 Hello everyone, I hope you hear me well. So my name is Olesya and I'm a project manager for the VQLAS Earths International and the session will be about VQLAS Earths and it's 10 years of experience. So let's start. First, let's have a little bit of reminder recap of what is actually VQLAS Earths. So it's an annual competition devoted to picturing a natural heritage sites and its goal to draw attention to protected areas and to create a database of free photos of all natural heritage sites and to spread awareness about nature protection. So also it's a second biggest VQL media photo contest after VQLAS monuments. And at the international level, it's coordinated by a team mostly from Ukraine, but it's locally conducted by teams from 40 plus countries. So each year it's different number of countries of course. And to talk about a little bit international organizing team. This year and mostly we have five people in the core team. Mostly from Ukraine and this year we have a new team, let's say, we have also five international regional ambassadors, mostly for French, Spanish and Arabic regions. So this year we decided to make this to actually make new thing and to invite more people, more support, bigger support team to our international team to have more close connections with the community, with local teams to help them better, faster and mostly to have more translations for the contest. And now a little bit about the knowledge of the contest just to recap and so in 2013 actually the contest was founded in Ukraine and in the next year it became an international. So 16 countries participants were at first time. In 2015, over 100,000 photos were submitted in international contest. And also in the next year, it was added in renomination, which is called UNESCO Biosphere Resorts. And in 2017 it was the biggest number of uploads. During those years, it was over 129,000 images. So in 2020 contest was successfully held after first year of pandemic after the hard year. In the next year, for the first time, it was division into two nominations in international contest. It was macro and landscapes. And we have this division till now. Of course, locally countries can have their nominations, but on an international level. They judge us also relating pictures by this division. So also the last year the contest passed for the 10th time and it was also record number of countries participants. So it was 39. And this year, in 2023, we also have a record number of countries participants and territories. It's 53. So it's quite good result. Let's recap what we have done during 10 years of Ikelos years and actually what's happening. So during this 10 years, 88 countries and territories have joined the contest. We have more than 78,000 uploaders participated and more than 87,000 uploads were submitted. And from this number we have 200,000 images that were used in the week after it. Of course, this number should increase. And we also have a special nomination for human rights environment. I will tell about it a little bit in the next slides. And of course division into categories, macro and landscapes, which are ready to. And here you can see images, top 20 images from the previous year on an international level. Yes, I hope a lot of you already saw those pictures. And yes, the year passes really fast and you'll have new images already very soon. So a little bit about human rights and environment special illumination. Actually, what is it? Ikelos years again support the initiative for Human Rights which partners with the Wikimedia Foundation and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. And basically it's called to raise awareness of natural protection and human input on nature. And when we're talking about protecting the environment we also protect the fundamental human rights we all have. And the special illumination photos could be used to illustrate as well Wikipedia articles, news media and other materials to better communicate their lines of human on the environment. And if for the main contest, we accept photos only from protected territories, protected areas. So for this special illumination, we accept photos from any place in the world which actually sees the criteria. And also this year we have a new thing that we also can accept photos from all over the world. And it doesn't matter if your country participating in the main contest or not, you still can upload your photos for this special illumination. And contribute to spreading awareness about human inputs on nature. And these are photos from the previous year also top five photos and they all are from Germany. Also the previous year only two countries are participating in this special illumination Portugal in Germany. And as a result, we have those pictures. So let's talk a little bit about contest in this year. So as I told before, this year we have a 53 countries and territories participants and 11 countries that were joined for the first time to the Viquilos Earth. And we have so far so far we have more than 2000 uploaders and more than 60,000 uploads. Actually it's not the end of the contest but it's almost the end. And we have also top countries with most images so far, it's Sharmini Wales in Ukraine. And the main timeline of the contest is from May till July. And but some countries belong to August. That's why I told that it's not the end of the contest but it's the end of the main stage of the Viquilos Earth among the local teams. Because most of the countries already finished their local contest in the end of July. And now we have just a few countries that belong to August. So now it's the active stage of submitting local images from local teams to the international level and we will have submissions so far. And expected months of the final results it's November. And also to think a small announcement that we are searching for tours for this year evaluation of the images. So, if you are eager to join this email. If you feel that you want to be part of Viquilos Earth this year as a juror, you want to evaluate pictures which will be done top 20 images. So you can contact us. Okay, and let's talk a little bit about some plans for the next year, plans for developing the contest. Now we are planning to create some Viquilos Earth materials hub. So it will include there some materials video or text instructions for local teams or participants of how to actually or upload photo or work with the list of protected areas or some other things. So it will be short clear instructions for people who need to find the first answer for their question while they're uploading or photos or making the contest. So I'm not saying it's an engagement with community. I want to develop it and to engage more with local teams with participants and in general with community to also promote the contest more. As well engage Viquilos support system. As I told before, this year we have some ambassadors that are working with local teams and promoting the contest in the back regions. And it's only the beginning so we want to include more languages and more people as a support to our team and to spread awareness about the contest more. So we started and it works well. Let's hope it will be even better for the next years. And also working special illumination development and categories expansion. Maybe to add more categories, not only macro and escapes but some more categories that can be also interesting and useful as for participants and for local teams as well. And be visible for the on the international level. So we have some small developments like requested that we are having from the local teams and something which should be developed. And also we are gathered a little bit of perspective from the local teams and some of the local teams decided to share actually of their experience how the contest was held and what their thoughts about it. So let's check and watch it. But the no video was not here. I hope it will work. It opens a door for a lot of opportunities that could help the movement in the future. So it was the problems with the sound. Should I click the video again with the sound? Yes, yes, I will reply it again. So the first video one second. Sorry. Hi everyone. My name is Anton. I am the program coordinator for Wikimedia Ukraine and for the past four years I've been supporting Wikimedia Earth in Ukraine. Since 2013 we formed a huge contest community and gathered close to 120,000 photos of Ukraine and natural area. Last year we had to cancel the photo contest for security reasons because of Russia's full scale war against Ukraine. But we did continue our work. For example, we organized a month's online campaign to illustrate Wikimedia and Wikidata with photos submitted to the contest previously. And as a result more than 700 articles and 500 Wikidata items were illustrated. The war is still ongoing but simply we've been able to gather a great team and hold and resume the photo contest this year. And despite security restrictions we've got 4,600 photos from 120 participants and therefore we illustrated some wonderful natural areas of Ukraine for the first time. We are now working to check submissions and to identify winners and we will be excited to share results with the global community in the coming months. Okay, so also some other countries sharing that they are very happy to participate. The contest went well. The previous year and also this year you can quickly check it on the slide. And it's actually great results. We will gather more from other local teams. So how can you join the shortly? We will see us in the next year as an organizer to organize the contest in your country and also as an ambassador or volunteer to help international organizing team to coordinate the contest as a jury to help international organizing team to select the best of images. And of course as the participant to applaud your unique images and win a prize. You can also follow our social media channels here. And yes, maybe you have any questions or suggestions for development the contest. As you know, we don't have any more time so you can text it in the chat or to me or reach out to Anton, who is also from Wikimedia Ukraine here and in person. And as well. Thank you so much for attention. Love yours, take pictures and stay tuned for the final results in November. And also for in person attendees. There are souvenirs. In this room you can take it if you want and share in your community. Thank you so much for attention.