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August 11, 2025, East Jakarta, Indonesia: Several Jakarta Fire and Rescue officers participated in the 2025 Jakarta Fire Fighter Challenge category at the Education and Training Center in East Jakarta. The competition attracted 42 sectorsfrom across Jakarta. (Credit Image: © Muhammad Shahab/ZUMA Press Wire)
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October 28, 2025, Chicago, Il – Illinois, USA – United States: U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, Oct. 28, 2025, in Chicago after appearing before U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis. (Credit Image: © Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ZUMA Press Wire)
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November 3, 2025, Hong Kong, China: VIVIAN KONG, an Olympic gold medalist in women’s fencing – individual epee in the Paris Olympic Games 2024, displays high spirit in front of the press, declaring her decision to run for the Legislative Council Election 2025 in the tourism constituency coming this December. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
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October 12, 2025, Hong Kong, China: In Hong Kong, a PRC national flag flies on the pole inside a Buddhist Temple compound. Under Hong Kong National Security Law, many Buddhist Temples and Taoist Monasteries are now displaying PRC national flags, outside or inside the Temples, as a sign of Buddhist and Taoist communities ‘gesture of faith’ to the Chinese Communist Party rule. CCP have firm grip on religious affairs in Hong Kong, allowing politics to intervene religious affairs according to their will. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
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September 27, 2025, Hong Kong, China: German Cellist Raphaela Gromes responds by placing her hand on her heart to a cheering audience in the City Hall Concert Hall after the debut concert performing Antonin Dvorak Cello Concerto with Hong Kong Sinfonietta. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
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AmaZing ZUMA Photographer Brian Branch-Price was tragically paralyzed in a car accident in late October. Please consider donating to his Go Fund me to help in his recovery:
You can see Brian’s powerful work on zumapress.com including his photo story on Black Cowboys which ran on zReportage and has since been turned into a book to be published in the spring of 2026.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/celebrating-30-years-of-black-legacy
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November 4, 2025, Washington Dc, Virginia, USA: A sign on the entrance to the National Gallery of Art alerts visitors that it is closed due to the government shutdown in Washington on November 4, 2025. The federal government shutdown has entered its second month. Since partisan gridlock sent the US government into shutdown on October 1, many federal workers have gone without paychecks, and millions of Americans are increasingly caught in the crossfire of a lack of basic federal services. (Credit Image: © Gent Shkullaku/ZUMA Press Wire)
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Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #1012 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY November 4, 2025: ‘Congo RESOURCE WAR’ by ZUMA Press award winning Xinhua photo-journalist Zheng Yangzi: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to some of the most critical minerals used in modern technology and industry. Despite possessing such a significant share of the world’s mineral wealth, the Congolese people see little benefit, as much of the extraction and trade is controlled by armed groups and foreign interests. The central African country has gone from a history of war fueled by its mineral wealth to challenges in managing these resources for peace and economic benefit. Conflicts have been driven by armed groups fighting over control of mines for resources like cobalt, copper, and coltan, which they illicitly extract and sell to fund their operations. Efforts like the DRC-Rwanda peace process and U.S. sanctions aim to disrupt this cycle by promoting stability, demilitarizing conflict zones, and tracing minerals to ensure they don’t fund violence. However, persistent issues like weak governance, corruption, and human rights abuses in mining areas continue to hinder progress. The DRC is currently facing one of the most acute humanitarian emergencies in the world, with food insecurity on the rise and 5.9 million Congolese currently internally displaced. Welcome to ‘Congo RESOURCE WAR’
www.zreportage.com/zReportage.html?num=zrep1012
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May 9, 2023 – Mountain Pass, California, U.S. – A 100-ton haul truck moves raw ore from inside the mine pit to be processed at MP Materials on May 9, 2023 in Mountain Pass, California. The mine is the only rare-earth mining and processing facility in the United States. The specialized minerals have a diverse applications in electrical and electronic components, lasers, glass, magnetic materials, and industrial processes. (Credit Image: © David Becker/ZUMA Press Wire)
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