https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=featuredfeed&feed=potd&feedformat=atom 2026-04-10T16:35:53Z Some of the finest images on Wikimedia Commons MediaWiki 1.46.0-wmf.23 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedItem/potd/20260401000000/en 2026-04-01T00:00:00Z

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bas%C3%ADlica_de_Santa_Francesca_Romana,_Roma,_Italia,_2022-09-15,_DD_51-53_HDR.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Bas%C3%ADlica_de_Santa_Francesca_Romana%2C_Roma%2C_Italia%2C_2022-09-15%2C_DD_51-53_HDR.jpg/330px-Bas%C3%ADlica_de_Santa_Francesca_Romana%2C_Roma%2C_Italia%2C_2022-09-15%2C_DD_51-53_HDR.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="494" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Bas%C3%ADlica_de_Santa_Francesca_Romana%2C_Roma%2C_Italia%2C_2022-09-15%2C_DD_51-53_HDR.jpg/960px-Bas%C3%ADlica_de_Santa_Francesca_Romana%2C_Roma%2C_Italia%2C_2022-09-15%2C_DD_51-53_HDR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4572" data-file-height="7530" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en" style="display:inline;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Francesca_Romana,_Rome" class="extiw" title="en:Santa Francesca Romana, Rome">Basilica of Santa Francesca</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" class="extiw" title="en:Rome">Rome</a>, Italy. A church at the site was known by the tenth century. It was named <i>Santa Maria Nova</i> ("New St Mary"), to distinguish it from the other church inside the Roman forum devoted to St Mary, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_Antiqua" class="extiw" title="en:Santa Maria Antiqua">Santa Maria Antiqua</a> ("Ancient St Mary"), which had fallen into ruin by then. The relics from the ancient church were moved to this church under Pope Leo. Santa Maria Nuova was enlarged in the second half of the tenth century, and then rebuilt by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Honorius_III" class="extiw" title="en:Pope Honorius III">Pope Honorius III</a> in the thirteenth century, adding the campanile and the apse, as well as being decorated with a mosaic <i>Maestà</i>, a depiction of the Madonna enthroned accompanied by saints (as seen in the picture). Since 1352 the church has been in the care of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivetans" class="extiw" title="en:Olivetans">Olivetans</a>. In the 16th century, the church was rededicated to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_of_Rome" class="extiw" title="en:Frances of Rome">Frances of Rome</a> (<i>Francesca Buzzi</i>), who was canonized in 1608 and whose relics are in the crypt. The interior of the church has undergone many refurbishments.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedItem/potd/20260402000000/en 2026-04-02T00:00:00Z

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Poplar_hawk-moth_(Laothoe_populi_populi)_male.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Poplar_hawk-moth_%28Laothoe_populi_populi%29_male.jpg/330px-Poplar_hawk-moth_%28Laothoe_populi_populi%29_male.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Poplar_hawk-moth_%28Laothoe_populi_populi%29_male.jpg/960px-Poplar_hawk-moth_%28Laothoe_populi_populi%29_male.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5847" data-file-height="3544" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en" style="display:inline;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poplar_hawk-moth" class="extiw" title="en:Poplar hawk-moth">Poplar hawkmoth</a> (<i>Laothoe populi populi</i>) male in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumnor_Hill" class="extiw" title="en:Cumnor Hill">Cumnor Hill</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordshire" class="extiw" title="en:Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a>, England. All of the insect is in focus after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_stacking" class="extiw" title="en:Focus stacking">focus stacking</a> 15 images.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedItem/potd/20260403000000/en 2026-04-03T00:00:00Z

