The votes have been counted and the finalists decided. More than 10,000 users from around the world have chosen their favorite photos in the Klick photo competition. These 10 photos will be shown at this year’s Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum from June 25-27 in Bonn, Germany, where the expected 1,500 conference participants will select the top three winners of the 2012 “KLICK!” photo competition.

You can see all of the finalists in a gallery at www.dw.com/klick

And if you haven’t read it yet, see what DW’s Director General Eric Bettermann had to say about education – the theme of this year’s Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum.

For the second year in a row, we are looking for submissions for the KLICK! photo competition as part of the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum. This year, we want photos from around the world that depict situations that you associate with education and culture. These could also be pictures of projects, actions and campaigns that bring attention to education and cultural diversity. We will use these remarkable images to create an online photo atlas, as well as feature them in publications from the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum. Users will also be able to vote for their favorite online and help us select the 10 most impressive images. These will be part of an exhibit at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum from June 25-27, 2012. Conference participants will then choose the three winners.