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Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 9 August 2025

1. Close of gallons being filled

2. Mid of boy washing his face and hands with water leaking from a tube

3. Nida Abu Hamad, displaced from northern Gaza Strip, bringing water to her tent

4. Close of Abu Hamad washing the face of her baby with some water to help with the heat

5. Mid of Abu Hamad waving a tray over her baby as she sits with her family outside a tent

6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nida Abu Hamad, displaced from northern Gaza Strip:

"Water is not available to us. We stand in line at 3 in the morning, hear the dawn prayers while we wait. We tell them to at least give us something to drink for our children. I have to give this child and the other one, my children can't keep going without water. My daughter is a baby. I sit with her outside the tent because of the heat. This is my tent, but we don’t sleep in it. My children cry day and night. My son scratches his body because of the heat, and there is no treatment. Even if they want to give him ointment, there is none. When there is, it doesn’t help."

7. Various of Nida Abu Hamad pouring water on her children

STORYLINE:

Thousands of displaced people living in tents and among the rubble of destroyed buildings are struggling not only with a lack of food and water, but also with a heatwave that is making their living conditions even harsher.

Nida Abu Hamad, displaced from the northern Gaza Strip and a mother of three, lined up from 3 in the morning to get water.

She said she and her children are suffering from heat exhaustion and skin ulcers caused by the extreme temperatures, and the lack of medical treatment and ointments.

“My children cry day and night," said Abu Hamad, while using a tray to fan her baby.

Another woman, Hana Sowboh, also displaced from the northern Gaza Strip, had no choice but to sit next to a burning wood-fired oven to bake bread for her children, while her husband went to the border with Israel to collect firewood.

Riham Akel, another displaced woman, said that there is no adequate shelter to protect them from the heat, as the tents are made from plastic and cloth.

The heatwave came as the Israeli government decided to intensify its 22-month war with Hamas by taking over Gaza City, stirring fears for Palestinian civilians and Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, and renewing international pressure for an end to the conflict.

Israel’s air and ground war has killed tens of thousands of people in Gaza, displaced most of the population, destroyed vast areas and pushed the territory toward famine.

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Tel Aviv, Israel - 9 August 2025

1. Pan of supporters and relatives of hostages held in Gaza, gathering before statements

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Zahiro Shahar Mor, nephew of hostage Avraham Munder:

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"If you (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) invade parts of Gaza and the hostages are murdered, we will pursue you – in the town squares, in election campaigns, and at every time and place. We will remind the people of Israel, day and night, that you could have secured a hostage deal, and you chose to have them killed. Their blood will be on your hands."

3. Supporters holding posters of hostages with their names and ages in Hebrew and English

STORYLINE:

Relatives of Gaza hostages strongly condemned on Saturday the Israeli government's decision to fully occupy Gaza city.

Their comment came during weekly statements for the press.

Zahiro Shahar Mor, nephew of hostage Avraham Munder, warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the families of hostages will hold him accountable in any way they can.

"We will pursue you....we will remind the people of Israel, day and night, that you could have secured a hostage deal, and you chose to have them killed," he said.

Israel said early Friday that it plans to take over Gaza City, drawing rejection from the Palestinians and international condemnation.

The decision, agreed in a late-night meeting of its security Cabinet, marks a further escalation of Israel's 22-month war with Hamas.

It also provoked worries in Israel over the fate of hostages still held by Hamas.

Another major ground operation would almost certainly exacerbate the humanitarian catastrophe, in which Israel's air and ground war has pushed the territory toward famine.

Hamas said people in Gaza would “remain defiant against occupation.”

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Atlanta - 9 August 2025

1. A bullet hole is visible in the door of a CVS pharmacy, yellow posters note (English) "Store closed until further notice"

2. Close of bullet hole in the door of a CVS pharmacy

3. STILLS - various of a bullet hole visible in the door of a CVS pharmacy (AP Photos by Jeff Amy; ID's: 25221530488961; 25221530506140; 25221554051020)

4. Flower bouquet placed on the floor outside a CVS pharmacy

5. Wide of sign of CDC Edward R. Roybal Campus, cars driving

6. Exterior of CDC headquarters building

STORYLINE:

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the man who opened fire at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia.

The GBI statement says White died and Officer David Rose with the DeKalb County Police Department was shot and killed during the shooting Friday.

The shooter opened fire at the CDC headquarters from across the street, striking windows across the sprawling campus, mortally wounding the officer and littering the sidewalk outside a CVS pharmacy with bullet casings. The attack prompted a massive law enforcement response to one of the nation’s most prominent public health institutions.

