October 5, 2021, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA: KYLE RITTENHOUSE, 18, waiting for start of his motion hearing in Kenosha (Wisconsin) Circuit Court, Tuesday. Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Schroeder weighed several motions, in an effort to establish the final ground rules for the November 1, 2021 criminal trial. Judge refused to dismiss a weapons charge. Rittenhouse, then 17, during an August 2020 BLM protest in Kenosha, shot two men fatally during the unrest that followed the shooting of J. Blake by a Kenosha police officer. Rittenhouse’s attorneys asked for dismissal of a charge that he possessed his AR-style semiautomatic rifle illegally, because he was a minor. Rittenhouse faces 7 charges including one count each of 1st Degree Intentional Homicide, Reckless Homicide, and Attempted Intentional Homicide.
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
Melting ice caps and wildfires remind us that climate change is real and Captain Kirk went to space…for real. These stories and more as the October 2021 Pictures Of the Month for @ZUMAPress is now published. Rest In Peace Jack Kurtz. #photojournalism www.thepicturesofthemonth.com
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.
Alessio Marini • Anas Alkharboutli • Andrew Milligan • Anton Novoderezhkin • Avishek Das • Basilio Sepe • Boris Roessler • Brian Cahn • Chaiwat Subprasom • Damien Poullenot • Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi • Danny Lawson • David Davies • David Stockman • Dirk Shadd • Erick Madrid • Evan Bootman • Georgio Viera • Habibur Rahman • Hendrik Schmidt • Howard Jones • Idrees Abbas • Irene Amiet • Ivandro Inetti • Jack Kurtz • Jane Barlow • Javed Dar • Jens Buttner • Jesus Merida • Joe Giddens • John J. Kim • John Mersits • Jon Olav Nesvold • Ju Huanzong • Julian Stratenschulte • K.C. Alfred • Karl-Josef Hildenbrand • M. Scott Moon • Mark Thomas • Marwan Naaman • Matias Basualdo • Matteo Nardone • Matthias Bein • Michael Brochstein • Mike Egerton • Mike Eliason • Mustasinur Rahman Alvi • Olivier Corsan • Peter Byrne • Peter Kneffel • Ricardo Rubio • Robin Loznak • Ron Lyon • Ronald Kotinsky • Sarah Wouters • Sebastian Kahnert • Sergei Savostyanov • Skanda Gautam • Slavek Ruta • Stephen Lock • Vladimir Smirnov • Xisco Navarro Pardo
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zReportage.com Story of the Week #811: TUESDAY October 26, 2021: ‘GUATEMALA Bleeds’ by ZUMA Press award winning photographer David Tesinsky who rode along with Guatemala’s Policia Nacional Civil: Guatemala’s criminal organizations are among the most sophisticated and dangerous in Central America. Some of them have been in operation for decades. They include former members of the military, intelligence agencies and active members of the police. Poverty and violent crime continue to plague Guatemala over twenty years after its last left-wing guerrillas laid down their arms. An average of 101 murders per week were reported in 2018. 95% of murders remain unsolved and the ultra-violent maras (gangs) manage drug trafficking, prostitution and racketeering. The police who try and control the gangs are woefully under-equipped. Sometimes, they even have to buy their own ammunition. More than half the population lives on less than per day. After spiking in 2009, crime rates had fallen due partly to a UN-sponsored investigative commission. But the government has terminated that body’s mandate early in response to a series of corruption probes, imperiling the fight against criminal impunity. Meanwhile thousands of Guatemalans risk being robbed or assaulted every day. Welcome to: ‘GUATEMALA Bleeds’
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
February 8, 2020, Pathum Thani, Thailand: Thousands of Buddhist devotees and monks gathered at the massive Wat Phra Dhammakaya Cetiya to take part in annual celebrations to mark the Maha Bucha holiday.
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
September 14, 2021, Tainan, Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwanese soldiers are seen organizing grenade launchers and machine guns during an operation as part of the 37th edition of the Han Kuang military exercise. Training including risks assessment and monitoring of enemies have been conducted in the face of the intensifying threats from China, with the US offering arms sale to the self-ruled island.
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
zReportage.com Story of the Week #810: TUESDAY October 19, 2021: ‘The Secret Culture’ by ZUMA Press award winning photographer Jack Kurtz who was given rare access to the lives of an FLDS family 10 years ago – These images are now part of the history of this now changed corner of Arizona: For generations, the dramatic and isolated landscape on the Utah-Arizona border has been a refuge for people who practice polygamy. Ten years ago, FLDS leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison in Texas for sexual assault. Things changed quickly after that. Once the stronghold of the FLDS Church, Hildale and Colorado City area overturned its entire political leadership including electing its first woman and ex-FLDS mayor, Donia Jessop. The communities remain a patchwork of devout members of the FLDS Church, ex-FLDS and non-FLDS. But both communities have seen significant cultural shifts in recent years away from the once-rigid controls of the FLDS (fundamentalist Mormonism is a belief system that is an offshoot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Colorado City opened its first bar. This Fall, the town will have its first wine tour in a recently opened modest vineyard. Welcome to ‘The Secret Culture’.
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
September 29, 2021, San Diego, California, USA: Doubles partners FILIP POLASEK (left) of Poland and JOHN PEERS of Australia discuss strategy while keeping the opposing team of Hubert Hurkacz of Poland and Marcelo Melo of Brazil from reading their lips. The two teams competed at the San Diego Open tennis tournament.
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
October 5, 2021, New Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan: A military helicopter carrying a tremendous Taiwan flag conducts a flyby rehearsal ahead of the Double-tenth national day celebration, near Taipei 101, amid China’s growing military threats. China has been sending record number of warplanes to the ADIZ of the self ruled island, whilst Taiwan has been building better relations with the US, Australia, Japan, and other European countries including Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic.
The Guardian Print 6, October 2021
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