Художественная кирпичная кладка (Москва)
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  An old factory building in Gothenburg, Sweden
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  Mutlicolour Brick Wall in London, Ontario
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  Two Colours of Bricks used in a wall in London, Ontario
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  A seven-story brick building originally used as a brewery, constructed in 1913.
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  Brick facades in Bonn, Germany
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  Brick facades in Hamburg-Speicherstadt, Germany
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  Hefehof Hameln, Lower Saxony, Germany
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  Hefehof Hameln, Lower Saxony, Germany
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  Minarah in Bukhara
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  Bristol Temple Meads Train Station, Bristol, U.K.
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  The Church of The Holy Apostles, Athens, Greece
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  Geometric lattice Air Bricks ( Interlocking circles - octagonal shapes )
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  Exposed brick walls on the sides of a townhouses group in Banqiao, New Taipei
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  Bricks at Besançon-Viotte station
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  Bricks for construction
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  What used to be
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  Complete idol of Durga made of bricks
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  Brick wall; Krakow Gate - Lublin
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  Fragment of the tower - Lublin
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  Defensive castle - Malbork; fragment of the wall
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  Krakow Gate - Lublin; wall
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  A brick wall at the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. distillery
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  An arch of a puja pandal made of bricks
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  A part of puja pandal of outside made of bricks
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  An Idol of Durga and the pandal all made of bricks
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  Inside a brick kiln in Phú Hung, Vietnam
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  Wat Mahathat, Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand
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  Statues of Buddha in Wat Chai Watthanaram temple (Ayutthaya, Thailand)
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  An Arch entrance of bricks in Kolkata Durga Puja pandal
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  A Circle of bricks in the Big Festival Durga Puja showing the Idol
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  A rare Durga Idol made of bricks carving
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  Bunker
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  Interior detail of Fort Jefferson, the largest brick structure in the western hemisphere, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA.jpg
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  Outer wall of Fort Jefferson, the largest brick structure in the western hemisphere, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA
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  A building entrance at Lüneburg, Germany
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  Brick wall mural at Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
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  Tour Gabriel, Mont-Saint-Michel, France
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  Pear Tree on a Brick Wall at Ashtown Demesne, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
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  Voskresenskaya Arch
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  Railway bridge across the river Elster in Saxony
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  Muro di mattoni di tufo, Lazio
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  Each brick whispers of hands that shaped it, carrying the weight of time in its quiet strength.
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  Former Moji Customs House, Japan
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  Graffiti of a white heart on a brick wall, grayscale
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  The Guardian Building in Detroit, Michigan
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  Portrait of an Immortal royal guard (Achaemenid soldiers) from the palace of Susa, Iran
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  Bridge of Lies brick alley in Sibiu, Romania
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  Bricks are using to build basement of a high-rise
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  Blocks in MYANMAR
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  Little biome in a brick (moss vegetation)
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  Red brick factory near the city of Ambsha Abeche , Chad. jpg
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2025 – September – Gold

The new challenge features Gold.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout September UTC.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. September 2025 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
• Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
• Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

