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Kwethluk, Alaska - 19 June 2025

1. Various of people awaiting the arrival of church officials including Metropolitan Tikhon and Archibishop Alexei

2. Various of church officials including Metropolitan Tikhon and Archibishop Alexei arriving by boat in Kwethluk, Alaska

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Anchorage, Alaska - 4 June 2025

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Archbishop Alexei, Diocese of Alaska:

“We are going to be having the glorification services or canonization service for the first Native American Orthodox saint, a Yup’ik woman who is the wife of a priest, known as Matushka Olga.”

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Kwethluk, Alaska - 19 June 2025

4. Medium shot of Metropolitan Tikhon arriving at Kwethluk

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Anchorage, Alaska - 4 June 2025

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Archbishop Alexei, Diocese of Alaska:

“And during her lifetime, her presence would bring peace. Her love could easily be felt and would be healing to the people of the region. And following her death, she would appear throughout North America and in Alaska, continuing to bring healing. And so her veneration has just spread very much throughout Alaska, throughout North America, even to other parts of the world.”

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Kwethluk, Alaska - 18 June 2025

6. Various of people worshipping at St. Olga’s former gravesite in the old church’s courtyard, collecting soil that was beneath her casket.

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Kwethluk, Alaska - 18 June 2025

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Wiz Ruppert, St. Olga’s granddaughter:

“And I'm one of those people that she helped."

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Kwethluk, Alaska - 19 June 2025

8. Various of church officials moving Olga’s remains to the old church’s courtyard for a ceremony performed by Metropolitan Tikhon

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Kwethluk, Alaska - 18 June 2025

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Wiz Ruppert, St. Olga’s granddaughter:

"After I got married, we tried to conceive with no luck, so I gave up and that night that I gave up, she came to me in a dream.”

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Kwethluk, Alaska - 19 June 2025

10. Metropolitan Tikhon and church officials performing a ceremony over St. Olga’s remains

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Kwethluk, Alaska - 18 June 2025

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Wiz Ruppert, St. Olga’s granddaughter:

“And then she said, ‘You will have a baby. You're going to get pregnant, and you will have a girl. You will name her after me.’”

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Kwethluk, Alaska - 19 June 2025

12. Worshippers venerating at Olga’s casket ahead of canonization

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Kwethluk, Alaska - 18 June 2025

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Wiz Ruppert, St. Olga’s granddaughter:

“I became pregnant and then I was like thinking about my dream throughout that whole thing and wasn't quite believing that it would happen and I'm like, and I told myself if I know, if I find out if it's a girl then I know that it really is from my grandmother. So a few months after that we had the ultrasound and we found out that it was a girl... [truncated]

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Dallas – 13 June 2025

1. Various of Gabriel Mendez and Kenneth Denson looking at wall of photos

2. Tight of sign that the couple placed on the entrance of their comic store

3. Tight of photo of couple kissing

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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kenneth Denson, Texas Resident:

“So we were at the courthouse bright and early just to you know to wait and see if it was going to happen and it did and so we were one of the first folks in line here in Dallas to be able to get married.”

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ARCHIVE: Dallas – 26 June 2015

5. STILL of Mendez and Denson kissing after getting married

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ARCHIVE: Washington – 26 June 2015

6. Various of crowd gathered outside of the Supreme Court

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ARCHIVE: Louisville, Kentucky - 26 June 2015

7. People cheering in Jefferson County Clerk's office as Timothy Love and Larry Ysunza become first couple to get a marriage license in Louisville, UPSOUND (English): "Love has won"

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ARCHIVE: Washington – 26 June 2015

8. STILL of same-sex marriage supporters gathering outside Supreme Court

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Columbus, Ohio – 24 June 2025

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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Kobil, Capital University:

“The court said that the right of marriage is such a fundamentally important right that it extends to everyone regardless of whether they love persons of the opposite sex or persons of the same sex.”

