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=== Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2013 is open! ===
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[[File:Pair of Merops apiaster feeding.jpg|thumb|right|'''2012 Picture of the Year''': A pair of European Bee-eaters in Ariège, France.]] 
Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the '''second round''' of the 2013 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the eighth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2013) to produce a single Picture of the Year.

Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year were entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.

There are two total rounds of voting. In the first round, you voted for as many images as you liked. The top 30 overall and the most popular image in each category have continued to the final. '''In the final round, you may vote for just one image to become the Picture of the Year.'''

'''Round 2 will end on {{Commons:Picture of the Year/2013/Rules/Time|r2end}}'''. <span class="plainlinks">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2013/Introduction/en '''Click here to learn more and vote &raquo;''']</span>

Thanks,<br />
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee<br />

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