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  Tabernacle with doors covered in gold leaf
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  A bottle of gold
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  St Johannis Lueneburg - middle panel of the side altar
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  Зимний дворец, фрагмент ворот 2H1A1343WI2
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  Golden decoration in a hotel in Macao
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  Side shot of Grand Lisboa
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  Game of Gold panning in Zhaoyuan, Shandong
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  Egg pudding
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  A sunset in Florida.
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  Golden frame, detail, Venice
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  Sonnenaufgang in Serignan Plage, Südfrankreich
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  Forum Gold und Silber in Schwäbisch Gmünd
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  Todesengel im Petersdom in Rom
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  Kuppel im Petersdom Rom
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  Verona Arena Aida Bühnenbild 2005
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  Chinesisches Teehaus Potsdam
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  Sri Harmandir Sahib Punjab India.
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  The golden dome of Iowa's capitol building.
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  Inside of Castle Stolzenfels chapel
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  Enclosure of the Cour Royale of the Palace of Versailles, France
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  Golden church dome in industrial environment
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  Turtle in the fountain in Peterhof
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  Dolphins in the fountain in Peterhof
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  Rudbeckia in the garden
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  The atrium of MS Asuka III (NYY Cruises, Japan)
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  A small window on the tiled roof of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
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  Trump Tower Clock in New York (May 2025)
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  View from tower of St. Mary's Church of the church's golden weathercock, Stralsund, Germany
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  Dome of the Maison des Boulangers with golden Mercury figure and condensation trail of a passenger aircraft, Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
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  Golden sculpture Le Petit Renard (Little Fox) at the grocer's guild house, Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
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  Dummy with reflective golden face, Verona, Italy
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  Japanese gold embroidery of a shrimp or lobster, Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris)
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  Kronleuchter in der Kyrill-und-Method-Kirche, Ljubljana, SLO
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  Notarabzeichen in Frankreich, aufgenommen in Avignon
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  Dharmachakra wheel in Woodstock, New York
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  One pound coin of the South African Republic dated 1898
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  High-top canvas sneakers by Schiaparelli with gold toes and gold lacing eyelets (both made of brass) in a shop window in Manhattan
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  Golden hemispherical dome ceiling in the Hall of Ambassadors in the Royal Alcázar of Seville built by Diego Ruiz in 1427
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  Dome of the Vienna Secession building made of wrought-iron laurel branches with 2,500 leaves and over 300 berries, restored in 2018 with 23-carat gold leaf
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  23.5-carat gold leaf embellishes part of the front of a brick apartment block in the poor district of Veddel in Hamburg, a controversial project by artist Boran Burchhardt costing over €85,000
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  Varied Spires in Midtown Manhattan, New York City
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  Kunst aus Vilnius
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  Shwe Indein Pagoda, Inle Lake, Myanmar, Asia
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  Gold-plated SMA connectors
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  A place to buy Gold
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  Chimor gold ear and head ornaments
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  Yellow volcanic sulphur plumes on Mount Iō, Hokkaido, Japan
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  bibles in Saint Didier's church in Avignon, France
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  Lake Survey marker along Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont
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  Homemade golden yellow heart-shaped lollipop
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  Lake Tazawa in the evening
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  Gold reflective glass windows on the exterior of a commercial building in Zhonghe, New Taipei
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  Zlatý novoročný ohňostroj 1.1.2019 v Bratislave, Slovensko.
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  Фонтан «Мраморная скамья» со статуей «Данаида», Петергоф 2H1A4895WI
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  Golden sand on a Baltic Sea beach; Ustka, Poland
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  Condensation on a window at sunset
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  Light from street lamps, Lublin
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  Golden dome, Orthodox cross on the church, Lublin
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  Lord Buddah statue in Joshua Tree, California
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  The Great Buddha i Tōdai-ji i Nara, Japan
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  Das Haus Goldener Schwan steht in Hamburg und macht seinem Namen alle Ehre.
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  Nattstemning ved Bradbenken i Bergen
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  Tramonto sul lago con i colori dell'autunno. Lago di Bracciano
