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Milan - 21 June 2025

1. Various, Emporio Armani catwalk

2. Various, final pass

AP VIDEO SHOT BY: Renato Ferrero

PRODUCTION: Paola Masera

STORYLINE:

Giorgio Armani’s admiration for other cultures and global aesthetic was on full display at his latest Emporio Armani show, but the designer himself was notably absent.

Armani, 90, skipped the customary bow at the Emporio Armani menswear preview for Spring-Summer 2026 during Milan Fashion Week on Saturday, as he recovers at home. His fashion house confirmed his convalescence in advance but did not provide details about his condition.

Despite his absence, Armani was deeply involved in shaping the collection, his fashion house said, working closely with Leo Dell’Orco, his longtime menswear director, who took the final bow. Normally, Armani would have posed with the models at the end of the show — another signature moment missing.

The Emporio Armani collection carried a free-spirited, Bohemian air — a vision for the youthful adventurer who balances comfort with style, ornament with utility. Models sported braids or silver beads in their hair, and layered accessories: beaded necklaces, charms, tassels, and fringes.

Jackets ranged from softly tailored with sweeping scarf collars — ideal for wind and sun protection — to intricately detailed styles with feather-light touches or loose weaves.

Natural fabrics like crepe and linen, often left rough to the touch, contrasted with silky prints inspired by Moroccan mosaics. Trousers varied from gently pleated to dramatically ballooned, paired with long, embroidered tunics.

The traveler’s ensemble was completed with crossbody bags, tapestry duffels, vintage-style suitcases, woven slippers, and straw hats worn low over the eyes, conjuring the image of a man journeying through sun-soaked lands.

For the EA7 Emporio Armani line — his sporty offshoot — Armani leaned into more technical textiles. A desert-inspired capsule collection played out against a soundtrack of howling wind, echoing the stark and elemental feel of the clothes as the models strode through the showroom, which was decorated with sheer curtains.

The show notes described the collection as “a moment of introspection and identity. Not to pause in contemplation, but to channel new energy into moving forward, while conscious of one’s own origins.”

Armani returns to “shapes and attitudes that have always been present, returning to a founding principle of his aesthetic: A genuine interest in other cultures,’’ the notes said.

Front-row guests included Olympic champion sprinter Marcell Jacobs, actors André Lamoglia, from the Netflix series “Elite," and Michael Cooper Jr., currently starring in the Netflix series “Forever,’’ and NBA players Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers and Anthony Black of the Orlando Magic.

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Nuuk - 21 June 2025

1. Various of Greenlanders in traditional costume singing before marching to start its national day

2. Greenlanders marching towards the colonial harbour

3. People gathering

4. People waving Greenland's flags

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Johannes Ostermann, local resident:

++OVERLAID ON SHOTS 1,2,3,4,

"Today is a very special day for Greenland, 21st of June. It's a day we got our home rule government in 2009. We established ourselves away from Denmark and we got our own human rights. I consider it some part of family where you get to go out in the city and you get to meet the people you haven't met in a while and you know they're going to be there because it's a big day for Greenland and we enjoy each other's company. Everyone says congratulations to each other, everyone's saying hi, everyone's being very very nice because it is a very nice day for us all."

6. Wide of boats starting to sail with sound of cannon salute for seal hunting competition

7. The first boat coming back

8. Seal being cut

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Pilo Samuelsen (left), seal hunt competitor:

++OVERLAID ON SHOT 8++

"It's a day of unity and the celebration. All people come together on this day, and it's.. The seal hunt competition is a nice tradition. And it's fun and it brings people together."

10. Winners posing for photo in front of the prize

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Kalerak Heilmann (right), seal hunt competitor:

++OVERLAID ON SHOT 12++

"Especially, it's our flag's 40th anniversary today. Our flag is only 40 years."

12. Greenland national flag

13. Various of people dancing

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Aviaaja Frederii, local:

++OVERLAID ON SHOT 13++

"We have a lot of going on with the USA and Denmark and stuff but we stay stand and like representing our culture and this day we show our culture to the out coming people who is working here or moved here so it's a big day for us."

15. People marching with flags

STORYLINE:

Greenlanders celebrated National Day, the Arctic island's biggest summer festival, on Saturday to mark the solstice with songs, cannon salutes and dances under 24 hours of sunlight.

Revelers across the semi-autonomous Danish territory, which is also coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump, honored the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer, with a march through their hometowns waving flags and participating in a seal hunting competition.

