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Mina, Saudi Arabia - 6 June 2025

1. Pilgrims performing stoning of the devil ritual

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Baraa Anwer, The Associated Press:

"Millions of Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha — a holiday that honors the faith and devotion of Prophet Ibrahim. Meanwhile in Saudi Arabia, hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims arrived in Mina for the symbolic stoning of the devil, a ritual that is performed by pilgrims that involves throwing pebbles on the three pillars which symbolize the devil."

3. Various of symbolic stoning of the devil

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Baraa Anwer, The Associated Press:

"Pilgrims moved through the site in steady streams, braving temperatures that soared above 45 degrees Celsius (113 F) to complete the spiritually significant act. After the ritual, male pilgrims shave or trim their hair and those who are able to do so, perform animal sacrifices."

5. Pilgrims performing stoning of the devil ritual

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Baraa Anwer, The Associated Press:

"Pilgrims will then perform Tawaf, circling the black, cube-shaped structure at the heart of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, followed by walking between the hills of Safa and Marwah. After that, they can remove their simple white clothing known as Ihram. For many, it marks the spiritual peak of a journey built on years of saving, planning, and devotion."

7. Pilgrims performing stoning of the devil ritual

STORYLINE:

Pilgrims in the Saudi Arabian city of Mina began the stoning of the devil ritual on Eid al-Adha Friday, as one of the last rites of Hajj.

They had collected their pebbles overnight Thursday from Muzdalifah, an area located a few kilometers (miles) away from Arafat, a hill outside the city of Mecca with great spiritual significance.

They must throw seven pebbles at each of the three pillars.

Mina is where Muslims believe the Prophet Ibrahim's faith was tested when God commanded him to sacrifice his only son Ismail.

The devil appeared before Ibrahim three times, trying to dissuade him from obeying God.

The prophet responded each time by throwing stones at the devil, driving him away.

Ibrahim was prepared to submit to the command, but God stayed his hand and spared his son.

In the Christian and Jewish versions of the story, Abraham is ordered to kill his other son, Isaac.

The Eid al-Adha holiday, observed worldwide by Muslims and timed to coincide with the end of the Hajj, celebrates Ibrahim’s submission to God.

After the stoning ritual, men shaved their head and women trimmed their hair by a length of a fingertip.

Those who could afford it sacrificed an animal.

Saudi officials were stationed throughout Mina to assist pilgrims, providing them with directions and distributing water to ease the strain of the heat.

Temperatures reached a high of 46 degrees Celsius (114 degrees Fahrenheit) on Friday.

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Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France - 6 June 2025

1. Fly past at D-Day ceremony

2. UPSOUND (French) Sebastien Lecornu, French Armed Forces Minister (off camera, presenting award to Libertyville US veteran Donald Carter)

"Mr. Donald Carter, in the name of the President of the Republic I present to you the insignia of knight of the Legion of Honor."

3. Carter (red shirt) walking back to his seat after receiving award

4. Band playing during ceremony

5. Fly past

STORYLINE:

Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler’s regime.

Along the coastline and near the D-Day landing beaches, tens of thousands of onlookers attended the commemorations, which included parachute jumps, flyovers, remembrance ceremonies, parades, and historical reenactments.

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Gaza City - 6 June 2025

1. Sanaa al-Ghola, a displaced woman from Shaijiyeh, who lost her son while attempting to get flour, sitting next to his grave and praying for him

2. Photo of Mohammad al-Ghola placed on his grave

3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sanaa al-Ghola, a displaced woman from Shaijiyeh, and lost her son during the war:

"He was martyred on May 20th. He went to Al-Sha'af to get flour, a livelihood, because of the hunger we lived through. A bag of flour costs from 1,500 ($430) to 2,000 shekels ($573), and we were unable to buy it. Our house and our money were gone. There was flour and food in it, and we lost them. They said that people can go (and grab them), so they went away. It was fate. He was martyred and his father was injured."

