Ka taƙaita labarin:  Yayinda yara maza marasa tsoro ke yin baya-baya kusa da ƙauyensu na Nghiem Xuyen a Vietnam, novice Buddha sufaye a Myanmar suna nuna kwarewarsu ta daidaitawa a kan abin da ake kira 'cikakken filin wasa', Hsinbyume Pagoda. A halin da ake ciki, wasu yara maza masu ƙarfin hali sun hau babban minareta na Babban Masallacin a Bani, Burkina Faso, da alama ba su san abin da zai iya faruwa ba idan suka zame. Wadannan hotuna masu ban sha'awa na matasa masu ban sha'awa daga ko'ina cikin duniya suna nunawa a tsakanin dabbobin daji masu ban mamaki, shimfidar wurare masu ban mamaki da abubuwan al'ajabi na halitta waɗanda suka kasance a cikin wasan karshe a cikin Gasar Hotuna ta 12 na shekara-shekara na Smithsonian. Sergio Carbajo Rodriguez ya kama sabbin mabiya addinin Buddha suna wasa a kan Hsinbyume Pagoda, Myanmar. Ya kira shi 'cikakken filin wasa' Alvaro Cubero Vega, na Costa Rica, ya cimma abin da ba zai yiwu ba yayin da ya sami dukkanin macijin caracolera na yau da kullun a cikin hoto ɗaya. Onno, wata yarinya 'yar shekaru goma sha biyu daga kabilar Arbore ta Habasha tana haskakawa a cikin wannan hoton da Matjaz Krivic, daga Ljubljana, Slovenia. Waɗannan matan a wani ƙaramin ƙauye kusa da Vinh Hy Bay, Vietnam, suna amfani da na'urar ɗinki don gyara tarun kamun kifi yayin da mazajensu ke kamun kifi. Wani matashin beyar grizzly yana tafiya cikin girmamawa tare da bakin kogi a Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, kamar yadda Kevin Morgans daga Cheshire ya kama shi. Ray Collins daga Sydney, Australia, ya ɗauki wannan mummunan yanayi, hoto mai banƙyama na raƙuman ruwa a bakin tekun garinsa. Sauran hotunan da muka zaɓa daga cikin 'yan takara 60 sun haɗa da maciji Caracolera na yau da kullun da ba shi da kwanciyar hankali wanda ke kewaye da fure mai launi, hoton wata kyakkyawar yarinya daga ƙabilar Arbore a Habasha da kuma wata yarinya mai ban sha'awa ta albinism da ke mamakin baje kolin game da yanayinta a Valencia. Za a sanar da wanda ya lashe babbar kyauta daga cikin 'yan wasan karshe 10 a kowane ɗayan rukuni shida - Duniya ta Duniya, Tafiya, Mutane, Americana, Hotunan da aka Canza da Wayar hannu - a ranar 31 ga Maris. Kristen Keefer, daga Glenwood Springs, Colorado, ta shiga wasan karshe tare da hotonta na ma'aikacin gini Leslie. Hoton da Olivier Douliery ya dauka na shugaban Amurka Barack Obama yana tsaye a Ofishin Oval na Fadar White House shi ne na karshe a...
An sanar da wadanda suka yi karshe a gasar daukar hoto ta shekara-shekara ta 12 ta Smithsonian a bangarori shida. Categories sun hada da Duniya na Duniya, Tafiya, Mutane, Americana, Sauya Hotuna da Wayar hannu. Ana karɓar hotuna daga ko 'ina cikin duniya tare da masu zuwa daga Myanmar zuwa Habasha. Za a sanar da wanda ya lashe kyautar a ranar 31 ga watan Maris.