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  Occhi dorati di un gatto
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  Gocce di un fungo Pseudoinonotus dryadeus. Parassita di un leccio nel Parco di Villa Altieri a Oriolo Romano
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  Torre del Oro (Tower of Gold), Seville, Spain
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  Golden Weighing scale at the corner of a house in Frankfurt, Germany
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  Gilded dome and cross of church
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  Golden Angels on gravestone in Munich, Germany
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  Golden half-lion, half-woman creature in a temple in Bangkok, Thailand
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  Скульптурная группа «Тритон» в Нижнем парке Петергофа 2H1A4949WI
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  Золочёные фигурные купола Церковного корпуса Петергофского Дворца 2H1A4248WI
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  Church of St. Bartholomew in Kolín, Czech Republic
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  Stolpersteine stones for the Lederer family, Czech Republic
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  Fried egg on Leberkäse at the restaurant Neuer in Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria
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  Currywurst with french fries at the restaurant Neuer in Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria
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  Grand Central Terminal in 2025
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  Philadelphia city hall clock in 2025
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  Zlaté piesočné duny v púšti Emirátu Abú Zabí, Spojené arabské emiráty.
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  Golden lion
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  Church Windows, Jennersdorf, Austria
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  Church Windows, Jennersdorf, Austria
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  Detail of "Keicho oban" gold coin, Japan, 16th-17th century
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  Venice Was All in Gold - Lucio Fontana - Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid
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  Main altar of the Kirche am Steinhof in Vienna, Austria
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  Golden ceiling at Real Alcázar - Sevilla
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  Angelots en Bois Doré - Eglise Saint-Pardoux-de-Gimel-les-Cascades
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  Eglise Saint Julien et Sainte Basilisse de Servian
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  Vierge - Cathédrale Saint-Nazaire - Béziers
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  Epitaph at a church in Prien am Chiemsee, Upper Bavaria
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  Epitaph at a church in Prien am Chiemsee, Upper Bavaria
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  Golden children's shoe
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  Golden brass coaster
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  Golden necklace
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  Dental gold
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  A golden car
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  Ikoni
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  Gold bars from Spanish treasure ships on display at the Mel Fisher Museum, Key West, Florida.
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  Malá šperkovnica s motívom zo starovekého Egypta, motív je v zlatej farbe.
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  Monogram of King Stanisław August Poniatowski on the top of the Grodzka Gate in Lublin
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  Housing estate - entrance; Lublin, Koncertowa
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  The Eagle Pavilion in the gardens of the Branicki Palace in Białystok
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  Golden Punjabi Jutti Footwear
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  Interior decorations of the dome of Masjid Jami Al-Hidayah, Cikurubuk, Tasikmalaya
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  Gold colors lightings of nightview from Jioufen downtown (aka Gold Mountain town) in New Taipei city
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  Gold colors fireworks from Dadaocheng, Taipei on 2025-08-20
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  Sculpture of Thousand-armed Bodhisattva Kannon, Japan, 14th century
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  Gold ingot and bar of Banque de France
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  Gold bar of Banque de France
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  Exhibit of the Hong Kong Palace Museum: Ming Dynasty crown "Double Dragons Playing with a Pearl Liang Crown"
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  Exhibit of the Hong Kong Palace Museum: Ming Dynasty crown "Double Dragons Playing with a Pearl Liang Crown"
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  The iconic Golden Pavilion ("Kinkaku-ji"), Kyoto, Japan
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  Golden Tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria), Salina, Oklahoma, USA
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  A conservator restores the gold paint on an ancient Egyptian coffin at the Museo Egizio
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  Exhibit of Sanxingdui Gold Mask
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  A golden replica ancient coin of Chinese
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  Crown pen 2013
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  Golden Road - Winter; Lublin, Poland
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  Kabuto worn by the emperor.- Tokyo National Museum (Japan)
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  Dōmaru.- Muromachi period, 15th century, Tokyo National Museum
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  Gilded dome and cross of the Presentation Church in Rizopolozhensky monastery, Suzdal
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  Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Malta
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  Golden Yellow Coloured Peacock Flower, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur
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  Gold armlet, Museo del Oro, Bogotá, Colombia
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September 2025

