Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Story of the Week #786: TUESDAY May 11, 2021: ‘BROKEN BORDER’ by Pulitzer Prize winning ZUMA Photographer Carol Guzy who spent several nights with Texas Rangers on the US-Mexico border covering this story.

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Story of the Week #786: TUESDAY May 11, 2021: ‘BROKEN BORDER’ by Pulitzer Prize winning ZUMA Photographer Carol Guzy who spent several nights with Texas Rangers on the US-Mexico border covering this story: As darkness falls on the Rio Grande river, Texas Rangers watch with night vision goggles for inflatable rafts crossing the river from Mexico. The night is about to get busy. Soon rafts drop off asylum-seekers onto United States soil, including many families with young children and some even traveling alone. Roma, a town of 10,000 people in the Rio Grande Valley, is the latest epicenter of illegal crossings, where growing numbers of families and children are entering the United States to seek asylum. U.S. authorities reported more than 100,000 encounters on the southern border in February, the highest surge since 2019. At the end of march over 16,000 unaccompanied children were in government custody, including about 5,000 in substandard U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities. A surge of migrants arriving at the Texas-Mexico border has pushed the country’s immigration system to the breaking point as new policies aimed at both undocumented immigrants and legal asylum seekers have contributed to a humanitarian crisis. Welcome to ‘BROKEN BORDER’

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Exhibition By Award-Winning ZUMA Press Photojournalists Runs May 21-August 14.

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Image: TAKE A KNEE: June 1, 2020, Boca Raton, Florida, USA: Florida Highway Patrol Captain ROGER REYES, 49, takes a knee with demonstrator VELL REMY, who is holding a ‘No Justice, No Peace’ sign in the middle of the road, that was shut down to prevent the marchers from going on to Interstate 95. 200+ people protesting the death of Floyd during an arrest, marched eastbound on Glades Road, intent on taking their demonstration onto the highway. On the other side stood dozens of Florida Highway Patrol troopers, dressed in riot gear and just as intent on keeping the protest from moving. Similar scenarios around the country have devolved into pitched battles between law enforcement and protesters, resulting in arrests, injuries and further chaos. Monday night Reyes opted for conversation and compassion. Taking a knee alongside the protesters to show ‘respect for their demonstration and the cause they believe in.’ ‘Respect and humanity is what it’s all about,’ said Reyes.

Photo Credit © Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post via ZUMA Wire

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ZUMA’s Robin Rayne for French magazine LEPOINT in Georgia (Nov. 2020)

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November 21, 2020, Atlanta, GA: Hundreds of Georgia Republicans gather outside Capitol in Atlanta at rally to show support for President Trump.

November 21, 2020, Atlanta, GA: Hundreds of Georgia Republicans gather outside Capitol in Atlanta at rally to show support for President Trump. Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio talks with supporter with NRA cap.

November 21, 2020, Atlanta, GA: Hundreds of Georgia Republicans gather outside Capitol in Atlanta at rally to show support for President Trump. Pictured: Crowd jams into the public street outside statehouse

November 20, 2020, Canton, Georgia, USA: Hundreds Republicans from Atlanta’s northern suburbs gather outside a county office building for rally supporting Senators Loeffler and Perdue, both seeking election in a January 5, 2021 run-off vote. Vice President Mike Pence speaks to crowd.

November 19, 2020, Jonesboro, Georgia, USA: Democratic candidate L-R: JON OSSOFF, 33 elbow bumps REVEREND RAPHAEL GAMALIE WARNOCK, 51, on stage, at their rally of a few dozen supporters, in Clayton County, Georgia, which has a majority of black residents. Ossoff faces incumbent Republican Senator Perdue in a January 5, 2021 special run-off election. 

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Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Story of the Week #784: TUESDAY May 4, 2021: ‘PANDEMIC ISOLATION’ by award winning ZUMA Photographer Rick D’Elia who has worked with NGO’s worldwide.

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Story of the Week #785: TUESDAY May 4, 2021: ‘PANDEMIC ISOLATION’ by award winning ZUMA Photographer Rick D’Elia who has worked with NGO’s worldwide: The coronavirus pandemic is causing an epidemic of loneliness and social isolation among adults, carrying with it significant health and emotional risks, according to the United Health Foundation. Arizona based ZUMA photojournalist, Rick D’Elia felt the need to begin to record this extraordinary time to show what life looks like during the pandemic, with its barriers of physical distance, including 10 feet or more, masks and sometimes glass windows. Rick captured simple moments of families and individuals, largely at home, while coping with these new seemingly harsh and isolating rules. The images became his way of coping and, perhaps, understanding how to process this unusual time. As we begin emerging from this unprecedented event, people are going outside, relaxing and playing more, looking for the end of the crisis, looking for a release, looking for something to celebrate. Welcome to ‘PANDEMIC ISOLATION’

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Sit back and enjoy POM! “The Pictures of the Month” presented by Scott Mc Kiernan and ZUMA Press. ZUMA received a huge volume of over one million professional photographer’s images, all shot in the month of April. The ZUMA photographers 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.

