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

April 22, 2024, New York, New York, USA: Students at NYU began a Gaza solidarity encampment this morning on Gould Plaza in the Washington Square campus. Tents sit on the plaza. Students stand with Columbia University students’ ongoing encampment and join colleges and universities across the country staging encampments for Gaza. Student protesters demand that the university divests from profiteering from the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people, that NYU shut down its Tel Aviv campus, remove NYPD from the NY campus, and protect the right to pro-Palestinian speech by students and faculty. (Credit Image: © Gina M Randazzo/ZUMA Press Wire)

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

April 22, 2024, Kazipur, Sirajganj, Bangladesh: Driver carries paddy straw in small trucks and unloads in Kazipur Upazila. Paddy straw is a by-product for the farmers so they usually sell it for $7 per 100kg to wholesalers. The straw is then sold by the wholesalers for between $8 – $10. Farmers use hay as food and bedding for their livestock. In addition to this, straw is used for various other purposes including house canopies and a form of biofuel. (Credit Image: © Syed Mahabubul Kader/ZUMA Press Wire)

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

January 12, 2023, Hong Kong, China: Young women fully dressed in Chinese Ancient Costumes and face masks to protect themselves from virus walk about inside the compound of Wong Tai Shing Taoist Temple in Hong Kong as the City prepares for the coming Chinese New Year of the Rabbit. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)

April 18, 2022, HONG KONG, CHINA: Thousands of Hong Kong citizens flock to the narrow strip of a street market in the old commercial centre in Mong Kok on Easter Monday as Covid-19 Omicron Variant Outbreak see a sign of gradual dissipation. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)

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

March 22, 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Homeless IRLA (L), 35, and her 62 year-old companion are surrounded by belongings on the street, during the newly imposed 35-hour curfew, amid the Russian invasion. They say they have nowhere to go except running to shelters in the event of air raid sirens. (Credit Image: © Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/ZUMA Press Wire)

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

May 19, 2023, New York, NY, USA: Traffic backs up on Tenth Avenue in New York approaching the Lincoln Tunnel, the week prior to the Memorial Day weekend. (Credit Image: © Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts via ZUMA Press)

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

April 17, 2024, New York, New York, USA: As Columbia University prepares for commencement, students have set up an encampment of nearly 60 tents to demand that the institution divest from Israel. (Credit Image: © Laura Brett/ZUMA Press Wire)

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

April 8, 2017 – Berlin, Berlin, Germany – Several hundred people and LGBT ativists rally in Central Berlin under the motto ‘Enough is enough – Stop Homophobia’ against homophobia and transphobia. The demonstrators criticize the kidnapping, torture and murder of gay men in the Russian part of Chechnya. Many protesters held homemade protest signs and rainbow flags during the final rally in front of the Russian Embassy. The protest was accompanied by a massive police presence because of a warning. (Credit Image: © Jan Scheunert/ZUMA Wire)

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

Scott Mc Kiernan presents zReportage.com Issue #935 Story of the Week: Published: TUESDAY April 16, 2024: ‘This Ain’t My First Rodeo’ by ZUMA Press award winning photo-journalist Brian Branch-Price: The history of African American cowboys and cowgirls and their role in settling across the USA isn’t that much different from the history of other African American groups and it’s been largely ignored by historians and the media, the fact is that African Americans made up roughly 25 percent of the cowboys responsible for the historic movement from east to west. Fast forward to today and pop superstar Beyonce, who is from Houston, is making history as the first Black woman to top the Billboard country chart. Beyonce hails from Texas, homeland of North American cowboy culture. The Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo is committed to keeping the cowboy way of life and upholding the important contributions black cowboys and cowgirls played in helping tame the Old West. The event named after Bill Pickett, who was the first Black rodeo athlete to be inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame, honors his legacy and the impact he made on Black Western Heritage. Black riders and fans bring a sense of cool to a culture overlooked by the history books. Welcome to ‘This Ain’t My First Rodeo’
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