• 2025 – September – Bricks

  2025 – September – Gold

August 2025

• Bark
• Interior Home Decorations

Previous challenges

August 2025

• 2025 - August - Bark -> Commons:Photo challenge/2025 - August - Bark/Winners

July 2025

Waterside structures: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands	Seen on a tour of Norfolk Harbor, these massive dockside cranes will work on naval vessels.	Blick von der 580 Meter hohen Steilklippe „Cabo Girao“ auf die am Ufer liegenden Terrassenfelder in der Nähe der Ortschaft Câmara de Lobos auf Madeira.
Author	JoanaImages	JoannaPoe	Otto Domes
Score	15	14	13

Vending machines: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Selecta vending machine in Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland.	Ticket machines in the concourse of Nuremberg Central Station	Sake, øl og whisky i byen Fuji i Japan.
Author	W8Kp3mZr1j	Ermell	Odd Roar Aalborg
Score	11	8	6

June 2025

One stands out: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	One purple Tulip surrounded by a few white Tulips.	Flamingos, one shakes itself after a bath, Parc Ornithologique de Pont de Gau, Camargue, France	a goose surrounded by ducks
Author	MikeBurnsPhotos	Mozzihh	Chrissieminton
Score	17	15	11

Steam: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Treno a vapore nella stazione di Pontassive in occasione della Befana	Sinter terraces full of steam in the morning sun, Lower Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park	Vasca e sorgenti di acqua calda sulfurea al Parco della Mola di Oriolo Romano
Author	Repuli	Lusi Lindwurm	Albarubescens
Score	13	10	8

May 2025

Flowers: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Sunflower field in Burgundy	Waterlily	Hasenglöckchen eingerahmt
Author	Ibex73	Peterdownunder	Englandfan~commonswiki
Score	12	8	8

Flags: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Rettungsschwimmer im Parque Natural de Corralejo, Fuerteventura	Flag of Namibia on an airplane winglet	Paracadutista della Brigata Folgore con bandiera italiana sopra Livorno
Author	Fischer1961	Mozzihh	Marcxosm
Score	18	7	5

April 2025

Meadows: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	A hill dream	Sunset over a green meadow with forest in foreground and layered mountain silhouettes in the distance, under a glowing orange sky.	Fioritura a Castelluccio di Norcia. Italia
Author	Anna.Massini	Martinovmejl	Repuli
Score	14	12	9

Camelidae: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Camel at toni's zoo - B&W	Kamel am Strand in Ägypten.	Ägyptische Motive mit Kamel. Strand des Grand Makadi Hotels am Roten Meer.
Author	Roy Egloff	Kora27	Kora27
Score	16	11	10

March 2025

Hiking: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Silhouette of a female hiker in front of the Massif du Mont-Blanc	A hiker on the last meters before reaching the summit of the Schneespitze in the Stubai Alps	A picture of three people hiking the path called "Dragon's Back" in Brecon, Wales. Taken by Lauren Moon in June of 2024.
Author	Stephan Sprinz	Milseburg	Lighting-design-lila
Score	15	15	11

Newspapers: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Newspapers are living history	Newspaper reader in Naples, Italy	Rolled up newspaper delivered to a home in Redan, Victoria.
Author	Sindugab	Mozzihh	Peterdownunder
Score	14	12	10

February 2025

Absence: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Absence of essence	Automatic river lighthouse. Yenisei River, Krasnoyarsk	Linden alley at Kalevankangas Cemetery in Tampere, Finland
Author	Tn.kuvat	VSerebrenikov	Xannima
Score	18	17	12

Healthy living: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Heal thy life.	Sun salutation for healthy living	Young athletic girl
Author	Tn.kuvat	Sneha G Gupta	VSerebrenikov
Score	12	11	10

January 2025

Leatherwork: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Tanners at work in one of the old tanneries of Fez, Morocco	Pilot with Leather Aviator Helmet	Handmade shoes
Author	Lusi Lindwurm	Roy Egloff	AK-Bino
Score	24	11	11

Ovals: Entries • Votes • Scores

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Title	Horseshoe Bend (Arizona)	Underpass of Michelinstraße in Hallstadt	Fontana in un giardino storico in Roccalvecce (Viterbo)
Author	Gzzz	Ermell	Albarubescens
Score	15	12	11

Previous years

• Photo challenge in 2024
• Photo challenge in 2023
• Photo challenge in 2022
• Photo challenge in 2021
• Photo challenge in 2020
• Photo challenge in 2019
• Photo challenge in 2018
• Photo challenge in 2017
• Photo challenge in 2016
• Photo challenge in 2015
• Photo challenge in 2014
• Photo challenge in 2013