At least four CDC buildings were hit, Director Susan Monarez said in a post on X. Images shared by employees showed multiple agency buildings with bullet-pocked windows, underscoring the breadth of the damage to a site where thousands of scientists and staff work on critical disease research.

The CVS remained closed Saturday morning, with an apparent bullet hole in its front door. A lone bouquet was placed outside the building.

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Tel Aviv, Israel - 9 August 2025

1. Various of supporters and relatives of hostages held in Gaza, gathering before statements

2. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker:

"Last Thursday, the cabinet sealed the fate of the hostages – the living will be murdered, and the fallen will be lost forever. The quotes from that meeting say it all – this is not a State Security Cabinet, this is a death cabinet. This move has no public support! The vast majority of the Israeli people want to end the war and bring everyone home."

3. Supporters holding posters of hostages with their names and ages in Hebrew and English

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Zahiro Shahar Mor, nephew of hostage Avraham Munder:

"If you (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) invade parts of Gaza and the hostages are murdered, we will pursue you – in the town squares, in election campaigns, and at every time and place. We will remind the people of Israel, day and night, that you could have secured a hostage deal, and you chose to have them killed. Their blood will be on your hands."

5. People talking

STORYLINE:

Relatives of Gaza hostages strongly condemned on Saturday the Israeli government's decision to fully occupy Gaza city.

Their comment came during weekly statements for the press.

"The quotes from that meeting say it all – this is not a State Security Cabinet, this is a death cabinet," said Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan.

Zahiro Shahar Mor, nephew of hostage Avraham Munder, warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the families of hostages will hold him accountable in any way they can.

"We will pursue you....we will remind the people of Israel, day and night, that you could have secured a hostage deal, and you chose to have them killed," he said.

Israel said early Friday that it plans to take over Gaza City, drawing rejection from the Palestinians and international condemnation.

The decision, agreed in a late-night meeting of its security Cabinet, marks a further escalation of Israel's 22-month war with Hamas.

It also provoked worries in Israel over the fate of hostages still held by Hamas.

Another major ground operation would almost certainly exacerbate the humanitarian catastrophe, in which Israel's air and ground war has pushed the territory toward famine.

Hamas said people in Gaza would “remain defiant against occupation.”

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Abidjan, Ivory Coast – 9 August 2025

1. Various of opposition protesters marching through the Yopougon neighborhood of Abidjan

2. A protester walks while chanting (French) “Power to the people”

3. SOUNDBITE (French) Sagesse Divine, activist:

“The only thing we are asking for, is we don’t want a fourth term, that’s what we want. We don’t want a fourth term, and we want the electoral roll revised, that’s what we are asking for. We want all candidates’ names included, and we want to go to the elections in peace, that’s all we want.”

4. Various of people marching with political signs, reading (French): “Another Ivory Coast is possible”, and (French): “The Bafing (region) stands up for Cheick Tidjane Thiam president 2025”

5. SOUNDBITE (French) Moustapha Bakayoko, African Peoples’ Party:

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“Elections are fair, voting is fair, it's part of democracy, voting is fair. Everyone has the right to express themselves. I am Ivorian, I have the right to complain, I have the right to say that I disagree with how the government operates.”

6. Members of the Agissons Ensemble (“Act Together”) party walk during the march, carrying sign, reading (French) “Everything depends on you!”

7. SOUNDBITE (French) Armand Godo, Agissons Ensemble (“Act Together”) party:

“We are demanding a revision of the electoral roll, we are demanding the reintegration of political leaders onto the list, we are demanding reform of the Electoral Commission. We are calling for fair elections in 2025. All these grievances have not been addressed by the government. So we came out to demand that the government reform its constitution.”

8. Various of demonstrators holding a poster for the communist revolutionary party of Ivory Coast, reading (French) "People of Ivory Coast, let’s mobilize for the end of the neocolonial system, for the rejection of rigged elections made in France”, and in green (French): “no exclusion, no muzzling”

9. SOUNDBITE (French) Raimond Sésségnon, activist:

“Ouattara, you need to come so we can talk. Soro must return, (former president Laurent) Gbagbo is here, (former Credit Suisse chief executive Tidjane) Thiam is here, (politician Charles) Blé Goudé, everyone–we need to talk and move forward. Let’s avoid bloodshed because bloodshed is not good.”

