October 28, 2019, Frankfurt, Germany: Christine Lagarde, President-designate of the ECB, and Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic (l), will take part in a ceremony marking the change at the helm of the ECB. (Credit Image: © Boris Roessler/DPA via ZUMA Press)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
Second Image: January 6, 2022, Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Taiwanese soldiers with a machine guns during an Army Preparedness Enhancement Drill ahead of the Chinese New Year, amid escalating Chinese threats to the island. With the US approving an increasing number of arms sales to Taipei and Beijing sending more PLA warplanes to cruise around the self governing island, military tensions in the Taiwan Strait have been expected to grow. (Credit Image: © Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
November 30, 2022, London, England, United Kingdom: Thousands of people gathered outside King’s Cross Station for a rally in support of university strikes. The University and College Union (UCU) has organized the biggest walkout by university and college staff in the UK to date, in a dispute over pay, pensions and work conditions. (Credit Image: © Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
The Budapest International Foto Awards 2022 has just announced the winners and ZUMA Photographer Daniel Ceng has won for two series from his coverage of Ukraine. ‘War-Scarred Ukraine’ was awarded a Gold Prize and a Bronze Prize for the Editorial/Conflict categories (Professional) was earned by ‘Evacuating The Most Vulnerable From Donetsk’. Ceng was also awarded a Gold in the Editorial/Politics category (Professional) for his series on Taiwan military drills, ‘Apocalypse: Taiwan On Brink of War With Peking’. Click through the links below to see all of Ceng’s award winning images.
Congrats to Daniel Ceng on his hard work and his well deserved recognition!
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
December 24, 2019, Hong Kong, CHINA: Protester with a paper-mask depicting image of Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jin-ping offer ‘free hand-shake’ to the citizen on Christmas Eve, the placard reads ‘Cockroach Xi Jin-ping offer free handshakes, once being touched, will warm your body’.Dec-24,2019 Hong Kong.ZUMA/Liau Chung-ren (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
November 29, 2022, HONG KONG, CHINA: WHITE PAPERS ( symbol of passive protest for Chinese Mainlanders ) is scattered from above during a protest at HONG KONG UNIVERSITY condemning harsh ‘ Zero Covid Policy ‘ that caused the death of at least 10 citizens during a fire at Urumqi,Xin Jiang Province. Students are also calling for freedom and democracy for China and Chinese People.Nov-29,2022Hong Kong.ZUMA/Liau Chung-ren (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
Afghanistan has been gripped by a devastating economic crisis that has wiped out incomes, sent food prices soaring and left millions hungry. For families struggling simply to put food on the table the growing economic hardship is pushing more and more children into work. Thousands flocked to northern Afghanistan’s notoriously dangerous mines after the Taliban seized power last year, desperate to scrape out a living amid an economy in ruins. From men in their 60s to boys as young as 10, hundreds of miners work every day in Chinarak for just a few dollars. Welcome to: ‘LOST YOUTH Afghan Child Miners’
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
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