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Columbus, Ohio – 18 June 2025

10. Various of Shirley Lange and Kris Elliott playing with their puppy

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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Shirley Lange, Ohio resident:

“That was when we had sort of the, I guess you would call it the come to Jesus talk about. Wow, this is more than just a friendship for both of us.”

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12. Medium of Lange looking through wedding album

13. Various of photos

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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Kris Elliott, Ohio resident:

“I wanted to make sure something happened to me. Was the person who would inherit if something happened to both of us that I had a legal relationship.”

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ARCHIVE: Washington – 7 October 2022

15. STILL of Supreme Court Justices

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ARCHIVE: Washington – 23 April 2021

16. STILL of Justice Clarence Thomas

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ARCHIVE: Washington – 8 December 2022

17. STILL of sign reading “Respect for Marriage Act”

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Columbus – 18 June 2025

18. Tight of photo of Lange and Elliott

19. Various of Lange and Elliot playing with puppy

20. Tight of Lange and Elliott family

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KENNETH DENSON AND GABRIEL MENDEZ SAY THEY REMEMBER JUNE 26, 2015 LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.

THE COUPLE HAD TAPED A SIGN ON THE DOOR OF THEIR COMIC BOOK STORE, WARNING CUSTOMERS THE STORE MAY OPEN LATE BECAUSE THEY HOPED TO BE MARRIED THAT MORNING.

SOUNDBITE (English) Kenneth Denson, Texas Resident:

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Nashville, Tennessee - 25 June 2025

1. Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia Jennifer Vasquez Sura arriving at the federal courthouse

2. Mid of supporters holding a Kilmar Abrego Garcia's painted portrait

3. Various of supporters, UPSOUND (English) "Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here." "No ICE. No KKK. No Fascist USA" "Whose country? Our country! Whose rights? Our rights!" "Respect due process."

4. Various of signs reading "I like my matcha how I like my city - without ICE." "No person shall.. be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." "Liberty and justice for all."

STORYLINE:

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is expected to be released from jail in Tennessee on Wednesday, only to be taken into immigration custody.

The Salvadoran national whose mistaken deportation became a flashpoint in the fight over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies has been in jail since he was returned to the U.S. on June 7, facing two counts of human smuggling.

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, arrived at the federal courthouse Wednesday morning, escorted by family members.

Supporters were seen gathered outside the courthouse, holding handmade signs and a large painted portrait of Kilmar, chanting in unison.

On Sunday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes ruled that Abrego Garcia does not have to remain in jail ahead of that trial. On Wednesday afternoon, she will set his conditions of release and allow him to go, according to her order. However, his defense attorneys and prosecutors have said they expect him to be taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as soon as he is released on the criminal charges.

Federal prosecutors are appealing Holmes' release order. Among other things, they expressed concern in a motion filed on Sunday that Abrego Garcia could be deported before he faces trial. Holmes has said that she won't step between the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security — it is up to them to decide whether they want to deport Abrego Garcia or prosecute him.

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Venice, Italy - 25 June 2025

1. Mid of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wavving as they leave their hotel in Venice

2. Boat with Bezos and Sanchez passing

STORYLINE:

Multi-billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez arrived in Venice on Wednesday ahead of their star-studded weekend wedding, an event that has galvanized a wide assortment of activist groups protesting it.

Bezos waved from a water taxi as he and Sanchez arrived at the dock of the Aman Hotel, a five-star hotel on the Grand Canal, with two security boats in tow.

The event has drawn protests by groups who view it as a sign of the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots, while residents complain it exemplifies the way their needs are disregarded in the era of mass tourism to the historic lagoon city.

About a dozen Venetian organizations — including housing advocates, anti-cruise ship campaigners and university groups — have united to protest the multi-day event under the banner “No Space for Bezos,” a play on words also referring to the bride’s recent space flight.

