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Buta, Bulgaria - 28 May 2025

1. Flowers of Rosa Damascena blowing in strong wind

2. Wide of field with Rose bush in front as rose-pickers work in background

3. Various tourist-rose-picker gathers rose flowers and smells the scent

4. Rose flowers in the field

5. SOUNDBITE (Bulgarian) Veselina Ralcheva, Owner and Founder of InaEssentials company:

"Last year was exceptional. For the first time ever, we harvested roses as early as April 28. This year, the season is starting a full month later, on May 28. Two serious cold snaps damaged the first buds and shoots, so we expect a smaller harvest."

6. Rose fields cultivated with organically grown Damask roses

7. SOUNDBITE (Bulgarian) Veselina Ralcheva, Owner and Founder of InaEssentials company:

"Still, we continue—because we believe in our mission. Our entire production is organic. All our fields and processing methods are organically certified. We care deeply for the soil, for biodiversity, and for the purity of the plants. We take pride in producing something that people love—we receive amazing feedback from customers all the time. It’s fulfilling to know we’re creating something useful, providing local employment, and offering a clean, natural product that benefits people."

8. Various shots of a worker harvesting rose flowers

9. Tracking shot of a rose picker carrying a large sack filled with rose flowers

10. Close-up of a rose picker's hands full of rose blossoms

11. Mid --sacs with rose flowers at distillery

12. SOUNDBITE (Bulgarian) Andrey Mitov, President of the European Federation of Essential Oils:

"While there are other traditional producers such as Iran, Morocco, and France, their products often involve different botanical species used more for extracts, so they don’t compete directly with Bulgarian rose oil. In contrast, the newer producers do pose a significant challenge and likely will continue to as long as there is demand for their products."

Panagyurishte, Bulgaria - 28 May 2025

13. Workers fill distillation vessel with rose petals

14. SOUNDBITE (Bulgarian) Andrey Mitov, President of the European Federation of Essential Oils:

"Regarding potential U.S. tariffs, we’ll have to wait and see whether they are implemented or remain just talk. Not everything that is discussed actually happens. However, should tariffs be imposed, the resulting price increase will fall on the importer. How this cost is managed further down the supply chain remains to be seen. As sellers, we are naturally concerned about the impact on our customers."

15. Rose water seen during process of rose oil distillation

16. Equipment at a distillery

17. Rose oil seen in Distilling Essential oil separator - the first oil in the distillery for the new season

18. SOUNDBITE (Bulgarian) Nikolay Ralchev, Co-owner of InaEssentials:

"Additionally, the chemical industry is a strong competitor, often offering cheaper alternatives that sacrifice quality. Still, there is a segment of consumers who value purity and effectiveness. That’s the audience we focus on—and we hope this market continues to grow."

19. Rose oil seen in a separator

20. SOUNDBITE (Bulgarian) Nikolay Ralchev, Co-owner of InaEssentials:

"As for our production, for now, we have no difficulties with sales. We produce entirely organic rose oil, which the market welcomes. That said, claiming we have “no problems” is a bit risky. The market is volatile, and organic rose oil is a high-value product. In times of economic stagnation, demand for expensive items tends to decline."

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Buta, Bulgaria - 28 May 2025

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(2 Jun 2025)

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Archive: Seoul - 1 February 2024

1. Various shots of NewJeans, K-pop band, walking into photocall for Seoul Fashion Week at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul

2. Cutaway fans with tilt to band

3. Various shots of NewJeans posing

4. Cutaway photographers

5. Various shots of NewJeans posing

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Archive: Seoul - 28 November 2024

6. Wide shot of K-pop band NewJeans entering the presser

7. Wide of NewJeans walking up the podium

8. Wide of K-pop band NewJeans greeting media

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Hanni, recording artist - on why the band decided to hold the press conference condemning their parent label HYBE and its subsidiary ADOR

“We have faced mistreatment not just towards us, but also including our staff, countless preventions and contradictions, deliberate miscommunications and manipulation regarding multiple areas.

10. Wide of the band leaving the presser

STORYLINE:

A South Korean court has ordered K-pop group NewJeans to stop performing independently without approval from their agency ADOR, imposing massive financial penalties for violations, according to South Korea's leading Yonhap News Agency.