4. Various of Sanaa praying for her dead son

5. Various of Sanaa leaving the cemetery with her daughter

6. Various of people visiting their relatives' graves at cemetery on the first day of Eid al-Adha

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Palestinians visited a cemetery in Gaza City to pray for their buried loved ones on the first day of Eid al-Adha Friday morning.

In the midst of the rubble of the devastated graveyard, stood the remains of a partially collapsed mosque.

Sanaa al-Ghola, a displaced woman from Shaijiyeh, cried and prayed for her son, Mohamed al-Ghoul, as her daughter comforted her.

She said her son was killed in a shelling over two weeks ago after reaching his grandfather’s house to collect flour with his father, who was wounded in the attack.

“We lost our home, money, and everything," she said.

"There was flour and food in it, and we lost them," she added.

Palestinians across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes, with little hope the war with Israel will end soon.

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Khan Younis, Southern Gaza Strip - 6 June 2025

1. Various of hundreds of people heading to the point of aid distribution

2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Abu Lihiya, displaced from east of Khan Younis:

"We have been in Al-Alam area since 3:00 am until now, and people are being injured and shot in front of us. Today there are also injuries and martyrs."

3. Various of people carrying bags of aid and walking back from distribution aid point

4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bilal Barhoum, displaced from Rafah:

"I went inside to bring aid, the tanks, the quadcopters all started shooting at us, shooting from everywhere, and there were injuries, many injuries there.

Journalist: What did you see there? Injures?

I saw people who were injured in their feet, hands and stomachs, we saw many injuries inside."

5. Various of people carrying aid and walking back from distribution aid point, including UPSOUND (Arabic) from man wearing black puffer jacket: "Film, my heart (darling), film for the U.S."

6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Abu Taeima, displaced from Rafah:

"I went five times and I didn’t get anything, nothing, it’s all useless, the people who go, every time they get (aid) this is not organized. Two weeks ago, God protected us and we were saved from death, and here we are, going there and we don’t know if we will get anything or not, we don’t know."

7. Various of hundreds of people heading to the point of distribution aid in Rafah

STORYLINE:

Five people were killed as they attempted to collect aid on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said Friday.

The officials at Nassar Hospital said the five victims, whose bodies were brought there, were shot dead as they tried to collect aid on the western edge of the city of Rafah.

In northern Gaza on Friday, Israel issued a new warning to civilians saying the military was about to undertake intensive operations in an area after it said rockets were fired toward Israel from the sector.

The death of the five people came after shootings erupted nearly daily over the past two weeks in the Gaza Strip in the vicinity of new hubs where desperate Palestinians are being directed to collect food.

Witnesses say nearby Israeli troops have opened fire.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a newly formed group of mainly American contractors, said Friday that all distribution centers are closed for the day urging people to stay away from the areas for their own safety.

It added that an announcement will be made later about the times during which the centers will be active.

Officials at GHF did not immediately respond to questions by The Associated Press regarding the latest reports of shooting that killed five on Friday.

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Lagos, Nigeria - 6 June 2025

1. Various of Muslim worshippers praying

2. Close of tesbih

3. Various of Muslim faithful at prayer ground

4. Close up of tesbih

5. Various of Muslim faithful at prayer ground

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Abbas Shuab, Accountant:

"We all know that celebration comes with a lot of joy and happiness. And for the Muslims, it's actually more like an extreme happiness; a day designed to celebrate yourself, reach out to your family, whoever you have a conflict with or a misunderstanding, reach out to them, seek forgiveness, and reconcile."

7. Various of Muslim faithful praying

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Amira Mustapha, Student:

"We know the economy is a bit on the high side and everything is hard, but we should look beyond that and see the positive side of things, celebrate, be joyful for seeing another year, and pray for seeing many more years."

9. Various of Muslim faithful posing for pictures

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Oyebamire Muyibat, Entrepreneur:

"Personally, I think Eid means coming out to showcase our culture, and I think forgiveness and being grateful. Personally, I am grateful for seeing today because today is Eid, and am happy to see everyone—friends, family, people I don't know—taking pictures with everybody. So that's the beauty of Islam."

