August 23, 2026, Kaohsiung, Taiwan: A person wearing a yellow raincoat wades through knee-deep floodwater along a row of closed shopfronts during torrential rain in Zihguan District.

August 23, 2026, Malangbong, West Java, Indonesia: Firefighters from the Garut Regency Fire and Rescue Service (Disdamkarmat) respond to a land fire in West Java. Disdamkarmat recorded 155 land-fire incidents from January to August 2026, a sharp increase of 134 incidents, or 638.1 percent, compared with the 21 incidents recorded throughout 2025. The surge highlights the growing risk of land fires in Garut during the dry season.

August 23, 2026, Liberec, Czech Republic: Barbary Lion male called Terry and female called Shani playing togenther in enclosure at the Liberec Zoo. The Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo) sometimes referred to as the Atlas lion is an African lion population that is considered extinct in the wild. Barbary lion zoological specimens range in colour from light to dark tawny.

August 22, 2026, Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands: Pianist LEIF OVE ANDSNES (56, Norwegian), cellist SOL GABETTA (45, Argentine-Swiss), and mezzo-soprano MARIA WARENBERG (29, Dutch) perform on a floating stage on the Prinsengracht in front of Hotel Pulitzer during the 44th edition of the Prinsengrachtconcert, the largest free open-air classical music concert in the Netherlands.

August 22, 2026, London, United Kingdom: ZARA LARSSON performs onstage during Day 2 of All Points East 2026 at Victoria Park in London.

August 22, 2026, New York, New York, USA: ZOE KRAVITZ out and about in New York City.

- 23 August 2026, Brandenburg, Krieschow: Soccer, Men: DFB Cup, VfB Krieschow vs. 1. FSV Mainz 05, First Round, Sportpark Krieschow; Phillip Tietz (1. FSV Mainz 05) celebrates after scoring the goal that made it 0-3.

- 23 August 2026, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: Soccer, Men: DFB Cup, Schott Mainz vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1st Round, Mewa Arena. Borussia Mönchengladbach fans set off pyrotechnics.

- 23 August 2026, Brandenburg, Krieschow: Soccer, Men: DFB Cup, VfB Krieschow vs. 1. FSV Mainz 05, First Round, Sportpark Krieschow; girls in traditional Sorbian festive attire stand on the sidelines before the game.

zReportage.com Issue #1053 Story of the Week: Published: TUESDAY September 1, 2026: '9/11 - 25 Years Later' by ZUMA Press award winning photo-journalist Randy Taylor: The 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks marks a significant quarter-century milestone in American history. The year 2026 brings a profound wave of remembrance, major national commemorations honoring the 2,977 lives lost and the enduring resilience of the survivors. Randy Taylor was one of the first people on the scene at 'ground zero' and captured a powerful set of images. ''We were the first to arrive on the West side of what would later be known as ''ground zero''. What we could see was horrific.. entire fire trucks were thrown against the walls of buildings, like toys. I pulled my shirt over my face to try to filter what I was breathing. I never returned until some visiting guests wanted to go to the museum at Ground Zero. Now, twenty years later, I've dug out the archive and am looking at my photos of that fateful day, and reliving the shock of it all.'' Tuesday September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center, 2,763 died after two planes slammed into the twin towers. Among them 343 heroic firefighters and paramedics, 23 brave New York City police officers as well as 37 courageous Port Authority police officers. All of whom lost their lives trying to save others. Welcome to '9/11 - 25 Years Later'

August 2, 2026, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India: Tibetan refugees coming from Tibetan settlements in Mundgod in Karnataka and Bandhara in Maharashtra, to protest against Chinas Ethnic Unity and Progress law. Sixty Tibetans gathered at the Rajgriha, Dadar East, and led a patyatra to Chaityabhoomi.

July 5, 2026, Newark, New Jersey, USA: A demonstrator waves an upside down US lag as protests continue at ICE facility Delaney Hall where asylum seekers are held in detention in Newark NJ during America's July 4th weekend. The upside down flag symbolizes distress on this nation's Independence Day Bicentennial.