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Answering your questions about Wikipedia, the monkey selfie, and copyright on the Wikimedia sites.

A good number of Wikipedia's English-language editors in the last year were drawn to news (especially politics), media, and miscellanea.

Wikipedia is available in hundreds of languages, which is both a gift and a curse—the latter because so much of our knowledge is locked behind language barriers for too many people. Here are the tools Wikimedia has, to help translators bring the sum of all knowledge to their own communities.

Selected from a field of 26 proposals, these projects focus on software, offline outreach, and online organizing.

The top fifteen images from Wiki Loves Monuments, an international photographic competition, span five continents and contain a veritable treasure trove of cultural heritage.

An exploration of the intersection between Wikipedia and public libraries in the United States.

Nearly 132,000 images, all freely licensed, have been added to Wikimedia Commons in the fourth annual Wiki Loves Earth. The photographic contest focuses on protected areas, unique places of natural heritage, to document them for future generations.

A volunteer project run by six Wikimedians has been recognized for their work.

Thanks to Wikipedia, Tímea Baksa has learned two new languages and met people from all around the world. We asked about what keeps her coming back to Wikipedia, day after day.

Please join us in welcoming six new Outreachy interns to Wikimedia from Brazil, Cameroon, Germany, and India!