10. Man carrying poster, reading (French) “Paris, pay your colonial debts, and free Africa”

11. Opposition members kiss a poster of former president Laurent Gbagbo

12. People march through the Yopougon neighborhood of Abidjan

STORYLINE:

Thousands of Ivorians took to the streets in Abidjan, the capital of the West African nation, to protest against the exclusion of opposition leaders from the upcoming presidential election.

Ivory Coast, the biggest economy of francophone West Africa, is due to hold a presidential vote in October.

Earlier this year four main opposition figures, including former President Laurent Gbagbo and former Credit Suis... [truncated]

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Kyiv - 9 August 2025

1. Guards of Honor covering the coffin of fallen Ukrainian soldier Mykhailo

2. Mykhailo's wife Mariia Polodchak crying near the coffin

3. Various of procession

4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Mariia Polodchak, wife of fallen soldier:

"He believed that it was all nonsense, that people who were not directly involved in the victory should not discuss it."

5. Sviatlana Dobrynska standing with a portrait of her son killed in the fighting

6. Close of Dobrynska's son's portrait

7. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sviatlana Dobrynska, mother of a fallen soldier:

"Right now, we don't have the opportunity to launch an offensive to recapture our territories. That's how I see it. But to prevent people from dying, we can simply stop military operations, sign some kind of agreement, but not give up our territories, not sign that we are giving the captured territories to Russia."

8. Entrepreneur Anastasia Yemelianova passing by portraits of fallen Ukrainian soldiers

9. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Anastasia Yemelianova, entrepreneur:

"Honestly, I have two answers to that question. The first is as a person who loves her country. I don't want to compromise within myself. But seeing all these deaths and knowing that my mother is now living in Nikopol under shelling and my father is fighting, I want all this to end as soon as possible. I understand that many people may lose their homes, but we may lose more if we continue."

10. Cars driving

11. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Ihor Usatenko, pensioner:

"Well, of course, on condition of compensation for losses and, possibly, some reparations. Otherwise, if we give everything away, how can we stop there and get nothing in return? It may not be capitulation, but it would be a loss."

12. Woman crying

STORYLINE:

Reactions to the idea of Ukraine ceding territory to Russia in Kyiv varied on Sunday from skepticism to quiet resignation.

This came following US President Donald Trump suggestion of a peace deal that could include “some swapping of territories.”

Anastasia Yemelianova, 31, said she felt torn.

“As a person who loves her country. I don’t want to compromise within myself,” she told the Associated Press.

“But seeing all these deaths and knowing that my mother is now living in Nikopol under shelling and my father is fighting, I want all this to end as soon as possible," she continued.

Others, like Svitlana Dobrynska, whose son died fighting, rejected outright concessions but supported halting combat to save lives.

“We don’t have the opportunity to launch an offensive to recapture our territories,” the 57-year-old pensioner said.

“But to prevent people from dying, we can simply stop military operations, sign some kind of agreement, but not give up our territories," she added.

Ihor Usatenko, a 67-year-old pensioner, said he would consider ceding territory “on condition for compensation and, possibly, some reparations.”

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Atlanta - 9 August 2025

1. A bullet hole is visible in the door of a CVS pharmacy, yellow posters note (English) "Store closed until further notice"

2. Close of bullet hole in the door of a CVS pharmacy

3. STILLS - various of a bullet hole visible in the door of a CVS pharmacy (AP Photos by Jeff Amy; ID's: 25221530488961; 25221530506140; 25221554051020)

4. Flower bouquet placed on the floor outside a CVS pharmacy

5. Exterior sign of CDC Edward R. Roybal Campus on a street

6. Wide of sign of CDC Edward R. Roybal Campus, cars driving

7. Various exteriors of CDC headquarters building

STORYLINE:

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the man who opened fire at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia.

The GBI statement says White died and Officer David Rose with the DeKalb County Police Department was shot and killed during the shooting Friday.

The shooter opened fire at the CDC headquarters from across the street, striking windows across the sprawling campus, mortally wounding the officer and littering the sidewalk outside a CVS pharmacy with bullet casings. The attack prompted a massive law enforcement response to one of the nation’s most prominent public health institutions.

At least four CDC buildings were hit, Director Susan Monarez said in a post on X. Images shared by employees showed multiple agency buildings with bullet-pocked windows, underscoring the breadth of the damage to a site where thousands of scientists and staff work on critical disease research.

The CVS remained closed Saturday morning, with an apparent bullet hole in its front door. A lone bouquet was placed outside the building.

