First place: The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023, leaving widespread destruction in the Rimal area.

Attribution: WAFA

Second place: Baby cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) sleeping at Cape cross, Namibia.

Attribution: Giles Laurent

Third place: A gigantic jet [a kind of upper-atmospheric lightning] photographed from the International Space Station by astronaut Nichole Ayers.

Full results here

  • antonim@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    281·
    25 days ago

    I also want to highlight what an incredible turnout we had. In the second round, we saw a massive jump in both the number of users voting and the total votes cast. We had exactly 13,979 votes cast by 3,509 users! To put that in perspective, last year we had 7,403 votes from 2,837 users. It is amazing to see that level of growth and community engagement.

    – ZI Jony (POTY Committee)