11. Various of Muslim faithful at prayer ground

12. SOUNDBITE (Pidgin English) Kadija Ahmed, Trader:

"Eid Mubarak is a very big thing in Islam. We do it once a year. So, every Muslim, everywhere, they will come together, they will pray together, because it's just once. And it's very, very important in our Islam."

13. Mid of Muslim faithful at prayer ground

14. Young faithful looking at tesbih

15. Wide of Muslim faithful at prayer ground

STORYLINE:

Nigerian Muslims in Lagos celebrated Eid al-Adha on Friday, despite economic pressures dampening feasts.

Eid al-Adha, or the “Feast of Sacrifice,” is the Islamic holiday that begins on the 10th day of the Islamic lunar month of Dhul-Hijja, during the Hajj.

During the festive holiday, Muslims slaughter sheep or cattle and distribute some meat to poor people - but many families are grappling with the steep cost of rams for the traditional sacrifice.

"We know the economy is a bit on the high side and everything is hard, but we should look beyond that and see the positive side of things, celebrate, be joyful,” worshipper Amira Mustapha said.

For Abbas Shuab, Eid al-Adha is also an opportunity to focus on the positives.

"Its like an extreme happiness; a day designed to celebrate yourself, reach out to your family, whoever you have a conflict with or a misunderstanding, reach out to them, seek forgiveness, and reconcile," he said.

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Colleville-sur-Mer - 6 June 2025

1. French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu and United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arriving at American military cemetery, joining officials

2. Pan Lecornu to Hegseth and officials as US national anthem is being played

3. Flyover by four C-130 aircraft

4. Lecornu walking towards lectern

5. SOUNDBITE (French) Sebastien Lecornu, French Defense Minister

“Mr. Secretary of Defense of the United States of America, dear Pete. We don’t forget what we owe them (the American soldiers who died during DDay), what we owe you, dear American allies, dear veterans. We don’t forget that our oldest allies were there in this grave moment of our history. I say it with deep respect in front of you, veterans, who incarnate this unique friendship between our two countries.”

6. Lecornu and Hegseth shaking hands

7. Hegseth walking towards lectern

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense

“Today the United States and France again rally together to confront such threats. Because we strive for peace, we must prepare for war and hopefully deter it. We must ensure that our children and our grandchildren know what these men did, that they understand. I used to say, and it’s a cosy thing to tell ourselves, especially after World War II, that they fought so that their kids and grandkids won’t have to, and in some cases that was true. But in most cases, they fought, and we fight knowing that our kids and grandkids will have to be willing to do the same as well. Because history is not over. Evil has not been eradicated from the globe. Good men are still needed to stand up.”

9. Hegseth walking

10. Wide of guests in cemetery during ceremony

11. Various of Hegseth and Lecornu laying a wreath

12. Various of Hegseth meeting and talking with WWII veterans

STORYLINE:

Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings - a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler's regime.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu commemorated the anniversary of the D-Day landings, in which American soldiers played a leading role, with veterans at the American Cemetery overlooking the shore in the village of Colleville-sur-Mer.

The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France used the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to breach Hitler’s defenses in western Europe.

A total of 4,414 Allied troops were killed on D-Day itself.

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Gaza City - 6 June 2025

1. Various of people visiting their relatives graves at cemetery on the first day of Eid al-Adha

2. Various of Sanaa al-Ghola, a displaced woman from Shaijiyeh, who lost her son while attempting to get flour, sitting next to his grave and praying for him

3. Various of photo of Mohammad al-Ghola placed on his grave, UPSOUND (Arabic): "Forgive me, love, son, it was us who made it hard for you, in having you carry water, and constantly being displaced from place to place."

4. Various of Sanaa praying for her dead son

5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sanaa al-Ghola, a displaced woman from Shaijiyeh, and lost her son during the war:

"He was martyred on May 20th. He went to Al-Sha'af to get flour, a livelihood, because of the hunger we lived through. A bag of flour costs from 1,500 ($430) to 2,000 shekels ($573), and we were unable to buy it. Our house and our money were gone. There was flour and food in it, and we lost them. They said that people can go (and grab them), so they went away. It was fate. He was martyred and his father was injured."

