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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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FILE PHOTO: September 10, 2021, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada: A British Airways Boeing 777-200ER jet (G-YMMP) takes off from Vancouver International Airport. (Credit Image: © Bayne Stanley/ZUMA Press Wire)

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September 24, 2026, New York, New York, USA: A protester holds a sign that reads ‘ICE AGENTS HAVE BLOOD On Their HANDS’ at Rise and Resist’s weekly vigil for those impacted by President Trump’s immigrant detention and mass deportation policies, held outside the immigration courts, Department of Homeland Security and ICE offices at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan. (Credit Image: © Gina M Randazzo/ZUMA Press Wire)

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September 17, 2026: As attendees arrive for a New York Young Republican Club event with Greg Bovino, (not pictured) anti-ICE demonstrators stand outside holding signs and read the names of people who have died in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) custody or were killed by federal agents while acting as civilian rapid responders. A protester holds a sign that reads ‘ABOLISH I.C.E.’ Members of Rise and Resist denounce Bovino who led the Border Patrol and ICE occupation of Chicago and Minneapolis. (Credit Image: © Gina M Randazzo/ZUMA Press Wire)

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October 5, 2026, New York, New York, USA: The Stop Funding Billionaires Coalition of community and climate organizations demonstrate at City Hall ahead of a City Council hearing on the dangers of AI with representatives from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Meta. Attendees hold signs that read ‘STOP FUNDING BILLIONAIRES’ ‘UNPLUG AI’ ‘WE CAN’T DRINK DATA’ ‘STOP DATA CENTERS FOOD and WATER WATCH.’ Protesters call for the Council to regulate the technology and ‘Listen to New Yorkers, Not Billionaires. (Credit Image: © Gina M Randazzo/ZUMA Press Wire)

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LEAD IMAGE: October 17, 2026, Paris, France: A man throws a chunk of concrete toward a line of riot police amid tear gas during demonstrations in Paris. Students and Yellow Vest protesters demonstrated over rising living costs and conditions in education. (Credit Image: © Orin Louis/ZUMA Press Wire)

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