I am happy to notice that, if I recall correctly, two of these finalists were
runner-ups of Wiki Science Competition 2017 (the tornado, Commons:Wiki Science
Competition 2017/Winners - Wikimedia Commons "image sets" category) and of
European Science Photo Competition 2015 (the frozen bubble,
Dear Wikimedians,
The 2018 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to
announce the results:
In both rounds, people voted for their favorite media files.
* In the first round, there were 963 candidate images.
* In the second round, people voted for the 57 finalists
