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(26 May 2025)

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Amman, Jordan – 26 May 2025

1. Various of Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway being received by his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi

2. Various of meeting between Eide and Safadi

3. Wide of Eide and Safadi arriving at press conference room

4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway:

“I want to start by saying that the situation we are seeing now in Gaza is catastrophic. It is beyond belief. It is totally unacceptable. It has to end. And we need to deal immediately, by the hour, to get humanitarian aid into Gaza, to work for a ceasefire. Norway was the first Western country to call for a ceasefire, very quickly after this round of war started. And we are acutely aware that while it has been a terrible war in Gaza over these last 19 months, it's just the latest expression of a problem that will come over and over again if we don't deal with the real issue, which is the absence of a Palestinian State.”

5. Wide of reporters listening

6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway:

“We are acutely aware that the situation in the West Bank is extremely serious. Not at the same level of death and destruction (in Gaza), but serious enough, but politically maybe even more challenging. Because in order to maintain the hope of a Palestinian state, maintain the Hope of a two-state solution, we need to make sure that those institutions that were set up back after 1993, after Oslo, can thrive. And that, you know, that when we ask for further development and strengthening of capacity and reform, we also have to make sure that they survive this very critical moment, which is really, really important, really, really dangerous.”

7. Wide of Eide and Safadi during press conference

8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway:

“We are now looking towards New York, where there will be a meeting at the UN, called by Saudi Arabia and France, and Norway, who recognized Palestine last year, in a cluster European countries together with Spain and Ireland and Slovenia, we are working hard to encourage other European countries to do the same and that they do the same before or at the conference in New York. I think that would be a very important sign because one of the many pieces of a big puzzle of how to create peace in Israel and Palestine is the universal recognition of the Palestinian state.”

9. Wide of Eide and Safadi during press conference

10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway:

“We fully agree it's extremely serious and it seems to be deliberately targeting, stirring up even more problems, even more violence, and I think, you know, I am very worried about what's happening in East Jerusalem and in the West Bank in general, as I mentioned, and I'm afraid that at least many of the people who engaged in this did that exactly because they wanted to stir up more confrontation and prepare for even more trouble. So, we strongly, we very, very much believe that this is the wrong path and we need to have a very different way to go.”

11. Wide of press conference

12. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ayman Safadi, Jordanian Foreign Minister:

13. Wide of press conference

14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ayman Safadi, Jordanian Foreign Minister:

15. Wide of Eide and Safadi during press conference

16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ayman al-Safadi, Jordanian Foreign Minister:

17. Wide of Eide and Safadi shaking hands, leaving press conference room

STORYLINE:

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(26 May 2025)

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Bucharest, Romania - 26 May 2025

1. Nicusor Dan greeting members of parliament before taking oath

2. Wide of parliament session

3. Dan during national anthem

4. Parliament session during anthem

5. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Nicusor Dan, Romanian President:

++SOUNDBITE IS OVER SHOTS 2, 3, 4++

“I swear to give all my strength and wisdom for the wealth of the Romanian people, I swear to respect the constitution and laws of the country, I swear to defend democracy, the fundamental rights and freedoms of its citizens, to defend the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Romania. So help me God.”

6. MPs applauding

7. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Nicusor Dan, Romanian President:

“Romanian society showed to herself that it's alive and powerful. The Romanian state needs a fundamental change of course within the limits of the rule of law, and I invite you to continue to be involved with all the social force you proved to put positive pressure on Romanian state institutions in order for these to reform. And I assure you I will be a president open to the voice of the society and a partner of the society.”

8. Wide of parliament

STORYLINE:

Romania’s newly elected president Nicusor Dan was officially sworn in on Monday, ushering in a tentative close to the worst political crisis to grip the European Union country in decades after the annulment of the previous election.

But multiple challenges lie ahead.

Dan, a 55-year-old mathematician and former mayor of the capital, Bucharest, decisively won the tense rerun on May 18, beating his hard-right opponent George Simion, who later challenged the results at a top court, but was rejected last week.

At the inauguration ceremony in a joint session of Parliament, Dan signed the constitutional oath.

In a speech afterward, he promised to tackle Romania's economic woes and to be a president "open to the voice of society.”

“The Romanian state needs a fundamental change ... and I invite you to continue to be involved with all the social force you have proven, to put positive pressure on the institutions of the Romanian state so that they can reform,” he said.