The Seoul Central District Court ruled last week that NewJeans members cannot engage in entertainment activities without ADOR's prior consent until a main lawsuit over their exclusive contract is resolved. Any member who violates this order must pay the label 1 billion won ($750,000) per violation, Yonhap reported.

The court decision came after ADOR requested enforcement of an earlier injunction that prohibited NewJeans from independent activities. The agency argued the group had already violated court orders by performing under a new name "NJZ" at a concert in Hong Kong in March and showcasing new music during the performance.

The dispute began in November 2024 when the five members — Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein — announced they were terminating their contract with ADOR, citing mistreatment and mismanagement of both artists and staff.

ADOR, a subsidiary of BTS' management company HYBE, maintained that the contract remains valid and cannot be terminated unilaterally.

NewJeans has been one of K-pop's most successful acts in recent years, becoming the first K-pop female act to win "Group of the Year" at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards. In 2023, they won "Top Global K-Pop Artist" at the Billboard Music Awards, as well as "Artist of the Year" at both the MAMA Awards and Melon Music Awards.

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Southern Israel overlooking into Gaza Strip - 2 June 2025

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1. Various long shots of smoke billowing over the Gaza Strip

STORYLINE:

Smoke was seen billowing over the Gaza Strip early on Monday.

At least 31 people were killed and over 170 were wounded Sunday as large crowds were on their way to receive food in the Gaza Strip, health officials and witnesses said.

Witnesses said Israeli forces fired toward the crowds just before dawn around a kilometer (about 1,100 yards) from an aid site run by an Israeli-backed foundation.

Israel’s military denied its forces fired at civilians near or within the site in the southern city of Rafah. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with procedure, said troops fired warning shots at several suspects advancing toward them overnight.

The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251. They are still holding 58 hostages, around a third believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefire agreements or other deals.

Israel's military campaign has killed over 54,000 people in Hamas-run Gaza, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were civilians or combatants.

The offensive has destroyed vast areas, displaced around 90% of the population and left people almost completely reliant on international aid.

The latest efforts at ceasefire talks appeared to stumble Saturday when Hamas said it had sought amendments to a U.S. ceasefire proposal that Israel had approved, and the U.S. envoy called that “unacceptable.”

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(2 Jun 2025)

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Beverly Hills, Calif. - 1 June 2025

UPSOUND (English) Lorne Michaels, producer:

1. "During the SNL 50 this year, which is stunning just to even say 50, but all those people coming back from the first season on, all being in one room. Performing and applauding I think was one of the most moving experiences of my life. I'm not not planning a 60th but I think that getting to do what I get to do It's sort of everything that makes me happy, also makes me angry. The thing that I wanted to say about the Peabody, because I have won this before, is that when you come to the Peabodys and you walk in, unlike other award shows, you know you're in the right room. And it's really an honor to be here, so thank you."

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Boulder, Colorado – 1 June 2025

1. Various of law enforcement gathered by vehicles

2. Police officer on the phone

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alex Osante, tourist:

"It was very strange to just hear a crash on the ground of a bottle breaking and then it sounded like a boom and then people started yelling and screaming."

4. Various of law enforcement gathered by vehicles

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Alex Osante, tourist:

"I saw fire, I saw people falling and screaming and crying and tripping. I saw the attacker have a Molokov, he had three Molotov cocktails, one of them he threw inside of a group at the group and one lady lit on fire from head to toe and then the other four people were also injured and in the fire but not as bad as the first one. And then the attacker came out from the bushes and the trees the second time and he threw another cocktail, and on the second one, he lit himself on fire accidentally. I imagine it's accidentally, he seemed to have a bulletproof vest on or some kind of vest and then a shirt underneath it and after he lit himself on fire he took off the vest and the shirt and he was shirtless. But he still had his Molotov cocktails in his hand ready to use them, ready to put all of them and explode them on people."

6. Taped off area and police cars

7. People on bikes observing scene

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynn Segal, resident:

"These shoots of fire, linear, about 20 feet long, spears of fire, two of them at least came across right into the group about 15 feet from me, because I sit there and watch them but I try to listen also to what they're talking about because I am concerned about the hostages."

