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

December 1, 2022, HONG KONG, CHINA: Upon death of former Chinese Communist Party’s Chairman, Jiang Zhe-ming, PRC national flag fly half-mast atop The Court of Final Appeal against Bank of China Tower in Central Hong Kong.Dec-1,2022Hong Kong.ZUMA/Liau Chung-ren (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)

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April 9, 2022, Munich, Bavaria, Germany: Demonstrators in Germany express outrage at sexual violence allegedly being used by Russian soldiers against not only adults, but against children. Having seen the latest chapter of atrocities commited by the Russian military in Bucha and the missile attack on the Kramatorsk train station, Ukrainians, Ukrainian refugees, Germans, and people from around the world stood together to demand a stop to Russia’s military aggression and for Europe to fortify Ukraine’s defensed. (Credit Image: © Sachelle Babbar/ZUMA Press Wire)

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August 2, 2021, Portland, Oregon, USA: It shows their stories but not their full names. While the identities of the homeless men and women is kept confidential, the sad truth of their circumstances is laid bare. (Credit Image: © John Marshall Mantel/ZUMA Press Wire)

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September 24, 2022, Austin, TX, USA: California Democratic governor GAVIN NEWSOM speaks about the state of U.S. politics during an interview session at the annual Texas Tribune Festival in downtown Austin on September 24, 2022. Newsom, a former mayor of San Fransisco, is mentioned as a 2024 U.S. presidential candidate. (Credit Image: © Bob Daemmrich/ZUMA Press Wire)

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

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

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.

A. Perez Meca • ANP • Aditya Irawan • Al Diaz • Alberto Estevez • Alberto Terenghi • Amy Beth Bennett • Ana M. Wiggins • Anonymous • Celestino Arce Lavin • Dan O’ Connor • Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi • Dave Starbuck • David Klein • mytro Smolienko • Dominika Zarzycka • Donat Sorokin • Eric Renom • Fabio Ferrari • Fadli Akbar • Federico Gambarini • Florian Gaertner • Garry Lotulung • Gian Mattia D’Alberto • Igor Do Vale • Ivy Ceballo • Jason Moore • Jerry Mennenga • Jintak Han • Joe Burbank • Johan Ben Azzouz • Joy Saha • Kabir Jhangiani • Kay Nietfeld • Ken Cedeno • Luis Santana • Lukasz Skwiot • Malcolm Park • Marechal Aurore • Mark Edward Harris • Mark Reis • Michael Erichsen • Mohammed Talatene • Nancy Kaszerman • Naoki Morita • Nieboer • Nikolai Trishin • Orit Ben-Ezzer • Paul Glaser • Petty Officer 1st Class Spencer • Piero Nigro • Prabin Ranabhat • Ringo Chiu • Roberto Tommasini • Robin Loznak • Robin Rayne • Rolf Vennenbernd • Sandika Fadilah • Saquan Stimpson • Sebastian El-Saqqa • Sebastian Willnow • Sergei Bobylev • Sergei Chuzavkov • Sergey Malgavko • Sergey Savostyanov • Sgt. Rachel Christensen • Slavek Ruta • Sonia Moskowitz Gordon • Stephen Shaver • Tayfun Salci • Tom Williams • Varuth Pongsapipatt • Vichan Poti • Vuk Valcic • Xu Chang • Yui MokZUMA’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)

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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