April 25, 2020, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico: A man in Tijuana, Mexico, sells face masks near the San Ysidro US/Mexico border crossing. Tijuana is experiencing a very large number of coronavirus.
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
May 15, 2021, Taipei, Taipei, Taipei: Military officers sanitise Covid testing centers and workers as the island has raised its Covid alert to level 3 after reporting 180 more locally acquired Covid cases Saturday, with stricter restrictions imposed in the capital Taipei and New Taipei. Local authorities of the two cities have made mask wearing in outdoor areas compulsory while suspending operation of non essential shops and many activities as well as entertainment.
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
16 May 2021, Israel, Ashkelon: A general view of a destroyed vehicle caused by a rocket fired from Gaza Strip towards Israel, amid the escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence.
A Cleaner wearing a personal protective equipment disinfects areas of a hospital where Covid19 testing centers have been opened, following 180 new domestic cases reported on Saturday, with stricter restrictions imposed in the capital Taipei and New Taipei. Local authorities of the two cities have made mask wearing in outdoor areas compulsory while suspending operation of non essential shops and institutes, as well as activities and entertainment.
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
Military officers disinfect medical workers at a rapid Covid testing center, as Taiwan adds 333 domestic cases and 2 imported cases, a record high number that jumps from Sunday’s figure. The capital Taipei and Mew Taipei have forced non essential businesses such cinemas and book stores to close and rolled out compulsory mask wearing in outdoor areas whilst suspending large activities and encouraging people to receive Covid test and vaccination.
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
Indonesian domestic helper is receiving Covid19 Test at the medic station in the City. Hong Kong government have issued an order for all domestic helpers to receive mandatory Covid-19 testing before 9th of May after confirmed local case ( not imported ) of coronavirus variant infection is found on the body of domestic helper which poses potential biohazard to the community.
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
May 12, 2021, Lod, Israel: Jewish youth cleanup and salvage religious articles in a torched synagogue as debris and torched vehicles litter the streets of the mixed Jewish Arab city of Lod following a night of Arab rioting against Jews throughout the country in a show of support for Hamas amid Israel’s Guardian of the Walls military operation in Gaza. The military conflict, now in it’s 3rd day, began following a salvo of rockets fired by Gaza’s Hamas terror group towards Jerusalem. Israeli government has declared a state of special emergency in Lod bestowing extended authority to the police.
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
Story of the Week #786: TUESDAY May 11, 2021: ‘BROKEN BORDER’ by Pulitzer Prize winning ZUMA Photographer Carol Guzy who spent several nights with Texas Rangers on the US-Mexico border covering this story: As darkness falls on the Rio Grande river, Texas Rangers watch with night vision goggles for inflatable rafts crossing the river from Mexico. The night is about to get busy. Soon rafts drop off asylum-seekers onto United States soil, including many families with young children and some even traveling alone. Roma, a town of 10,000 people in the Rio Grande Valley, is the latest epicenter of illegal crossings, where growing numbers of families and children are entering the United States to seek asylum. U.S. authorities reported more than 100,000 encounters on the southern border in February, the highest surge since 2019. At the end of march over 16,000 unaccompanied children were in government custody, including about 5,000 in substandard U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities. A surge of migrants arriving at the Texas-Mexico border has pushed the country’s immigration system to the breaking point as new policies aimed at both undocumented immigrants and legal asylum seekers have contributed to a humanitarian crisis. Welcome to ‘BROKEN BORDER’
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press