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Rafah border, Egypt - 6 August 2025

1. Various of trucks loaded with aid coming back into Rafah border

2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amal al-Imam, CEO of Egyptian Red Crescent:

"The Egyptian Red Crescent and the institutions that participated in sending trucks since July 27th and until now, they have sent approximately 800 trucks. The truth is that the number that was originally prepared was approximately 1,000 trucks, carrying approximately 14,500 tons, of which 800 trucks have actually entered, and we will wait today to see the number of trucks that entered today until we see how many trucks, and they are carrying approximately 3,000 tons, most of which are food supplies and flour."

3. Mid of cameras and media during news conference

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Khaled Megawer, North Sinai Governor:

"What you have witnessed right now, all these young generation and all the trucks behind you and the evacuated trucks coming back from Gaza Strip proves that we are still working very hard to send aid to Gaza Strip and to stop starving people from death and from killing. And we are playing our rule whatever the propaganda is, whatever the Muslim brotherhood or other group says."

5. Various of trucks lining at Rafah border waiting to enter Gaza

6. Mid of sign reading (Arabic): "Rafah land crossing"

STORYLINE:

About 800 trucks carrying aid for Gaza have been sent to Israel for inspection after Israel eased its restrictions on aid delivery late last month, the Egyptian Red Crescent said on Wednesday.

Aid trucks on the Egyptian side of Rafah crossing are typically sent to the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom before the United Nations and aid groups collect and deliver the aid to Gaza.

Amal al-Imam, CEO of the Egyptian Red Crescent, said about 800 trucks were sent for inspection since July 27, out of 1,000 trucks that have been prepared to go to Gaza.

Retired Maj. Gen. Khaled Megawer, North Sinai governor, said efforts have been underway to send more aid to Gaza, in order to end the death of people from starvation.

“All these young generations and trucks behind you and the evacuated trucks coming back from the Gaza Strip proves that we are still working very hard to send aid to the Gaza Strip,” he said.

Both al-Imam and Megawer spoke in a news conference outside the Egyptian gate of the Rafah crossing.

Trucks loaded with aid were returning after Israel allegedly rejected the shipment.

Other trucks carrying aid were seen waiting to head to Kerem Shalom crossing for inspection.

The Rafah crossing has been closed since Israel banned the entry of aid on March 1, and Israeli forces occupied the Palestinian side of the crossing later that month when it renewed its offensive, shuttering the ceasefire.

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Prague, Czech Republic - 6 August 2025

1. Lion cub with their mother

2. Close-up of the father of cubs

3. Cub lying on the ground

4. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Jaroslav Hyjánek, Deputy Director of Dvur Kralove Safari Park:

"Essentially, the purpose of every zoo is to participate in international breeding programs. Without international breeding programs, there is no point in zoos existing at all."

5. Adult lion yawning, cubs

6. Various of cubs in inside area of enclosure, including interacting with dog through glass

7. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Jaroslav Hyjánek, Deputy Director of Dvur Kralove Safari Park:

"We are already in talks with the Israeli zoo, the newly established Negev Zoo in Beersheba. The zoo wants to become a new member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria and participate in the international breeding program for Barbary lions. So we know that the cubs, at least some of them, should leave here in the fall or spring for this new zoo in Israel."

8. Cubs

9. Close of the adult lion

STORYLINE:

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Four Barbary lion cubs have been born at a zoo in the Czech Reublic.

Experts say it's a vital contribution for a small surviving population of the rare lion that is extinct in the wild.

STORYLINE

Four Barbary lion cubs play in their outdoor enclosure at the Safari Park in Dvůr Králové.

The three females and one male soak up the sun alongside their mother, Khalila, and father, Bart.

The family group will be broken up soon, however, as the Czech zoo is part of an international endangered species program.

That means the cubs will be sent to other participating parks, including the Beersheba Zoo in Israel.

“Essentially, the purpose of every zoo is to participate in international breeding programs,” says Jaroslav Hyjánek, deputy director of Dvůr Králové Safari Park. “Without international breeding programs, there is no point in zoos existing at all.”

