Students stage massive protests in France, Palestinians live among the rubble in Gaza, and President Lula da Silva is re-elected in Brazil: The October 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 October.
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 🙂
Aaron Heredia • Ahmed Ibrahim • Alberto Lingria • Aleandro Biagianti • Alessia Giuliani • Alessio De Marco • Alessio Morgese • Andrea Domeniconi • Andrea Staccioli • Andrew Leyden • Andrew Milligan • Andrey Shirokov • Antonin Burat • Antonio Balasco • Armando L. Sanchez • Barkley Grant Butterworth • Ben Stanstall • Bilal Osama • Bill Clark • Billy Bennight • Bob Karp • Boniface Muthoni • Boris Roessler • Brent Soule • Brooks Von Arx, Jr • Bruce Chambers • Bryan Smith • Chris Riha • Christian Schulz • Christopher Khoury • Christy Frank • Coutas Evelyne • Dan Anderson • Daniel Alfoldi • Daniel DeSlover • Daren Fentiman • David Becker • David Canales • David Davies • David Le Deodic • David Wegiel • Delfina Corbera Pi • Dirk Shadd • Dirk Waem • Dmytro Smolienko • Dominic Gwinn • Doug Peters • Douliery Olivier • Dustin Safranek • Elessar Hamili Sarmago • Elise Cabane • Ellan Lustosa • EvandroInetti • Fabian Suspensivo • Fabio Sasso • Fabrice Hebert • Florian Wiegand • Francesco Fotia • Gareth Fuller • Gent Shkullaku • Gil Cohen-Magen • Gina M Randazzo • Guillaume Bonnaud • Henning Von Jagow • Hugo Ortuno • Ibrahim Mansoor • Ignacio Lopez Isasmendi • Jack Abuin • Jacob King • James Petermeier • Jan Schmidt-Whitley • Jan Woitas • Jane Barlow • Jayne Russell • Jean-Christophe Sounalet • Jean-Francois Frey • Jefferee Woo • Jennifer Brueckner • Jens Buettner • Jiang Han • Jintak Han • Joel Marklund • John Marshall Mantel • Jordi Boixareu • Jose Tabares • Joao Pedro Carvalho • Ju Huanzong • Juan Carlos Lucas • Julien Mattia • Jumeau Alexis • Kabir Jhangiani • Khairu Syukrillah • Konstantinos Zilos • Li Jiaxu • Logan Graham • Manuel Urzua • Marc Demeure • Marcin Nowak • Marco Alpozzi • Marco Di Gianvito • Marco Provvisionato • Marcos Moreno • Marianna Kotyk • Mark Cosgrove • Marti Segura Ramoneda • Martin Sidorjak • Massimo Percossi • Matthew Smith • Michael Desprez • Mickael Chavet • Mikael Ona • Mikhail Sinitsyn • Milo Hess • Mohammed M Skaik • Mohammed Salha • Moiz Salhi • Moritz Frankenberg • Muhammad Febriansyah • Nancy Kaszerman • Nasser Ishatyeh • Nick Potts • Nuno Reisinho • Orin Louis • Oscar Manuel Sanchez • Owen Humphreys • Paolo Pizzi • Paul Hennessy • Peerapon Boonyakiat • PJ Heller • Prabhat Kumar Verma • Quentin Reix • Raphael Lafargue • Ringo Chiu • Roberto Tuero • Robin Loznak • Robin Rayne • Rodrigo Reyes Marin • Ruaridh Stewart • Ryan Eduard Benaid • Sabatelli, Lucia • Salah Hashem • Sallaud Thierry • Sammy Kogan • Sandra Dahdah • Scott Kinser • Scott Stuart • Sebastian Nanco • Sebastiano Bacci • Sina Schuldt • Sonia Moskowitz Gordon • Stephane Thomas • Sun Fei • Suvra Kanti Das • Tariq Mohammad • Tenzin Nyida • Thomas Jouhannaud • Thomas Warnack • Tino Romano • Tom Williams • Tonhauser • Vlasov Sulaj • Vuk Valcic • Wagner Vilas • Wu Huiwo • Yang Guang • Yoav Ginsburg • Yonatan Sindel • Zhou Jiayi
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Seven of ZUMA’s NIK ERIK NEUBAUER images taken on June 13, 2026 in Ljubljana, Slovenia during the Ljubljana Pride Parade are featured in an article in the Croatian daily Jutarnji.
The march through the city center marked the culmination of the annual Ljubljana Pride Festival, bringing together members of the LGBTQ+ community and fans and supporters to advocate for equality, inclusion, and human rights. This year’s festival was held under the slogan ”Democracy in Our Hands – Hope is Our Resistance.
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: 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