#11: Aircraft Rescue Firefighting training (U.S. Marine Corps). – Attribution: Lance Cpl. Manuel F. Guerrero, United States Marine Corps (http://www.marines.mil/) (License: PD)
The 2013 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to announce the results:
We shattered participation records this year — more people voted in Picture of the Year 2013 than ever before. In both rounds, 4070 different people voted for their favorite images. Additionally, there were more image candidates (featured pictures) in the contest than ever before (962 images total).
In the first round, 2852 people voted for all 962 files
In the second round, 2919 people voted for the 50 finalists (the top 30 overall and top 2 in each category)
We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating these beautiful images and sharing them as freely licensed content:
We also sincerely thank to all 4070 voters for participating and we hope you will return for next year's contest in early 2015. We invite you to continue to participate in the Commons community by sharing your work.
#4: A Burrowing Owl near Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. It is standing on one leg. – Attribution: Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes (Flickr); edited version by King of Hearts (License: CC BY 2.0)
#5–6: Two Rhaetian Railways ABe 4/4 III multiple units with a local train traversing the spiral viaduct near Brusio, Switzerland. – Attribution: Kabelleger / David Gubler (http://www.bahnbilder.ch) (License: GFDL / CC BY-SA 3.0)
#5–6: A RhB Ge 4/4 II with a push–pull train crosses the Wiesen Viaduct between Wiesen and Filisur, Switzerland. – Attribution: Kabelleger / David Gubler (http://www.bahnbilder.ch) (License: GFDL / CC BY-SA 3.0)
#7: President Barack Obama jokingly mimics U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney's "not impressed" look while greeting members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team in the Oval Office, November 15, 2012. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza.) – Attribution: Official White House Photo (Flickr) by Pete Souza; edited version by El Grafo (License: PD)
#8: Cologne Cathedral at night in Köln, Germany. – Attribution: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de (License: CC BY-SA 3.0 DE)
#9–10: Chital (Axis axis) stag attempting to browse on a misty morning in Nagarhole National Park. – Attribution: Yathin S Krishnappa (License: CC BY-SA 3.0)
#9–10: Indian streetseller hands displaying green chickpeas. – Attribution: Jorge Royan (www.royan.com.ar) (License: CC BY-SA 3.0)
#11: Aircraft Rescue Firefighting training (U.S. Marine Corps). – Attribution: Lance Cpl. Manuel F. Guerrero, United States Marine Corps (http://www.marines.mil/) (License: PD)