A majestic member of the northern lion subspecies, the Barbary lion once roamed freely across its native North Africa, including the Atlas Mountains.

A symbol of strength, it was almost completely wiped out due to human activity.

Many were killed by gladiators in Roman times, while overhunting and habitat loss contributed to their extinction.

The last known photo of a wild Barbary lion was taken in 1925, and the last confirmed individual was killed in 1942.

It’s believed the last small populations went extinct in the wild in the mid-1960s.

Fewer than 200 are estimated to live in captivity today.

Preliminary steps have been taken for a possible reintroduction of the Barbary lion to its natural habitat, according to Hyjánek.

He says that after initial talks with Moroccan authorities — who did not reject the idea outright — a conference of experts is planned in Morocco for late this year or early 2026 to determine whether the plan could move forward in one of the national parks in the Atlas Mountains.

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Teir Debba, Lebanon - 1 May 2025

++STARTS ON SOUNDBITE++

1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussein Dheini, a 12-year-old pager attack survivor:

"My name is Hussein Mohammed Dheini, I'm 12 years old, I'm a student in sixth grade. On the 17th of September, the pager beeped so I went to hand it over to my dad and it exploded. I have a lot of deformities, in my face and my hands."

++BLACK FRAMES++

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Bazourieh, Lebanon - 1 May 2025

2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sarah Jaffal, a 21-year-old pager attack survivor:

"Peace be upon you, I'm Sarah Jaffal, I'm 21 years old. I graduated two months before the September 17 pager massacre. I graduated with an Information Technology Management degree from the Lebanese American University. I lost my eyesight completely for one month, then I regained sight in one eye but the other is gone, and I also had my fingers amputated, and suffered partial amputations in the fingers of my right hand."

++BLACK FRAMES++

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Barish, Lebanon - 28 April 2025

3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Abbas, 12-year-old pager attack survivor:

"My name is Ali Abbas, I'm 12 years old, and I'm a seventh-grade student. On September 17, at 3:20 p.m. the pager fell on the floor, I picked it up, pressed on a button it said to press on, the pager exploded, and I don't remember anything afterwards."

++BLACK FRAMES++

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Borj Rahhal, Lebanon - 28 April 2025

4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mustafa Choeib, 35-year-old pager attack survivor:

“My name is Mustafa Mortada Choeib and I'm 35 years-old. I have a Masters in Computer Science, a Masters in Human Resources Management, external research in Seminary Sciences, and I'm an instructor in the Islamic Seminary. I was injured on the September 17 pager massacre, due to which I lost my eyesight completely in both eyes, got facial deformities, and lost four fingers on my right hand."

++BLACK FRAMES++

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Burj al-Barajneh, Lebanon - 12 May 2025

5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahdi Sheri, 23-year-old pager attack survivor:

"My name is Mahdi Anis Sheri, I'm 23 years old. On September 17 at 3:13 p.m. I was injured in the pager massacre. While I was home the pager beeped, it sounded weird, so I picked it up and after I pressed on the 'ok' button it exploded in my face. I lost both eyes and three fingers."

++BLACK FRAMES++

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Beirut, Lebanon - 25 April 2025

6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zeinab Mestrah, 26-year-old pager attack survivor:

"My name is Zeinab Mestrah and I'm 26 years old. I'm an Interior Design student and had my own business. On September 17, 2024 I got injured in the pager massacre. I was at work when I heard the pager beep as I was passing by. I saw an "error" message and a picture of a skull. When I came close, it exploded. I have not been able to see ever since."

++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++

STORYLINE:

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London - 6 August 2025

1. Medium photographers taking pictures of Darth Vader's Lightsaber

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Lane, CEO and founder of Propstore - on the Lightsaber:

"This is this is an amazing piece. It's something that's been lost for over 40 years. Didn't know that - nobody knew that this thing still existed. So this is Darth Vader’s Hero Visual Effects Lightsaber, used extensively in 'Empire Strikes Back' and 'Return of the Jedi.' So it's photo matched to 'Empire Strikes Back,' it's screen matched to 'The Return of the Jedi,' and this is essentially something that's pivotal to the story arc of the film, those three original films. It's the fight between good versus bad, Luke versus Vader, and this is Vader's dueling saber. It's an astonishing piece of memorabilia, but it's really just such an artifact. We can't really believe that we've got it here in the room. It's so exciting."