The May election redo was held months after the Constitutional Court voided the previous election in which the far-right outsider Calin Georgescu led the first round, following allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference, which Moscow has denied.

The court’s unprecedented decision last year plunged Romania, which is a member of NATO as well as the EU, into a period of unprecedented political turmoil.

The presidential role carries a five-year term and significant decision-making powers in national security and foreign policy.

In the presidential election rerun, Dan ran independently on an “Honest Romania” ticket, reaffirming Western ties, continued support for Ukraine, and fiscal reforms.

Many observers viewed the election outcome as crucial to maintaining Romania’s place within Western alliances, especially as the war continues in neighboring Ukraine.

At the same time, the continent scrambles to arm itself as the United States’ commitment to European partners has waned under US President Donald Trump.

As Dan begins his mandate, he faces the immediate challenge of nominating a prime minister who can garner the support necessary to form a government, a tall order in a country where a rejection of the political class led to the emergence of figures like Georgescu and Simion.

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(26 May 2025)

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Beijing - 26 May 2025

1. Wide of news conference

2. Wide of reporters

3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Mao Ning, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson:

“Over the years, China and Japan have achieved many positive outcomes in areas such as panda breeding, scientific research, technical exchanges and public education. According to the cooperation agreement signed between China and Japan, the giant panda Rauhin and her three cubs currently residing in Japan will return to China in June this year. We appreciate the dedicated care of our Japanese partners over the years and welcome our Japanese friends to visit them in China.”

4. Close of reporters

5. Wide of news conference

STORYLINE:

China on Monday thanked Japan for the “dedicated care” provided it has given to four giant pandas set to return to China next month.

The pandas -- 24-year-old female Rauhin and her three daughters Yuihin, Saihin and Fuhin -- reside at Adventure World zoo in Japan's Wakayama Prefecture. All four were born at the facility, with Rauhin being the first giant panda born there in September 2000.

Their return is part of a long-standing panda conservation agreement between China and Japan, under which China retains ownership of all giant pandas, including those born overseas.

The lease of the four is due to expire in August, but they are scheduled to return by the end of June to avoid Japan’s extreme summer heat.

Commenting on their return at a daily news briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning recognized the progress of bilateral cooperation in panda conservation.

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(26 May 2025)

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Paris, France - 26 May 2025

++QUALITY AS INCOMING++

1. South Korean soprano Sumi Jo standing next to Fleur Pellerin, French businesswoman and former culture minister, during speech

2. Various shots of Fleur Pellerin awarding the medal of France's Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters to Sumi Jo, and putting the medal around her neck

3. SOUNDBITE (French) Sumi Jo, South Korean soprano:

“Receiving this prestigious honor is beyond anything I could have imagined. I was lucky enough to receive many recognition awards during my career but today I feel like having reached the top.”

4. Sumi Jo hugging people, audience applauding

STORYLINE:

South Korean soprano Sumi Jo was awarded the medal of France's Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters in a Paris on Monday.

The Korean Cultural Center in Paris said it was in recognition of her contributions to French art.

Fleur Pellerin, a French businesswoman and former minister gave the award to Sumi Jo during a ceremony at the National Theatre of the Opera Comique.

Pellerin was born in South Korea in 1973 and adopted by a family in France when she was just 6 months old.

The French government distinction l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) is conferred on “persons who have distinguished themselves by their creativity in the field of art, culture and literature or for their contribution to the influence of arts in France and throughout the world.”

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Bucharest, Romania - 26 May 2025

1. Nicusor Dan greeting members of parliament before taking oath

2. Wide of parliament session

3. Dan during national anthem

4. Parliament session during anthem

5. Dan looking through notes before oath

6. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Nicusor Dan, President of Romania:

“I swear to give all my strength and wisdom for the wealth of the Romanian people, I swear to respect the constitution and laws of the country, I swear to defend democracy, the fundamental rights and freedoms of its citizens, to defend the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Romania. So help me God.”

7. MPs applauding

8. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Nicusor Dan, President of Romania:

“Romanian society showed to herself that it's alive and powerful. The Romanian state needs a fundamental change of course within the limits of the rule of law, and I invite you to continue to be involved with all the social force you proved to put positive pressure on Romanian state institutions in order for these to reform. And I assure you I will be a president open to the voice of the society and a partner of the society.”

