ZUMA’s June 2025 Pictures of the Month

Posted by ZUMAPRESS.com on July 2, 2025
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Israel attacks Iran, Anti-Trump immigration policy protests turn violent in Los Angeles, and a massive crowd in Budapest defies the Orban regime’s prohibition against a pride march: The JUNE 2025 Pictures Of the Month for @ZUMApress is now published. PLEASE SHARE! #photojournalism www.thepicturesofthemonth.com

Sit back and enjoy “The Pictures of the Month” (POM) presented by Scott Mc Kiernan and ZUMA Press. ZUMA received over one million images shot by professional photographers, all shot in the month of June.

Photographers represented by ZUMA Press 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.

ZUMA Press Wire’s talented award-winning picture editing staff of Mark Avery, Jim Colton, Jessica Cotsonas, Robin Loznak, Scott Mc Kiernan, Julie Rogers, Ruaridh Stewart, Shalan Stewart, whom with the fine ZUMA support staff: Florence Combes, John Collett, Katrina Kochneva, Pat Johnson, Julie Mason, Jeremy Mc Kiernan and Stan Sholik contributed to make this Lucie & Webby winning monthly movie possible. Hope you enjoy and then if so, pass the word to others 🙂

ZUMA PHOTOGRAPHERS
Aaron Lavinsky • Abdallah Alattar • Abed Rahim Khatib • Adil Abass • Al Diaz • Aleksandr Gusev • Alessandro Serrano • Allison Dinner-Pool • Anders Wiklund • Andrea Staccioli • Andreas Stroh • Annette Riedl • Arne Dedert • Belal Abu Amer • Bernd Weissbrod • Bilal Jawich • Boutria Luc • Brian Cahn • Brian Lawless • Brian Mack • Bruce Cotler • Bryan Smith • Carlos Chiossone • Carol Guzy • Chen Junqing • Damien Saulnier • Daniel Alfoldi • Daniel Powell • Daniel Torok • Danny Lawson • David Davies • David Klein • David Lipnowski • Dean Fardell • Diogo Baptista • Doug Peters • Evandro Inetti • Evgeniy Messman • Federico Gambarini • Florent Gooden • Florian Poitout • Francesco Fotia • Frederic Le Floc • Gent Shkullaku • Gina M Randazzo • Hafiz Ahmed • Hendrik Schmidt • Ilia Yefimovich • Ioannis Alexopoulos • J.Lingo • James Patrick Cooper • James Wakibia • Javed Dar • Jill Connelly • Jini • Joao Daniel Pereira • Jon Robichaud • Jonathan Alcorn • Joyce N. Boghosian • Julie Edwards • Julien Mattia • Justin Ng • Karl-Josef Hildenbrand • Katerina Sulova • Khairu Syukrillah • Lance Cpl. Edward Spears • Lauren Sanchez • Li Yibo • Lin Wei • Lise Aaserud • Loic Baratoux • Luis Santana • Marcin Cholewinski • Marcin Nowak • Marcus Brandt • Marius Becker • Marius Hecker • Mark Avery • Mark Edward Harris • Matan Golan • Matthew Hoen • Matthias Oesterle • Matthieu Mirville • Mehmet Eser • Michael Brochstein • Michael Erichsen • Michael Memmler • Michael Nigro • Mikhail Tereshchenko • Moaz Abu Taha • Mykle Parker • Nacho Frade • Nasser Ishtayeh • Nicolas Maeterlinck • Nikos Katikis • Omar Ashtawy • Owen Humphreys • PJ Heller • President of Ukraine • Pat Nolan • Paul Kitagaki Jr. • Peerapon Boonyakiat • Petr Kovalev • Pvmbg • Qiu Chen • Raffaele Conti • Rich von Biberstein • Richard Ellis • Ringo Chiu • Roberto Monaldo • Roberto Tuero • Robin Loznak • Rolf Vennenbernd • Ronen Tivony • Saeed Qaq • Safal Prakash Shrestha • Saher Alghorra • Saurabh Sirohiya • Sha Dati • Sonia Moskowitz Gordon • Stefan Rousseau • Stephen Chung • Stephen Lock • Svet Jacqueline • Syed Mahabubul Kader • Tayfun Salci • Thiago Diz • Thomas Warnack • Tijana Martin • Titov Yevhen • U. Fassbender • Vatican Media • Vit Simanek • Wagner Vilas • Yui Mok • Yuri Smityuk

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ZUMA’s Slavek Ruta on The Times

Posted by ZUMAPRESS.com on June 27, 2025
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June 24, 2025, Ostrava, Czech Republic: GOUT GOUT of Australia competes 200 Metres Men at the World Athletics Continental Tour Golden Spike event in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. The 17-year-old prodigy breaks own Australian 200m record at Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava as time of 20.02. (Credit Image: © Slavek Ruta/ZUMA Press Wire)

