Commons:Photo challenge/2026 - January - Peace

2026 – January – Peace

The new challenge features Peace and Peace symbols.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout January UTC.

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Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. January 2026 UTC (but may 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:

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

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Peaceful Trespassing
World Peace Bell pavillion, Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Statue of Brothers, symbol of hope and peace between North and South Korea. at Memorial in Seoul, Korea
Friede, Old South Cemetery in Munich, Germany
Stop wars on building in Berlin, Germany
Friedensengel
angel of peace
Peace pole with English inscribed on one side and Māori on the other
T-shirt with a peace symbol print
a pigeon standing on a cannon
photo taking with the cannon in Fortaleza do Monte
Independence War Victory Column
Peace at last for Heligoland
White House Peace Vigil in Lafayette Park, Washington USA – June 2015
Tourist with jute shopping bag, written CHOOSE PEACE in the city of Cienfuegos, Cuba
Memorial tomb of Pope Pius VII by Danish artist Bertel Thorwaldsen in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome in peaceful light atmosphere!
Solidarity for peace on the street nearby the Islamic cultural center of Quebec City after bloodbath on 29th January 2017
Devotees at the Holy Door in Quebec City at Basilica Cathedral Notre Dame de Quebec, opening day on 8th December 2023
World Peace Bell, Christchurch Botanic Gardens after rain
2017 Attack Memorial at Las Ramblas, Barcelona, with the word 'PEACE'
Front Doors of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, showing a segment from Luke 1:28
Miraculous Medal Chapel - Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
A stained glass window showing pilgrims marching for their faith (Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception)
Mary the Mother of God holding Baby Jesus (Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception)
Menhire für den Frieden
A street mural with a glowing heart radiating from a pair of hands in Mauritius
Cruz na Cidade de Tiradentes em 2025
Prédio Histórico na cidade de Ouro Preto em Minas Gerais 2025
Paisagem em Tiradentes em 2025
Cidade de Tiradentes em 2025
Artistic peace symbol at Toronto Distillery District
Monument voor Vredesoperaties in Roermond
Auferstehungskirche Ulm-Böfingen, Progress Pride Flag am Kirchturm
War no more! graffiti, Te Aro, Wellington
Vredes monument (Nationaal Indië-monument / Monument voor Vredesoperaties) Roermond
"The Wounded" by Ferdinand Opitz, a memorial to the fallen in World War I Velký Šenov, Czech Republic
Freedom of the Human Spirit and the Unisphere, symbolizing freedom and peace in the universe - Flushing Meadows Corona Park (NY)
The rainbow symbolises reconciliation and peace
The statue of Christ with outstretched arms on Puig de Sant Salvador, radiating peace and tranquillity
In Christianity, the cross symbolises peace and reconciliation
In Christianity, the cross symbolises peace and reconciliation
War memorial to the fallen soldiers in World War I (Kriegerdenkmal), Seifhennersdorf, Saxony, Germany
La Colombe de la Paix : TOGO - Lomé
Gedenken an die Reichsprogomnacht und die ermordeten Widerstandskämpfer der Weißen Rose in Hamburg-Volksdorf
Friedenslinde im Steigerwald bei Ebrach
Greenpeace activists accompany a demonstration in Hamburg with percussion from a rubbish bin bearing a peace symbol
Auf der Festwiese in Ammersbek vorrübergehend aufgestellte Holzskulptur von Axel Richter als Beitrag zur Kunst des Friedens im Auftrag der Kirche, Deutschland
War memorial to the fallen soldiers in World War I (Kriegerdenkmal), Bernstadt auf dem Eigen, Saxony, Germany
Breath of peace
Small peace demonstration for Palestina, Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy
Building of the Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, Norway
Tombstone at the cemetery of Jewish quarter Kazimierz, Krakow, Poland
Peace installation of Giuseppe Carta on Piazza Superiore di San Francesco in front of Basilica, Assisi, Italy
Saints Cyril and Methodius, Thessaloniki, Greece
Oslo, statue of Sri Chinmoy and the eternal peace flame, Holmenkollen
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan
Drawing at the Children's Biennial in Dresden 2022
Children's Biennial in the Japanese Palace in Dresden 2022 ("Why is the soldier crying?")
Protest against the war in Ukraine at the barrier to the Russian Embassy in Tallinn
Peace and goodness; Gate to the Capuchin monastery; Lublin
Peace pax frieden
Peace button - Saarbrücken
Freedom Monument in Bytom
Silesian Insurgents Monument in Katowice
Silesian Insurgents Monument in Katowice
Garage in Neu-Ulm, Friedenstaube
USSR old mosaics on the House of Culture in Pokrovo-Prigorodnoe village, Russia
The dove of peace - Saarbrücken
Nie wieder Krieg - Never Again War Movement
Sign out front of recently burned down house in Wolf Point Montana that says "Never forget that justice is what love looks like in person"
Blick auf die Wiese an der Elbe in Torgau, Sachsen.
Osterbrunnen mit einer Friedensfigur in Form einer Taube in Gornsdorf, Sachsen.
Ciondolo con il simbolo della Pace
San Francesco d'Assisi, il fanciullo e le colombe. Statua all'ingresso del Santuario della Verna
The Peacekeeping Monument, Ottawa.- Canada
Door knob on Osnabrück city hall commemorating the Peace of Westphalia in 1648
Remains of an anti-aircraft gun emplacement. It is now a good place for a picnic.
Memorial in honor of the french soldiers killed in 1832 during the Antwerp siege. Tournai (Belgium),
Friedensglocke auf dem Fichtelberg. Erzgebirgskreis, Sachsen.
Peace Bridge in Winnipeg at the Forks along the Nestaweya River Trail
Peace Flame in Derry, lit after the Good Friday Agreement
Peace Mural in Belfast near Sandy Row
Peace mural in Derry Northern Ireland, the broken gun symbolizing the Good Friday Agreement
Peace Mural in Derry with smaller violent murals below it
Discarded protest signs in London, July of 2017
Civil Rights Mural in Derry at the cite of Bloody Sunday
Make love not war!
Erzgebirgische Volkskunst. Ortsschwibbogen in Oelsnitz, Erzgebirgskreis, Sachsen.
A replica of the Urakami Cathedral bell. The original cathedral was destroyed by the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945.
Pace e Amor. Colomba della Pace sulle luminarie natalizie in via del Corso a Roma
Signpost in Christiania (Copenhagen).
Friedenspfahl in Schwäbisch Gmünd
peace-pole in Schwäbisch Gmünd
Spiritueller Friedensort mit Buddha-Statue auf dem Zeiselberg in Schwäbisch Gmünd
Spiritual place of peace with Buddha statue on the Zeiselberg in Schwäbisch Gmünd
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