October 2, 2026, Madrid, Spain: In a vote, the Congress of Deputies in Madrid rejected the two decrees of housing measures in Spain, one of which would prevent evictions such as Maricarmen’s. The demonstrators who were outside the Congress of Deputies, following, watching and listening to the vote on their cell phones, marched after the vote to the encampment in Puerta del Sol, announcing that they will take measures and that they will not be removed from the site.
Nepal cleans up after a glacier collapse in the Himalayas triggered a catastrophic rock-ice avalanche causing massive flash flooding and debris flows along the Trishuli River killing over 1300 people, the 81st United Nations General Assembly convened focusing on international conflicts and climate action, and New York marked the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attack: The September 2026 Pictures Of the Month for @ZUMApress is now published. PLEASE SHARE! #photojournalism www.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 September.
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 🙂
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Aaron Heredia • Abu Sufian Jewel • Adam Davy • Adil Abass • Alberto Gardin • Alberto Terenghi • Al Diaz • Alec Michael • Andrew Mccaren • Andrew Milligan • Andrew Parsons • Annabelle Gordon • Artem Geodakyan • Aryan Dhimal • Barbara Amendola • Basit Zargar • Bernd Thissen • Bernd Von Jutrczenka • Bianca Otero • Bilal Osama • Bob Daemmrich • Bonnie Cash • Boris Roessler • Brandon Anderson • Brian Cahn • Cameron Jones-Manley • Chandra Bahadur Ale • Cheong Kam Ka • Chris Riha • Damien Eagers • Dan Herrick • Danylo Antoniuk • Dasarath Deka • David Ballering II • David Wegiel • David Zorrakino • Dmytro Smolienko • Dogan Evsan • Dominic Gwinn • Doug Peters • Fabian Suspensivo • Faisal Bashir • Francesco Fotia • Frank Hammerschmidt • Gao Jing • Gari Garaialde • Gennaro Piscopo • Ian West • Ignacio Lopez Isasmendi • Jack Abuin • James Foy • James Manning • James Shaw • Jane Barlow • Jan Woitas • Jeff Moore • Jeffrey Mayer • Jess Stiles • Jiang Hongjing • Jia Yuchen • Joel Marklund • Joey Sussman • Jonathan Mailhes • Jordi Boixareu • Josue Perez • Jumeau Alexis • Karl-Josef Hildenbrand • Kay Blake • Kenichiro Ogane • Khairu Syukrillah • Kirill Chubotin • Kirill Kukhmar • Kyle Mazza • L. Urman • Laurent Lairys • Lev Radin • Lex Zea • Li Dongxu • Lise Aaserud • Liu Dapeng • Liu Fang • Li Xiang • Luca Fazzolari • Lui Siu Wai • Luo Yuan • Manuele Mangiarotti • Marc Asensio Clupes • Marcin Cholewinski • Marek Ladzinski • Maria Laura Antonelli • Marius Simensen • Mark Edward Harris • Martin Rickett • Marwan Naamani • Mathias Schulz • Matt Alexander • Matthew Smith • Matthias Oesterle • Meng Tao • Mickael Chavet • Miguel Lemos • Mikhail Tereshchenko • Moe Zoyari • Mohammad Abu Elsebah • Mohammed Salha • Moiz Salhi • Muhammad Iqbal • Mykola Miakshykov • Nancy Kaszerman • Nick Potts • Nigel Owen • Nina Liashonok • Orin Louis • Oscar Manuel Sanchez • Owen Humphreys • Patrick Chengzhi Wang • Patrick Magoon • Peter Byrne • Richard Ellis • Ringo Chiu • Robin Loznak • Rodrigo Reyes Marin • Roman Vondrous • Ruano Carneiro • Sadou Faye • Safal Prakash Shrestha • Scott Mapes • Scott Mc Kiernan • Shankar Bhujel • Skanda Gautam • Stephen Lock • Steve Prakope • Sue Dorfman • Sunii Pradhan • Svet Jacqueline • Syed Mahabubul Kader • Taidgh Barron • Tariq Mohammad • Thomas Krych • Ulrik Pedersen • Virginie Lefour • Volodymyr Tarasov • Wang Fei • Wang Shen • Wu Zhizun • Xavier Collin • Yao Qilin • Yevhen Kotenko • Yoma Times Suryadi • Yuri Smityuk • Yu Yang • Zhang Ping • Zou Xuemian
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GANESH VISARJAN FESTIVAL IN INDIA • MAJOR GAFFE AT JACK SMITH HEARINGS • RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON UKRAINE INTENSIFY • TAYLOR SWIFT DOMINATES VMA’s
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: Billy Bennight • Kirill Chubotin • Liu Dapeng • Mohammad Abu Elsebah • Evandro Inetti • Matt Kaminsky • Stephen Lock • Robin Loznak • Nick Potts • Lev Radin • Slavek Ruta • Dave Shrewsbury • Saurabh Sirohiya • Soeren Stache • Stephane Thomas • Kevin Li/Tmhk • Sebastian Elias Uth • Patrick Chengzhi Wang • Tom Williams • Yu Yang
Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #1056 Story of the Week: Published: TUESDAY September 29, 2026: ‘THE LAST SHIFT: ER Doctors Pushed Out’ by ZUMA Press award winning photo-journalist SUE DORFMAN who followed an ER Doctors last shift: Private equity firms have accelerated acquisitions of rural healthcare infrastructure, buying up at least 130 rural hospitals and accounting for 65% of rural physician-practice purchases. Dr. Ronak Shah has operated on the front lines of American healthcare, providing emergency medicinefor 25 years, the last few at Shenandoah Memorial Hospital. But on October 1, 2026, that era comes to an abrupt end. Faced with the corporate restructuring, Dr. Shah-the VP of Emergency Medicine of Blue Ridge (EMBR) has chosen early retirement over a new corporate reality. His departure marks a quiet casualty in a much louder war currently fracturing rural healthcare across the US. Valley Health will staff its emergency rooms through a private equity-owned company. Virginia’s rural healthcare, now stands at a crossroads of financial distress and corporate consolidation as 13 out of the state’s 36 rural hospitals are currently vulnerable to closure, with five at ”immediate risk.” Yet, as funding shortages threaten the survival of these community pillars, hospital systems are cutting ties with trusted local physician groups-trading independent medicine for private equity partnerships in a desperate bid to slash costs. Welcome to ‘THE LAST SHIFT: ER Doctors Pushed Out’
September 25 2026: The California Post Newspaper Cover A1. Image by Kyle Mazza/CNP/ZUMA Press Wire. Headline: We Will Win Because We Have No Other Choice. Caption: Prime Minister BENJAMIN NETANYHU of Israel speaks during day 3 of the opening of the 81st Session of the United Nations. on September 25, 2026.
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