The national holiday was declared in 1985, following a referendum on home rule six years earlier, with the inaugural raising of the red-and-white Greenlandic flag. As the sun came out, locals gathered for the day of festivities, visiting friends and families, eating and dancing together.

Greenland's roughly 56,000 inhabitants look forward to the midnight sun each year from May 25 to July 25, before the long, dark winte... [truncated]

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El Alto, Bolivia - 21 June 2025

1. First lights behind mountains, bonfire, Yatiris (Andean spiritual leaders) during a ceremony asking for the sun to rise

2. Believers participating in the ceremony, raising hands

3. Two llamas in a bonfire as an offering during the solstice rituals

4. Bonfire, offerings, people

5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Rosmeri Choque, resident of El Alto:

++PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOTS FROM 1 TO 4++

"What we want from the city of El Alto is to ask, in these moments of crisis when the country is going through very difficult times, for peace, for calm, for a strong economy, good health, and good omens. That all Bolivians do well, even though we are going through critical times. We ask nature, Pachamama (Mother Earth), and Tata Inti (Father Sun), as has been done for 5,533 years, to bless us all."

6. Sun rising, mountains, La Paz city view from El Alto city

7. Various of people raising their hands to receive the sun’s rays

8. Group of farmers raising hands

9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Miguel Cuellar, resident of El Alto:

++PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOTS FROM 6 TO 8 AND 10++

"We believe this year will bring good omens because, as you may have seen, the sun rose without any trouble. Last year, we had to wait almost two hours to receive the first rays of the sun."

10 . Farmers raising hands

STORYLINE:

Thousands of Bolivians made their way to the surrounding mountains and scenic viewpoints in the early hours of Saturday to welcome the first rays of sunlight, marking the celebration of the Andean New Year.

This traditional festival dates back to pre-Hispanic civilizations and coincides with the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.

According to popular belief, pilgrimages to sacred mountain sites—where people offer gifts to Pachamama, or Mother Earth—and the act of receiving the first rays of sunlight are believed to bring renewed energy.

"We ask nature, Pachamama (Mother Earth), and Tata Inti (Father Sun), as has been done for 5,533 years, to bless us all" said Rosmeri Choque.

For ancient cultures and their descendants, the date also marks the start of the new agricultural calendar in communities along the foothills of the Andes.

The ongoing economic crisis in Bolivia has led to smaller crowds this year, but the tradition remains alive.

In the city of El Alto, hundreds of devotees greeted the sunrise to the sound of folk music, gathered around bonfires at a high-altitude overlook with sweeping views of La Paz.

At this sacred site, yatiris, or traditional spiritual guides, offer rituals to Pachamama at the request of their clients. Street signs at nearby vendor stalls advertise blessings to “attract luck, good health, and positive omens” for businesses.

"We believe this year will bring good omens because, as you may have seen, the sun rose without any trouble. Last year, we had to wait almost two hours to receive the first rays of the sun." said Miguel Cuellar.

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Newark, New Jersey - 21 January 2025

1. Various of Mahmoud Khalil and family walking towards supporters at Newark Airport UPSOUND cheering

2. Wide of Khalil greeting group of supporters

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian activist:

++PARTIALLY COVERED++

"Thank you so much for everything. Not only for today, it's just for every day. Just your words, your words of support, your messages have kept me going. Still, the fight is far from over. The genocide is still happening in Gaza. Israel is still waging a full war against Palestinians across Palestine. The U.S. government is funding this genocide, and Columbia University is investing in this genocide. This is why I was protesting. This is why I will continue to protest with every one of you. Not only if they threaten me with detention, even if they would kill me, I would still speak up for Palestine."

4. Khalil walking away UPSOUND (English) "Free Palestine, free Palestine"

ENDS

STORYLINE:

A Palestinian activist who was detained for more than three months pushed his infant son’s stroller with one hand and pumped his fist in the air with the other as supporters welcomed him home Saturday.

Mahmoud Khalil greeted friends and spoke briefly to reporters Saturday at New Jersey's Newark International Airport a day after leaving a federal immigration facility in Louisiana.

A former Columbia University graduate student and symbol of President Donald Trump ’s clampdown on campus protests, he vowed to continue protesting Israel’s war in Gaza.

“The U.S. government is funding this genocide, and Columbia University is investing in this genocide,” he said. “This is why I will continue to protest with everyone of you. Not only if they threaten me with detention. Even if they would kill me, I would still speak up for Palestine.”

