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Picture of the Year 2012 The 7th Picture of the Year Contest was an event where the images that became Featured Pictures during the year were voted on by members from all Wikimedia projects to produce a winner. 2012 Winner: European Bee-eater, Ariège, France. The female (in front) awaits the offering which the male will make. Created by Pierre Dalous. Other POTY 2012 winners  ·  Previous years Highlights If you are browsing Commons for the first time, you may want to start with Featured pictures, Quality images or Valued images. You can also see some work created by our highly skilled contributors in Meet our photographers and Meet our illustrators. You may also be interested in Picture of the Year. Content [+] Categories [+] Commons [+] Copyright statuses [+] Featured items [+] Media by source [+] Media types [+] Topics [+] Users By topic Nature Animalia · Fossils · Landscapes · Marine life · Plantae · Weather Society · Culture Art · Belief · Coats of arms · Entertainment · Events · Flags · Food · History · Language · Literature · Music · Objects · People · Places · Politics · Sports Science Astronomy · Biology · Chemistry · Mathematics · Medicine · Physics · Technology Engineering Architecture · Chemical · Civil · Electrical · Environmental · Geophysical · Mechanical · Process By location Earth Oceans · Islands · Archipelagoes · Continents · Countries · Subdivisions Space Asteroids · Natural satellites · Comets · Planets · Stars · Galaxies By type Images Animations · Diagrams · Drawings · Maps (Atlas) · Paintings · Photos · Symbols Sounds Music · Pronunciation · Speeches · Spoken Wikipedia Videos By author Architects · Composers · Painters · Photographers · Sculptors By license Copyright statuses Creative Commons licenses · GFDL · Public domain By source Image sources Encyclopedias · Scholarly journals · Self-published work

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