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WEEK 50 DECEMBER 05 Thru DECEMBER 12 2025
ZUMA Pictures Of the Week 2025: Week 50
December 8, 2025, London, UK: (left to right) German Chancellor FRIEDRICH MERZ, Prime Minister Sir KEIR STARMER, Ukrainian President VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY and French President EMMANUEL MACRON during a meeting in Downing Street, London, as discussions on ending the war in Ukraine continue. (Credit Image: ? Toby Melville/PA Wire via ZUMA Press)
Snowboarding 2025: FIS World Cup Beijing
Dec. 5, 2025, Beijing, China: Multiple exposure of YANG WENLONG of China competing during the men's big air qualification at the FIS Snowboard World Cup in Beijing, China. (Credit Image: © Zhang Chenlin/Xinhua via ZUMA Press)
2026 FIFA World Cup Draw
December 5, 2025, Washington, United Kingdom: US President Donald Trump is presented with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize award by FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, United States. (Credit Image: © Sam Corum/PA Wire via ZUMA Press)
Alaska: Christmas Moose
December 5, 2025, Anchorage, Alaska, USA: A bull moose rests in a field in Anchorage, Alaska ater getting entangled with Christmas lights. he lights, which did not seem to bother the moose, could pull off as the he wonders through Anchorage neighborhoods feeding on local tress, bushes and leftover gardens but will for sure come off when the animals loses its antler. (Credit Image: © Al Grillo/ZUMA Press Wire)
F1 2025: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Practice Day
December 5, 2025, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: CHARLES LECLERC (Mon) of Scuderia Ferrari #16 and his pit crew during practice at the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025 at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, UAE. (Credit Image: © Lapeyre Antoine/Abaca via ZUMA Press)
Skiing 2025: Freeski World Cup: Big Air-Women's Final
December 6, 2025, Beijing, China: KIRSTY MUIR of Britain crashes during the women's big air final at the FIS Freeski World Cup in Beijing. (Credit Image: © Ju Huanzong/Xinhua via ZUMA Press)
Floating Christmas Tree Rises in Rio
December 6, 2025, Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: The Arvore do Rio (River Tree) floating Christmas tree returned to the waters of Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas for the first time since 2019. Standing 60 meters tall and illuminated by 900,000 LED lights, the floating spectacle was inaugurated before crowds lining the lagoon and will remain lit through Kings Day. First introduced in 1996, the Lagoa tree has long been a cherished holiday tradition and one of Rio's most anticipated seasonal attractions. (Credit Image: © Bob Karp/ZUMA Press Wire)
Milan Cortina Winter Olympics: Torch Relay: Rome
December 6, 2025, Romo, Italy: The Olympic Torch arrives in Rome for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday. (Credit Image: © Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via ZUMA Press)
Luge 2025: World Cup Winterberg: Women's Event
December 7, 2025, Winterberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: MERLE FRABEL (Germany) is on the track during her 1st run at the Luge: World Cup, single-seater, women's event in Germany. (Credit Image: © David Inderlied/dpa via ZUMA Press)
First Anniversary Of The Fall Of The Syrian Regime
December 7, 2025, Homs, Syria: Crowds attend a celebration in the once-besieged neighbourhood of Khaldiyeh. Celebrations were held in Homs on the eve of the first anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime. (Credit Image: © Sally Hayden/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire)
Israel-Hamas War: Post Ceasefire: Relocating Bodies
December 8, 2025, Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territory: Civil Defense teams continue to recover the bodies of more than 400 Palestinians from the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, after they were found in the hospital's yards and departments following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area. Medical staff and volunteers work with extremely limited resources to collect the remains and transfer them for burial, in a scene that underscores the scale of violations inflicted on healthcare facilities during the war. Gaza City. (Credit Image: © Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire)
European Leaders Gather to Discuss Ukraine
December 8, 2025, London, UK: UK Prime Minister KEIR STARMER, Ukrainian President VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY, French President EMMANUEL MACRON and German Chancellor FRIEDRICH MERZ on the steps of No. 10 Downing Street in London after talks on the situation and review progress in the ongoing US-led and US-mediated negotiations aimed at advancing a potential framework for ending the war in Ukraine. (Credit Image: © Dinendra Haria/London News Pictures via ZUMA Press Wire)
European Leaders Gather to Discuss Ukraine
December 8, 2025, London, UK: (left to right) German Chancellor FRIEDRICH MERZ, Prime Minister Sir KEIR STARMER, Ukrainian President VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY and French President EMMANUEL MACRON during a meeting in Downing Street, London, as discussions on ending the war in Ukraine continue. (Credit Image: © Toby Melville/PA Wire via ZUMA Press)
Students Protest Against Environment Ministry
