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This template allows the addition of explanatory notes to images in the form of actual text (which can also contain links), which is usually more legible than text built into the image – especially if the image is reduced to thumbnail size.
Other uses include cropping an image to exclude unimportant parts and perhaps enlarge important parts, and internationalisation, as the annotations can be changed without changing the image.
This template and {{annotated image 4}} are the only two annotated image templates that utilize {{annotation}} to superimpose wikitext onto images.