February 21, 2025, Palm Springs, California, USA: A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max passenger jet landing in Palm Springs. (Credit Image: © Ian L. Sitren/ZUMA Press Wire)
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Scott Mc Kiernan presents “The Pictures Of the Week” highlighting the best images from around the world by ZUMA Press contributors, curated by ZUMA Editor-at-large Jim Colton.
Enjoy thepicturesoftheweek.com 32, showcasing images from August 2-8, 2025 “The best two minutes you’ll spend on the internet today!”
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ZUMA PHOTOGRAPHERS Featured:
Baris Acarl, Belal Abu Amer, Omar Ashtawy,Jane Barlow, Jill Connelly, Bob Daemmrich, Daniel DeSlover, Bassem Elziaty, Ding Hongfa, Ahmed Ibrahim, Samir Jana, Nancy Kaszerman, Matic Klansek , Robin Loznak, Rodrigo Reyes Marin, Kevin Midigo, Matthias Oesterle, Jay Patel, Hendrik Schmidt, Algi Febri Sugita,Algi Febri Sugita, Chen Yichen, Wu Zhizun
January 2, 2022, New York, New York, USA: The new New York City Mayor ERIC ADAMS rides his Citi bike past Radio City Music Hall on the Avenue of the Americas on his way to work. ”This is my therapy about 3-4 times a week,” the Mayor said. (Credit Image: © Brian Branch Price/ZUMA Press Wire)
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August 5, 2025, Hong Kong, CHINA: In Hong Kong, tourists from China Mainland gather at Victoria Harbour waterfront between short interval of heavy rain. Hong Kong is hit by record-breaking torrential downpour which measured 358.8mm ( 14.1inches ) highest daily rainfall in August since records began in 1884. The continued heavy shower lasted for more than 11 hours non-stop causing serious floods in the city and bringing many businesses to a halt.Aug-5,2025Hong Kong.ZUMA/Liau Chung-ren (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
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LARRY HAMM of the Peoples Organization for Progress speaks during a press conference at the Rodino Federal Building to remember the anniversary of 1965 Voting Rights Act 60 years later in Newark, New Jersey the demonstrators pledge to stop gerrymandering, voter suppression and attacks on our voting rights.
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Aug 4, 2025 – Lucerne Valley , California, U.S. – The image shows a large plume of smoke rising into the sky from the Gold Fire burning in the wilderness north of Big Bear Lake. The fire has charred over 300 acres, but no homes are currently threatened, according to the U.S. Forest Service. (Credit Image: © Katrina Kochneva/ZUMA Press Wire)
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April 23, 2023, Topeka, Kansas, U.S: American Christian singer Sean Feucht leads the Turning Point and Let Us Worship Kingdom to the Capitol Tour revival service on the south steps of the Kansas State Capitol Building (Credit Image: © Mark Reinstein/ZUMA Press Wire)
November 22, 2020, Hong Kong, China: Filipina lesbians fashion themselves with ‘rainbow mask’ during small rally for LGBT rights in Hong Kong.Nov-22,2020 Hong Kong. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Wire)
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February 7, 2025, Hong Kong, China: In Hong Kong, at Central Post Office service counter, parcels are processed by the staff this afternoon. Hong Kong Post have announced that it will continue to suspend postal services for US bound parcels despite of US Postal Service’s resumption of inbound packages from China and Hong Kong. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
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August 7, 2025, Berlin, Berlin, Germany: Dozens of demonstrators gathered Thursday, August 7, 2025, near Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate to demand the immediate return of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. The peaceful protest, held at Pariser Platz, drew German Jews, Israeli expats, and supporters waving Israeli flags and holding signs reading ”Bring Them Home Now.” Chants of ”Free the hostages!” and ”Am Yisrael Chai” echoed across the square, a symbolic site just steps from Germany’s Holocaust memorial.
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