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Mean Season Continues

October 26, 2005 - MIAMI - Editors looking for high impact coverage of South Florida's big weather nightmares need look no further! Despite the gusting winds and torrential rains, Palm Beach Post's prolific team of photojournalists braved the worst of Hurricane Wilma to deliver powerful coverage of her deadly path of destruction.

And the coverage doesn't stop there! Be it in the air or on the ground, Post shooters are taking the time to capture what one editor described it as "a blender that chopped up large sections of the state."

To view more, click here.

zNews

When it rains, it pours! by Allen Sullivan/ZUMA Press

PANABAJ, Guatemala - Like Florida, but perhaps much worse off is Guatemala, a country still struggling to reach survivors following the massive mudslides triggered by Hurricane Stan earlier in the month. More than 100 communities are still completely inaccessible, while others were leveled by mud and are now being declared mass gravesites. ZUMA photojournalist Allen Sullivan reports that some foreign aid is trickling through however. In Tzamchaj, for example, residents and NGO volunteers are working hard to build enough housing and common work, cooking and cleaning areas for 300 families. Click to view more of Sullivan's coverage.

Bird Flu Alert

Editors looking for story telling pictures that demonstrate the latest news about the bird flu outbreak need look no further. Click the following links to view Indonesia's victims of the Avian H5N1 virus (photos by JiwaFoto/ZUMA and Maxppp/ZUMA). Go behind the scenes of a German lab where the government's department of animal epidemics is conducting research on chicken eggs and excrement (photos by Michael Wallrath/Action Press/ZUMA). Check out the latest precautions taken in Vietnam's markets where poultry is now slaughtered before it's sold to reduce the likelihood of bird flu transmission (photos by Dang Ngo/ZUMA). Despite increased monitoring and sanitation efforts across the country, China reported its third outbreak of bird flu this week. Meanwhile, fear of the spreading virus prompted Turkish poultry farmers to slaughter hundred of chickens (photos by UPPA/ZUMA). Finally, click to view how Thailand is coping with a new law that requires owners of fighting chickens to carry a passport that declares the bird healthy and free of bird flu (photos by Steve Sandford/ZUMA).

Civil Rights Icon Passes

Rosa Parks, the courageous woman whose 1955 protest action in Alabama marked the start of the modern U.S. civil rights movement, died yesterday at the age of 92. Mrs. Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a bus prompted a mass black boycott of buses led by Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. His protest movement brought about the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which outlawed racial discrimination in the U.S. Click to see more of Rosa Parks.

zSports

Surf's Up! by A-Frame/ZUMA Press

The hottest showdown in the surf world takes place next week at the Nova Schin Festival in Florianopolis, Brazil where legends Kelly Slater will fight for his seventh world title while Hawaiian Andy Irons will shoot for his fourth world crown. Stay tuned for coverage at ZUMApress.com.

zFeature

Sexually Violent Predator Rehabilitation Graduate - by Mark Allen Johnson/ZUMA Press

ZUMA's Mark Allen Johnson spent time investigating what happens to convicted Sexually Violent Predators (SVP) once they're released back into society. Cary Verse is one of only three men who've graduated form the California Department of Mental Health's rehabilitation program. He's been chemically castrated and is required to take medication to reduce his testosterone levels. Although he lives outside the confines of a formal correctional facility or mental institution, he has to meet a long list of requirements to maintain his freedom. Verse must keep a journal of his whereabouts and activities, get psychological therapy on a regular basis and be supervised 24 hours a day by a GPS unit (Global Positioning System) operated by Liberty Health Care. View more.

zEntertainment

Hot Hollywood

The 9th Annual Hollywood Film Festival's "Hollywood Awards(R)" ceremony, honoring independent filmmakers and established Hollywood professionals, impressed the standing-room-only audience of over 1,200 people the past weekend. Among the stars honored were Charlize Theron, Joaquin Phoenix, Matthew Broderick and Susan Sarandon. Click to view more hot coverage by ZUMA's own starlet Lisa O'Connor and ZUMA-KPA great Paul Fenton.

zEvents

Generation KKK hits the Highlands!

ZUMA Press and the St. Mungo Museum of Religious Art and Life proudly present Generation KKK: Passing the Torch, a photographic exhibition by ZUMA photojournalist James Edward Bates.

Venue: St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
2 Castle Street
Glasgow, Scotland

Dates: November 18, 2005 through April 9, 2006

For more information, please visit http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=13 or GenerationKKK.com.

zReportage Update

Victims Running Out of Time - by NIKOS PILOS/ZUMA Press

When a massive earthquake shook Northern Pakistan to its knees, tens of thousands died and many more survived but with injuries they could soon perish from. Despite the alarming numbers of truly desperate survivors, little aid seems to be reaching those who need it most. Is anyone listening to their cries for help? To view the full story, click here.

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