3. Medium zoom in of Lightsaber

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Brandon Alinger, COO of Propstore - on the Lightsaber returning to London:

"Yeah, I actually flew over from Los Angeles with this in my hand luggage, which was a little bit nerve wracking. But it went absolutely fine. And, you know, we're happy to have it here. It's really interesting because all the live action photography for the 'Star Wars' films was shot outside London at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, and this is the first time that this lightsaber has been back in the UK in decades."

5. Medium zoom in Brandon Alinger placing the Lightsaber in the case

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Brandon Alinger, COO of Propstore - on the details of the Lightsaber:

"Another thing that's really interesting to point out is the heavy dent in the bottom of the end cap, which you actually see on screen in 'Return of the Jedi.' And the grips, you can see this grip here is almost completely broken away, likely happened during filming. Maybe it was an impact from one of the other lightsaber blades. But you can see it originally started with seven grips, if you count them around the circumference of the 'saber. This one is now largely missing, so there's a lot of wear and tear on this piece. It really tells its own story as to the history of it, and I just love the character that comes through and all the scratches and all the damage."

7. Medium of Sauron’s helmet

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Siân Taylor, Director of Operations for Propstore's UK division - on the helmet:

"In my hands I have the dark Lord Sauron's helmet from 'The Lord of the Rings.' So it was worn by Sala Baker in the role and was used in the prologue of the opening of the first film."

9. Medium of helmet

10. Close up tilt up of helmet

11. Medium of Indiana Jones’ Bullwhip and Belt

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Brandon Alinger, COO of Propstore - on Indiana Jones’ bullwhip and belt:

"Yeah. This is an original Indiana Jones' whip from 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.' In addition to the whip, you can see we have his belt... [truncated]

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Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 6 August 2025

1. Mourners carrying body of a man killed while trying to reach aid trucks entering Gaza through the Zikim crossing

2. Various of boy crying next to body at Shifa Hospital

3. Various of mourners carrying body for funeral prayers

4. Various of mourners praying

5. Mourners carrying body for burial, chanting (Arabic) "There is no God but Allah"

6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ala Abu Aker, relative of one of the victims:

"He went to Zikim to help his parents get flour. He was shot in the head and he was martyred. May he rest in peace."

7. People crying over bodies of loved ones

8. Various of mourners praying over bodies laid on ground

9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) No name given, relative of victim:

++AUDIO AS INCOMING++

"My cousin was on his way to get food for his four children. He went out just to bring them food, and next thing we knew, he came back as a martyr. He was vulnerable, not affiliated with Hamas or any group. He was just a humble, ordinary guy."

10. Mourners carrying body for burial, chanting (Arabic) "Martyrs are beloved of God"

11. Various of people transporting a body on a tractor, chanting (Arabic) "God is great"

12. Various of mourners praying as body laid on the ground

13. Various of mourners carrying body for burial

STORYLINE:

Mourners gathered Wednesday around the bodies of several people killed while seeking aid in the northern Gaza Strip, according to relatives and hospital officials.

Some were crying over the bodies of loved ones, cradling their faces one last time before bidding them a final farewell.

A relative of one of the victims said he had left to the Zikim crossing to bring food.

"He went to Zikim to help his parents get flour. He was shot in the head and he was martyred. May he rest in peace," Ala Abu Aker said.

Several hundred Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since May while heading toward food distribution sites, airdropped parcels and aid convoys, according to witnesses, local health officials and the U.N. human rights office.

Israel's military says it only has fired warning shots and disputes the toll.

Hamas-led militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251 in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war.

They still hold 50 hostages, around 20 of them believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefires or other deals.