Khalil, a legal U.S. resident whose wife gave birth during his 104 days of detention, said he also will speak up for the immigrants he left behind in the detention center.

The 30-year-old international affairs student wasn’t accused of breaking any laws during the protests at Columbia. However, the government has said noncitizens who participate in such demonstrations should be expelled from the U.S. for expressing views the administration considers to be antisemitic and “pro-Hamas,” referring to the Palestinian militant group that attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

Khalil was released after U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz said it would be “highly, highly unusual” for the government to continue detaining a legal U.S. resident who was unlikely to flee and hadn’t been accused of any violence. The government filed notice Friday evening that it is appealing Khalil’s release.

Joining Khalil at the airport, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said his detention violated the First Amendment.

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Baghdad - 21 June 2025

1. Various of people demonstrating in Baghdad holding Iraqi, Iranian, Palestinian and Lebanese flags UPSOUND CHANTING

2. Various of PMF members joining demonstration

3. Various of people walking on artworks of US and Israeli flags

4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Muhanad Hussein, deputy head of PMF media:

“Today, the whole of Iraqi people came out to fulfill the order by Marjaiya (highest Shia religious authority) for the necessity of stopping this aggression. And today the Iraqi people are in support of Marjaiya and the Iraqi government, in which demanded over and over to stop the Zionist entity’s aggression on countries in the Middle East. And if this aggression continues, it will drag the region into undesirable consequences.”

5. Various of demonstrators waving Iraqi, Iranian, Palestinian and Lebanese flags

STORYLINE:

Thousands of supporters of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) held a demonstration on Saturday evening in the Kadhimiya district, north of the Iraqi capital, expressing support for Iran in its war with Israel.

Protesters placed Israeli and U.S. flags, along with a photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the ground and walked over them — a symbolic act reflecting their rejection of American and Israeli policies in the region.

“If this aggression continues, it will drag the region into undesirable consequences,” said Muhanad Hussein, the deputy head of PMF media.

Participants chanted slogans against Israel and the United States, affirming their support for the "Axis of Resistance."

Israel ‘s military said Saturday it was preparing for the possibility of a lengthy war, and announced it struck an Iranian nuclear research facility overnight and killed three senior Iranian commanders in targeted attacks.

The prospect of a wider war threatened, too. Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they would resume attacks on U.S. vessels and warships in the Red Sea if the Trump administration joins Israel’s military campaign against Iran. The Houthis paused such attacks in May under a deal with the U.S.

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Newark, New Jersey - 21 January 2025

1. Supporters waiting for Mahmoud Khalil at Newark Airport UPSOUND cheers

2. Various of Khalil and family walking towards supporters and greeting them

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian activist:

"Well, first, friends, thank you so much for everything. Not only for today, it's just for every day. Just your words, your words of support, your messages have kept me going. Still, the fight is far from over. The genocide is still happening in Gaza. Israel is still waging a full war against Palestinians, across Palestine. The U.S. government is funding this genocide, and Columbia University is investing in this genocide. This is why I was protesting. This is why I will continue to protest with every one of you. Not only if they threaten me with detention, even if they would kill me, I would still speak up for Palestine. Again, I just wanna go back and just continue the work that I was already doing, advocating for Palestinian rights, a speech that should actually be celebrated rather than punished, as this administration wants to do."

4. Khalil walking towards reporters

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian activist:

"Just the fact that I am here, it's a message. The fact that all these attempts to suppress pro-Palestine voices have failed now. So this is the message, my existence is a message, the Palestinian existence is a message to this administration."

6. Wide of Khalil and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez facing reporters

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian activist:

"The fact that they put me in that place, that didn't mean that I was not free. I continued to advocate for Palestinians, for the immigrants who are left behind in that facility."

++BLACK FRAMES++

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian activist:

"Whether you are a citizen, an immigrant, anyone on this land, you're not illegal. That doesn't make you less of a human. And this is what the administration is trying to do, to dehumanize me, to dehumanize the immigrants, to dehumanized anyone who actually does not agree with what the administration is doing."

++BLACK FRAMES++

SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (D) New York:

"Because Mahmoud Khalil is an advocate for Palestinian human rights, he has been accused baselessly of horrific allegations simply because the Trump administration and our overall establishment disagrees with his political speech."

