May 10, 2023, Juarez-El Paso Border, Texas, USA: Migrants wait to be processed at gate 40 of the border wall after having crossed the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez in hopes of turning themselves in with the intention of seeking asylum. Many migrants waited without shelter for lengthy periods of time. After six days outside, under extreme heat during the day, freezing temperatures at night and fierce sandstorms, women and small children crowded together under the shade of two trees. ESMERALDA TOC, who fled violence from terrorists in San José del Guaviare, Colombia, worried about the fate of the children in the group who were getting sicker, with fever that continue to spike. With their medicine gone, the mothers tried everything they could, but the children were not responding, she said. Desperate, Tocó said she went to the US authorities and asked for medicine but she was rejected. 

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Scott Mc Kiernan presents zReportage.com Story of the Week #889: TUESDAY May 16, 2023: ‘THE LONG WAIT: Part I’ by all time Pulitzer Prize (4 times) winning, ZUMA Press photo-journalist CAROL GUZY. Two families wait among others in painful desperation for over a week in a parking lot in Hatay, Turkey as bodies of their loved ones are pulled from the rubble of an apartment building that collapsed after a massive 7.8 earthquake struck. Thousands were killed there and other cities in Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023. The first earthquake on February 6 that hit southeastern Turkey and northern Syria measured a magnitude of 7.8 and a second, a little later, measured 7.6. The region has been rocked by more than 9,000 aftershocks since. Nearly 240,000 rescue workers, including volunteers, continue to work in the 11 quake-hit provinces in Turkey. The confirmed death toll stood at 59,259. Welcome to ‘THE LONG WAIT: Part I’

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A new photography exhibit titled “The BIG Picture: It’s Been a Minute!” curated by ZUMA’s founder Scott Mc Kiernan, features images from 2022 in three categories of events: Good, bad and hopeful. Mc Kiernan will host a TED-style talk on Thursday May 18th from 5-7 and the show runs May 18-July 30.

“This new exhibition captures humanity at its darkest hours and witnesses others rise above and beyond, showing that hope never dies,” said Scott Mc Kiernan

May 4, 2023, Hollywood, California, U.S: Picketers in front of Paramount Studios in Hollywood in support of Writers Guild of America Writers’ Strike ‒ day 3 of the first Writer’s strike in 15 years. Thousands of writers and others in the film and TV industry carried signs on the picket lines in front of Los Angeles/Hollywood studios to demand more pay, controls on AI and better work conditions. (Credit Image: © Amy Katz/ZUMA Press Wire)

May 4, 2023, Hollywood, California, U.S: Picketers in front of Netflix Studios in Hollywood in support of Writers Guild of America Writers’ Strike, day 3, the first Writer’s strike in 15 years. Thousands of writers and others in the film and TV industry carried signs on the picket lines in front of Los Angeles/Hollywood studios to demand more pay, controls on AI and better work conditions. (Credit Image: © Amy Katz/ZUMA Press Wire)

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May 14, 2023, Istanbul, Turkey: 64 million voters in Turkey go to the polls for the General Elections that will determine the President of Turkey and 600 new deputies of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Voting started at 08:00 in Turkey. The presidential election ballot includes the names of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Muharrem Ince, Kemal Kilicdaroglu and Sinan Ogan, according to the order determined by lottery. Muharrem Ince said that he withdrew his candidacy on May 11, 2023. The polls will close at 17:00 and the counting of votes will begin. (Credit Image: © Tolga Uluturk/ZUMA Press Wire)

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May 11, 2023, HONG KONG, CHINA: In Hong Kong, a reader holds today’s published edition of Ming Pao Daily News featuring political cartoonist ZUNZI’s art work and a note from the editor thanking him for his long years of service to the Paper. Hong Kong prominent political cartoonist pen named : ZUNZI ( Original name : Wong Kei-kwan ) has been terminated from MING PAO DAILY NEWS, Zunzi will be publishing his last art work this coming Sunday. Under increasing political pressure by HKSAR and pro-Chinese Communist henchmen and lawmakers, Hong Kong prominent political cartoonist ZUNZI who served city’s major paper Ming Pao Daily News and APPLE DAILY once managed by media tycoon and strong advocate for democracy, Jimmy Lai,now serving his time in jail without a trial, has been terminated by Ming Pao Daily News. The sucking of ZUNZI has aroused serious concern among the press in Hong Kong fearing strengthening political purge aimed against Hong Kong journalists and artists will further curtail freedom of press and freedom of expression in Hong Kong.May-11,2023Hong Kong.ZUMA/Liau Chung-ren (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)

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May 6, 2023, Maltepe, Istanbul, Turkey: The Istanbul rally of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the presidential candidate of the opposition Nation Alliance, was held in Maltepe, Istanbul with the participation of hundreds of thousands of people. The general election to elect the President of Turkey on May 14, 2023, and the parliamentary elections to determine 600 new deputies of the Turkish Grand National Assembly will be held on the same day in Turkey. (Credit Image: © Tolga Uluturk/ZUMA Press Wire)

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May 9, 2023, Adapazari, Sakarya, Turkey: Supporters of Turkish Presidential candidate and Republican People’s Party Chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu attended the election campaign rally in Sakarya, ahead of the Turkish general elections. The general election to elect the President of Turkey on May 14, 2023, and the parliamentary elections to determine 600 new deputies of the Turkish Grand National Assembly will be held on the same day in Turkey. (Credit Image: © Tolga Uluturk/ZUMA Press Wire)

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Hundreds of Venezuelan asylum seekers, waiting an a contained area steps inside the US, hoping to be allowed to cross over and apply for asylum.

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The battle for Bakhmut has been the most intense of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, costing thousands of lives on both sides in months of grinding warfare. Ukrainian troops have been pushed back in recent weeks but have clung on in the city to inflict as many Russian losses as possible ahead of Kyiv’s planned big push against the invading forces along the 620-mile front line. Ukraine is expected to soon start a much-anticipated counteroffensive to retake Moscow-held territory, including in the Zaporizhzhia region, which hosts Europe’s largest nuclear plant. The United Nations nuclear watchdog expressed concern over the possible escalation of hostilities. Welcome to ‘BATTLE FOR BAKHMUT’

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