Photo Challenge ThePhoto 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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The new challenge featuresFactory interiors.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in thefile information, including the location of the subject, and relevantcategories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not toviolate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe oureducational project scope and thepersonality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject todeletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout DecemberUTC.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must benewly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. December 2025UTC (butmay 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 seeHelp:Gallery tag. Pleasedo not add square brackets[[ ]] or include athumb parameter or the full URL. TheFile: prefix is not required, but harmless.

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

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  Blohm & Kruse I
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  Interior of abandoned diatomite factory, Skåne, Sweden
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  In the historic compressor hall of Hansa coking plant, Dortmund, Germany
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  Fertigungshalle für Holzmodulbauelemente der Holzingenieurbaufirma Derix, Krefeld
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  Silk factory, throwing: female workers gain filaments from silk moth pupas and combine them to treads wound on weels with machine help, Dalat, Vietnam
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  In a Cuban cigar factory, Santiago de Cuba 1990
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  Turbines of the Geesthacht pumped storage power plant, Geesthacht, Germany
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  Control room of the Geesthacht pumped storage power plant (Original from 1958), Geesthacht, Germany
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  Flywheel of a briquette press, Energiefabrik Knappenrode, Knappenrode, Germany
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  Blast furnace with tapping channel and hot air ring pipe, Belval, Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg
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  Workshop in the former Carstens Keramik Rheinsberg GmbH manufactory
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  Electric kilns in the former Carstens Keramik Rheinsberg GmbH manufactory
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  Brew kettles in the pub brewery "Zum Alten Brauhaus"
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  Trolley of an overhead crane in the former BBC factory "Trafowerk" in Mannheim-Käfertal
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  Gärkeller einer Brauerei in Ulm
  Fermentation cellar of a brewery in Ulm
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  Sudhaus einer Brauerei in Ulm
  Brewhouse of a brewery in Ulm
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  Interior of the Rauberweihermühle mill at the Upper Palatinate Open-Air Museum in Neusath
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  Ships under construction at Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard,2025
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  Ships under construction at Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard,2025
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  Ships under construction at Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard,2025
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  Pump in the waterworks in Bamberg
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  Склад готовой продукции на пищевом производстве
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  A Derelict Factory in South Australia.
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  A steam turbine in the decommissioned coal-fired power station in Boxberg/Germany
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  Metallurgical furnace in operation inside an industrial foundry in Guwahati, Assam, India, showing molten metal being poured and workers engaged in the smelting process.
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  Sawmill in the open air museum Oberpfalz in Neusath
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  Moulin des Oliaux'Cog wheel Villeneuve d'Ascq (France)
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  Ironworker's artisanal workshop, Bergamo (Italia)
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  Inside mine pit of Arenberg (France)
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  Glassblowing demonstration at the Trélon (France)
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  Interior of the Pumphouse Restaurant in Winnipeg Manitoba
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  Inside vacant factory in Duluth Minnesota
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  Huta Pokój hot-rolling mill, water cooling
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  Huta Pokój hot-rolling mill, hot steel
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  Huta Pokój hot-rolling mill, water cooling
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  Huta Pokój hot-rolling mill, hot steel
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  Elektronische schakelruimte van een fabriek
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  To submit your photos please click here

The new challenge featuresHerders.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in thefile information, including the location of the subject, and relevantcategories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not toviolate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe oureducational project scope and thepersonality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject todeletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout DecemberUTC.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must benewly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. December 2025UTC (butmay 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 seeHelp:Gallery tag. Pleasedo not add square brackets[[ ]] or include athumb parameter or the full URL. TheFile: prefix is not required, but harmless.