9. Taped off area and police cars

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynn Segal, resident:

"With a 'Free Palestine' shirt, I don't wanna hang around there after that. I know that automatically, and I'm sure the JCC is gonna be up in arms and this is gonna divide this community all the more. And it's all to all of our detriment, because it will not end pleasantly."

11. Various of taped off scene, police vehicles

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynn Segal, resident:

"This person that did this act, that's beyond words also. Like potentially killing like this whole group of people, that is unconscionable that that happened. That anyone would be elevated to that level of despair that they would do that."

13. Police officer putting dog in vehicle

14. Various of law enforcement gathered

STORYLINE:

Witnesses recounted the dramatic scenes after six people, calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza, were injured at an outdoor mall in Boulder, Colorado, by a man who police say used a makeshift flamethrower and hurled an incendiary device into a crowd.

The FBI immediately described Sunday's violence as a “targeted terror attack.”

The suspect, identified by the FBI as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, yelled “Free Palestine” during the attack on the group of demonstrators, said Mark Michalek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Denver field office.

Soliman was arrested and taken to the hospital for treatment, but authorities didn’t elaborate on his injuries.

Lynn Segal, 72, was among about 20 people who gathered Sunday.

They had finished their march in front of the courthouse when a “rope of fire” shot in front of her and then "two big flares.”

She said the scene quickly turned chaotic as people worked to find water to put out flames and find help.

“There were people who were burning, I wanted to help,” she said. “But I didn’t want to be associated with the perpetrator.”

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Beverly Hills, California - 1 June 2025

1. Various of Lorne Michaels

2. Various, Amy Poehler

3. Tight of Andrea Mitchell chatting with reporter

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrea Mitchell, journalist:

(Reporter: "How do you hope that journalists and artists can kind of work together to continue to create conversation and social change in our society?")

"That is such an important question because I think journalism has a mission to educate, illuminate, elevate, inspire people and to let the audiences better understand the world around us. And we have to find new platforms as our audiences change, as generations and habits change. We have to reach people where they are. And that's what I think we're doing at NBC News. And we're doing that at the Associated Press. In all of our media, finding new ways to reach people and bring them accurate, important information, relevant information, make it both entertaining, interesting, and educational, all at the same time. And it's just very exciting."

5. Tight of Nava Mau

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Nava Mau, actor:

"You know, unfortunately I think that we're in a time where people are giving into fear when it comes to what projects are being greenlit. And how people are being cast in things and so it's really up to everybody who has any kind of power in our industry to be fearless and be courageous in continuing to give opportunities to people like me because I have not been cast a major role since 'Baby Reindeer,' so it is in some It's always really complicated to be celebrating and to be uplifted in this way and also not have any opportunities really come my way that I feel are actually right for me. So it would be really another gift for the next thing to come that feels as special as 'Baby Reindeer' would do."

7. Various, Aloe Blacc

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Aloe Blacc, recording artist:

"When I make music, my goal is to create positive social change, and either that's the lyrics or the impact of the lyrics, impact of music, impact to the collaboration. I was a mentee of the late, great Harry Belafonte, and he always impressed upon us to use our voice to speak truth to power, and we were the gatekeepers of truth, so in creating this album called 'Stand Together,' I wanted to find ways that I could amplify community heroes, people who are doing the most important work for the most vulnerable. And that's what I did, wrote songs to empower and amplify them."

9. Tight of Kerry Washington

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Kerry Washington, actor/producer:

"It's really an honor to be here with the Peabody Awards because I feel like what they do is so important because they uplift and amplify artists who are leaning into the importance of humanity, our shared humanity, and really being able to like see each other and love each other, and coexist in community. So it's really special to be here. I'm so grateful to the Peabody Awards for reminding us how important it is to think about. How the stories we tell impact the world around us and impact culture. So this, to me, is one of the most special awards you can ever receive."

11. Tight of Nida Manzoor

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Nida Manzoor, writer/director:

13. Tracking shot of Anna Kendrick

STORYLINE:

Journalists and artists gathered together to celebrate impactful storytelling at the 2025 Peabody Awards Sunday night in Beverly Hills, Calif.

NBC News journalist Andrea Mitchell received the Career Achievement Award and says it's important for journalists and artists to work in tandem to help audiences better understand the world around us.