9. Wide of parliament

10. Dan during applause

STORYLINE:

Romania’s newly elected president Nicusor Dan was officially sworn in on Monday, ushering in a tentative close to the worst political crisis to grip the European Union country in decades after the annulment of the previous election.

But multiple challenges lie ahead.

Dan, a 55-year-old mathematician and former mayor of the capital, Bucharest, decisively won the tense rerun in a runoff on May 18, beating his hard-right opponent George Simion, who later challenged the results at a top court, but was rejected last week.

At the inauguration ceremony in a joint session of Parliament, Dan signed the constitutional oath.

In a speech afterward, he promised to tackle Romania's economic woes and to be a president "open to the voice of society.”

“The Romanian state needs a fundamental change ... and I invite you to continue to be involved with all the social force you have proven, to put positive pressure on the institutions of the Romanian state so that they can reform,” he said.

The May election redo was held months after the Constitutional Court voided the previous election in which the far-right outsider Calin Georgescu led the first round, following allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference, which Moscow has denied.

The court’s unprecedented decision last year plunged Romania, which is a member of NATO as well as the EU, into a period of unprecedented political turmoil.

The presidential role carries a five-year term and significant decision-making powers in national security and foreign policy.

In the presidential election rerun, Dan ran independently on an “Honest Romania” ticket, reaffirming Western ties, continued support for Ukraine, and fiscal reforms.

Many observers viewed the election outcome as crucial to maintaining Romania’s place within Western alliances, especially as the war continues in neighboring Ukraine.

At the same time, the continent scrambles to arm itself as the United States’ commitment to European partners has waned under US President Donald Trump.

As Dan begins his mandate, he faces the immediate challenge of nominating a prime minister who can garner the support necessary to form a government, a tall order in a country where a rejection of the political class led to the emergence of figures like Georgescu and Simion.

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(26 May 2025)

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Tehran - 26 May 2025

1. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei arriving for regular briefing

2. Various of briefing, journalists

3. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esmail Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman:

"We believe artistic events, or art in general, should not be misused to advance political agendas. The reason for summoning (the) French charge d'affaires in Tehran was ridiculous stances taken by the French who used an international event as a platform for making false and provocative statements against the Islamic Republic of Iran."

4. Wide of briefing

5. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esmail Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman:

++ON PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REPORTEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE TALKS WITH IRAN++

"If there is genuine goodwill in this matter, if the true goal is to ensure that there are no nuclear bombs in Iran, then we too can say we are optimistic about continuing negotiations. But and this but is a significant one, if the aim is to deprive Iran of its legitimate rights under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), then we certainly do not believe that such a process will lead to any result."

6. Wide of briefing

7. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esmail Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman:

++ON SPECULATIONS ABOUT AN INITIATIVE FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY++

"We support any process that is based on the participation of regional countries in enriching uranium and producing fuel needed for peaceful nuclear projects. However, this initiative cannot in any way serve as a substitute for uranium enrichment within Iran."

8. Pan left briefing

9. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esmail Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman:

"Uranium enrichment is an inseparable part of peaceful nuclear energy and Iran's nuclear industry. It must absolutely be preserved. We are by no means permitted to show even the slightest flexibility on this issue."

10. Baghaei leaving

STORYLINE:

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday criticised France for what he called "misusing" art for advancing political agendas, after an Iranian dissident filmmaker won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.

Jafar Panahi won the prize for his revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident."

The Iranian film centers on a man who abducts his suspected captor after being tortured in prison.

Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot praised the movie after it won the prestigious award as "a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime's oppression."

Iran summoned France's representative in protest after the comments.

"The reason for summoning (the) French charge d'affaires in Tehran was ridiculous stances taken by the French who used an international event as a platform for making false and provocative statements," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said at a weekly briefing in Tehran.

In Iran, film productions need to receive script approval from the government to shoot in public.

Dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi refuses to do that, knowing they won’t allow him to make the films he wants to, and “It Was Just an Accident” was filmed without cooperation.

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(26 May 2025)

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Hanoi, Vietnam - 26 May 2025

1. French President Emmanuel Macron and Vietnam's General Secretary of Communist Party To Lam shaking hands

2. Various of meeting between Macron and To Lam

3. Various of To Lam, Macron and their wives Brigitte and Ngo Phuong Ly watching cultural performances at the Temple of Literature

4. To Lam, Macron and their wives taking photos with artists

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Hanoi, Vietnam - 26 May 2025

5. Various of To Lam and Macron planting tree at the Presidential Palace

6. Various of To Lam and Macron visit the relic of the stilt house where revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh used to live in the Presidential Palace compound

7. Various of To Lam and Macron feeding fish

STORYLINE:

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Monday for closer cooperation between Vietnam and France in an increasingly unstable global landscape as he visited Hanoi as part of a Southeast Asia tour focused on strengthening regional ties.