6. Various of Sanaa leaving the cemetery with her daughter

7. Various of people visiting their relatives' graves at cemetery on the first day of Eid al-Adha

STORYLINE:

Palestinians visited a cemetery in Gaza City to pray for their buried loved ones on the first day of Eid al-Adha Friday morning.

In the midst of the rubble of the devastated graveyard, stood the remains of a partially collapsed mosque.

Sanaa al-Ghola, a displaced woman from Shaijiyeh, cried and prayed for her son, Mohamed al-Ghoul, as her daughter comforted her.

She said her son was killed in a shelling over two weeks ago after reaching his grandfather’s house to collect flour with his father, who was wounded in the attack.

“We lost our home, money, and everything," she said.

"There was flour and food in it, and we lost them," she added.

Palestinians across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes, with little hope the war with Israel will end soon.

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Paris - 5 June 2025

1. Various of “Follow Me, I Think I Know the Way” by Camille Walala, a colourful inflatable labyrinth

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Paris - 4 June 2025

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Roberto Fantauzzi, Founder of the Balloon Museum:

“Usually when you approach the art, it is something that, that you can watch but you can't touch. One of our slogan is that: it is forbidden to don't touch. Okay? You need to interact. And, what I like to let people understand is that we create something special: a huge, immersive experience in which children can play with art that is sometimes it's not allowed to them to touch the art. And the parents and the adults can become younger again. They come back to their childhoods.”

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Paris - 5 June 2025

3. Various of “Work No. 3883: Half the air in a given space” by Martin Creed, a glass house filled with blue balloons

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Paris - 4 June 2025

4. Various of “The Me that Becomes Through You” by Alex Schweder, featuring seven spheres with an organ inside that creates sound as wind fills the sphere

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Alex Schweder, American artist

“Each sphere has an organ, like in a church, where the wind from the fan that fills the sphere is making sound. It's always playing live because the sequence, each form has a different loop. And so they're always harmonising and changing one another's sound.”

Various of “The Me that Becomes Through You” by Alex Schweder, featuring seven spheres with an organ inside that creates sound as wind fills the sphere

6. Various of man kicking bouncing spheres that are suspended in “Swing” by Motorefisico

7. Various exteriors of Grand Palais Museum with giant ladder artwork “Untitled” by Paola Pivi

STORYLINE:

Paris' Grand Palais unveiled Friday a new immersive exhibition which invites visitors to touch and feel the art on show.

“Usually when you approach the art, it is something that you can watch but you cannot touch,” explains Roberto Fantauzzi the founder of the Balloon Museum, which creates inflatable art events.

Here, however, he says, “it is forbidden not to touch."

For “The Me that Becomes Through You,” New York artist Alex Schweder collaborated with composer Nick Dunston to transform air into musical notes as it fills up large spheres contained in a cage.

“Each sphere has an organ, like in a church, where the wind from the fan that fills the sphere is making sound. It’s always playing live because the sequence, each form has a different loop. And so they’re always harmonising and changing one another's sound,” Schweder says.

The exhibition, titled “Euphoria: Art is in the Air”, runs from June 6 to Sept. 7, 2025, at the Grand Palais.

The previous edition of the show in 2022 became the most successful exhibit of the year for Paris, attracting more than 700,000 visitors.

It means the Grand Palais should return with a bang after its 4-year renovation.

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Nairobi, Kenya - 6 June 2025

1. Various Kenyan Muslims praying at the Kilimani Primary School ground

2: Set up shots Imam Abdulrahman Mursal

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Imam Abdulrahman Mursal:

"We remind Muslims about the importance of unity and being your sisters and brothers keeper. The things that pain us most is what is happening to our Muslims brothers and sisters in Palestine. We ask Allah Subhana Wata Allah (meaning glorious and exalted) to give them victory, they are facing oppression they are facing aggression that is being done to them, a lot of injustice, a lot of lives have been lost a lot of properties have been destroyed. We ask Allah Suhana Wata Allah to hear their cries; we feel their pain us much as we are far from them, but what unites us, the Muslim brotherhood, so we ask Subhana Wata Allah to give them victory and to give victory to all the other Muslim where ever they are if they are facing any kind of oppression."

