Dear Wikimedians, I am pleased to announce the launch of *Wiki Loves Peace (WLP) 2026*, an international photography campaign organized in collaboration with the *United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)*.
Wiki Loves Peace aims to document peace-related heritage, memorials, museums, educational institutions, public art, and peacebuilding initiatives around the world through freely licensed photographs and media on Wikimedia Commons. The initiative takes inspiration from campaigns such as Wiki Loves Monuments and Wiki Loves Earth while focusing specifically on themes of peace, remembrance, reconciliation, coexistence, and disarmament education. Selected winning photographs will be featured on UNODA's official social media platforms with appropriate attribution in accordance with Wikimedia Commons licensing requirements. Campaign dates *Launch:* 21 September 2026 (International Day of Peace) *Submission deadline:* 30 October 2026, 11:59 PM AOE (end of United Nations Disarmament Week) Objectives The campaign seeks to: - Promote open knowledge related to peace and disarmament - Encourage documentation of peace memorials, museums, monuments, and heritage sites on Wikimedia Commons - Increase freely licensed media related to peace education and anti-war remembrance - Support collaboration between Wikimedia communities and institutions working on peace and disarmament themes Examples of eligible subjects Contributors are invited to document, among other things: - Peace memorials and monuments - Peace museums and exhibitions - Anti-war memorials - Sites associated with reconciliation and coexistence - Disarmament and peace education initiatives - Public art promoting peace - Hiroshima and Nagasaki heritage sites - Cultural heritage associated with peacebuilding Learn more Meta-Wiki project page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Peace Questions, suggestions, endorsements, and expressions of interest are warmly welcome. We would be especially grateful for support from affiliates, community organizers, photographers, educators, GLAM institutions, and peace-related organizations interested in helping expand participation and document peace heritage from their regions. Kind regards, -- Raydann *Wikimedian-in-Residence* Central Library, IIT Delhi & United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
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