The Natural History Museum, London is holding it’s annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Seen by millions of people around the world, the award-winning images encourage people to connect with the natural world and to protect it.

Key information:

· Owned and operated by the Natural History Museum, London

· Open to photographers of all ages, nationalities and levels

· Judged anonymously by industry experts

· Entry fee waiver for 50 countries and rules and categories translated into 15 languages

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/competition/young-wpy/rules/rules-translations

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/competition/rules/rules-translations

· Closes for entries on 8 December at 11:30 (GMT)

· Find out more: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/competition

An earthquake kills 321 in Indonesia, the USA’s mid-term elections didn’t go as well as Republicans had hoped, a controversial World Cup begins in Qatar, meanwhile the war in Ukraine and protests in Iran continue. The November 2022 Pictures Of the Month for @ZUMApress is now published. Very proud that the Pictures Of the Month was part of the entry that won Photo Editor of the Year for ZUMA’s James K. Colton and @ZUMApress also won Photography Content of the Year at the 2022 Lucie Awards! PLEASE SHARE! #photojournalism

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 November. 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.

ZUMA’s talented award-winning picture editing staff of Jeremy Mc Kiernan, Jessica Cotsonas, Julie Mason, Julie Rogers, Katrina Kochneva, Mark Avery, Pat Johnson, 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.

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October 28, 2019, Frankfurt, Germany: Christine Lagarde, President-designate of the ECB, and Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic (l), will take part in a ceremony marking the change at the helm of the ECB. (Credit Image: © Boris Roessler/DPA via ZUMA Press)

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

Second Image: January 6, 2022, Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Taiwanese soldiers with a machine guns during an Army Preparedness Enhancement Drill ahead of the Chinese New Year, amid escalating Chinese threats to the island. With the US approving an increasing number of arms sales to Taipei and Beijing sending more PLA warplanes to cruise around the self governing island, military tensions in the Taiwan Strait have been expected to grow. (Credit Image: © Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/ZUMA Press Wire)

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

November 30, 2022, London, England, United Kingdom: Thousands of people gathered outside King’s Cross Station for a rally in support of university strikes. The University and College Union (UCU) has organized the biggest walkout by university and college staff in the UK to date, in a dispute over pay, pensions and work conditions. (Credit Image: © Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire)

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

The Budapest International Foto Awards 2022 has just announced the winners and ZUMA Photographer Daniel Ceng has won for two series from his coverage of Ukraine. ‘War-Scarred Ukraine’ was awarded a Gold Prize and a Bronze Prize for the Editorial/Conflict categories (Professional) was earned by ‘Evacuating The Most Vulnerable From Donetsk’. Ceng was also awarded a Gold in the Editorial/Politics category (Professional) for his series on Taiwan military drills, ‘Apocalypse: Taiwan On Brink of War With Peking’. Click through the links below to see all of Ceng’s award winning images.

Congrats to Daniel Ceng on his hard work and his well deserved recognition!

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

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

December 24, 2019, Hong Kong, CHINA: Protester with a paper-mask depicting image of Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jin-ping offer ‘free hand-shake’ to the citizen on Christmas Eve, the placard reads ‘Cockroach Xi Jin-ping offer free handshakes, once being touched, will warm your body’.Dec-24,2019 Hong Kong.ZUMA/Liau Chung-ren (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Wire)

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

November 29, 2022, HONG KONG, CHINA: WHITE PAPERS ( symbol of passive protest for Chinese Mainlanders ) is scattered from above during a protest at HONG KONG UNIVERSITY condemning harsh ‘ Zero Covid Policy ‘ that caused the death of at least 10 citizens during a fire at Urumqi,Xin Jiang Province. Students are also calling for freedom and democracy for China and Chinese People.Nov-29,2022Hong Kong.ZUMA/Liau Chung-ren (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)

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

Afghanistan has been gripped by a devastating economic crisis that has wiped out incomes, sent food prices soaring and left millions hungry. For families struggling simply to put food on the table the growing economic hardship is pushing more and more children into work. Thousands flocked to northern Afghanistan’s notoriously dangerous mines after the Taliban seized power last year, desperate to scrape out a living amid an economy in ruins. From men in their 60s to boys as young as 10, hundreds of miners work every day in Chinarak for just a few dollars. Welcome to: ‘LOST YOUTH Afghan Child Miners’