Macron emphasized the need for “an order based on law” at a time of ”both great imbalance and a return to power-driven rhetoric and intimidation.” He next heads to Indonesia and Singapore.

The visit comes amid trade tensions, with the U.S. threatening steep tariffs on goods from Europe. Vietnamese imports to the United States were hit with 46% tariffs — among the highest rates applied to any country — in April.

Macron signed more than a dozen agreements on defense, nuclear power and trade, including one with the Vietnamese budget airline company VietJet and Airbus to buy 20 A330-900 planes.

He paid tribute at a Hanoi war memorial to those who fought the French colonial rulers and met with his counterpart Luong Cuong, as well as Communist Party general secretary To Lam.

Macron also visited the 11th century Temple of Literature in the heart of the Vietnamese capital.

France and Vietnam's “sovereignty partnership” could be the central axis of France’s approach in the Indo-Pacific, Macron said.

France has demonstrated its “desire to defend international maritime law” when it deployed the French carrier strike group in the South China Sea in early 2025, Macron said.

China and Vietnam have long had a maritime agreement governing the Gulf of Tonkin, but have been locked in competing claims in the South China Sea over the Spratly and Paracel Islands and maritime areas.

Macron said France would also support Vietnam in key sectors, including critical minerals, high-speed rail, civil nuclear energy and aerospace, and focus on partnering with the Asian nation to help it transition away from dirty coal power while adding new capacity in renewable energy and civil nuclear power.

This is Macron's first trip to Vietnam since he took office in 2017.

France and Vietnam share a comprehensive strategic partnership, Vietnam’s highest diplomatic status, also held with Russia, China, and the U.S.

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(26 May 2025)

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Jerusalem - 26 May 2025

1. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar walking toward podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristi Noem, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary:

"President Trump extends his greetings and his grief to all of you, and he stands with you as we fight this hatred in the world and know that Yaron and Sarah's lives will be of significance and will matter and will bring a unity among us that will help us defeat our enemies."

3. Close-up of framed picture of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky

4. Noem lighting candle

STORYLINE:

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was in Israel Monday on a visit meant to show solidarity with the country after the fatal shooting in Washington last week of two Israeli Embassy employees.

Noem said that President Donald Trump had asked her to come to Israel after the shootings of Sarah Milgrim, an American citizen, and Yaron Lischinsky, an Israeli. A suspect identified as Elias Rodriguez said he "did it for Palestine," according to court papers.

At a news conference with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, Noem said Trump "stands with you as we fight this hatred in the world."

She said Milgrim and Lischinsky's lives "will bring a unity among us that will help us defeat our enemies."

After a visit to Bahrain, Noem arrived in Israel Sunday and met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Vienna, Austria - 26 May 2025

1. Various of Sebastian Kurz entering courtroom

2. Various of Kurz in courtroom

3. Judges entering

4. Audience

5. Various of judges

6. Wide of Kurz exiting courtroom

7. SOUNDBITE (German) Sebastian Kurz, former Austrian Chancellor:

“There were plenty of court dates, a vast number of arguments about these allegations. I think you all witnessed how this was celebrated and now all of it collapsed. What came out is what I have always said — namely, that I did not tell untruths to the parliamentary inquiry. But nevertheless, the past few years happened like they happened.”

8. Wide of camera operators

9. SOUNDBITE (German) Sebastian Kurz, former Austrian Chancellor:

“Personally, I’ve been through a long time filled with lawsuits. And I would like to comment on that at length, but I’m asking for your understanding that I first of all want to return to my family and my two children, one of which is still very young.”

10. Various of Kurz leaving court

STORYLINE:

A court in Vienna on Monday acquitted former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his government, reversing a verdict from last year in which Kurz was given a suspended prison sentence.

Judges at Vienna's upper state court threw out Kurz's conviction after a short appeal hearing, the Austria Press Agency reported.

The case centered on Kurz’s testimony to an inquiry that focused on the coalition he led from 2017, when his conservative Austrian People’s Party formed a coalition with the far-right Freedom Party, until its collapse in 2019.

