On Saturday, January 3rd, hundreds of Venezuelans gathered in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, celebrating the announcement that Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro had been captured and removed from power following a US operation in the early hours of the morning.
In Damascus, Syria, on December 29, 2025, aerial footage captures the Syrian capital at sunset, showing the city’s skyline, streets, and urban areas as daylight fades over the capital.
In Gaziantep, Turkey, on December 31, 2025, children and families enjoy winter activities as they play on snow-covered areas and slide on icy hills, creating a lively atmosphere across the city during the final day of the year.
• NEW YEAR CELEBRATED GLOBALLY • GAZA, UKRAINE REMAIN IN TURMOIL • WACKY WEATHER WORLDWIDE • BRIGITTE BARDOT DIES •
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, showcasing images from December 26, 2025 – January 2, 2026 “The best two minutes you’ll spend on the internet today!”
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ZUMA PHOTOGRAPHERS Featured: Rizek Abdeljawad, Thomas Bachun, Vlad Bereholschi, Dogan Evsan, Cecilia Fabiano, John Fatkin, Wojciech Figursk, Yoav Ginsburg, Matthew Hoen, Peter Kovalev, Michael Kristen, Jamie Lashmar, Robin Loznak, Kyle Mazza, Britta Pedersen, Sameer Sehgal, Alexander Shcherbak, Yuri Smityuk, Joey Sussman, Khairu Syukrillah, Pierre Teyssot,Ben Whitley, Sime Zelic, Liang Zhiqiang
Russia turns up the heat against Ukraine, as Ukraine president Zelenskyy drums up support in Europe the USA threatens to cut intelligence sharing in order to pressure Ukraine into negotiating a Trump brokered peace agreement: The DECEMBER 2025 Pictures Of the Month for @ZUMApress is now published. PLEASE SHARE! #photojournalism http://www.thepicturesofthemonth.com
Sit back and enjoy “The Pictures of the Month” (POM) presented by Scott Mc Kiernan and ZUMA Press. ZUMA received over one million images shot by professional photographers, all shot in the month of December.
Photographers represented by ZUMA Press covered the four corners of the world to bring pictures that need to be seen! POM shows the best work of these photojournalists, documenting the most important events of the past month.
ZUMA Press Wire’s talented award-winning picture editing staff of Mark Avery, Jim Colton, Jessica Cotsonas, Robin Loznak, Scott Mc Kiernan, Julie Rogers, Ruaridh Stewart, Shalan Stewart, whom with the fine ZUMA support staff: Florence Combes, John Collett, Katrina Kochneva, Pat Johnson, Julie Mason, Jeremy Mc Kiernan and Stan Sholik contributed to make this Lucie & Webby winning monthly movie possible. Hope you enjoy and then if so, pass the word to others 🙂
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