December 9, 2025, Prague, Czech Republic: Students stage protest against Motorists to head Environment Ministry in Prague, Czech Republic. (Credit Image: © Michal Kamaryt/CTK via ZUMA Press)
NCAA Basketball 2025: Illinois 88:80 Ohio State
December 9, 2025, Columbus, Ohio, USA: Ohio State Buckeyes center CHRISTOPH TILLY (13) gets caught on the back of Illinois Fighting Illini forward JAKE DAVIS (15) going for a rebound during the game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Ohio State Buckeyes at Value City Arena. (Credit Image: © Scott Stuart/ZUMA Press Wire)
Plastic Recycling In Chattogram, Bangladesh
December 9, 2025, Chattogram, Bangladesh: Workers collect and sort discarded plastic bottles at a recycling facility in Chattogram, Bangladesh. These plastic wastes are later processed and transformed into new household products, underscoring both the environmental burden of plastic pollution and the vital role of recycling in the circular economy. (Credit Image: © Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ZUMA Press Wire)
Magnitude 7.6 Earthquake Rocks Japan
December 9, 2025, Tohoku, Japan: A van sits precariously on a collapsed road in Tohoku in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, following a strong magnitude 7.6 earthquake the previous night. (Credit Image: © Kyodonews via ZUMA Press)
Aquatic Forest At The Luyang Lake Wetland Park in China
December 09, 2025, Yangzhou, China: Tourists take a boat ride in an aquatic forest at the Luyang Lake wetland park in early winter in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. (Credit Image: © Imago via ZUMA Press)
Lijian-1 Blasts Off in China
Dec. 10, 2025, Jiuquan, China: The Lijian-1, also known as Kinetica-1 Y11, carrier rocket carrying 9 satellites, including one from the United Arab Emirates, blasts off from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone near the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The rocket blasted off at 12:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) and successfully sent the satellites into their planned orbits. (Credit Image: © Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua via ZUMA Press)
Alpine Skiing 2025: FIS World Cup St. Moritz
December 10, 2025, St Moritz, Switzerland: LINDSEY VONN (USA) in action during the Alpine Skiing FIS World Cup, downhill, training, ladies. (Credit Image: © Matthias Hauer/GEPA via ZUMA Press)
Nobel Peace Prize 2025
December 11, 2025, Oslo, Norway: Nobel Peace Prize laureate MARIA CORINA MACHADO during a press conference at the Grand Hotel in Oslo on Thursday. The Venezuelan opposition leader received the award for her tireless work to secure democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her fight for a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democratic rule. (Credit Image: © Heiko Junge/NTB Scanpix via ZUMA Press)
Zhongshuge Bookstore in Shenzhen
December 10, 2025, Shenzhen, China: People enjoy leisure time at a Zhongshuge bookstore in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Credit Image: © Imago via ZUMA Press)
Lantern Factory Ahead Of New Year's Day in China
December 10, 2025, Yuncheng, China: A worker dries red lanterns at a factory ahead of New Year's Day in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China. (Credit Image: © Imago via ZUMA Press)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Fall 2025
December 11, 2025, New York, New York, USA: Alvin Ailey dancers MIRANDA QUINN and JACQUELIN HARRIS seen during the dress rehearsal for the World Premiere of Matthew Neenan's 'Difference Between' held at New York City Center. (Credit Image: © Nancy Kaszerman/ZUMA Press Wire)
Derwent Dam in Derbyshire
December 11, 2025, Bamford, Derbyshire, UK: Bamford UK. A man stops his early morning bike ride to take a picture of the water flowing down the face of Derwent dam at dawn this morning in Derbyshire. Derwent Dam was used by 617 Squadron (Dam Busters) during the Second World War for practising the low-level flights needed for Operation Chastise. (Credit Image: © Andrew Mccaren/London News Pictures via ZUMA Press Wire)
Winter In Kashmir 2025
December 11, 2025, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India: A man walks along the temporary footbridge over the partially dried Jehlum River during a cold, foggy morning in Srinagar. As Jammu and Kashmir continues to experience a prolonged dry spell, the rainfall deficit has sharply increased to around 86 percent, with no significant precipitation recorded amid dwindling water levels in water bodies and a rising risk of forest fires. (Credit Image: © Basit Zargar/ZUMA Press Wire)
Pacific Northwest Flooding 2025: Washington
December 11, 2025, Duvall, Washington, USA: Water from the flooded Snoqualmie River covers the roadway at NE 124th Street near Duvall on Thursday. A trio of atmospheric rivers have drenched the region. Forecasts said that many rivers in the Pacific Northwest would reach catastrophic flood levels and the governor of Washington has declared a state of emergency. (Credit Image: © M. Scott Brauer/ZUMA Press Wire)
Paralympics 2025: FIS World Cup Steinach
December 11, 2025, Steinach, Austria: GONG YAN (CHN) in action during the Paralympics Alpine Skiing FIS World Cup, Super G, men.(Credit Image: © Thomas Bachun/GEPA via ZUMA Press)
World News - December 12, 2025
December 12, 2025, Rotterdam, Netherlands: DAVID SHRIGLEY during the press preview of his exhibition ''What the Hell Was I Thinking?'' The British visual artist is exhibiting a broad overview of his work at the Kunsthal. (Credit Image: © Koen Van Weel/ANP via ZUMA Press)
