LEAD IMAGE: August 9, 2022, Washington, District of Columbia, USA: United States President Joe Biden adjusts his sunglasses as he delivers remarks and signs into law H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. The bill is intended to lower the cost of everyday goods, strengthen American manufacturing and innovation, and create good-paying jobs to bolster US economic and national security (Credit Image: © Ron Sachs – Pool Via Cnp/CNP via ZUMA Press Wire)

SECONDARY IMAGE: August 5, 2022, Washington, District of Columbia, United States: Senate Majority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY) speaking about the Inflation Reduction Act. (Credit Image: © Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Press Wire)

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May 19, 2022, Berlin, Germany: A protester holds up a sign calling for n embargo on Russian oil in Berlin during a pro-Ukraine protest on, Thursday, May 19, 2022. (Credit Image: © Dominic Gwinn/ZUMA Press Wire)

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August 9, 2022, EDMONTON, AB, CANADA: Finland’s Kasper Puutio (10) looks for ht epic as Latvia’s Sandis Vilmanis (22) loses his footing during third period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. (Credit Image: © Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via ZUMA Press)

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August 11, 2022, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: KASPER SIMONTAIVAL (29) of Finland scores the game winning goal in a shoot out a World Junior Championship game at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. (Credit Image: © Matthew Helfrich/ZUMA Press Wire)

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August 9, 2022, EDMONTON, AB, CANADA: Finland’s Aatu Raty (34) and Joakim Kemell (37) celebrate a goal against Latvia during first period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. (Credit Image: © Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via ZUMA Press)

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August 9, 2022, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA: Finland players AATU RATY (34), TOPI NIEMELA (7) and RONI KARVINEN (35) of Finland celebrate a goal during the third period of a World Junior Championship game at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. (Credit Image: © Matthew Helfrich/ZUMA Press Wire)

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August 9, 2022, EDMONTON, AB, CANADA: Finland’s Aatu Raty (34) celebrates a goal against Latvia during third period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. (Credit Image: © Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via ZUMA Press)

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Syrian conflict is twelve years old! When will true peace come? Or is the present peace an illusion? Syrian people have experienced a generation on a tragic rollercoaster of hope and an unimaginable degree of devastation. The numbers are horrific, 350,000 killed and 50% the country’s population of 21 million displaced. Refugees or destroyed, emotionally or economically or both. Economy in shambles, as Syria’s GDP been halved, while more than 90 percent of the population live below the poverty line. Despite a decrease in active hostilities, returnees face a host of human rights violations, including detention, torture, disappearances, and abuse by Syrian authorities. A generation lost and no true day to day peace in sight. Welcome to ‘PEACE MIRAGE’

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August 4, 2022, Moscow, Russia: US Olympic basketball champion BRITTNEY GRINER attends the verdict announcement at the Khimki Municipal Court in the town of Khimki, northeast of Moscow. Griner has been found guilty of smuggling and possession of drugs and sentenced to nine years in prison. (Credit Image: © Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS via ZUMA Press)

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Carol is ZUMA Press Wire’s Star Photojournalist and Story Teller. Reportage about charming, strong-willed elderly babushkas. Women, whom in the face of adversity, they are Ladies That Stayed. Vulnerable targets of random shelling. Yet they can’t, or simply won’t, leave. They deal with not only the brutal existence of a war zone, but the daily struggles of aging with few available services or medications. Welcome to ‘Ladies that Stayed’.

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August 9, 2016 – Former president of the Philippines, Fidel Valdez Ramos (88) is making private visit in Hong Kong on a mission as a special convoy seeking for dialogue with China on South China Sea disputes. Aug 9, 2016. Hong Kong. Liau Chung Ren/ZUMA (Credit Image: © Liau Chung Ren/ZUMA Wire)

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August 2, 2022, Taipei, Taiwan: U.S. House Speaker NANCY PELOSI, center, (D-CA) and U.S. Rep GREGORY MEEKS, right, (D-NY) Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, with the rest of her delegation, are welcomed by Taiwan Foreign Minister JOSEPH WU (left) at Taipei Songshan International Airport. Beijing has voiced serious objections over the visit. Pelosi is the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China. (Credit Image: © Taiwan Foreign Ministry via ZUMA Press Wire)

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‘The game of RISK between China and USA, just went to a deeper level. Proud to have ZUMA Press image, tell the story of the moment and chosen as cover of America’s largest paper, The Wall Street Journal on August 3, 2022, on this milestone in the U.S.-Taiwan relationship.’ – Scott Mc Kiernan, Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press Wire Service

August 2, 2022, Taipei, Taiwan: A total of 21 Chinese warplanes including one Y-8 ELINT (photo) have been spotted entering Taiwan’s southeastern ADIZ Tuesday evening Taiwan time, according to Taiwan Defence Ministry, following the visit to the self governing island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi despite Beijing’s objections. Other PLA plane models spotted include ten J-16, eight J-11, one KJ-500 AEW&C, as well as one Y-9 EW. (Credit Image: © Taiwan Defence Ministry Via Zuma via ZUMA Press Wire)

The Finnish newspaper ILTA-SANOMAT’s weekly Sports supplement magazine, lead with an image from ZUMA partner Panormaic this week, August 3, 2022.

May 22, 2022, Matosinhos, Portugal: ROVANPERA Kalle (fin), Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota GR Yaris Rally1, portrait during the Rally de Portugal 2022, 4th round of the 2022 WRC World Rally Car Championship, from May 19 to 22, 2022 at Matosinhos, Portugal (Credit Image: © Panoramic via ZUMA Press)

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