++BLACK FRAMES++

SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (D) New York:

"Right now, we hope that, and we wish for, Mahmoud and his family to be able to enjoy some peace after an incredibly difficult 104 days. But we also have a path ahead of us. This is not over, and we will have to continue to support this case."

++BLACK FRAMES++

SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (D) New York:

"Everyone agrees that the persecution based on political spee... [truncated]

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Rio de Janeiro – 21 June 2025

1. Group of people during a yoga class

2. Woman filming the sunrise with her phone

3. Yoga class with Ipanema Beach in the background

4. Group of people during a yoga class

5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Marta Reis, Head of Brand Experience at Mude:

++PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SHOTS FROM 1 TO 4++

“Today is a celebration day, here and everywhere where yoga has reached, which I believe is the whole world. We are all celebrating, doing the mantras, asking for a better situation for all, that people have more opportunities, live in peace, have less anxiety and more balance.”

6. People during a yoga class

7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Juliana Monte Ramos, marketing producer:

++PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOTS FROM 8 TO 10++

“It was a huge life change, from body awareness to mental (change), the peace and tranquility that I have acquired since I moved to Rio and brought yoga to my daily life.”

8. Monte Ramos practicing yoga with her pet

9. Class

10. Aerial shot of yoga class at Arpoador Beach

11. Various of yoga class

STORYLINE:

Yoga enthusiasts gathered at sunrise for a yoga class in Arpoador Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday to mark the 11th International Day of Yoga.

International Yoga Day was established in 2014 by the United Nations to promote the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits of yoga.

Celebrated annually on June 21, the day is marked by events and activities worldwide.

“Today is a celebration day, here and everywhere where yoga has reached, which I believe is the whole world. We are all celebrating, doing the mantras, asking for a better situation for all, that people have more opportunities, live in peace, have less anxiety and more balance,” said Marta Reis, Head of Brand Experience at Mude, the event organizer.

The roots of yoga can be traced back thousands of years to ancient India, where it was developed as a discipline to harmonize the mind, body, and spirit.

The practice involves various physical postures, asanas, breath control, pranayama, and meditation (dhyana), aiming to achieve balance and harmony within the individual.

AP Video by Lucas Dumphreys

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Nuuk, Greenland - 21 June 2025

1. Various of Greenlanders in traditional costume singing

2. Various of Greenlanders marching toward colonial harbor

3. Wide of boats with UPSOUND of cannon beginning seal hunt

4. Mid of boats sailing

5. Close of people watching the competition

6. Winner of competition returning with seal UPSOUND cheering

7. Mid of crowd cheering

8. Various of seal being cut and checked

9. Close of competition winner

10. Mid of dead seal on step

11. Mid of woman carrying seal hide

12. Winners posing in front of their prize dinghy

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Pilo Samuelsen (left) and Kalerak Heilmann (right), winners of the seal hunting competition:

Samuelsen: "It's a day of unity and the celebration."

Heilmann: "Especially, it's our flag's 40th anniversary today. Our flag is only 40 years."

Samuelsen: "But all people come together on this day, and it's... The seal hunt competition is a nice tradition. And it's fun and it brings people together."

Heilmann: "And it keeps the culture alive."

14. Spectator watching boats return

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Aviaaja Frederii, local:

"It means like we're still here, and we are choosing our cultural things. Like we have a lot going on, with the USA and Denmark and stuff - but we stay stand and like representing our culture. And this day we show our culture to the outcoming people who is working here or moved here. So it's a big day for us."

16. Wide of crowds at harbour

17. People waving Greenland flags

18. Various of people in traditional dress

19. SOUNDBITE (English) Johannes Ostermann, local:

"Today, I consider it some part of a family. Where you get to go out in the city, and you get to meet the people you haven't met in a while. And you know they're going to be there because it's a big day for Greenland. And we enjoy each other's company, everyone says congratulations to each other, everyone's saying hi, everyone's being very, very, nice because it is a very nice day for us all."

20. Sofie Abelsen, local, with her family

21. SOUNDBITE (English) Sofie Abelsen, local:

"I hope they will continue their traditions and... Like modernization and globalization is a danger to all Indigenous people and very Indigenous countries. So I hope they will continue the traditions, and yeah. So they don't disappear."

22. People marching with flags

23. Close of Greenland flag

24. Various of people gathering

STORYLINE:

Greenlanders celebrated National Day, the Arctic island's biggest summer festival, on Saturday, amid 24 hours of sunlight.

