Commons:Photo challenge/2026 - July - Disaster rephotography

2026 – July – Disaster Rephotography

The new challenge features Rephotography of Disasters. Please submit a pair of photos for each entry where only the second one has to be your newly uploaded photo.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout July AoE.

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Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. July 2026 AoE (but may have been taken earlier).
Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

Restriction: a maximum of four pairs of photographs can be submitted per photographer.

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The flooded Danube during the flood in Bratislava in June 2013, Slovakia.
View of the Danube in Bratislava 22.07.2026, Slovakia.
Flooding of the right bank of the Danube in September 2024 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
View of the right bank of the Danube in July 2026 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Flooding on E Market St, Wilkes-Barre, PA on June 27th, 1972, following Hurricane Agnes.
E Market St, Wilkes-Barre, PA on July 31st, 2026.
The colour of the facade of the building in Solitudestrasse 9 in 2015 in Ludwigsburg, Germany
The colour of the facade of the building in Solitudestrasse 9 after the renovation in Ludwigsburg, Germany
Rua de Cinco de Outubro (Flooding due to typhoon) year 2025
Rua de Cinco de Outubro
Amachan House in 2018, Kuji, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Amachan House damaged by Typhoon Lionrock in 2016, Kuji, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Scenery from Aniakigawa Bridge in 2015, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Scenery from Aniakigawa Bridge after Typhoon Lionrock in 2016, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Odaka Station in 2010, Minamisōma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Recovery work at Odaka Station following the Great East Japan Earthquake, Minamisōma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Urami Falls in 2011, Hachijō, Tokyo, Japan
Urami Falls after damage caused by Typhoons 22 and 23 of 2025, Hachijō, Tokyo, Japan
A dilapidated building in the former Lahmann Park/Dresden in 2011
The reconstructed building of the former Lahmann sanatorium, today a block of flats
The sportsground near the Blue Wonder Bridge/Dresden during the 2013 Elbe floods
The current sports ground of SV Loschwitz/Dresden at the Blue Wonder Bridge
The dilapidated men's baths building in Lahmann Park/Dresden in 2011
The reconstructed men's baths building, now an apartment building in Lahmann Park, Dresden
The River Elbe flooded Schillerplatz in Dresden during the floods of June 2013
The restaurant on Schillerplatz and the parking zone nowadays
Damaged Eu Yan Sang building after bombing of Penang in 1942, George Town, Penang (Malaysia)
Restored Eu Yan Sang building in 2026, George Town, Penang (Malaysia)
The flooded Danube during the flood in June 2013 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
View on the Danube in Bratislava in July 2026, Slovakia.
Le pont d'Arcole after the Seine flood
Le pont d'Arcole during the Seine flood
Mouse Tower in Bingen am Rhein (Germany)
Low water on the Rhine at the Mouse Tower in Bingen am Rhein (Germany) in July 2026
Flooded Danube embankment (Tyršovo nábrežie) during the flood in September 2024 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Danube embankment (Tyršovo nábrežie) in Bratislava in July 2026, Slovakia.
May 4, 2026 Lublin, intersection of Chmielewskiego and Gliniana streets; Effect of vandals' work
13_VI_2026 Lublin, intersection of Chmielewskiego and Gliniana streets; repaired Gracjana Chmielewskiego street sign
Pont d’Arcole after the Seine flood
Pont d’Arcole during the Seine flood

Pont d’Arcole during the Seine flood
4_VII_2026 Lublin; Piękna lilia w ogrodzie
7_VII_2026 Lublin; lilia to co zostało po przejściu burzy
2016 Lublin; Multi-family high-rise building, stairs
2026 Lublin; Multi-family high-rise building, stairs destroyed by residents
Tenement House Rynek 42, Wroclaw, Poland - after World War II
Tenement House Rynek 42, Wroclaw, Poland - current state
Cathedral Island, Wrocław, Poland - after World War II
Cathedral Island, Wrocław, Poland - current state
Town Hall in Wroclaw - after World War II
Town Hall in Wroclaw - current state
St. John the Baptist Archcathedral, Wrocław, Poland - after World War II
St. John the Baptist Archcathedral, Wrocław, Poland - current state
Ľubotice lokalita Ortáše. Krásne zelené lány obilia rok 2023
Ľubotice lokalita Ortáše. Zvírený prach na poli s nedostatkom vlahy, pri prejazde traktora s prívesom. Klimatické zmeny rok 2026
June 4, 2024: Rhine flooding in Ludwigshafen/Mannheim (Stream gauge 810 cm)
July 21, 2026: Rhine low-water flow in Ludwigshafen/Mannheim (Stream gauge 140 cm)
Budova zhorela 18. mája 1986. Obrázok z roku 2014
Obnovená budova rok 2026
Zbombardovaná budova 20.12.1944
Obnovená budova rok 2024
Zlomený strom po búrke rok 2010
Výhonky vyrastajúce zo zvyšku kmeňa rok 2026
Flooding on the Riverwalk in Winnipeg
The Riverwalk in Winnipeg after the spring flood recedes
Railway bridge near the Fehrlesteg in April 2026, Schwäbisch Gmünd, GER
... after the flood in July 2027
Tanga Market, Kitakyusyu City, Japan. Photo taken in 2021.
Photo taken in 2025. In 2022, the group of stores located on the right side of the passageway was destroyed by fire. The rebuilt butcher shop on the right side of the photo displays the old sign that survived the fire.
Tennis club of Pepinster (Belgium) reconstructed after the July 2021 floods
Remainings of the Pepinster tennis club 1 year after 2021 floods (Belgium)
1894: View of glaciers in the Ortler Alps, with the Schaubach hut in the foreground.
2014: Glacier retreat due to climate change. View of glaciers in the Ortler Alps, with the Schaubach hut in the foreground.
The northern end of Shin-Tanga Yokocho in Kitakyusyu City, Japan immediately after the 2022 market fire.
Following the fire in 2022, temporary stores were completed in 2023.
The Photograph Captures Bargi Dam after the tragic Bargi dam Cruise incident(April 2026) which killed about 13 lives
The scene of a fire in Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City, Japan. Photo taken in 2024.
2025
Tornado damage on Route 169 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, June 2011
View from Route 169 in Southbridge, now in July 2026
rues des Ponts de Comines et Faidherbe après le siège de Lille en octobre 1914
rues des Ponts de Comines et Faidherbe lors de la braderie de Lille en 2019
1911.- Station balnéaire du Bourg d'Ault en 1911
2021.- Recul de la falaise entre 1911 et 2021
Redecorated Home at Diwali after floods at Vadodara in October 2019
Vehicles immersed in water logged street in front of the home during floods at Vadodara in July 2019
Cleaned and redecorated Home garden after flood water is receded at Vadodara in October 2019
Water logged street in front of the home during floods at Vadodara in July 2019
1918.- Place du Vieux marché aux Chevaux, rue du Molinel, Lille Nord
2013.- Place du Vieux marché aux Chevaux, rue du Molinel, Lille Nord
The fence across the beach north of Kwinana Bulk Terminal, Western Australia, preventing access from the horse beach to the jetty in 2023
The fence, destroyed by winter storms, in 2026
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