Among the 200 guests attending the wedding are Mick Jagger, Ivanka Trump, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry and Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Rehovot, Israel - 25 June 2025

1. Various of coffin draped in Israeli flag with body of Staff Sergeant Ronel Ben-Moshe inside, being brought in by soldiers, UPSOUND of praying in Hebrew

2. Various of mourners

3. Mid of soldiers standing next to grave

4. Wide of funeral

5. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Ori Ben Moshe, soldier and Staff Sergeant Ronel Ben-Moshe's brother:

"Brother, when you knew that I am going to be in Gaza, you told me how much I am important and that you are worried that there will be an incident in the family. You told me to take care of myself, and to be careful from IEDs, you are the person closest to my heart."

6. Close of sign on grave, text reading (Hebrew) "Staff Sergeant Ronel Ben-Moshe"

7. Mid of mourners

8. Tilt up from a man carrying a gun hugging woman

9. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Inbal (only one name given), Staff Sergeant Ronel Ben-Moshe's partner:

"I miss our conversations where we try to speak in English, and the only thing you liked was that I always told you (in English) that I am so proud of you, and you laughed. You promised me to study together, cook together and make food for each other, you promised me many things. Ronal, the last few days have been very difficult."

10. Inbal taken to be seated

11. Soldiers firing in the air in commemoration

STORYLINE:

Mourners grieved Wednesday during a funeral of an Israeli soldier who was killed during a military operation in the Gaza Strip.

Israel’s military said that seven soldiers had been killed the day before inside Gaza.

Staff Sergeant Ronel Ben-Moshe, 20, was one of the the soldiers killed on Tuesday when their armored vehicle was struck by an explosive, an Israeli military official said.

The soldier's brother Ori Ben Moshe, also a soldier, told mourners that his brother worried about him more than himself, when he knew he was going to Gaza.

"You told me to take care of myself, and to be careful from (Improvised explosive devices) IEDs, you are the person closest to my heart," the brother said.

A military official, speaking on the condition of anonymity in line with military regulations, said that the seven were killed around 5 p.m. when an explosive affixed to their armored vehicle in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis detonated.

The military said another soldier was badly wounded Tuesday from RPG fire.

The incident was an unusually deadly one for Israel’s troops operating inside Gaza.

The military says over 860 soldiers have been killed since the war began with the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack — including more than 400 during fighting inside Gaza.

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Or Akiva, Israel - 25 June, 2025

1. Liran Berman, brother of hostages Ziv and Gali Berman 

2. Family picture on Liran’s phone

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Liran Berman, brother of hostages Ziv and Gali Berman: 

“The last 12 days were really difficult, really intense. We got a glimpse, just a glimpse of what Gali and Zivi and the other hostages are feeling, the uncertainty and the fear for your life for any moment. They are feeling it 20 months. We felt it for 12 days now, that every moment can be your last, and when alarms (missiles) are flying then you are afraid, and this is what they are feeling for 20 months now.”

4. Family picture on Liran’s phone

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Liran Berman, brother of hostages Ziv and Gali Berman:

“Hamas, they wanted Hezbollah and Syria and Iran to all be part of October 7th attack. And in the end, they were alone. And then Hezbollah fell and then Syria fell. And now, Iran didn't fall, but the regime was hit hard, really hard. And we know that Iran is the head of the snake. We know that they funded, facilitated, thought about and gave the green light for the October 7 attack.”

6. Video of Ziv Beman with Liran’s children on his phone

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Liran Berman, brother of hostages Ziv and Gali Berman: 

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“So when the head of the snake got beaten so badly and Hezbollah and Syria is not there to help Hamas, we are hoping that all those dominoes falling into pieces will help secure a better deal for the hostages and secure a long term, peace is a big word, but long term safety in the region.”

8. Picture of the three Berman brothers on Liran’s phone

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Liran Berman, brother of hostages Ziv and Gali Berman:. 

“Once Hamas is seeing that their beneficiary, that the main head is not longer with them, is concerned with themselves, then I think now it's the time to pressure them and tell them, look, you are on your own, no one is coming to your help, this is it. If you want to survive and not die, then this is it, this is the moment to release the hostages and lay your weapons and then it's up to others to decide what will happen with the head of Hamas. But I think the dominoes fell into place and it's time for diplomacy to reign now.”

