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Tampa has one of the nation’s largest percentage of residents who are homeless, with numbers in Hillsborough County well over 1,500 during a recent count. A surge in housing costs in the Tampa Bay region has led to a 4 percent increase in the number of homeless. To help address the problem, Tampa together with a non-profit launched the Tampa Hope shelter, which plans to build 200 Hope Cottages that can withstand Category 5 hurricane force winds and provide refuge for those in need. ‘Tampa Hope is a starting point, but it’s not a permanent home,’ Lou Ricardo of Catholic Charities Diocese of St. Petersburg said. ‘The goal is to provide building blocks so residents can get a fresh start and leave.’ Welcome to ‘HOPE FOR THE HOMELESS’.
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January 28, 2023, Massachusetts, U.S: A memorial to Tyre Nichols of Memphis, Tennessee, has been set up at the new MLK sculpture on Boston Common. Nichols died three days after being stopped and beaten by 5 police officers from Memphis. Nichols was 29 years old and had gone out to photograph the sunset and his vehicle was stopped by police on the way home. (Credit Image: © Kenneth Martin/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

February 5, 2020, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S: A man claiming to be a homeless veteran frequently seeks donations in Worcester, Massachusetts. Many intersections in Worcester are often occupied by a variety of individuals seeking money from automobile occupants. (Credit Image: © Kenneth Martin/ZUMA Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

January 14, 2023, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S: Bostonians gather on Boston Common for the unveiling of The Embrace, a sculpture dedicated to Martin Luther King. The King family was in attendance as was Governor Healy and Mayor Wu, making speeches and inter-acting with the invitees. Many Bostonians had to lift tarps covering the view that had been installed on chainlink fences to have a peek at the ceremonies and the statue poking camera lenses through the holes in the fence. (Credit Image: © Kenneth Martin/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Over the past 2 years since the coup, the military junta has ruled Myanmar with extreme brutality, driving the country’s economy into the ground and creating a public health and refugee nightmare. The junta has torched villages, launched airstrikes on civilians and detained anyone suspected of supporting pro-democracy movements. The guerrillas fighting the junta, many are from Myanmar’s heartland, establishment the People’s Defense Force (PDF) and declared a ‘people’s defensive war’. According to Amnesty.org the escalating violence throughout Myanmar has displaced more than 284,700 people, including over 76,000 children. Welcome to ‘MYANMARS DESCENT’
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November 17, 2019, Hong Kong, CHINA: Serious armed conflict broke out between student protesters and the riot police outside Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Sunday injuring protesters, and local, international press covering the event.The crackdown on student protest is becoming very violent as HKSAR is determined to carry out no-negotiation policy with the demonstrators. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
Storms caused flooding and mudslides in parts of California, and Brazilians rioted in the capital after a Bolsonaro election loss.
The January 2023 Pictures Of the Month for @ZUMApress is now published. PLEASE SHARE!

ZUMA received a huge volume of over one million professional photographer’s images, all shot in the month of month.
The ZUMA photographers 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’s talented award-winning picture editing staff of Cici Brown, Jessica Cotsonas, Julie Mason, Julie Rogers, Katrina Kochneva, Pat Johnson, Ruaridh Stewart, Scott Mc Kiernan, Shalan Stewart, Jimmy Colton, Robin Loznak and the POM Editor-in-Chief Mark Avery made this possible. Enjoy and pass the word to others.
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Ahmad Tayem • Akila Jayawardana • Alexander Demyanchuk • Amy Katz • Amy Sanderson • Andreas Gora • Andrew Matthews • Andrey Rubtsov • Apaydin Alain • Austin Mcafee • Burt Harris • Bertrand-Hillion Marie-Paola • Billy Bennight • Blondet Eliot • Carlos Lujan • Casey Flanigan • Christoph Reichwein • Cliff Owen • Cover Images • Daniel A. Anderson • Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi • Daniel Vogl • Danny Lawson • Darren Calabrese • Dave Bedrosian • David Tanecek • Debby Wong • Doug Peters • Douglas R. Clifford • Eduardo F S Lima • Eric Canha • Eric Vargiolu • Fan Hui • Gene Blevins • Hari Maharjan • Hector Adolfo Quintanar Perez • Ian West • Ik Aldama • Imago • Isaac Buj • J. Matt • Jack Abuin • Jane Barlow • Joe Burbank • John Lamparski • Joy Saha • Kabir Jhangiani • Karl-Josef Hildenbrand • Keith Tsuji • Kenneth Cantrell • Mairo Cinquetti • Maksym Polishchuk • Marcelo Maragni • Martin Rickett • Martin Schutt • Massimo Percossi • Matheus Alves • Matias Basualdo • Matt Alexander • Matthias Oesterle • Mauro Scrobogna • Maxime Jegat • Md. Rakibul Hasan • Michael Nigro • Mike Egerton • Niall Carson • Nidal Eshtayeh • Nikolai Trishin • Owen Humphreys • Patrick Hamilton • Patrick Pleul • Patrik Uhlir • Platania • Probal Rashid • Radek Petrasek • Raniero Corbelletti • Reynaud Julien • Robert Perry • Robin Loznak • Rolf Vennenbernd • Saher Elghorra • Santiago Mazzarovich • Scott Stuart • Sergei Malgavko • Serkan Senturk • Socrates Baltagiannis • Stanislav Kogiku • Steve Schaefer • Stuart Walker • Sunil Sharma • Svet Jacqueline • Sydney Low • Thomas Krych • Tim Goode • Tomislav Georgiev • Ton Molina • Ximena Borrazas • Yauhen Yerchak • Yuri Smityuk • Zabulon Laurent • AFLO • ANP • ANSA • APA Images • Abaca • Avalon • Belga • CNP • CalSportMedia • CTK • Canadian Press • City of Memphis • Contacto • Cover Images • DDP • DPA • Fotoarena • Future-Image • i-Images • imageSPACE • Imago • Italy Photo Press • Kyodonews • LPS • LaPresse • Maxppp • NurPhoto • Orlando Sentinel • PA Wire • Pacific Press • Panoramic • Prensa Internacional • ROPI • Russian Defense Ministry • Russian Emergency Situations Ministry • SOPA Images • TASS • Tampa Bay Times • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution • TheNEWS2 • Ukraine President’s Office • Xinhua • ZUMA Press Wire