Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
A glacier collapse triggered massive flash floods in Nepal with a death toll of over 900 people and thousands still missing, a rare total solar eclipse crossed over Greenland, Iceland, Portugal, and northern Spain, and as of early August, 2026 is the worst year for several European countries over the last 15 years in terms of cumulative area burnt by wildfires: The August 2026 Pictures Of the Month for @ZUMApress is now published. PLEASE SHARE! #photojournalism thepicturesofthemonth.com
Sit back and enjoy “The Pictures of the Month” (POM) presented by Scott Mc Kiernan and ZUMA Press. ZUMA received over one million images shot by professional photographers, all shot in the month of August.
Photographers represented by ZUMA Press covered the four corners of the world to bring pictures that need to be seen! POM shows the best work of these photojournalists, documenting the most important events of the past month.
ZUMA Press Wire’s talented award-winning picture editing staff of Mark Avery, Jim Colton, Jessica Cotsonas, Robin Loznak, Scott Mc Kiernan, Julie Rogers, Ruaridh Stewart, whom with the fine ZUMA support staff: John Collett, Katrina Kochneva, Pat Johnson, Julie Mason, Jeremy Mc Kiernan, Stan Sholik and Julia Messmer contributed to make this Lucie & Webby winning monthly movie possible. Hope you enjoy, and if so pass the word to others 🙂
ZUMA PHOTOGRAPHERS
Adriana Adie, Billy Bennight, Jordi Boixareu, Brian Cahn, Mickael Chavet, Andrew Chin, Suvra Kanti Das, James D. DeCamp, Daniel DeSlover, Richard Dole, Luis Eiras, Dogan Evsan, Mark Fann, Skanda Gautam, Brent Gudenschwager, Cheng-Chia Huang, Kim Hukari, Cameron Jones-Manley, Syed Mahabubul Kader, Matt Kaminsky, Bob Karp, Nancy Kaszerman, Sandra Kozintseva, Cristian Leyva, Robin Loznak, Juan Carlos Lucas, Jerry Mennenga, Marwan Naamani, Wally Nell, Joe Nogalski, Matthias Oesterle, Mikael Ona, Joseph Prezioso, Dimas Rachmatsyah, Habibur Rahman, Andrea Renault, Marc Dominic Rostrata, Slavek Ruta, Oscar Manuel Sanchez, Gaby Schuetze, Mathias Schulz, Safal Prakash Shrestha, Algi Febri Sugita, Khairu Syukrillah, Aristidis Vafeiadakis, Prabhat Kumar Verma, Moe Zoyari
PICTURE AGENCIES + WIRE SERVICES
Abaca, ADM Newswire, ANP, APAImages, APS, Avalon, Belga, Bildbyran, CNP, Contacto, CSM, CTK, DDP, dpa, Future-Image, Hindustan Times, i-Images, IconSport-FR, Imago, Insidefoto, IPA, JNA, Kyodonews, Maxppp, PA Wire, Planet Pix, Prensa Internacional, SOPA Images, Sport Press Photo, TASS, TheNEWS2, Ukrinform, Xinhua, ZUMA Press, ZUMA Press Wire
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August 29, 2026, Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S: Power to the People GOTV Rally with Ed Markey, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Ayanna Pressley in support of Markey’s reelection as US Senator. The IBEW Union Hall was filled with activist and boisterous supporters who are disappointed with life under Trump and called out all his false promises during the presidential elections especially to bring down prices on day one of his presidency. (Credit Image: © Kenneth Martin/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
It is with a heavy heart and feeling the pain as the photography community awakes to the loss of legendary photojournalism director of Visa Pour l’Image-Perpignan Jean Francois Leroy, a Giant 😦
Jean-Françoise LeRoy famille, sending sympathy and love 🙂 loss and grief are hard, yet we only miss what we cared about and people we loved… we are lucky to have had him, hang in there…
e le PhotoJournalism Ohana and Tribe we are better for having known you JFL, merci à toutes que vous avez fais…
I knew you 40 years and wish it had been lot longer…
Hope they allow you your fav photos and of course cigs in picture heaven…
Lifting my glass high to you tonight, all week and forever as we salute and thank you!
