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Featured media are what we believe to be the best media files on Commons. Prior to being listed here, files are reviewed at Commons:Featured media candidates.

There are currently 267 such media in the Commons repository which is roughly 0.0003% of the available files (105,520,604).

Simply click on the "more buttons" of a gallery on this page to see all the featured media for that subject. To reuse any file from Wikimedia Commons please see this guide.

For the latest featured media, see this month's featured log. For a chronological list of featured media visit Commons:Featured media/chronological.

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Media of the day

In 1940 New Zealand was drowning in apples. The war meant export orders could not be shipped, so there were a million cases of excess export apples to be eaten domestically. The power of commercial radio was enlisted and this song, The New Zealand Apple Song written by Ivan Perrin, was the winner in a nationwide contest to find a song to promote apples – an early example of the power of a catchy jingle.

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