December 8, 2024, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey: Syrians living in Turkey holding a large poster of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, at Sarachane Square. (Credit Image: © Tolga Uluturk/ZUMA Press Wire)

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Trump and Musk steer America hard right and the entertainment glitterazzi turn out for awards season: The FEBRUARY 2025 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 February.

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, Jessica Cotsonas, Robin Loznak, Scott Mc Kiernan, Julie Rogers, Ruaridh Stewart, Shalan Stewart, whom with the fine ZUMA support staff: Florence Combes, John Collett, Katrina Kochneva, Pat Johnson, Julie Mason, Jeremy Mc Kiernan and Stan Sholik contributed to make this Lucie & Webby winning monthly movie possible. Hope you enjoy and then if so, pass the word to others 🙂

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February 28, 2025, London, England, UK: Members of the Greek diaspora gather outside the Greek Embassy on the second anniversary of the Tempi train crash. 57 people died when trains collided in 2023.

Video Credit © Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire

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February 26, 2025, Berlin, Germany: The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was illuminated in orange on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, as crowds gathered to mourn members of the Bibas family, who were killed in captivity after being taken by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel. The tribute, a powerful symbol of solidarity with Israel, drew people who laid down flowers and orange balloons in memory of Shiri Bibas and her two sons, Ariel and Kfir. Israeli Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor attended the event, standing alongside mourners as they honored the victims.

Video Credit © Michael Kuenne/PRESSCOV via ZUMA Press Wire

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February 20, 2025, Huntington Beach, California, USA: CHRIS KLUWE, a former NFL punter was arrested during Huntington Beach City Council meeting Tuesday evening protesting against a plaque with a ‘MAGA’ acronym being placed outside the city’s library for its 50th anniversary. Kluwe, a former Minnesota Vikings punter, took the podium during Tuesday night’s meeting expressing his opposition over the plaque and performed what he called an act of civil disobedience and rushed toward the council members before he was arrested and carried out by police officers. He was later charged with disrupting an assembly. (Credit Image: © City Of Huntington Beach/ZUMA Press Wire)

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Scott Mc Kiernan presents zReportage.com Issue #978 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY February 25, 2025: ‘Three BRUTAL Years’ by ZUMA Press award winning photographer in Ukraine Svet Jacqueline: Three years after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the grim anniversary was marked in Kyiv and across Europe. Millions of Ukrainians have fled their homes, either to other parts of Ukraine or other countries, in the years since Russia began seizing land and following the invasion. Nearly 42,000 civilians have been killed or injured in Ukraine. There were an estimated 3.7 million internally displaced people in Ukraine, with a further 6.9 million seeking refuge and asylum outside the country. President Trump is pushing for a quick end to the war, with top US and Russian officials meeting for peace talks in Saudi Arabia, without any representatives from Ukraine present. Kyiv and its European allies are now scrambling to adapt to the new approach from the US. After three years of brutal and deadly fighting in Ukraine, many would welcome an end to Russia’s full-scale invasion. But the terms of peace deal that would satisfy and include all parties have remained elusive. Welcome to ‘Three BRUTAL Years’
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February 23, 2025, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia: Protesters walk carrying a large Palestinian flag during a solidarity action for Palestine in Bandung, West Java. They demanded that Free Palestine boycott Israeli products and demanded to thwart United States President Donald Trump plan to control Gaza.

Video Credit © Dimas Rachmatsyah / ZUMA Press Wire

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November 7, 2019, Hong Kong, China: Chinese buyer tasting wine at the annual Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair. Wine consumption remain strong in Asian Market grossing US$54.9 billions in 2018 according to statistics. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Wire)

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January 27, 2023, HONG KONG, CHINA: A mother from China Mainland carrying DIOR shopping bag walking past CHANEL Flagship Shop with her daughter in Hong Kong.Jan-27,2023Hong Kong.ZUMA/Liau Chung-ren (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)

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January 28, 2025, Hong Kong, China: Hong Kong actress Lana Wong Ha Wai ( 94 ) appear at the entrance of Wong Tai Shing Temple dressed as ‘ Blue Snake ‘ , a character taken from traditional Chinese love-romance story to celebrate coming Year of the Snake. Wong’s annual costume-play depicting different characters for every Chinese New Year have become important attraction for Hong Kong citizens who come to offer New Year’s prayer at Wong Tai Shing Temple on Chinese New Year’s Eve. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)

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