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Officer Derek Chauvin is convicted of the murder of George Floyd, COVID-19 ravages India, Joe Biden marks 100 days in office and the world says farewell to Prince Philip. The April 2021 Pictures Of the Month for @ZUMAPress is now published.

ZUMA’s talented award-winning picture editing staff of Jessica Cotsonas, Julie Rogers, Mark Avery, Ruaridh Stewart, Scott Mc Kiernan, Shalan Stewart, and the POM Editor-in-Chief Jim Colton made this ZUMA show possible. Enjoy and pass the word to others. #zbestdaily #zuma24 #thePicturesOftheMonth #POD #thePicturesOftheDay #zumapress #photojournalism

Photographers: Alan Crowhurst • Alexander Demianchuk • Alexander Shcherbak • Allison Dinner • Amr Alfiky • Andrew Yates • Andri Mardiansyah • Andry Denisah • Anusak Laowilas • Artyom Geodakyan • Ashish Vaishnav • Ashraf Amra • Aurelien Morissard • Barbara Amendola • Bill Clark • Brian Lawless • Carol Guzy • Caroline Brehman • Cecilia Fabiano • Chip Somodevilla • Chris Jung • Claudio Thoma • Danny Lawson • David Davies • David Peinado • David Stockman • David Zorrakino • Debarchan Chatterjee • Dirk Waem • Dmitry Feoktistov • Dominick Sokotoff • Donal Husni • Douglas R. Clifford • Fabian Sommer • Gian Mattia D’Alberto • Helen H. Richardson • Henry Pan • Ilia Yefimovich • Ishant Chauhan • Jamal Awad • James Moy • Jean Mw • Jens Buttner • Jim Watson • Jonas Ljungdahl • Jonathon Gruenke • Joni • Julian Stratenschulte • Kit MacAvoy • Leco Viana • Leon Neal • Lubos Pavlicek • Majdi Fathi • Marijan Murat • Mark Vancleave • Matt Petit • Mayank Makhija • Melina Mara • Mustasinur Rahman Alvi • Mykal McEldowney • Nasir Kachroo • Naveen Sharma • Nidal Eshtayeh • Oscar Gonzalez • Owen Humphreys • Petter Arvidson • Pierre Marchal • Pierre Stevenin • Prabhat Kumar Verma • Regina Wagner • Richard Harbaugh • Rob Pinney • Robin Loznak • Rod Lamkey • Scott Serio • Sergei Karpukhin • Skanda Gautam • Stefanie Keith • Stephen Lock • Susan Walsh • Suvra Kanti Das • Tayfun Salci • Victoria Jones • Vijay Pandey • Wiktor Szymanowicz • Yoshiaki Kawamura • Yuri Gripas • Zikri Maulana

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AFLO • AMPAS • APA Images • Abaca • Avalon • Avalon Red • Belga • Bildbyran • CNP • CQ Roll Call • CSM • CTK • Contacto • Court TV • Cover Images • Daily Press • Daily Telegraph • Denver Post • dpa • freshfocus • Future-Image • Geisler-Fotopress • i-Images • imageSPACE • IPA • IndyStar • LaPresse • London News Pictures • NurPhoto • PA Wire • Pacific Press • SOPA Images • Starface • TASS • TNS • Tampa Bay Times • TheNEWS2 • Xinhua • ZUMA Wire

Music: ‘Dancing Dreams’ by Roger Subirana Mata 

ZUMA’s Gene Blevins featured in The Wall Street Journal, April 29, 2021

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SpaceX performs a third over all static fire on Starship SN8 Thursday, Boca Chica, TX/USA. Nov 12,2020.. Some type of ejecta coming from the thrust area along with some sort of possible burning debris that also fell from the engine area after the fire. Elon Musk confirmed that there was pneumatic loss. 

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ZUMA’s Liau Chung-Ren featured on WSJ.com April 27, 2021

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March 23, 2021, HONG KONG, CHINA: HSBC Headquarter in Central lights up during evening at the financial centre in Hong Kong. At least 100 employees at HSBC are expected to be laid off in a downsizing of the bank’s compliance department, with part of jobs moving to Guangzhou on Chinese Mainland as part of cost-cutting measure.

Photo Credit © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Wire