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

ZUMA Coverage of Football Fans Celebrating in Paris, on Helsingin Sanomat

Posted by ZUMAPRESS.com on June 27, 2025
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May 31, 2025, Paris, France, FRA: Outside the Parc des Princes, a sea of joy and fireworks: Paris Saint-Germain fans erupt in celebration after their team’s stunning 5-0 triumph over Inter Milan in Munich. With this historic victory, PSG becomes only the second French football club‒after Olympique de Marseille in 1993‒to lift the UEFA Champions League trophy. A night of chants, flags, and tears of happiness marked a long-awaited moment for supporters across the capital. However, the festivities were marred by clashes between some groups of fans and the police, with several cars set on fire and tensions flaring in the surrounding streets. (Credit Image: © Stefano Lorusso/ZUMA Press Wire/ZUMA Wire)
  • June 1, 2025, Paris, France, FRA: Outside the Parc des Princes, a sea of joy and fireworks: Paris Saint-Germain fans erupt in celebration after their team’s stunning 5-0 triumph over Inter Milan in Munich. With this historic victory, PSG becomes only the second French football club‒after Olympique de Marseille in 1993‒to lift the UEFA Champions League trophy. A night of chants, flags, and tears of happiness marked a long-awaited moment for supporters across the capital. However, the festivities were marred by clashes between some groups of fans and the police, with several cars set on fire and tensions flaring in the surrounding streets. (Credit Image: © Stefano Lorusso/ZUMA Press Wire/ZUMA Wire)
  • May 31, 2025, Paris, France, FRA: Outside the Parc des Princes, a sea of joy and fireworks: Paris Saint-Germain fans erupt in celebration after their team’s stunning 5-0 triumph over Inter Milan in Munich. With this historic victory, PSG becomes only the second French football club‒after Olympique de Marseille in 1993‒to lift the UEFA Champions League trophy. A night of chants, flags, and tears of happiness marked a long-awaited moment for supporters across the capital. However, the festivities were marred by clashes between some groups of fans and the police, with several cars set on fire and tensions flaring in the surrounding streets. (Credit Image: © Stefano Lorusso/ZUMA Press Wire/ZUMA Wire)
  • May 31, 2025, Paris, France: Outside the Parc des Princes, a sea of joy and fireworks: Paris Saint-Germain fans erupt in celebration after their team’s stunning 5-0 triumph over Inter Milan in Munich. With this historic victory, PSG becomes only the second French football club after Olympique de Marseille in 1993 to lift the UEFA Champions League trophy. (Credit Image: © Stefano Lorusso/ZUMA Press Wire/ZUMA Wire)
  • June 1, 2025, Paris, Ile-De-France (Region, France: Incidents broke out in Paris following the Champions League Final won by PSG in Paris on June 1, 2025. – 01/06/2025 – France / Ile-de-France (region) / Paris – Julien Mattia / Le Pictorium (Credit Image: © Julien Mattia/Le Pictorium Agency via ZUMA Press)
  • June 1, 2025, Paris, Ile-De-France (Region, France: Incidents broke out in Paris following the Champions League Final won by PSG in Paris on June 1, 2025. – 01/06/2025 – France / Ile-de-France (region) / Paris – Julien Mattia / Le Pictorium (Credit Image: © Julien Mattia/Le Pictorium Agency via ZUMA Press)
  • June 1, 2025, Paris, Paris, France: PSG-Inter Milan: after Paris won the Champions League final, there were scenes of jubilation in the capital, particularly in Repuplique where hundreds of fans gathered to celebrate the Parisian club’s victory.. – 01/06/2025 – France / Paris / Paris – Jan Schmidt-Whitley (Credit Image: © Jan Schmidt-Whitley/Le Pictorium Agency via ZUMA Press)
  • June 1, 2025, Paris, Paris, France: PSG-Inter Milan: after Paris won the Champions League final, there were scenes of jubilation in the capital, particularly in Repuplique where hundreds of fans gathered to celebrate the Parisian club’s victory.. – 01/06/2025 – France / Paris / Paris – Jan Schmidt-Whitley (Credit Image: © Jan Schmidt-Whitley/Le Pictorium Agency via ZUMA Press)

