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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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Aaron Chown • Abdul Kader Al Bay • Alexander Demyanchuk • Al Grillo • Amos Ben Gershom • Andrea Carrubba • Andy VonPip • Anke Waelischmiller • Anthony Devlin • Anthony Souffle • Atilano Garcia • Bernd Von Jutrczenka • Billy Bennight • Bonnie Cash • Brian Cahn • Carlos Jasso • Cecilia Fabiano • Christian Charisius • Cris Faga • Cristobal Basaure Araya • David Davies • David Inderlied • David Wegiel • Debajyoti Chakraborty • Diogo Baptista • Doug Peters • Eliot Blondet • Ethan Cairns • Faye Sadou • Federico Gambarini • Florent Gooden • Florian Poitout • Gene Blevins • Godfrey Pitt • Grigory Sysoev • Ian Stephen • Igor Onuchin • Israel Anta • James Petermeier • James Willoughby • Jane Barlow • Jason Walle • Jay Hirano • Jefferee Woo • Jeff Moore • Jeff Rivera • Jess Stiles • Jesus Vargas • Joel Marklund • Joey Sussman • John Wreford • Jonathan Alcorn • Juergen Tap • Jun Hyosang • Justin Cooper • Kay Blake • Kirill Kukhmar • Kobe Li • Kristina Kormilitsyna • Krisztian Elek • Lab Mo • Liam McBurney • Liang Zidong • Li Yunxi • M. Scott Brauer • Ma Jinrui • Marcin Cholewinski • Marco Bader • Marco Iacobucci • @Mark Edward Harris • Martyn Wheatley • Mathias Bergeld • Matthias Hauer • Matthias Oesterle • Md Rafayat Haque Khan • Mehmet Eser • Michael Kappeler • Michael Turner • Mickael Chavet • Mikael Ona • Milo Hess • Moiz Salhi • Muhammad Iqbal • Nancy Kaszerman • Niall Carson • Nina Prommer • Omar Ashtawy • Oscar Manuel Sanchez • Owen Humphreys • Patrick Pleul • Petr Kovalev • Prabhat Kumar Verma • Pu Xiaoxu • Raphael Lafargue • Rene Priebe • Ricardo Nogueira • Ringo Chiu • Robin Loznak • Rod Harbinson • Rolf Vennenbernd • Romeo T Guzman • Rouelle Umali • Scott Coleman • Scott Kinser • Scott Stuart • Sebastian Gollnow • Sergey Bobylev • Sergio Bisi • Serkan Senturk • Shao Tianli • Shiraaz Mohamed • Sofia Sandurskaya • Stefan Rousseau • Stephane Thomas • Stephen Lock • Toby Melville • Tomislav Georgiev • Uwe Anspach • Vladimir Gerdo • Vuk Valcic • Wang Gang • Yoav Ginsburg • Yousef Masoud • Yue Chenxing • Yuri Gripas • Zhang Chenlin • Zhang Yuheng • Zoraida Diaz

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May 18, 2025, Imola, Bologna, Italy: CHARLES LECLERC (Ferrari) followed by NICO HULKENBERG (Stake F1 Team) and OLLIE BEARMAN (Haas) during the race. Race Day at the Formula 1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix 2025. Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola. (Credit Image: © Sara Ruffoni/ZUMA Press Wire)

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May 17, 2025, Imola, Bologna, Italy: CHARLES LECLERC (Ferrari) being interviewed in the tv pen after exiting Q2 in quali at the Emilia-Romgna Grand Prix 2025 (Credit Image: © Sara Ruffoni/ZUMA Press Wire)

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March 15, 2025: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Night View of PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS in Kuala Lumpur, of Malaysia that remain the world’s tallest twin skyscrapers. (Credit Image: © Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ZUMA Press Wire)

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September 1, 2025, Los Angeles, California, USA: About 200 protesters gathered outside City Hall on Labor Day to Protest ICE and President Trump’s immigration policies and marched to Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles, where law enforcement officers including ICE and Department of Homeland Security Officers, peppered sprayed the crowd and detained one protester.

Video Credit © Jill Connelly/ZUMA Press

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September 8, 2025, London, England, United Kingdom: The latest artwork by elusive street artist Banksy at the Royal Courts of Justice, depicting a judge hitting a protester with a gavel. The artwork was swiftly covered up after being discovered on the wall of the court in the early morning, but has since been uncovered.

Video Credit ©  Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press 

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February 27, 2024, Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America: American ballet luminary MISTY COPELAND participates in an invigorating conversation as part of the ”Still I Rise” series on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at the Wilmington Public Library in Wilmington, DE. 

Video Credit © Saquan Stimpson/ZUMA Press

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September 7, 2025, Damascus, Damascus, Syria: Aerial view shows the new Syrian national flag flying on a massive pole in the heart of Damascus, with Mount Qasioun, one of the city’s most famous landmarks visible in the background.

Video Credit © Mohammad Bashir Aldaher/ZUMA Press

Music Credit © Written By Matthew Wigton and Produced By In This World (Soundstripe)

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September 11, 2025, Phoenix, Arizona, USA: People gather outside the headquarters of Turning Point USA to mourn the loss of Turning Point’s founder, Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated yesterday during an event he was holding at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. (Credit Image: © Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press Wire)

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Scott Mc Kiernan presents zReportage.com Issue #1020 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY, December 30, 2025: ‘BROKEN FAMILIES’ Pictures by 4 time Pulitzer Prize winning ZUMA Press photographer Carol Guzy: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) wait outside New York’s immigration court to arrest individuals immediately after their hearings, often as people exit courtrooms turning routine check-ins into ‘deportation traps’ for migrants seeking asylum. Detentions lead to families being torn apart, causing immense trauma, as parents are suddenly gone, leaving children behind often without explanation or proper care. There is a vast political divide. Some participate in prayer walks and protests, decrying a lack of due process claiming troubling parallel’s to fascism and authoritarianism. A woman screamed with indignation, ‘We angry. We all angry out here.’ Others applaud. Welcome to ‘BROKEN FAMILIES’

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