Sit back and enjoy POM! “The Pictures of the Month” presented by Scott Mc Kiernan and ZUMA Press. ZUMA received a huge volume of over one million professional photographer’s images, all shot in the month of September. 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.

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The twentieth anniversary of 9/11, a volcano erupts in the Canary Islands, immigration and climate change remain hot topics. These stories and more as the September 2021 Pictures Of the Month for @ZUMAPress is now published. PLEASE SHARE! #photojournalism www.thepicturesofthemonth.com

ZUMA’s talented award-winning picture editing staff of Jessica Cotsonas, Julie Rogers, Mark Avery, Ruaridh Stewart, Scott Mc Kiernan, Shalan Stewart, and the POM Editor-in-Chief Jim Colton made this ZUMA show possible. Enjoy and pass the word to others.

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Photographers:

Alexis Sciard • Allison Dinner • Ampilhac Mireille • Andrew Mccaren • Andrew Milligan • Andry Denisah • Angelika Warmuth • Anthony Behar • Ashraf Amra • Atilano Garcia • Ayman Ameen • Bernd Von Jutrczenka • Bernd Wuestneck • Bill Clark • Blanca E Gutierrez • Bob Karp • Brian Lawless • Brian Spurlock • Carlos De Saa • Carlos Furlan • Debra L Rothenberg • Dirk Shadd • Dmitry Rogulin • Dominic Lipinski • Dzul Dzulfikri • Ewan Bootman • Florencia Martin • Friso Gentsch • Gary Hershorn • Georg Wendt • Gina M Randazzo • Graeme Jennings • Javier Etxezarreta • Jim Z Rider • Joe McNally • Johannes Neudecker • Jonathan Nackstrand • Justin Ng • Kenjiro Matsuo • Kike Rincon • Kim Price • Lebeda Pavel • Martin Wheatley • Matthias Oesterle • Maxim Grigoryev • Mustasinur Rahman Alvi • Naoki Nishimura • Oliver Weiken • Owen Humphreys • Paul Kitagaki Jr. • Peter Kneffel • Piyas Biswas • Raquel Natalicchio • Reginald Mathalone • Ren Yong • Renee C. Byer • Ringo Chiu • Robert Backman • Robin Loznak • Robin Rayne • Rod Lamkey • Sergei Savostyanov • Slavek Ruta • Stefan Rousseau • Tayfun Salci • Tracy Barbutes • Vladimir Smirnov • William Luther

Newspapers, Picture Agencies + Wire Services:

AFLO • APA Images • Abaca • Avalon • Bildbyran • CNP • CQ Roll Call • CSM • CTK • Contacto • Cover Images • DDP • dpa • EFE • Europa Press • GEPA • i-Images • IP3 • Imago • LaPresse • London News Pictures • mediadrumworld.com • NurPhoto • PA Wire • Panoramic • SOPA Images • San Antonio Express-News • Spanish Institute Oceanography • TASS • Tampa Bay Times • ZUMA Press Wire

Music: ‘Out of the Birds’’ by Roger Subirana Mata

ZUMA’s Pat A. Robinson makes cover of The Wall Street Journal, October 11, 2021

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October 10, 2021, Chicago, Illinois, USA: The 43rd Bank of America Chicago Marathon kicks off as thousands of runners northbound on Columbus Drive on an usually warm day with highs expected to reach 82 degrees, Sunday October 10, 2021. An estimated 35,000 people participating in the 26.2 miles of flat even course which runs through out various neighborhoods from downtown to many surrounding communities in Chicago. 

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Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Story of the Week #809: TUESDAY October 12, 2021: ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ by ZUMA Press photographer Farzana Akhtar who helps raise awareness of extreme acid attacks through her work in Bangladesh.