Israel’s retaliatory military offensive has killed more than 61,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

The ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count but says around half the dead have been women and children, is staffed by medical professionals.

The U.N. and other independent experts view its figures as the most reliable casualty count.

Israel has disputed the figures but hasn’t provided its own.

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ARCHIVE: Beirut, Lebanon – 17 September 2024

1. Ambulance arriving at hospital

VOICEOVER: On the afternoon of September 17, 2024, Hussein Dheini was playing on his mobile phone at home when an unfamiliar buzzing rang through the house. It was coming from his dad's pager.

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Teir Debba, Lebanon – 1 May 2025

2. Hussein Dheini hugging his mother

3. Close of Dheini’s mother holding his hands

4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussein Dheini, Pager attack victim:

“This was a strange beep, so I picked it up and brought up close to my eyes and saw an error message with an arrow pointing to the word “ok”, when I pressed the 'ok' button it exploded.”

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ARCHIVE: Beirut, Lebanon - 17 September 2024

5. Ambulance speeding by

6. Ambulance pulling into hospital

VOICEOVER: At that moment, thousands of pagers distributed to the Hezbollah militant group were blowing up in homes, offices, shops and on frontlines across Lebanon, remotely detonated by Israel. The pager attack was stunning in its scope. It wounded more than 3,000 people and killed 12, including two children.

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ARCHIVE: Sidon, Lebanon - 18 September 2024

7. Various of smoke coming out of mobile phone shop and Lebanese civil defence vehicles in the street

8. Close of smoke coming out of shop

VOICEOVER: In another household in the south of Lebanon, Sarah Jaffal didn't have time to react after picking up a pager belonging to a family member. The explosion took her by surprise.

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Bazourieh, Lebanon – 1 May 2025

9. Sarah Jaffal typing on her laptop

10. Close of Jaffal’s hands

11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sarah Jaffal, Pager attack survivor:

“I was holding (the pager) with both hands and looking at it as I was about to get up and hand it over, I didn’t hear it explode, but suddenly everything went dark and I couldn’t see anything and I felt I was in a whirlpool.”

VOICEOVER: Sarah has had 45 surgeries in nine months and more will come, including reconstructive surgery on her face and fingers. Two fingers are fused together, four are missing. She is waiting for a prosthetic right eye and undergoing physiotherapy. Hezbollah has acknowledged that most of those wounded and killed were its fighters or personnel. However, the explosions also wounded many civilians like Sarah, who was one of 4 women along with 71 men who received medical treatment in Iran.

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Tyre, Lebanon – 28 May 2025

12. Various of Jaffal doing a physical therapy session with doctor

13. Jaffal in pain

14. Various of Jaffal doing physical therapy exercises on her injured hand

VOICEOVER: Hezbollah won't say exactly how many civilians were hurt, but said most civilians injured were relatives of Hezbollah personnel or workers in Hezbollah-linked institutions, including hospitals. Preacher Mustafa Choeib recalled that his two young daughters used to play with his pager, and he sometimes found it among their toys... [truncated]

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Hiroshima, Japan - 06 August 2025

1. Various of people releasing paper lanterns into Motoyasu River

2. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Mieko Nishimura, Hiroshima resident:

++STARTS ON SHOT 1, PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 3 -4++

“I wish that tragedy will never be repeated again. Like my daughter said, we hope to lead our lives with world peace in mind.”

3. Close of a lantern with a drawing of paper crane

4. Wide of lanterns floating

5. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Mieko Nishimura, Hiroshima resident:

++STARTS ON SHOT 4, PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 6 -8++

“It’s been an important day for us every year. This year in particular I feel grateful for us to be all alive.”

6. Tilt down of lanterns floating

7. Mid of people releasing lanterns

8. Wide of person recording lanterns, lanterns floating

9. Wide of the Atomic Bomb Dome lit at night

10. Wide of lanterns, bridge and boats

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Barbra Vitt, tourist from Germany:

++STARTS ON SHOT 10, PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY 10 -13++

“It’s very important to feel it and to see it, to watch what peace means. And that is so important that everyone stands up for peace and gives the sign for peace.”