ZUMA’s Coverage of the California Fires on Ilta Sanomat

Posted by ZUMAPRESS.com on June 27, 2025
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  • January 7, 2024, Los Angeles, California, United States: Flames from a brush fire engulf a car and approach homes on January 7, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. Over 30,000 were ordered to evacuate in Southern California areas as Santa Anna winds swept through the region. The high population, drought conditions, abundant fuel, and mountain wind strength have created a high-fire danger environment that has the potential to spread. (Credit Image: © Michael Nigro/Pacific Press via ZUMA Press Wire)
  • January 8, 2025, Altadena, California, USA: The residential neighborhood of East Altadena, next to Pasadena, in Los Angeles, California, has been totally devastated due to sparks from the Eaton Fire, named for Eaton Canyon Trailpopular Los Angeles hiking destination. The flames were fanned by the hurricane-strength Santa Ana winds. Most of the homes have been decimated and dozens are still bursting into flames and smoldering. (Credit Image: © Amy Katz/ZUMA Press Wire)
  • January 8, 2025, Los Angeles, California, USA: A firefighter battles a home in flames in Pacific Palisades during the second day of the Palisades fire which has burned more than 15,000 acres and destroyed at least 1,000 structures. At least 5 are dead and thousands have fled their homes as multiple wildfires fueled by Santa Ana winds blast across southern California. (Credit Image: © Jonathan Alcorn/ZUMA Press Wire)
  • December 10, 2024, Malibu, California, USA: A Los Angeles County fire helicopter drops water on the Franklin Fire to protect houses on nearby Costa Del Sol in Malibu. A fast-moving wildfire in Malibu has grown to nearly 4,000 acres, officials said Wednesday, as high winds and dry conditions continue to produce extreme fire danger.(Credit Image: © Jill Connelly/ZUMA Press Wire)
  • January 8, 2025, Pacific Palisades, California, USA: A restaurant in Pacific Palisades burns overnight. The wildfire in Pacific Palisades, which began on Tuesday, January 7th, quickly spread due to the Santa Ana winds in the Los Angeles area. Hundreds of homes and vehicles have been destroyed, and thousands of people have been evacuated. Firefighters have been battling the blaze overnight, but it remains uncontrollable due to the strong winds. The Palisades Fire has burned well over 5,000 acres and is growing at zero percent containment, according to authorities. (Credit Image: ©
  • January 7, 2024, Los Angeles, California, United States: The remains of a staircase burns inside a once palatial home on a hillside burns down on January 7, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. Over 30,000 were ordered to evacuate in Southern California areas as Santa Anna winds swept through the region. The high population, drought conditions, abundant fuel, and mountain wind strength have created a high-fire danger environment that has the potential to spread. (Credit Image: © Michael Nigro/Pacific Press via ZUMA Press Wire)
  • January 8, 2025, Los Angeles, California, USA: A burned car sits parked in front of a burned home in Pacific Palisades during the second day of the destructive Palisades fire which has burned more than 15,000 acres and destroyed at least 1,000 structures. At least 5 are dead and thousands have fled their homes as multiple wildfires fueled by Santa Ana winds blast across southern California. (Credit Image: © Jonathan Alcorn/ZUMA Press Wire)
  • January 7, 2024, Los Angeles, California, United States: A palatial home on a hillside burns down in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. Over 30,000 were ordered to evacuate in Southern California areas as Santa Anna winds swept through the region. The high population, drought conditions, abundant fuel, and mountain wind strength have created a high-fire danger environment that has the potential to spread. (Credit Image: © Michael Nigro/Pacific Press via ZUMA Press Wire)
  • January 7, 2024, Los Angeles, California, United States: Flames and embers from a brush fire pushed by gusting Santa Ana winds approach homes on January 7, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. Over 30,000 were ordered to evacuate in Southern California areas as Santa Anna winds swept through the region. The high population, drought conditions, abundant fuel, and mountain wind strength have created a high-fire danger environment that has the potential to spread. (Credit Image: © Michael Nigro/Pacific Press via ZUMA Press Wire)

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

ZUMA’s Newest Pictures of the Week, Available NOW

Posted by ZUMAPRESS.com on June 27, 2025
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Hostilities peaked and paused between Israel and Iran. Russia intensified the bombing of Ukraine. And we welcomed the summer solstice. 

Scott Mc Kiernan presents “The Pictures Of the Week” released every Friday afternoon, highlighting the best images from around the world by ZUMA Press contributors, curated by ZUMA Editor-at-large Jim Colton.

Enjoy The Pictures Of the Week 26, showcasing images from June 21-27, 2025 “The best two minutes you’ll spend on the internet today!” thepicturesoftheweek.com #zumapress #photojournalism

ZUMA Photography Credits:
Svet Jacqueline * Leco Viana/TheNEWS2 * Bryan Smith * Robin Loznak * Saurabh Sirohiya * Martin Dokoupil * Poitout Florian/Abaca * Starmax/Newscom * Gian Mattia D’Alberto/LaPresse * Ben Birchall/PA Wire * Omar Ashtawy/APA Images * Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media/Abaca * Rob Engelaar/ANP * Freek Van Den Bergh/ANP * Imago * TASS * Jaroslav Ozana/CTK * Arne Dedert/dpa * Sergei Karpukhin/TASS * Ilia Yefimovich/dpa * Hendrik Schmidt/dpa * Ian West/PA Wire * Omar Ashtawy/APA Images * Sun Yuxuan/Xinhua * Samir Jana/Hindustan Times/Imago * Marcin Nowak/London News Pictures * Jesus Merida/SOPA Images