August 16, 2025, Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela: August 17, 2025. Venezuela keeps warship on alert, announced Minister Diosdado Cabello, following the announcement of the presence of US Navy ships in the Caribbean Sea, in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo state. (Credit Image: © Juan Carlos Hernandez/ZUMA Press Wire)
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August 2, 2025, Berlin, Germany : A protester holding a sign addressed to the German Chancellor, reading: ”Mr. Merz, why is solidarity punished, but police violence is not?” ‘Open Rafah Crossing Now’ sit-in in Berlin. (Credit Image: © Zaira Biagini/ZUMA Press Wire)
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Beginning on September 3, McDonald’s worldwide will be selling Happy Meals that come with BTS’s character “TinyTAN” toys. ZUMA has a client interested in a variety of images including, but not limited to: upclose TinyTan toys, people buying and enjoying the Happy Meal with toys, Happy Meal being served, etc.
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TRUMP MEETS ZELENSKYY AND EU LEADERS • RUSSIAN DRONES STRIKE KHARKIV • GAZA REMAINS IN TURMOIL • HURRICANE ERIN MAKES WAVES
Scott Mc Kiernan presents “The Pictures Of the Week” highlighting the best images from around the world by ZUMA Press contributors, curated by ZUMA Editor-at-large Jim Colton.
Enjoy thepicturesoftheweek.com 33, showcasing images from August 9-15, 2025 “The best two minutes you’ll spend on the internet today!”
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ZUMA PHOTOGRAPHERS Featured:
Omar Ashtawy, Stephen Chung, Nicolas Cleuet, Bob Daemmrich, Richard Ellis, Ulrich Fassbender, Sadou Faye, Gavriil Grigorov, Jesus Hellan, Tom Hudson, Ahmed Ibrahim, Kirill Kukhmar, Guo Liliang, Stephen Lock, Johannes Neudecker, Matthias Oesterle, Mohammed Salama, Aaron Schwartz, Luis Soto, Xu Suhui, Daniel Torok, Sgt. Aaron Troutman, Vuk Valcic, Hadly Vavaldi
August 17, 2025, Tel Aviv, Israel: Hostages Square filled with hundreds of thousands calling to end the war and bring the hostages home.
Video Credit: © Israel Hadari/ZUMA Press
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May 1, 2024, Washington, District Of Columbia, USA: A demonstrator wearing traditional Palestinian Keffiyeh and a mask with Stop Genocide, Free Palestine written on it, joins in a demonstration on International Workers’ Day. Students and workers gather at the Franklin Park in Washington DC on International Workers’ Day while calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and then march to join in the students encampment protest at George Washington University. (Credit Image: © Probal Rashid/ZUMA Press Wire)
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August 19, 2025, Isle of Palms, South Carolina, USA: Surfers silhouetted by the sunrise walk along the waterline looking for the perfect wave on Front Beach in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. High waves and dangerous rip tides are affecting the region as Hurricane Erin, a category 2 storm, passes off the coast. (Credit Image: © Richard Ellis/ZUMA Press Wire)
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ZUMA’s Aristidis Vafeiadakis has been awarded an honorable mention prize in the 2025 International Photography Awards for his photograph of a Pelican over Kerkini Lake in Greece.
PHOTO: January 3, 2025, Kerkini Lake, Greece: Pelicans are surrounding our boat, waiting for us to throw them a fish. Lake Kerkini is located in northern Greece, in the region of Serres, near the border with Bulgaria. It is one of the country’s most important wetlands and is protected under the Ramsar Convention. The lake is a popular destination for birdwatching and nature enthusiasts. (Credit Image: © Aristidis Vafeiadakis/ZUMA Press Wire)
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Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #1001 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY August 19, 2025: ‘Ukraine’s ELUSIVE PEACE’ by ZUMA Partner agency Le Pictorium photo-journalist Nicolas Cleuet: This week President Trump hosted Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and key European leaders at the White House, but questions still remain around serious peace negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Washington is pushing for a security corridor protected by international and EU forces, with a certain degree of U.S. military, logistical and technological backing to deter Russia. It recalls the practical if imperfect decades-long status quo on the Korean Peninsula. The negotiations on Ukraine are no longer focused solely on how to stop the war but on how to keep it from breaking out again. That is why the United States is pushing for solid, not symbolic, security guarantees that could deter Moscow from new incursions. The idea of a Korean-style ”buffer zone,” with borders secured by an international military presence, has returned to the heart of talks among President Trump, Ukrainian President Zelensky and European leaders in Washington. However as World Leaders try to broker peace, Russia’s attacks on Ukraine continue. Welcome to ‘Ukraine’s ELUSIVE PEACE’
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On Monday, August 18, 2025, pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Berlin shouted support for Hamas’s Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades and chanted in Arabic: “Eid, Eid, Eid is over … October 7 … same thing,” framing the Hamas attack as a celebration.
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