12. People releasing lanterns

13. Mid of a person lighting and releasing a lantern and drifting

14. Wide of lanterns floating

STORYLINE:

Hundreds of people gathered near the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Wednesday to release candle-lit lanterns into the river, marking 80 years since the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city.

People gathered on the river banks to pray for peace and wrote personal wishes on the paper lanterns before releasing them down Motoyasu River.

Hiroshima resident Mieko Nishimura said she and her 8-year-old daughter wished for world peace.

Her great-grandmother died in the atomic bombing 80 years ago, and she said August 6 is an important day for her family every year.

“This year in particular I feel grateful for us to be all alive,” she said.

The 80th anniversary comes at a time when possession of nuclear weapons for deterrence is increasingly supported by the international community, including Japan.

The bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, destroyed the city and killed 140,000 people. A second bomb dropped three days later on Nagasaki killed 70,000.

Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World War II and Japan’s nearly half-century of aggression in Asia.

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Copacabana, Bolivia - 5 de agosto de 2025 

 

1. Devotos participando en la procesión 

 

2. Pétalos y confetis lanzados a devotos que portaban imágenes de la Virgen

 

3. SOUNDBITE (Español) Araceli Morales, Devota Boliviana: 

++PARTE SUPERPUESTA Tomas 4 y 5++

“Aquel año que nosotros visitamos acá, que estuvimos de pasada, solamente por turismo, hemos entrado a misa y claro como los comunitarios dicen que es muy milagroso y eso, nosotros tenemos un negocio que era a la mitad de un cuartito y ahora tenemos un negocio próspero de un departamento grande y me siento muy bendecida por la mamita de Copacabana.”

 

4. Varios de bailarines de candombe, tocando tambores y con máscaras que representan a esclavos africanos

 

5. Procesión de Nuestra Señora de Copacabana 

 

6. SOUNDBITE (Español) Ever Mamani, feligrÉs peruano de Arequipa:

++PARTE SUPERPUESTA++

 “Vengo con mucha por la Virgen de Copacabana. Yo le tengo mucha fe. Gracias a la madrecita que me ha cumplido por tantos deseos.”

 

7. Procesión de Nuestra Señora de Copacabana

 

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Copacabana, Bolivia - 4 de agosto de 2025 

 

8. Varios planos de devotos encendiendo velas en el santuario

 

9. Velas encendidas

STORYLINE:

Más de 50.000 personas viajan a Copacabana, a orillas del lago Titicaca, desde ciudades de Bolivia y Perú para honrar a Nuestra Señora de Copacabana, cada agosto, cuando una réplica de esta figura de la Virgen María sale en procesión. 

 

La basílica de Nuestra Señora de Copacabana ha resguardado esta imagen de la Virgen María desde finales del siglo XVI. 

 

Su historia se remonta a 1583, cuando el descendiente inca Francisco Tito Yupanqui elaboró una figura en su honor. 

 

Se la enseñó al sacerdote entonces a cargo de la iglesia, pero tras burlarse de su creación y echarlo del templo, Yupanqui se fue a caminar junto al lago.

 

Allí, se encontró con la imagen de la Virgen como una doncella inca. 

 

En Potosí, a unos 530 kilómetros de La Paz, Yupanqui talló en un tronco de maguey la imagen que ahora se venera en la basílica. 

 

Cuando Yupanqui regresó a Copacabana, la ciudad estaba bajo ocupación española, y tanto los indígenas aymaras como los quechuas -ahora ciudadanos de Bolivia y Perú- se encontraban en el lugar con fines evangelizadores.

 

Durante las celebraciones los feligreses encienden velas una por cada milagro solicitado y esperan pacientemente a que se consuman antes de partir.

 

Su fiesta oficial es el 2 de febrero Día de la Candelaria, pero el 5 de agosto se conmemora el aniversario de su coronación canónica como santa patrona de Bolivia tras una bula papal emitida por Pío XII en 1925.

 

ANNE MARIE GARCIA, ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

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