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Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - 1 June 2025

1. Various of smoke rising after Israeli tank shelling, people shouting and running

2. Vehicle carrying injured and people leaving the area

3. Various of people carrying injured man, placing him in cart and leaving

4. Various of ambulances carrying victims leaving the area

5. Injured boy, leg amputated, on bed inside emergency department

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Raul Inherits, emergency doctor with the World Health Organization at Nasser Hospital: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT5 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT7++

"Many injured. This small child, seven years old, with an amputation, another girl before, nine years old, dead, another dead, brain matter out from the head, 19 years old. Big wounds and lack of hands, lack of mercy from Israel. We don’t know how to handle the situation. We need this to stop now.”

7. Various of doctors providing first aid to injured

8. Injured woman lying on the ground

9. Various of man mourning his killed relatives inside morgue

STORYLINE:

Israeli artillery shells struck tents sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis on Sunday, killing three and wounding at least 30, according to Nasser Hospital.

People fled the strike site in panic as a plume of smoke rose above scattered rubble near the blast.

Some of the wounded were carried in blankets, others were rushed to hospitals in the back of pickup trucks as ambulances pushed through the chaos.

At Nasser Hospital, blood stained the floor of the packed emergency room where the wounded laid on hospital beds, many with bandaged limbs. A child laid on a bed with an amputated leg, oxygen mask over his face.

“This child is seven years old with an amputation,” said Raul Ingertis, a Spanish emergency doctor with the World Health Organization at Nasser Hospital.

Ingertis said he had to treat many wounded, including a child with brain matter coming out of his head.

"We don’t know how to handle the situation. This needs to stop now.”

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Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - 1 June 2025

1. Various of Palestinian and MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) doctors performing surgery on Palestinian who was injured when trying to get aid at Rafah distribution point

2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled al-Ser, Specialist surgeon at Nasser Hospital: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT3++

"The type of injuries range from gunshot wounds, which are the most common, to shrapnel from rocket fire. Most of the gunfire hit the upper torso, abdomen, and chest. To date, we have recorded more than 30 emergency operations, including vascular and surgical procedures, and across various departments."

3. Various of doctor showing remains of bullets they extracted from bodies of the injured

4. Various of doctors performing surgery on injured person

5. Close of blood bags and resuscitation solutions

6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled al-Ser, Specialist surgeon at Nasser Hospital: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT4 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT5++

"All of the injured were of different ages, the majority were young men in civilian clothing, included children and women. They were in the Rafah area to receive humanitarian aid from the American company operating in the area."

7. Various of Injured people lying on beds inside emergency department

8. Various of young man placing his mobile phone next to his injured leg showing X-ray images that apparently show bullet lodged in his leg

9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sharif Dahalan, Injured at aid distribution hub: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT10++

"They told us to come and collect aid from the crossing. The Americans deliver aid, and we didn't have flour or anything else. We went to get some flour or anything to eat. We were surprised, and before we reached the Muawiyah Mosque, the plane began firing at people."

10. Various of injured patients lying on beds inside the intensive care unit

STORYLINE:

Surgeons at the Nasser Medical Hospital in Khan Younis spent Sunday operating around the clock on people injured when shooting erupted near an aid distribution hub in the Gaza Strip earlier in the day.

At least 31 people were killed and over 170 were wounded Sunday as large crowds were on their way to receive food in the Gaza Strip, health officials and witnesses said. Witnesses said Israeli forces fired toward the crowds just before dawn around a kilometer (about 1,100 yards) from an aid site run by an Israeli-backed foundation.

Israel’s military denied its forces fired at civilians near or within the site in the southern city of Rafah. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with procedure, said troops fired warning shots at several suspects advancing toward them overnight.

The military also released drone footage it said was shot Sunday, apparently in daylight, in the southern city of Khan Younis, showing what it said were armed, masked men firing at civilians trying to collect aid. The Associated Press could not independently verify the video, and it was not clear who was being targeted. “Hamas is doing everything in its power to prevent the successful distribution of food in Gaza," the statement said.

It was the deadliest incident yet around the new aid distribution system, which has operated for less than a week.

Dozens of injured were brought to the Nasser hospital where surgeons and specialists from the Medical Aid for Palestinians organisation worked nonstop to remove bullets from the wounded.