Saturday is the end of the sun’s annual march higher in the sky, when it makes its longest, highest arc, and will occur at 1:42 a.m. local time (0242 GMT) in the capital city of Nuuk.

Revelers across the semiautonomous Danish territory honored the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical su... [truncated]

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Tel Aviv, Israel - 21 June 2025

1. Various of protesters chanting around banners reading (Hebrew) "What about the hostages? The government of death. Bring back everybody. End the war." (English) "President Trump, leave no hostage behind."

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Yoav Dure, local resident:

"We all know that there is now a big war with, with Iran, but that should not interfere in the efforts of bringing back all 53 hostages in Gaza right now. In one deal, in one step. We are calling Bibi Netanyahu and the president and the government of Israel, to bring back everybody now. It's possible, and we can do it today."

3. Protesters chanting

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tsipi Haitovsky, local resident:

"I don't know why Netanyahu has started the war with Iran. I don't really care. I care about one issue, and that's the issue of the hostages. As far as I'm concerned, this issue is now neglected because the government of Israel and the entire world is now looking at what's going on between Israel and Iran, and people have forgotten about the hostages."

5. Various of protesters

STORYLINE:

A small group of protesters camped outside the Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv Saturday, to demand the government sign a deal to return the remaining hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

It comes as Israel announced it was preparing for a lengthy war with Iran, while also continuing its military operation in Gaza.

"I don't know why Netanyahu has started the war with Iran. I don't really care. I care about one issue, and that's the issue of the hostages," said local resident Tsipi Haitovsky.

"As far as I'm concerned, this issue is now neglected because the government of Israel and the entire world is now looking at what's going on between Israel and Iran, and people have forgotten about the hostages."

The second week of the Israel-Iran war started with a renewed round of strikes targeting an Iranian nuclear research facility near Isfahan.

53 hostages still remain in captivity, of whom Israel believes 30 are dead.

Netanyahu has said there are “doubts” about the fate of several more.

The hostages in captivity include four non-Israelis; 2 Thais and 1 Tanzanian who have been confirmed dead, and a Nepalese captive.

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El Alto, Bolivia - 21 June 2025

1. Yatiris (Andean spiritual leaders) during a ceremony asking for the sun to rise

2. Yatiris with offerings, bonfire

3. Believers participating in the ceremony, raising hands

4. First lights behind mountains, bonfire

5. Statue and bonfire

6. Two llamas in a bonfire as an offering during the solstice rituals

7. Bonfire, offerings, people and first light of the day

8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Rosmeri Choque, resident of El Alto:

"What we want from the city of El Alto is to ask, in these moments of crisis when the country is going through very difficult times, for peace, for calm, for a strong economy, good health, and good omens. That all Bolivians do well, even though we are going through critical times. We ask nature, Pachamama (Mother Earth), and Tata Inti (Father Sun), as has been done for 5,533 years, to bless us all."

9. Sun rising, mountains, La Paz city view from El Alto city

10. Various of people raising their hands to receive the sun’s rays

11. Various of a group of farmers raising hands

12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Miguel Cuellar, resident of El Alto:

"We believe this year will bring good omens because, as you may have seen, the sun rose without any trouble. Last year, we had to wait almost two hours to receive the first rays of the sun."

13. Various of sun rising behind the mountains

STORYLINE:

Thousands of Bolivians made their way to the surrounding mountains and scenic viewpoints in the early hours of Saturday to welcome the first rays of sunlight, marking the celebration of the Andean New Year.

This traditional festival dates back to pre-Hispanic civilizations and coincides with the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.

According to popular belief, pilgrimages to sacred mountain sites—where people offer gifts to Pachamama, or Mother Earth—and the act of receiving the first rays of sunlight are believed to bring renewed energy.

"We ask nature, Pachamama (Mother Earth), and Tata Inti (Father Sun), as has been done for 5,533 years, to bless us all" said Rosmeri Choque.

For ancient cultures and their descendants, the date also marks the start of the new agricultural calendar in communities along the foothills of the Andes.

The ongoing economic crisis in Bolivia has led to smaller crowds this year, but the tradition remains alive.

In the city of El Alto, hundreds of devotees greeted the sunrise to the sound of folk music, gathered around bonfires at a high-altitude overlook with sweeping views of La Paz.

At this sacred site, yatiris, or traditional spiritual guides, offer rituals to Pachamama at the request of their clients. Street signs at nearby vendor stalls advertise blessings to “attract luck, good health, and positive omens” for businesses.

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