10. Liran’s dog

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Liran Berman, brother of hostages Ziv and Gali Berman: 

“They contacted us and they told us that the negotiation is always going on, but when Iran fell, not fell, but when Iran got hit that badly then they think that Hamas is more flexible in their demands.”

12. Berman sitting with his dog

 

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ARCHIVE: Kfar Aza, Israel - 29 January 2024

13. Pan on scorched damaged homes at Kibbutz Kfar Aza after it was attacked by militants form the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7

14. Various of scorched houses

15. Various of hostage Ziv Berman’s house with a banner with his image at entrance

16. Mid of scorched house

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Venice, Italy - 25 June 2025

1. Mid of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wavving as they leave their hotel in Venice

2. Boat with Bezos and Sanchez passing

STORYLINE:

Multi-billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez arrived in Venice on Wednesday ahead of their star-studded weekend wedding, an event that has galvanized a wide assortment of activist groups protesting it.

Bezos waved from a water taxi as he and Sanchez arrived at the dock of the Aman Hotel, a five-star hotel on the Grand Canal, with two security boats in tow.

The event has drawn protests by groups who view it as a sign of the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots, while residents complain it exemplifies the way their needs are disregarded in the era of mass tourism to the historic lagoon city.

About a dozen Venetian organizations — including housing advocates, anti-cruise ship campaigners and university groups — have united to protest the multi-day event under the banner “No Space for Bezos,” a play on words also referring to the bride’s recent space flight.

Among the 200 guests attending the wedding are Mick Jagger, Ivanka Trump, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry and Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Khan Younis, Gaza - 25 June 2025

1. Various of people, some of them carrying bags of aid, walking back from Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)

2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Issa Safi, displaced from Khan Younis:

"Because of hunger and the scarcity of what we have, this is what made us go, because of the hunger and thirst that we are going through, and I wish I get something when I go, I do not get anything of what I want. I go to collect from under people’s feet, I collect a little pasta and a few bags of torn flour and you return home to cover your needs."

3. People walking back from distribution point

4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nidal Qasas, displaced from Rafah:

"You bring it soaked in blood, you go after you say goodbye to your children in the morning on the condition that you will not return, because 90 percent will not return and 10 percent will return. We want a solution to this problem, this is a big problem, this is not the solution that the Americans created."

5. Various of people carrying bags of aid and walking back, some on carts

6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Faris Abu Hashim, from Rafah:

"I am forced because of my children. There is no income. Sometimes I come back with this, and other times I come back with barely a bag of flour. This is our life. We run and walk two or four kilometers (2.5mi) until I come back with a bag of flour or a bottle of oil."

7. Various of people carrying bags of aid, holding what appears to be knives

8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Raed Abu Farhan, displaced from east of Khan Younis:

"We hope that these points will be closed, because these are death points. You will either be returned as injured or killed. It is all risky and deadly. We hope that everyone will close all these points, and that we will return to distribution through foreign organizations."

9. Various of people carrying bags of aid and walking back

STORYLINE:

Scores of Palestinians in Khan Younis returned on Wednesday after a long wait to receive aid in the southern city of Rafah from the American-led group the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Some expressed frustration at the chaos, lack of aid, and shooting incidents that appear be taking place when they gather at dawn.

Faris Abu Hashim walked a long journey to help secure some food for his children, only to return with nothing but a bag of flour.

“We run and walk two or four kilometers (2.5mi) until I come back with a bag of flour or a bottle of oil,” he said.

Raed Abu Farhan who had returned empty-handed said that the current system run by the Israeli-backed organization is not effective, adding that aid distribution led United Nations agencies was far more effective and safer for Palestinians.

Decrying the shooting incidents and stampedes, he called the collection points “death points.”

