October 29, 2026, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany: European Central Bank (ECB) President CHRISTINE LAGARDE addresses a press conference following a Governing Council meeting in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Credit Image: © Matias Basualdo/ZUMA Press Wire)
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ZUMA PHOTOGRAPHERS Featured: Daniel Alfoldi • Sebastiano Bacci • Jane Barlow • Brian Cahn • Ruano Carneiro • Gil Cohen-Magen • Armando Gallo • Jiang Han • Matt Kaminsky • Juan Carlos Lucas • Rodrigo Reyes Marin • Boniface Muthoni • Eduardo Parra • Ulrik Pedersen • Paolo Pizzi • Marco Provvisionato • Bob Reijnders • Moiz Salhi • Jose Tabares • Martyn Wheatley • Jefferee Woo
FILE PHOTO: November 30, 2025, Hong Kong, China: In Hong Kong, thousand of citizens walking towards the November 26th big fire disaster site at Wang Fuk Court with flowers in their hands. Mourning citizens are pouring into the disaster site on first Sunday after the deadly fire that sent shock over the city last Wednesday. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
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October 29, 2026, Berlin, Berlin, Germany: Video shows workers installing protective wooden boards and barriers outside luxury stores, including Tiffany & Co., along Kurfuerstendamm in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday, October 29, 2026. The footage also shows permanent security bollards outside Wempe and the KaDeWe department store, which remains without temporary boarding. Several luxury retailers are taking precautions ahead of nationwide Gen Z protests scheduled for October 31, following violent demonstrations and incidents of vandalism in France. Berlin police are preparing to deploy approximately 1,500 officers but say there is no concrete evidence of planned looting. German media have reported online calls targeting KaDeWe, although no specific attack plan has been confirmed.
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October 27, 2026, Seoul, South Korea: A fire burns in Guryong Village, one of the last shanty town slums in Seoul. South Korea’s most prominent remaining slum is Guryong Village, an illegal shanty town (‘moon village’) located in the affluent Gangnam District of Seoul. Established in the late 1980s by low-income residents who were evicted during urban renewal and clearance projects ahead of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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September 26, 2026, Prague, Czech Republic: Captain of Croatia Luka Modric (10) celebrates after scoring a goal during UEFA Nations League A group 3 soccer match in Prague on September 26, 2026. (Credit Image: © Slavek Ruta/ZUMA Press Wire)
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October 11, 2006, Long Beach, California, USA: The Long Beach Peninsula is facing severe, structural devastation as Tropical Storm Rachel batters the Southern California coast. Driven by a developing El Nino pattern, this is the fourth major storm system to slam the shoreline in six weeks. Waves and unusually high tides have shattered a 30-foot section of the protective wooden bulkhead, completely shredding the historic boardwalk and allowing seawater to surge directly onto interior streets. Flooding has swamped coastal neighborhoods, forcing mandatory evacuations along oceanfront blocks like Seaside Walk. Emergency crews are working to stack thousands of sandbags and reinforce coastal defenses, but city inspectors have already been forced to red-tag 13 severely damaged residences deemed entirely unsafe to enter. (Credit Image: © Ruaridh Stewart/ZUMA Press Wire)
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Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #1060 Story of the Week: Published: TUESDAY October 27, 2026: ‘Illusion of Control: EU Border Strategy Flaws’ by ZUMA Press partner agency Contacto photographer in Ceuta Marcos Moreno: Spain has initiated its first formal deportations from the North African enclave of Ceuta since July’s historic mass border crossing, returning 16 migrants to Morocco. When the Spanish monarchy wrapped up its historic visit to Ceuta on October 14, 2026, the newly cleared beaches left behind an illusion of control. Two weeks later, the enclave has shifted to aggressive enforcement, with Spain initiating its first wave of fast-tracked deportations ahead of the November 29 elections. While human rights groups condemn the expulsions as violations of international safeguards, the underlying crisis remains completely unresolved: roughly 8,000 migrants–including nearly 3,500 unaccompanied minors–remain trapped in a tiny legal limbo, sleeping rough in local woodlands. For Europe, Ceuta is a flashpoint that exposes the unsustainable future of its broader migration strategy. Welcome to ‘Illusion of Control: EU Border Strategy Flaws’
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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: Jumeau Alexis • Marco Alpozzi • Jane Barlow • Oliver Berg • Jennifer Bruckner • Antonin Burat • Jens Buttner • Vincenzo Circosta • Sue Dorfman • Evandro Inetti • Md Rafayat Haque Khan • Christopher Khoury • Maruyama, Kohei • Orin Louis • Joel Marklund • Kenjiro Matsuo • Tariq Mohammad • Mikael Ona • Gina M Randazzo • Oscar Manuel Sanchez • Sallaud Thierry • Jefferee Woo
Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #1059 Story of the Week: Published: TUESDAY October 20, 2026: ‘Silencing The Guns: Ukraine Peace Blueprint’ by ZUMA Press partner agency Ukrinform photographer in Ukraine Dmytro Smolienko: High-stakes U.S. diplomacy has brought Russia and Ukraine closer than ever to a potential ceasefire, raising fragile hopes for an end to the fighting just as a grueling winter sets in. Following intense trilateral mediation, Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky have agreed in principle to resume formal peace talks next month in Abu Dhabi. While negotiators report that 95 percent of the structural framework is aligned, including innovative post-war security guarantees for Kyiv and Russian financial contributions toward reconstruction, a critical 10 percent chasm remains over territorial sovereignty in the Donbas region. For a war-weary Ukrainian public facing continued strikes on energy infrastructure, the upcoming summit represents a monumental yet precarious pivot toward silencing the guns, though deep skepticism persists over whether any final treaty can deliver a lasting and equitable peace. Welcome to ‘Silencing The Guns: Ukraine Peace Blueprint’
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