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Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 9 August 2025

1. Various of displaced people living in tents lining up to fill water during a heatwave

2. Mid of a man filling water in gallons

3. Close of gallons being filled

4. Mid of boy washing his face and hands with water leaking from a tube

5. Nida Abu Hamad, displaced from northern Gaza Strip, bringing water to her tent

6. Close of Abu Hamad washing the face of her baby with some water to help with the heat

7. Mid of Abu Hamad waving a tray over her baby as she sits with her family outside a tent

8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nida Abu Hamad, displaced from northern Gaza Strip: "My daughter is a baby. I sit with her outside the tent because of the heat. This is my tent, but we don’t sleep in it. My children cry day and night. My son scratches his body because of the heat, and there is no treatment. Even if they want to give him ointment, there is none. When there is, it doesn’t help."

9. Abu Hamad showing her hands with skin disease

10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nida Abu Hamad, displaced from northern Gaza Strip:

"Water is not available to us. We stand in line at 3 in the morning, hear the dawn prayers while we wait. We tell them to at least give us something to drink for our children. I have to give this child and the other one, my children can't keep going without water."

11. Various of Nida Abu Hamad pouring water on her children

12. Hana Sowboh, displaced from northern Gaza Strip, baking bread in a wood-fired oven

13. Close of bread dough in a wood-fired oven

14. Close of adding bread to tray

15. Mid of family gathering around the wood-fired oven

16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hana Sowboh, displaced from northern Gaza Strip:

"Our situation is very bad, the children suffer from skin ulcers and allergy due to the heatwave. I am suffering from sinusitis and high blood pressure that makes it hard during the heat. And as you see, I am sitting in front to the fire. My husband goes to bring wood from Zikim (near the border between Gaza and Israel)."

17. Various of Riham Akel, displaced from northern Gaza Strip, pouring water on her children inside the family tent

18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Riham Akel, displaced from northern Gaza Strip:

"We suffer greatly, especially due to living in tents. They are made of cloth and plastic that do not protect us from the heat. In addition, there is no electricity, drinking water or water for washing, no fans or air conditioning. We use trays and cardboard to cool off."

19. Various of tents of displaced people in Gaza city

STORYLINE:

Thousands of displaced people living in tents and among the rubble of destroyed buildings are struggling not only with a lack of food and water, but also with a heatwave that is making their living conditions even harsher.

Nida Abu Hamad, displaced from the northern Gaza Strip and a mother of three, lined up from 3 in the morning to get water.

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London - 9 August 2025

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Gould-Davies, Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies:

"What we've seen over the past 24 hours is an absolutely extraordinary development. There was this drumroll to the deadline, in fact, the shortened deadline that President Trump had clearly and publicly declared for Russia to agree a ceasefire. And as that deadline approached, his language became very specific, and really unprecedentedly threatening towards Russia. These things called secondary tariffs, sanctions, very deprecating remarks about the Russian economy."

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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Gould-Davies, Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies:

"And what have we seen? An astonishing U-turn, it would seem. The most emphatic retreat from a Trumpian deadline. Rather than impose any of the pain, make good on any of his threats, he appears to have rewarded Putin in this extraordinary way by agreeing to a summit."

++BLACK FRAMES++

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Gould-Davies, Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies:

"It would be very interesting to know who proposed Alaska. The symbology of it is clear and it's easy to imagine Putin making the point, the argument, the framing point to Trump that, look, we once had this territory, and we gave it to therefore Ukraine had this territory and now should give it to us. So, tactically, the location of the summit would seem to be something that naturally favors Russia, as well as the form, as well as being bilateral."

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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Gould-Davies, Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies:

"It's very strange and we're all learning to try to form a kind of a Kremlinology of the White House, using tools and techniques honed in Soviet times, looking for clues and for hints and so on about what the hell is going on, what the mix of influences around Trump and indeed in Trump's head is propelling his latest statement. It does seem at this point that... in astonishingly rapid and emphatic way that Trump's current Russian policy has flipped back to some version of what it was when he returned to office in January. It's as if his slow apparent disillusionment with Putin, his growing awareness that it's Putin, not Zelenskyy, who's the obstacle to peace, as if none of that had happened."

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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Gould-Davies, Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies:

"There've been so many extraordinary twists and turns in this so far. All that's clear at this point is that Putin has already achieved the major victory of securing a summit meeting with the United States on American soil. And that's something that he will be working very ... [truncated]

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