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zReportage.com Story of the Week #809: TUESDAY October 12, 2021: ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ by ZUMA Press photographer Farzana Akhtar who helps raise awareness of extreme acid attacks through her work in Bangladesh: Acid attack ‘vitriolage’ involves the intentional throwing of any corrosive onto the face and body of a person to disfigure them. 80% of its victims are women making the crime an extreme form gender-based violence. Women in countries around the world live with the threat of acid attacks. Globally, there are approximately 1,500 acid attacks a year, but it is a crime that often goes unreported for fear of reprisal. Born in Khulna, acid attack survivor Nomita Halder, is a teacher and scholar who was attacked and blind by acid as a 9th grader. Overcoming incredible challenges in her life she completed her schooling and went to college. She is known to be amongst the very first blind writers, who types Braille books by hand for their students. Nomita has dedicated her life to educating visually impaired children. The Acid Survivors Foundation is a Bangladeshi Non-Government organization dedicated to raising awareness and preventing acid attacks and providing survivors with medical and legal aid. Welcome to: ‘Persuit of Happiness’

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ZUMA’s Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi featured on ZDF.de

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October 5, 2021, New Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan: A military helicopter carrying a tremendous Taiwan flag conducts a flyby rehearsal with other helicopters ahead of the Double-tenth national day celebration, near Taipei 101, amid China’s growing military threats. China has been sending record number of warplanes to the ADIZ of the self ruled island, whilst Taiwan has been building better relations with the US, Australia, Japan, and other European countries. 

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Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Story of the Week #808: TUESDAY October 5, 2021:’COLD CASE’ by ZUMA Press Newspaper Tampa Bay Times award winning photographer John Pendygraft.

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zReportage.com Story of the Week #808: TUESDAY October 5, 2021: ‘COLD CASE’ by ZUMA Press Newspaper Tampa Bay Times award winning photographer John Pendygraft: Since 1980, 250,000 cold cases remain unsolved in the United States. On TV, old murder cases get solved pretty quickly. But in reality it’s not that easy. Local investigators bring passion and commitment to the job, so they can give families closure. This Florida community of local professionals committed to cold cases is a tight-knit group. Let’s meet some of them. Welcome to ‘COLD CASE’

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Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Story of the Week #807: TUESDAY September 28, 2021: ‘EXODUS TO AMERICA’ by ZUMA Press Pulitzer winning Sacramento Bee Senior Staff Photo-Journalist Renee C. Byer and investigative reporter Jason Pohl.

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zReportage.com Story of the Week #807: TUESDAY September 28, 2021: ‘EXODUS TO AMERICA’ by ZUMA Press Pulitzer winning Sacramento Bee Senior Staff Photo-Journalist Renee C. Byer and investigative reporter Jason Pohl: Story of Afghanistan’s Abdul, whose family headed to the airport on August 15th, the day Taliban fighters stormed into Kabul, took control of the presidential palace and toppled Afghanistan’s government. As panic and uncertainty swept the city, Abdul and his family boarded a plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport. ‘Flight attendants announced, tighten our belts, then we will fly soon,’ Abdul said through an interpreter. The family, Abdul’s wife and six of their children who range in age from 4 years old to 20, obeyed along with hundreds of other people onboard Qatar Airways flight 7323. ‘And then nothing happened.’ Welcome to: ‘EXODUS TO AMERICA’

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Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Special Edition Story #806: Launched this Special Edition on SUNDAY September 27, 2021: ‘DANCING IN THE RUBBLE: ‘IF THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS HOPE’ :: Part FIVE: ETERNAL FAITH’ by all time photography Pulitzer Prize Winner: ZUMA Press Wire’s Star Photojournalist and Story Teller, CAROL GUZY.

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Special Edition Story #806: Launched this Special Edition on MONDAY September 27, 2021: ‘DANCING IN THE RUBBLE: ‘IF THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS HOPE’ :: Part FIVE: ETERNAL FAITH, by all time photography Pulitzer Prize Winner: ZUMA Press Wire’s Star Photojournalist and Story Teller, CAROL GUZY. August 14, 2021, local time 9:30.09, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake added another chapter of desperate times to Haiti’s long sad history. ZUMA sent Guzy to quake’s epicenter area: Village of Maniche, population of 22K. The Caribbean Island nation in the grip of yet another humanitarian crisis. On good days, life is desperate. Welcome to: ‘DANCING IN THE RUBBLE: ‘IF THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS HOPE’:: Part FIVE: ETERNAL FAITH. Final Chapter of the Five Part Series. A visualist masterpiece by the one and the only: ZUMA Press’s CAROL GUZY.

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