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Museo_di_Santa_Giulia_Coro_delle_Monache_Deposizione_Paolo_da_Caylina_Brescia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Museo_di_Santa_Giulia_Coro_delle_Monache_Deposizione_Paolo_da_Caylina_Brescia.jpg/330px-Museo_di_Santa_Giulia_Coro_delle_Monache_Deposizione_Paolo_da_Caylina_Brescia.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Museo_di_Santa_Giulia_Coro_delle_Monache_Deposizione_Paolo_da_Caylina_Brescia.jpg/960px-Museo_di_Santa_Giulia_Coro_delle_Monache_Deposizione_Paolo_da_Caylina_Brescia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8025" data-file-height="7099" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en" style="display:inline;"><i>Coro delle Monache</i>, fresco of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descent_from_the_Cross" class="extiw" title="w:Descent from the Cross">Deposition</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Caylina_the_Younger" class="extiw" title="w:Paolo Caylina the Younger">Paolo Caylina the Younger</a> in the <i>Museo di Santa Giulia</i> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brescia" class="extiw" title="w:Brescia">Brescia</a>. Today is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday" class="extiw" title="w:Good Friday">Good Friday</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Christianity" class="extiw" title="w:Western Christianity">Western Christianity</a>.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedItem/potd/20260404000000/en 2026-04-04T00:00:00Z

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Phu_Sang_Waterfall_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Phu_Sang_Waterfall_01.jpg/330px-Phu_Sang_Waterfall_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Phu_Sang_Waterfall_01.jpg/960px-Phu_Sang_Waterfall_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en" style="display:inline;">Boy under waterfall in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phu_Sang_National_Park" class="extiw" title="w:Phu Sang National Park">Phu Sang National Park</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand" class="extiw" title="w:Thailand">Thailand</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedItem/potd/20260405000000/en 2026-04-05T00:00:00Z

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows_Iglesia_de_El_Salvador_-_Santa_Cruz_de_La_Palma.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Windows_Iglesia_de_El_Salvador_-_Santa_Cruz_de_La_Palma.jpg/330px-Windows_Iglesia_de_El_Salvador_-_Santa_Cruz_de_La_Palma.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Windows_Iglesia_de_El_Salvador_-_Santa_Cruz_de_La_Palma.jpg/960px-Windows_Iglesia_de_El_Salvador_-_Santa_Cruz_de_La_Palma.jpg 2x" data-file-width="11401" data-file-height="5401" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en" style="display:inline;">Stained glass windows in the Iglesia de El Salvador, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. From left to right: <p><br />*<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism_of_Jesus" class="extiw" title="w:Baptism of Jesus">Baptism of Jesus</a> <br />*<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Prodigal_Son" class="extiw" title="w:Parable of the Prodigal Son">Parable of the Prodigal Son</a> <br />*<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" class="extiw" title="w:Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection of Jesus</a> <br />*<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calming_the_storm" class="extiw" title="w:Calming the storm">Calming the storm</a> <br />*<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_at_Cana" class="extiw" title="w:Marriage at Cana">Marriage at Cana</a> </p> <br />Today is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Sunday" class="extiw" title="w:Easter Sunday">Easter Sunday</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Christianity" class="extiw" title="w:Western Christianity">Western Christianity</a>.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedItem/potd/20260406000000/en 2026-04-06T00:00:00Z

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_Hausd%C3%BClmen,_Felder_am_M%C3%BChlenweg_--_2025_--_0117.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/D%C3%BClmen%2C_Hausd%C3%BClmen%2C_Felder_am_M%C3%BChlenweg_--_2025_--_0117.jpg/330px-D%C3%BClmen%2C_Hausd%C3%BClmen%2C_Felder_am_M%C3%BChlenweg_--_2025_--_0117.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/D%C3%BClmen%2C_Hausd%C3%BClmen%2C_Felder_am_M%C3%BChlenweg_--_2025_--_0117.jpg/960px-D%C3%BClmen%2C_Hausd%C3%BClmen%2C_Felder_am_M%C3%BChlenweg_--_2025_--_0117.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7599" data-file-height="5699" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en" style="display:inline;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Solitary_trees" title="Category:Solitary trees">Solitary tree</a> with frost and fields near <a href="/wiki/Category:Hausd%C3%BClmen" title="Category:Hausdülmen">Hausdülmen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:D%C3%BClmen" title="Category:Dülmen">Dülmen</a>, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedItem/potd/20260407000000/en 2026-04-07T00:00:00Z

