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September 8, 2026, Liberec, Czech Republic: At Liberec Zoo, adult flamingos can be observed in their outdoor enclosure, where they appreciate the summer temperatures that reach approximately 30 degrees Celsius in parts of Central Europe. Flamingos are very social birds, they live in colonies whose population can number in the thousands. (Credit Image: © Slavek Ruta/ZUMA Press Wire)

September 3, 2026, Seattle, Washington, USA: Huckleberry, a male Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni), grazes in the Living Northwest Trail elk meadow at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo. Huckleberry, affectionately nicknamed ‘Huck’, arrived at the zoo from the Dakota Zoo in 2023 to join the resident herd. In the wild, Rocky Mountain elk are an iconic, widely distributed subspecies native to the mountainous regions and adjacent ranges of western North America, with an estimated wild population totaling approximately one million individuals. (Credit Image: © Shane Srogi/ZUMA Press Wire)

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March 12, 2025, Washington, District of Columbia, USA: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., right, caucus vice chair Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., center, and chairman Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., conduct a news conference with leadership during the House Democrats 2025 Issues Conference at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va., on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (Credit Image: © Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA Press)

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May 3, 2025, New York, New York, USA: Demonstrators hold signs and banners that read ‘WE WILL BEAT THE BILLIONAIRES’ ‘BILLIONAIRES ARE STEALING FROM US’ ‘OUR LIVES ARE NOT YOUR TAX CUT’ ‘OUR JOBS ARE NOT YOUR TAX CUT’ ‘DUMP FASCISTS’ while listening to ALICE HU, climate organizer with Planet Over Profit at a protest against oligarchy outside the Flatiron neighborhood home of J. Bezos, owner of Amazon. Beginning at the Meatpacking District Tesla showroom protesters march to the offices of Palantir, makers of spy software, billionaire D. Sacks’ venture capital fund, then Bezo’s home. Chanting “Tax the rich,” people take part in a “Tesla Takedown” Global Day of Action organized by the climate group Planet Over Profit denouncing the Trump administration, fascism, police repression, deportation, genocide and Musk’s dismantling of vital government services. (Credit Image: © Gina M Randazzo/ZUMA Press Wire)

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September 9, 2026, New York, New York, USA: People holding signs that read ‘AI rots your brain’ join demonstrators denouncing unregulated artificial intelligence as employees exit Google’s headquarters in Lower Manhattan at the end of the workday. Members of Rise and Resist call on Google and big tech to pause default AI in search engines, AI in schools, and hyper scale data center construction until regulations are put in place. Protesters cite AI’s role in eliminating jobs, spreading disinformation, and accelerating irreversible climate change with data centers consuming vast amounts of energy, mainly generated by fossil fuels. (Credit Image: © Gina M Randazzo/ZUMA Press Wire)

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April 28, 2026, Boston, Beolton, Cambridge, Concord, Massachusetts, USA: Gasoline prices in New England are spiking again as a result of war with Iran. (Credit Image: © Kenneth Martin/ZUMA Press Wire)

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May 29, 2025, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US: Trump administration cancels contract with Moderna to develop a bird flu vaccine. The government had granted $750 million dollars for research and has taken the funds back. (Credit Image: © Kenneth Martin/ZUMA Press Wire)

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May 29, 2025, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US: Trump administration cancels contract with Moderna to develop a bird flu vaccine. The government had granted $750 million dollars for research and has taken the funds back. (Credit Image: © Kenneth Martin/ZUMA Press Wire)

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April 20, 2025, Cambridge, Ma, USA: Harvard University and Harvard Square Scenes with Students and Pedestrians (Credit Image: © Kenneth Martin/ZUMA Press Wire)

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25TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 MASSIVE RUSSIAN ATTACK ON KYIV PLANE CRASH IN MIAMI US OPEN TENNIS WINDS DOWN

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.

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ZUMA PHOTOGRAPHERS Featured: Maria Laura Antonelli, Jane Barlow, Alyona Bzhakhova, Vanessa Carvalho, Mickael Chavet, Ringo Chiu, Bob Daemmrich, Al Diaz, Frank Hammerschmidt, Milo Hess, Svet Jacqueline, Vincent Kalut, Yevhen Kotenko, Robin Loznak, James Manning, Pascal Muller, Bilal Osama, Chris Putnam, Boris Roessler, Moiz Salhi, Oscar Manuel Sanchez, Mathias Schulz, Bryan Smith, Dave Starbuck, Jess Stiles

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