Mon ami bonsoir
Courage e câlins et bisous
Scott Mc Kiernan
August 31, 2026: JEAN-FRANCOIS LEROY, founder and longtime director of the Visa pour l’image photojournalism festival, has passed away at the age of 69, on the opening day of the 38th edition. FILE PHOTO SHOT ON: September 1, 2018, Perpignan, France: The Opening of the 30th Visa Pour L’Image International Festival of Photojournalism at Couvent des Minimes in Perpignan by JEAN-FRANCOIS LEROY, Festival Director. (Image credit: © Michel Clementz/Maxppp via ZUMA Press) 
August 31, 2026: JEAN-FRANCOIS LEROY, founder and longtime director of the Visa pour l’image photojournalism festival, has passed away at the age of 69, on the opening day of the 38th edition. FILE PHOTO SHOT ON: September 1, 2025, Perpignan, France: The Visa pour l’Image founder JEAN-FRANCOIS LEROY with his longtime friend, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer NICK UT, who presented him with a copy of ”Napalm Girl” during the 2025 edition of the international festival of photojournalism. (Credit Image: © Mark Edward Harris/ZUMA Press Wire) 
August 31, 2026: JEAN-FRANCOIS LEROY, founder and longtime director of the Visa pour l’image photojournalism festival, has passed away at the age of 69, on the opening day of the 38th edition. FILE PHOTO SHOT ON: September 4, 2025: Peripignan, France: Photojournalist, Renee C. Byer, right, speaks with JFL, in hat, at Cafe du Poste after Visa screening. (Credit Image: © Scott Mc Kiernan/ZUMA Press Wire)
NEPAL FLOOD KILLS HUNDREDS • TORNADO RIPS THROUGH FRANCE • ROBOT GAMES IN CHINA • COUNTRY LEGEND DOLLY PARTON DIES •
Scott Mc Kiernan presents “The Pictures Of the Week” highlighting the best images from around the world by ZUMA Press contributors, curated by ZUMA Editor-at-large Jim Colton.
Enjoy thepicturesoftheweek.com “The best two minutes you’ll spend on the internet today!” #zumapress #photojournalism
ZUMA PHOTOGRAPHERS Featured: Ramzi Abu Amer, Brian Cahn, Xavier Collin, Laurent Dard, Skanda Gautam, Kenta Jansson, Matt Kaminsky, Robin Loznak, Anthony Oliveira, Mikael Ona,Javad Parsa, Oscar Manuel Sanchez, Safal Prakash Shrestha, Matthew Smith, Rober Solsona, Jan Woitas, Simon Woodley, Basit Zargar
August 5, 2026, Seattle, Washington, USA: The sun sets in a deep orange glow over the Ballard neighborhood, casting a dim light over Puget Sound as heavy wildfire smoke completely obscures the Olympic Mountains from view. An intense summer heatwave pushed daytime temperatures well into the upper 90s across Western Washington. Combined with a total absence of wind, the stagnant air has caused regional air quality levels to plummet into categories deemed unhealthy for sensitive groups and the general public. (Credit Image: © Shane Srogi/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
November 3, 2025, Hong Kong, China: VIVIAN KONG, an Olympic gold medalist in women’s fencing – individual epee in the Paris Olympic Games 2024, displays high spirit in front of the press, declaring her decision to run for the Legislative Council Election 2025 in the tourism constituency coming this December. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
July 1, 2026, Hong Kong, China: In Hong Kong this morning, annual ceremonial helicopter fly over displaying national flag of PRC and official flag of HKSAR flying past IFC Tower, one of the tallest building in Hong Kong. Today marks 29th anniversary of former British Colony’s HANDOVER to Chinese Communist Regime. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
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