. celebrates the world's rich folk traditions and culture. This year, more than 8,500 incredible images were submitted representing over 90 countries. You can see all winning images on Wikimedia Commons. ⬇️ (4/4)
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The third winning image of depicts a woman in a small village in Odisha, India, working on Pattachitra paintings. 📷 Euphoric Captures, CC BY-SA 4.0. (3/4)
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This is the second winning image of this year's , taken in the Sahara Desert in Morocco. 📷 Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0. (2/4)
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You are looking at the first place winning image of the photography competition. 🤩 "Child's Faith to Santo Niño" captures a moment from the annual Sinulog festival in the Philippines.
📷 Michol Sanchez, CC BY-SA 4.0 (1/4)
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Several of WIPO’s accredited observers, including , , , as well as organizations such as , showed their support for the accreditation of the chapters and called on members to facilitate their admission. (6/6)
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. and other Wikimedia projects rely on open, flexible copyright policies to ensure knowledge can be accessed and shared freely. (5/6)
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The chapters that had their applications as permanent observers to WIPO denied were , , , , , , and . (4/6)
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“When the decision-making power of the General Assembly is left in the hands of a single country and without regard to the WIPO’s admission criteria, this sets a worrying precedent for the institution,” said , General Counsel of the Wikimedia Foundation. (3/6)
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China has also objected to our application for observer status twice, first in 2020, and again in 2021. This objection is unprecedented in WIPO discussions and contradicts WIPO Rules of Procedure. (2/6)
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UN Member States Should Accredit Blocked Human Rights Groups
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The 6 blocked human rights groups whose UN accreditation applications will be voted on next week are . UN ECOSOC member states should vote to allow them into the UN. hrw.org/news/2022/07/1
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.: UN member states in ECOSOC should vote next week to grant UN accreditation to 6 human rights organizations whose applications have been unfairly blocked for years by #Russia, #China & other abusive governments. hrw.org/news/2022/07/1
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“Unlike historical archives of the past, there is a potential for Wikipedia to be more inclusive and reflective of society.”
READ: shares efforts by , , & to close ’s gender gaps.
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At the start of 2021, Mia Cariello had no experience with any Wikimedia projects. By year's end, she had added over 200,000 words across Wikipedia and Wikidata and assisted in two 's edit-a-thons. She reflects on her journey below. ⬇️
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“Yesterday, published the deepest infrared view of the universe ever captured. The target, the galaxy cluster called SMACS J0723.3-7327, already has its article on Wikipedia, and has been translated to eight languages 👇 w.wiki/5SKT”
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Ayer @NASAWebb publicó la visión infrarroja más profunda del universo jamás captada. El objetivo, el cúmulo de galaxias denominado SMACS J0723.3-7327, ya cuenta con su artículo en @Wikipedia, y ha sido traducido a ocho idiomas 
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Antanana was in the middle of writing one article every day for 100 days when the Russian government invaded her country of Ukraine.
This is the story of what happened next. (Spoiler: she still created an article every day.) #100WikiDays
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Today, the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group organized an edit-a-thon to increase the number and quality of contents about women on Yoruba as part of the global contest. A total of 172 new articles were published on Yoruba Wikipedia
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“This is a restriction to public domain and a misuse of Wikimedia projects, which are collaborative repositories meant to freely provide content, also for commercial purposes,” says , who wrote an open letter to oppose the guidelines. (2/2)
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The new Italian National Plan for the Digitization of Cultural Heritage stipulates that images can be published for free on Wikimedia projects, but they would now be subject to a fee for commercial reuse. (1/2)
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"The government is targeting information that is vital to people's lives in a time of crisis."
To defend the right of everyone to freely access and share knowledge, we are challenging a recent Moscow Court decision. Learn more in ⬇️
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“[Wikipedia] has become an online space where languages not considered ?universal’ can thrive,” writes journalist Elisa Pierandrei. How people around the world are reclaiming their cultures by creating articles in their languages.
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If there's one last bastion of free speech in Russia, it's . Despite fines, persecution of local editors, and probable future ban anyway, it does not yield to the Kremlin's demands to call the unprovoked invasion a "special military operation".
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1/ Together with , we prepared a statement addressing key concerns following the recent release of the Italian MoC's National Cultural Heritage Digitization Plan for 2022-2023.
📝 Read the full statement ⬇️
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The Wikimedia Foundation’s overall carbon emissions decreased by 7% in 2021—part of ongoing efforts to ensure that our work and mission support a more sustainable world.
Learn more in our latest environmental sustainability report. ⬇️
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Thrilled to be partnering with to help improve translation systems on Wikipedia and unlock content in many more under-represented languages.
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Since 2014, @Wikipedia editors have used our Content Translation Tool to share knowledge in more languages. Now, the tool includes open-source technology from @MetaAI—helping editors to make more information available in under-represented languages. (1/2) ai.facebook.com/research/no-la
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Wikipedia editors have been piloting ’s model to translate articles in 20+ low-resource languages (those without extensive datasets to train AI systems), including 10 that were not supported by any machine translation tools before. (2/2)
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Since 2014, editors have used our Content Translation Tool to share knowledge in more languages. Now, the tool includes open-source technology from —helping editors to make more information available in under-represented languages. (1/2)
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According to the new Italian National Plan for the Digitization of Cultural Heritage (PND) images can be published on the #Wikimedia projects, but to reuse them for commercial purposes you need to pay a fee. This is a restriction to public domain.
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This October, will come to Dubai. It will be the first Wikimedia event of its kind held in the UAE and the Gulf region. See the announcement and details ⬇️
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These are just three podcasts created by our Spanish-speaking communities around the world.
Do you know any others?
Mention them here so everyone can give them a listen ? (5/5)
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A collaboration between and , #SuenaWiki invites folks who work directly with the free knowledge movement to share their learnings and experiences. (4/5)
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#SeOyeLibre, created by , talks about free knowledge, internet, and technology in Mexico and Latin America. (3/5)
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Have you ever wanted to hear from the volunteers who have written the millions of articles that you read? 's podcast #WikiCafé interviews these folks over a cup of coffee. (2/5)
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Earlier this year, we built a new “Add an image” feature. To test it, we worked with Wikimedia affiliates and cultural heritage professionals in Latin America.
Here's how it went, from the perspective of . (1/2)
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Hoy se entrega la propuesta de #NuevaConstitución para Chile.
En este día histórico, te contamos cómo nuestra comunidad se ha dedicado a registrar cada etapa de este proceso en 👇
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