May 14, 2016 – Sertolovo, Russia – A boy plays with a Grenade launcher AGS-17 at a weapon exhibition after opening a sports events with elements of fighting ”Race of heroes” in Sertolovo outside St. Petersburg. (Credit Image: © Nic Markoff/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #921 Story of the Week: Published SUNDAY, December 31, 2023: ‘GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC’ Pictures by 4 time Pulitzer Prize winning ZUMA Press photographer Carol Guzy: To lose a child is like a heart ripped from the chest – the hardest and most unnatural loss. That awful phone call in the middle of the night. Remembering their last words. Too often it is young people doing the shooting – and doing the dying. In record numbers. Historically underserved communities and racial inequities contribute to a culture of gun violence with a disproportionate number of African Americans dead or incarcerated. Counselors talk about a higher proportion of emotional trauma that perpetually injures the soul. It leads to a loss of hope that kills as much as any bullet. According to the Gun Violence Archive, to date there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide, which doesn’t include individual street incidents that occur daily in cities like DC and Baltimore. Total number of deaths by guns is 33,886 – 1,378 teens and 295 children under 12. Homicides in the nation’s capital surpassed 200 recently, up 35% from last year. As policy-makers debate gun control especially concerning assault weapons – the body count increases with innocents caught in the crossfire.
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January 1, 2024, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey: Pro-Palestine people wave Palestinian and Turkish flags over the Galata Bridge in Istanbul. (Credit Image: © Tolga Uluturk/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
April 4, 2023, New York, New York, USA: A person wearing a Trump mask and prison stripes salutes. The scheduled arraignment of former President Trump for his part in the payment of hush money to Stormy Daniels brought heavy security, massive numbers of news media. (Credit Image: © Gina M Randazzo/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
December 1, 2023, Khan Yunis, Gaza, Palestinian Territories: Palestinians carry an injured man following the Israeli bombing on Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. Israel resumed fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Friday morning after the end of a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas militants. (Credit Image: © Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
December 20, 2023, Hong Kong, China: In Hong Kong, citizens crossing main avenue at the heart of financial centre in Central. Overseas think-tank have issued a latest report on global human rights ranking, putting Hong Kong in the 46th place next to Myanmar, a 17 places down compare to previous report of the similar survey. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
May 21, 2023, Cannes, Cote d’Azur, France: ROBERT DE NIRO attends the photocall for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ during the 76th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals. (Credit Image: © Mickael Chavet/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
July 20, 2023, Hollywood, California, U.S.A: A street scene in LA shows the ”Dolby Theater Welcomes You to Hollywood” sign, near a giant, fiery billboard advertising the new film ‘Oppenheimer’, and under that is an advertisement for the upcoming adaptation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (Credit Image: © Amy Katz/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
August 12, 2023, Marion, Kansas, USA: In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper’s reporters, and the publisher’s home. (Credit Image: © Mark Reinstein/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
November 30, 2023: Women walk past graffiti painted on a wall promoting Venezuela’s struggle for the rescue of the Essequibo, in the city of Valencia, Carabobo state. (Credit Image: © Juan Carlos Hernandez/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
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