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Mexico City - 1 June 2025

1. Pull focus from sign reading (Spanish): "Judiciary" on ballot box to voters at polling station

2. Close of people casting ballots

3. People at voting booths

4. Voter casting ballot

5. Various of people at voting booths

6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alma Garduño, dentist:

"It (judicial elections) is very good. I believe that the judiciary already needed an overhaul and we Mexicans are here to support it."

7. Various of people standing in line outside polling station

8. Various of people entering polling station

9. Close of polling station sign

10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Víctor Martínez, surgeon:

"Well, this is the first time that these positions are going to be elected by the people, but I think there should be more specialized people (as candidates)."

11. Poll workers celebrating as polls close, UPSOUND (Spanish): "Now we are closed, but we will wait until everyone leaves before we start the rest of the work"

12. Close of ballot boxes

13. Workers opening ballot boxes

14. Various of workers counting ballots

STORYLINE:

Polls closed Sunday evening in Mexico’s first-ever judicial elections and poll workers began counting colored ballots.

The question hanging in the air was what will become of Mexico's judiciary, the answer to which will only emerge in the coming days as results roll in.

Voter turnout seemed to lag significantly, something experts warned of in the lead up to the historic elections due to the mindboggling array of unfamiliar choices and the fact that voting for judges is new.

Experts say that low turnout may throw into question the legitimacy of the election, which has already faced months of fierce scrutiny.

While some voters said they felt pushed to vote in an election they felt would determine the fate of the country’s democracy, many more expressed a deep sense of apathy, citing disillusionment due to decades of corruption and lack of basic information about the vote.

Yet the vote is set to transform Mexico's judiciary.

Mexico's ruling party, Morena, overhauled the court system late last year, fueling protests and criticism that the reform is an attempt by those in power to seize on their political popularity to gain control of the branch of government until now out of their reach.

Now, instead of judges being appointed on a system of merit and experience, Mexican voters have cast ballots to choose between some 7,700 candidates vying for more than 2,600 judicial positions.

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Bangkok, Thailand - 1 June 2025

1. Wide of float with dancers during Thailand's annual Pride parade

2. Close of dancers on float

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Avali Khare, parade attendee from India: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT1 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT2++

"I think as a queer person it's just so important for me to be here, because I feel I'm proud of my identity and who I am and just to be in the company of all these other people, who have also embraced it for themselves. So I feel that's what it means to me, just to be open and be honest about who I am."

4. Pride attendees walking with Pride flag

5. Various of parade

6. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Puncharus "Candy" Talert, Pride co-organizer: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT4 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT5&7++

"I want the government to legislate laws such as the gender recognition act which is underway, the non-discrimination act and the other laws that promote gender equity. I really hope the government would help pushing these laws for equality."

7. Various of parade

8. Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra walking at beginning of Pride parade

STORYLINE:

It was a sea of rainbow colors and eye catching outfits in Bangkok on Sunday, as thousands took to the streets to celebrate Thailand's annual Pride parade.

Some participants danced on floats while others marched with rainbow flags for hours through the city center.

"I think as a queer person it's just so important for me to be here because I feel I'm proud of my identity and who I am," said 30 year-old Avali Khare from India.

For Russian Alex Drubin, who left Russia after the war with Ukraine broke out, the parade was an "amazing show", which was a symbol of "how every life is important."

The parade is the first to be held since Thailand legalized same-sex marriage earlier this year.

The enactment of the Marriage Equality Act makes Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia and the third place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.

Equal rights progress still has some way to go though, according to Pride co-organizer Puncharus "Candy" Talert, who wants the government to legislate laws such as the gender recognition act, a proposed law which would allow Thais to choose their gender title.

"I really hope the government would help pushing these laws for equality."

The celebratory mood saw participants dressed in a colorful array of decorated outfits, with loud music and dancing throughout the procession.

Some groups also used the parade as an opportunity for advocacy, such as the Empower Foundation, representing sex workers.

Current Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was also in attendance, taking part in the parade and speaking on stage before the march through Bangkok's streets.

Paetongtarn's Pheu Thai party introduced the new law earlier this year.

AP Video by Tian Macleod Ji

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