4. Various Kenyan Muslim women sit, and others come for prayer at Kilimani Primary School

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Imam Abdulrahman Mursal:

"And that’s why as Muslims, we always start our celebrations with prayers and being thankful to Allah Subhana Wata Allah, Rasulu laah salalau aleihi wasalaam the prophet said about this day . In my Khutba (meaning in my sermon,) that it’s the greatest day, the day which Subhana Wata Allah has raised its status over all the other days of the year."

6. Various Kenyan Muslims praying at Kilimani Primary School

7. Kenyan Muslims buying goats to slaughter for sacrifice

STORYLINE:

Muslims around the world were on Friday celebrating Eid Al-Adha, a festival of sacrifice that commemorates the Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son.

The day is marked with prayers, the symbolic sacrifice of animals and sharing food and gifts with family and friends.

Kenyan Muslims in Nairobi on Friday took part in celebrations and prayed for Muslims in the Gaza strip as they struggle to celebrate the occasion, with no fresh meat having entered the territory in three months and all homegrown sheep, cattle and goats dead after 20 months of Israeli attacks.

“We ask Allah to hear their [Palestinian] cries,"said Abdulrahman Mursal, as he led Eid prayers as an Imam in Nairobi.

"We feel their pain, as much as we are far from them. But what unites us is our Muslim brotherhood, so we ask Allah to give them victory and to give victory to all the other Muslims wherever they are, if they are facing any kind of oppression,” he added.

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Beijing - 6 June 2025

1. Wide of news briefing by China's Foreign Ministry

2. Wide of reporters

3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Lin Jian, spokesperson of China's Foreign Ministry:

“There is but one China in the world. Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. And the government of People’s Republic of China is the sole government representing the whole of China. This is the prevailing consensus of the international community that brooks no challenge. The DPP (Democratic Progressive Party) authority used the so-called diplomatic ties to seek political gain. This is self-deceiving tactics that will not stop the ultimate national reunification.”

4. Wide of reporters

5. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Lin Jian, spokesperson of China's Foreign Ministry:

“We urge the government concerned to recognize the trend, comply with the public opinion and make the right choice as early as possible.”

6. Mid of reporter

7. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Lin Jian, spokesperson of China's Foreign Ministry:

“China’s position on the Ukrainian crisis is consistent and clear. China has always committed to promoting peace talks and pushing for a ceasefire. China has issued multiple risk alerts urging Chinese nationals to stay away from armed conflicts, avoid to be involved in the conflict in any form, particularly avoid participating in the military operations of either side. China asked Ukrainian side to protect the legitimate rights and interests and ensure humanitarian treatment of Chinese nationals.”

8. Various of briefing

STORYLINE:

China urged Guatemala to “make the right choice” on Friday after the Central American country’s president signaled his intent to strengthen ties with Taiwan during a recent visit to the island.

During a meeting Thursday with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, President Bernado Arevalo said Guatemala “shall continue to strengthen bilateral relations based on the solid foundations built in the past."

In Beijing, spokesperson Lin Jian of China's Foreign Ministry called the efforts by Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party to strengthen diplomatic ties “self-deceiving tactics”. He reiterated that “Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory."

China has been winning over Taiwan’s allies by offering big-tickets items such as highways, railways and stadiums in order to isolate Taiwan internationally and achieve its goal of “peacefully unifying” with the island it claims as its own.

China has steadily reduced the number of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies to just 12 after launching campaigns in the Caribbean and Central America.

Separately, Lin told media China has asked Ukraine to ensure humanitarian treatment of two Chinese nationals who were captured two months ago fighting alongside the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region.

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