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

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  Cowherd with cattle on a beach outside of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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  A shepherd with his flock against the backdrop of Mount Dimats in Armenia
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  Province of Belluno, Italy
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  Modern herder on motor bike driving sheep through a Village in Extremadura, Spain 2011
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  Rabari herder with sheep, Rajasthan, India
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  Women drive their cattle and sheep to the watering hole, Rajasthan, India
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  Herder with water buffalos, Rajasthan, India
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  Small wooden toy figures of a shepherd, a flock of sheep, a dog, and a tree on a mirror
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  Small wooden toy figures of a shepherd, a flock of sheep, a dog, and a tree
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  Shepherd on motor bike with sheep herd, Cedillo, Spain
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  Shepherds with herd during the Almabtrieb in the Pitztal
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  Herders at the cattle-separate in the Kleinwalsertal
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  Herders at the cattle-separate in the Kleinwalsertal
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  Herders at the cattle-separate in the Kleinwalsertal
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  Encounter with a herder and his flock while riding through Montenegro.
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  Schafherde auf der Wiese in Bayern, Deutschland.
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  Schafherde auf der Wiese in Bayern, Deutschland.
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  Schafherde auf der Wiese in Bayern, Deutschland.
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  A shepherd and a flock of sheep on the Gegham Ridge in Armenia
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  Horse breeders in Khustain Nuruu National Park (Mongolia)
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  Goats with herder in an Argan tree in south-western Morocco
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  A Herder with goats in an Argan tree in Morocco
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  Shepherd in the pastures of Văcarea (Romania)
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  Vicugna pacos in Sillustani (Peru)
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  Dolomites, Italy
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  Transhumance of sheep above the village of Azet (France)
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  A shepherd tending goats on the grounds of the Abahuatsa fortress in Abkhazia
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  Pastore con il gregge alla Riserva naturale dell'Insugherata a Roma
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  Mountain pastures in Poland, Beskid Makowski
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  Hala Kamińskiego mountain pasture
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  Herd of Bison at Fort Whyte Alive in Winnipeg Manitoba
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  Sheep and shepherd in Zawoja
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  Herder die kudde door bos drijft
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  To submit your photos please click here

Voting is open to all registered contributors who have held accounts for at least 10 days and made 50 edits, and also to new Commons contributors who have entered the challenge with a picture. Users cannot vote for their own picture. Voters may select up to three photographs in each theme to award points and can give praise to other photos without awarding points. Voting will be open for one month. The votes not complying with those requirements will be removed or converted to praises. In some cases users might be asked to correct their votes after voting ends.

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Bricks:Entries •Votes •Scores

Rank	1	2	3
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Title	Oasis de montagne de Chebika, en Tunisie, au petit matin du mois de janvier	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	Bricks for construction
Author	Louhaeun	Lusi Lindwurm	Saral Shots
Score	12	10	8

Gold:Entries •Votes •Scores

Rank	1	2	3
image
Title	Gold colors fireworks from Dadaocheng, Taipei on 2025-08-20	Золочёные фигурные купола Церковного корпуса Петергофского Дворца 2H1A4248WI	Chimor gold ear and head ornaments
Author	Junyu-K	Kora27	WMrapids
Score	16	9	7

Home interiors:Entries •Votes •Scores

Rank	1	2	3
image
Title	Time to milk the cows.	Old style Chinese decoration	Contemporary blue and white bathroom
Author	Magnolia677	Pauloleong2002	OKJaguar
Score	10	9	7

Bark:Entries •Votes •Scores

Rank	1	2	3
image			File:200130 D 9059.CR2.jpg
Title	Andrews Mare, Lyndhurst, New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK	Willow trees on the bank of the river Windrush at Witney, Oxfordshire, UK	Tree on Lake Gunn Nature Walk in Fiordland National Park in Southland on South Island of New Zealand
Author	JoanaImages	Scampz	Karel Stipek Austria
Score	17	14	10

Waterside structures:Entries •Votes •Scores

Rank	1	2	3
image
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

Rank	1	2	3
image
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

One stands out:Entries •Votes •Scores

Rank	1	2	3
image
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

Rank	1	2	3
image
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

Flowers:Entries •Votes •Scores

Rank	1	2	3
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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

Rank	1	2	3
image
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

Meadows:Entries •Votes •Scores

Rank	1	2	3
image
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

Rank	1	2	3
image
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

Hiking:Entries •Votes •Scores

Rank	1	1	3
image
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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image
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

Absence:Entries •Votes •Scores

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

Leatherwork:Entries •Votes •Scores

Rank	1	2	2
image
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

Rank	1	2	3
image
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

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