Prosecutors accused the 38-year-old of having given false evidence in June 2020 regarding his role in the setting up of a holding company, OeBAG, which administers the state’s role in some companies, and the appointment of former close confidant Thomas Schmid to its leadership.

In February 2024, Kurz was found guilty of making false statements about the appointment of the company’s supervisory board, though not about that of Schmid. He was given an eight-month suspended sentence.

That verdict followed a four-month trial. It was the first time in more than 30 years that a former Austrian chancellor had stood trial.

“What came out is what I have always said — namely, that I did not tell untruths to the parliamentary inquiry,” Kurz said in a brief statement to reporters outside the courtroom after Monday's decision.

Judges on Monday upheld the conviction of Kurz's former chief of staff, Bernhard Bonelli, for making a false statement to the parliamentary inquiry about his own involvement and that of Kurz in the selection of OeBAG supervisory board members.

He was given a six-month suspended sentence last year. Kurz said he deeply regrets the decision on Bonelli.

Once a rising star among conservatives in Europe, Kurz resigned in 2021 after a separate corruption probe opened and has since left politics.

His People’s Party still leads the government under current Chancellor Christian Stocker, although it finished second in an election in September.

Kurz rose to power with an anti-immigration platform and was only 31 when he became the leader of the People’s Party and then chancellor in 2017.

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Eagle Mountain, Utah - 24 April 2025

1. Philip McLemore turning on a candle in his yoga shrine

2. McLemore's yoga shrine

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Philip McLemore, former Latter-day Saints U.S. Air Force and hospice chaplain:

"Yoga Meditation is really primarily a transcendental form of meditation. So relax the body, still the body, calm the mind."

4. Various spiritual objects in McLemore's office

5. McLemore demonstrating his meditation practice

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Philip McLemore, former Latter-day Saints U.S. Air Force and hospice chaplain:

“I find the teachings of Jesus more consistent with the yoga tradition than any other Eastern tradition, period. To me they just fit very harmoniously.”

7. McLemore demonstrating his meditation practice

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Salt Lake City - 25 April 2025

8. Sign outside of an LDS church

9. The Salt Lake Temple, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in temple square

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Spanish Fork, Utah - 23 April 2025

10. Yoga class at the Shri Shri Radha Krishna Temple

11. Exterior of the Shri Shri Radha Krishna Temple

12. Members of the Mormon church doing yoga at the Shri Shri Radha Krishna Temple

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Wendy Cullum, Latter-day Saint and Dental Hygienist:

“I close my eyes in Shavasana and what I do is I picture God in my presence and all of the world just kind of melting away and so I can just zero in, focus on my spirituality and what he has to say to me.”

14. Cullum practicing yoga at the Shri Shri Radha Krishna Temple

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15. SOUNDBITE (English) LeAnne Tolley, Latter-day Saint and a yoga teacher:

“The majority of people, at least here in Utah County, are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I wanted to share what I was learning with them.”

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16. Various of a yoga class at the Shri Shri Radha Krishna Temple

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17. SOUNDBITE (English) LeAnne Tolley, Latter-day Saint and a yoga teacher:

“Sometimes we focus so much on spirit good and body bad and our job is to overcome the body and get to a place where we are these spiritually enlightened beings that the body doesn't even matter anymore. That is actually just the opposite. Yoga teaches us mind, body, spirit connected. That really is, in my perception, what God is.”

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Spanish Fork, Utah - 23 April 2025

18. Various of a yoga class at the Shri Shri Radha Krishna Temple

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19. SOUNDBITE (English) LeAnne Tolley, Latter-day Saint and a yoga teacher:

“It hurts my heart when people feel like, oh, you can't do yoga, and you can do the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It hurts my heart, the feeling of it's one or the other. I feel like that what I've learned from yoga only fortifies, enhances and deepens my personal faith.”

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Spanish Fork, Utah - 23 April 2025

20. Various of a yoga class at the Shri Shri Radha Krishna Temple

STORYLINE:

Many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints embrace yoga not only the physical benefits, but also the spiritual. And finding a greater connection between their faith and the ancient practice of Yoga.

"Yoga Meditation is really primarily a transcendental form of meditation. So relax the body. Still the body, calm the mind," says Philip McLemore, a former Latter-day Saints U.S. Air Force and hospice chaplain.

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