Balinese believe that Mt Agung is a replica of Mt Meru, the central axis of the universe. A large volcanic eruption in Bali appears imminent with the Bureau of Meteorology warning the threat of Mount Agung erupting is ‘high’. The Balinese volcano, the highest point on the holiday island, has grown increasingly restless, with the alert system raised to its highest level, as the nature of the eruptions has shifted from phreatic, or steam-based, to magmatic. Foreboding clouds of ash have consistently been seeping out of the volcano, a wary reminder of its threat to the Balinese living on the island. About 100,000 people in 22 villages within a six-mile ‘red zone’ around the volcano have been told to leave immediately. More than 55,000 people are forced to live in temporary shelters such as sports halls, temples and tent camps, until the rising magma either subsides or, more dangerously, erupts. Flights in and out of Bali have been both interrupted and cancelled, due to the heavy smoke and potential imminent eruption. Mount Agung’s crater is filling, and volcanologists warn that the main hazards of a large eruption are hot and fast-moving avalanches of rocks, dust and gas that cannot be outrun, known as pyroclastic flows, as well as mudflows and ashfall.
November 28, 2017 – Nanjin, Nanjin, China – Nanjing, CHINA-28th November 2017:(EDITORIAL USE ONLY. CHINA OUT) ..Mountain of impounded shared bikes can be seen at a parking lot in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, November 28th, 2017. Although the bike-sharing services are booming nationwide in China, it’s challenging to manage bike-sharing and arrange orderly parking. And some bike-sharing companies have gone bankrupt after months of problems. (Credit Image: © SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire)
November 28, 2017 – Nanjin, Nanjin, China – Nanjing, CHINA-28th November 2017:(EDITORIAL USE ONLY. CHINA OUT) ..Mountain of impounded shared bikes can be seen at a parking lot in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, November 28th, 2017. Although the bike-sharing services are booming nationwide in China, it’s challenging to manage bike-sharing and arrange orderly parking. And some bike-sharing companies have gone bankrupt after months of problems. (Credit Image: © SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire)
November 28, 2017 – Nanjin, Nanjin, China – Nanjing, CHINA-28th November 2017:(EDITORIAL USE ONLY. CHINA OUT) ..Mountain of impounded shared bikes can be seen at a parking lot in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, November 28th, 2017. Although the bike-sharing services are booming nationwide in China, it’s challenging to manage bike-sharing and arrange orderly parking. And some bike-sharing companies have gone bankrupt after months of problems. (Credit Image: © SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire)
November 28, 2017 – Nanjin, Nanjin, China – Nanjing, CHINA-28th November 2017:(EDITORIAL USE ONLY. CHINA OUT) ..Mountain of impounded shared bikes can be seen at a parking lot in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, November 28th, 2017. Although the bike-sharing services are booming nationwide in China, it’s challenging to manage bike-sharing and arrange orderly parking. And some bike-sharing companies have gone bankrupt after months of problems. (Credit Image: © SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire)
Credit Image: © SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire.
In 2007, a Florida family adopted a feral child. The girl, who was almost 9, had been kept in a dark, filthy room, surrounded by silence for most of her life. She couldn’t talk, make eye contact or eat solid food. No one knew if she would recover. But everyone hoped. Police Got The Call A Dozen Years Ago – someone had glimpsed a young girl’s face in a broken window. In the back of a run-down house in Plant City, officers found a skeletal child, curled on a moldy mattress, covered with maggots and flies. She had nothing on but a swollen diaper. Feces dribbled down her legs. ”What’s your name, honey?” asked Detective Mark Holste, bending over the girl. She didn’t react. Roaches crunched under his feet. Lice crawled in her black hair. It was the worst case of neglect Holste had ever seen. He carried her out and had her rushed to the hospital. Detectives determined that Danielle Crockett was almost 7. For years, she had been kept behind a closed door, in a space the size of a walk-in closet, alone in the dark. Finally, the authorities stepped in and Dani was adopted by a caring family. When we last saw Dani, caregivers had hopes that a nurturing environment would lift her mind and body out of the quicksand of crippling neglect. The Tampa bay Times recently revisited Dani Lierow. She is 19 now, lives in Tennessee and has moved into a new home. ”The Girl in the Window” was read by more than 1.5 million people, translated into a dozen languages and won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 2009.
Images chosen from ZUMA’s huge volume of 1 million images from the month of November shows the work of photojournalists documenting the most important events of the past month including Mount Sinabung’s eruption, Pope Francis’ visit to Myanmar and the continuing crisis of the Rohingya’s exodus to Bangladesh. ZUMA’s talented staff Ruaridh Stewart, Julie Rogers, Mark Avery, Shalan Stewart, Seth Greenberg and POM Editor Jim Colton contributed to this show.
Photographers Featured:
Abhisek Saha • Adrian Wyld • Ahmad Halabisaz • Andrew Mccaren • Bobylev Sergei • Brian Lawless • Charlotte Graham • Chelsea Lauren • Cris Faga • David Crane • David Fisher • Dominic Lipinski • Edward A. Ornelas • Eibner Europa • Erik Pendzich • Sergei Fadeichev • Faisal Khan Ferrari • Frank Gunn • Hugh Routledge • Ivan Damanik • Artyom Ivanov • Jack Kurtz • Jane Barlow • Jason Bryant • Javed Dar • Jerry Lara • Keith Birmingham • Ken Inness • Ken Mckay • Kieran McManus • Mikhail Klimentyev • Laura Farr • Lefteris Partsalis • M. Arshad Mahmoud • Issa Maria • Laura Antonelli • Mary Turner • Matthew Pinner • Nils Jorgensen • Anton Novoderezhkin • Owen Humphreys • Paco Freire • Rob Latour • Rouelle Umali • Shadi Jarar’Ah • Yuri Smityuk • Suvra Kanti Das • Tim Rooke • Tong Jiang • Uli Deck • Wali Sabawoon • Xu Yu.Newspapers and
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AdMedia • APA • DPA • Fotoarena • Imago • London News Pictures • Los Angeles Daily • Newscom • NurPhoto • PA Wire • Pacific Press • Panoramic • Quds Net News • Rex Shutterstock • San Antonio Express-News • SCGN • SOPA • TASS • The Canadian Press • Visual • Xinhua • Yonhap News
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