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heilbronn_-_B%C3%B6ckingen_-_Ziegeleipark_-_Ziegeleisee_-_Ansicht_von_Osten_im_Fr%C3%BChling_(2.2,_mit_Schwan).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Heilbronn_-_B%C3%B6ckingen_-_Ziegeleipark_-_Ziegeleisee_-_Ansicht_von_Osten_im_Fr%C3%BChling_%282.2%2C_mit_Schwan%29.jpg/330px-Heilbronn_-_B%C3%B6ckingen_-_Ziegeleipark_-_Ziegeleisee_-_Ansicht_von_Osten_im_Fr%C3%BChling_%282.2%2C_mit_Schwan%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Heilbronn_-_B%C3%B6ckingen_-_Ziegeleipark_-_Ziegeleisee_-_Ansicht_von_Osten_im_Fr%C3%BChling_%282.2%2C_mit_Schwan%29.jpg/960px-Heilbronn_-_B%C3%B6ckingen_-_Ziegeleipark_-_Ziegeleisee_-_Ansicht_von_Osten_im_Fr%C3%BChling_%282.2%2C_mit_Schwan%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9241" data-file-height="6234" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en" style="display:inline;">The <i>Ziegeleisee</i> in Böckingen, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heilbronn" class="extiw" title="en:Heilbronn">Heilbronn</a>, Germany, view in spring. In the centre a landing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_swan" class="extiw" title="en:Mute swan">mute swan</a> (<i>Cygnus olor</i>).</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedItem/potd/20260408000000/en 2026-04-08T00:00:00Z

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Berlijn._Nachtopname_van_de_Hardenbergstrasse_met_een_toegang_tot_de_U-bahnhalte,_Bestanddeelnr_191-0463.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Berlijn._Nachtopname_van_de_Hardenbergstrasse_met_een_toegang_tot_de_U-bahnhalte%2C_Bestanddeelnr_191-0463.jpg/330px-Berlijn._Nachtopname_van_de_Hardenbergstrasse_met_een_toegang_tot_de_U-bahnhalte%2C_Bestanddeelnr_191-0463.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="415" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Berlijn._Nachtopname_van_de_Hardenbergstrasse_met_een_toegang_tot_de_U-bahnhalte%2C_Bestanddeelnr_191-0463.jpg/960px-Berlijn._Nachtopname_van_de_Hardenbergstrasse_met_een_toegang_tot_de_U-bahnhalte%2C_Bestanddeelnr_191-0463.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2537" data-file-height="3507" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en" style="display:inline;">Entrance to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Zoologischer_Garten_station" class="extiw" title="en:Berlin Zoologischer Garten station">U-Bahnhof Zoologischer Garten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>. Taken by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_de_Poll" class="extiw" title="en:Willem van de Poll">Willem van de Poll</a> in November 1935.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedItem/potd/20260409000000/en 2026-04-09T00:00:00Z

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zon_komt_op_boven_een_winters_landschap._Locatie,_Langweerderwielen_(Langwarder_Wielen)_en_omgeving.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Zon_komt_op_boven_een_winters_landschap._Locatie%2C_Langweerderwielen_%28Langwarder_Wielen%29_en_omgeving.jpg/330px-Zon_komt_op_boven_een_winters_landschap._Locatie%2C_Langweerderwielen_%28Langwarder_Wielen%29_en_omgeving.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Zon_komt_op_boven_een_winters_landschap._Locatie%2C_Langweerderwielen_%28Langwarder_Wielen%29_en_omgeving.jpg/960px-Zon_komt_op_boven_een_winters_landschap._Locatie%2C_Langweerderwielen_%28Langwarder_Wielen%29_en_omgeving.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4081" data-file-height="2297" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en" style="display:inline;">Sun rises over a wintry landscape. Location, Langweerderwielen (Langwarder Wielen) and surroundings.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedItem/potd/20260410000000/en 2026-04-10T00:00:00Z

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day" title="Commons:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tinnen_maatbekers_18-02-2025._(actm.)_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Tinnen_maatbekers_18-02-2025._%28actm.%29_02.jpg/330px-Tinnen_maatbekers_18-02-2025._%28actm.%29_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Tinnen_maatbekers_18-02-2025._%28actm.%29_02.jpg/960px-Tinnen_maatbekers_18-02-2025._%28actm.%29_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3948" data-file-height="3019" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en" style="display:inline;">Three pewter measuring cups.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>