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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

#zumapress #zreportage #reportage #journalism #photojournalism #photostory #congo #resourcewar

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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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November 2, 2025, Merritt Island, Florida, USA: A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, 18 payloads for South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development (ADD), Exolaunch, Fergani, Tomorrow Companies Inc., Starcloud, and Vast. at 1:09 a.m. EDT on Nov. 2, 2025

Video Credit © Charles Briggs/ ZUMA Press Wire

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October 31, 2025, New York, New York, USA: NYC Mayoral candidate ZOHRAN MAMDANI holds a press event with seniors at a lower East Side community center days before the NYC November elections. Zohran practiced tai chi, and danced with seniors alongside Councilmember Marte, and Assemblymembers Lee and Epstien. (Credit Image: © Krista Kennell/ZUMA Press Wire)

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November 12, 2023: BAFTA winning actress Diane Ladd speaks about her new film Isle of Hope with film historian Leonard Maltin at the Coronado Island Film Festival in Coronado, California on Sunday, November 12th. Diane has starred in movies by prominent directors such as Roman Polanski, Martin Scorcese, and David Lynch; she is also a director and producer and is the mother of Oscar winning actress Laura Dern (Credit Image: © Rishi Deka/ZUMA Press Wire)

Feb. 10, 2020: Los Angeles, California, US: Laura Dern (R) and Diane Ladd arrive for the red carpet of the 92nd Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the United States, Feb. 9, 2020. (Credit Image: © Li Ying/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire)

March 31, 2020, USA: Diane Ladd, on-set of the Film, ”Rambling Rose”, Seven Arts through New Line Cinema, 1991 (Credit Image: © JT Vintage via ZUMA Press Wire)

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