“You’re likely returning either wounded or killed,” he said.

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Arad, Israel - 25 June 2025

1. Body of Noa Boguslavsky wrapped with Israeli flag

2. Olga Boguslavsky, mother of Noa, crying and being comforted

3. Pan from body of Noa Boguslavsky wrapped with Israeli flag to her mother and mourners

4. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Olga Boguslavsky, mother of victim Noa Boguslavsky:

“I love you more than anything in the world. Your sweet cheeks, beautiful eyes. I just can’t believe I won’t see you again.”

5. Olga Boguslavsky weeping over her daughter’s body

6. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) May (only first name given), friend of Noa Boguslavsky:

“My Noa, you went with the person you loved most in the world. No one could miss the deep love you had for Eitan. You admired him so much and always wanted to be by his side. Now, you are with him forever — but far away from us."

7. Mourners and mother of Noa Boguslavsky

8. Mourners carrying Boguslavsky’s body

9. Boguslavsky’s body lowered into grave

10. Various of mourners laying flowers

STORYLINE:

The funeral for an 18-year-old Israeli woman who was killed in an Iranian missile attack was held in southern Israel Wednesday.

Iranian barrages killed at least four people, including Noa Boguslavsky, and injured eight others Tuesday in Beersheba.

Israeli media reported that Boguslavsky was killed with her boyfriend and his mother.

Another woman was killed in the attack.

In Israel, at least 28 people have been killed and more than 1,000 wounded in the war. 

Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 1,054 people and wounded 4,476 others, according to figures released Wednesday by the Washington-based group Human Rights Activists.

Iran’s government provided sporadic casualty information throughout the war.

Its latest update on Tuesday put the death toll at 606 people killed, with 5,332 others being injured. 

The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding after a rocky start, giving rise to cautious hope that it could lead to a long-term peace agreement.

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Beirut, Lebanon - 25 June 2025

1. Various of Hezbollah supporters gathering in front of Iranian Embassy while holding up several flags including the Iranian one, picture of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Faisal Abdul Sater, pro-Hezbollah political analyst:

"Iran has come to tell everyone: Yes, Iran has proven itself to be a strong state and it is not to be messed with. Now, those both near and far will know that any aggression against Iran will be met with a much greater response."

3. Various of Hezbollah protesters waving Iranian and Lebanese flags

4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amal Saadeh, Hezbollah supporter:

"This is in support of the Islamic Republic (Iran), of course, and in support of the Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei). We are one hand, and nothing can ever divide us no matter how hard they try. We support them in every way that is within our capacity."

5. Various of Hezbollah protesters chanting UPSOUND (Arabic): "We are at your service Nasrallah”

6. Various of protest, protesters holding pictures of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

STORYLINE:

Thousands of supporters of the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group gathered in a rally on Wednesday in front of Iranian embassy in Beirut to show their support for Iran.

The Iran-backed rally comes as the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding on Wednesday.

Hezbollah is an ally of both Iran and the Palestinian militant Hamas group in Gaza.

The group's supporters at the rally waved Lebanese, Hezbollah and Iranian flags.

"We are one hand, and nothing can ever divide us no matter how hard they try," said Hezbollah supporter Amal Saadeh.

Israel launched a surprise barrage of attacks on sites in Iran on June 13, which Israeli officials said was necessary to head off what they claimed was an imminent threat that Iran would build nuclear bombs.

Iran has responded with a series of missile and drone strikes in Israel.

U.S. President Donald Trump helped negotiate the ceasefire between Israel and Iran that took hold Tuesday on the 12th day of the war.

Hezbollah, which launched its own strikes on Israel a day after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack, has been hard-hit and suffered significant losses on the battlefield until a U.S.-brokered ceasefire last November ended the 14 months of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel.

The militant group, funded and armed by Iran, has long been considered Tehran’s most powerful ally in the region but its latest war with Israel also saw much of Hezbollah’s political and military leadership killed in Israeli airstrikes.

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