ZUMA Press Launches this week: zReportage: “Descent Into Chaos” by Amru Salahuddien/Xinhua.

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Descent Into Chaos Libya’s civil war in 2011 ousted and eventually killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi and in the aftermath and chaos the country was split between two rival administrations. A U.N. backed administration in the capital, Tripoli, oversees the country’s western regions, and a opposing government in the east is supported by the so-called Libyan National Army whose leader is Khalifa Hifter. Each is backed by an array of militias and armed groups currently fighting over resources and territory. The conflict exploded on 4 April when the head of the eastern-based militia known as the Libyan National Army (LNA), General Khalifa Haftar, launched an offensive against the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), based in Tripoli. Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia are backing Hifter while Turkey and Qatar are supporting militias allied with the Tripoli-backed government. Several Western nations have partnered with militias to combat extremists and stem the flow of Europe-bound migrants. To add to the downward spiraling situation, on 25 July, up to 150 migrants lost their lives after a boat they were traveling in capsized off the coast of Libya. Predicting that the ‘days ahead will prove foundational to the years ahead for Libyans and the region”, Ghassan Salamé the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council, that it was no exaggeration to describe the oil-rich nation as having reached ‘a crucial juncture.’

 

 

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 JULY. 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 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Boris Johnson becomes England’s new Prime Minister, temperatures soared to record highs worldwide and the US Women’s National Soccer Team brought home the World Cup. All this and more in the July Pictures Of the Month for @ZUMApress.

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

Photographers : Adam Davy • Ahmed Salahuddin • Anas Alkharboutli • Andreas Arnold • Andrew Milligan • Bernd Thissen • Bill Clark • Brian Cahn • Bryan Keanex • Carol Guzy • Chan Long Hei • Chris Kleponis • Cristopher Brown • Danny Lawson • Elsa A Bravo • Fernando Maia • Frank May • Guido Kirchner • Guy Marineau • J P Urdiroz • Jens Buettner • Jens Kalaene • Jesus Merida • Jiang Hongjing • John Walton • Jose Breton • Kenneth McCain • Kristin Callahan • Martin Dokoupil • Martin Schutt • Martyn Wheatley • Miguel Candela • Monika Skolimowska • Mou Yu • Patrick Seeger • Pedro Portal • Peter Byrne • Peter Maclaine • Petter Arvidson • Philippe Lavielle • Pierre Tostee • Richard Ellis • Richard Sellers • Robin Loznak • Rolf Vennenbernd • Sebastian Gollnow • Sergei • Skanda Gautam • Stefani Reynolds • Steven Paston • Thomas Kienzle • Tom Nicholson • Valery Sharifulin • Vernon Yuen • Victoria Jones • Yorick Jansens • Zhou Zhiyong