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Gingal, Indian-controlled Kashmir – 14 May 2025

1. Mid of damaged home

2. Wide of resident Mohammad Shafi standing next to his damaged home;

3. Shafi’s family inspecting damage to their home

4. Sharif and family member holding damaged pots

5. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Mohammad Shafi, local resident:

++OVERLAID BY SHOTS 2, 3 & 4++

“Our children’s books, uniforms, ration, gas, everything is finished. Now I have no place to live. War should end. During this, poor people suffer loss. Both sides suffer losses. War should not happen. What will come out of war? Only loss and nothing else.”

6. Villagers walking past damaged house

7. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Abdul Qayoom, local resident:

++PART OVERLAID BY SHOTS 8 & 9++

“Houses are damaged. Some are partially damage. Even the land is damaged now. All our agriculture, our trees, our pear trees and others, everything is broken. Everything is damaged. That’s why I appeal to the government that we should get some compensation for it.”

8. Villagers walking through farmland

9. Wide of village

10. Wide of Qayoom speaking on phone, woman sweeping glass from floor inside house

11. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Abdul Qayoom, local resident:

“If there is ceasefire, then it should be permanent. This is my request. And to save ourselves if the government can provide us with bunkers.”

12. Close of shattered glass

STORYLINE:

Local residents who fled the border villages of Indian-controlled Kashmir returned find their homes damaged and riddled with shrapnel after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire.

The militaries of India and Pakistan had been engaged in one of their most serious confrontations in decades since May 7, when India struck targets inside Pakistan it said were affiliated with militants responsible for the massacre of 26 tourists last month in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Pakistan has denied any links to the attackers.

After India's strikes in Pakistan, the two sides exchanged heavy fire along their de facto borders, followed by missile and drone strikes into each other’s territories, mainly targeting military installations and airbases.

Mohammad Shafi and four family members were having dinner in their kitchen when they heard explosions and ran outside on the night on May 8.

They had just managed to reach the road when they saw a blast damage the kitchen they had been dining in. They ran down a slope and hid among trees.

Shafi returned to access the damage on Sunday after the ceasefire between the two countries on May 10.

“Our children’s books, uniforms, ration, gas, everything is finished. Now I have no place to live,” Shafi told The Associated Press.

Most residents left Gingal for the town of Baramulla about 40 km (25 miles) south, to seek shelter.

Abdul Qayoom said the intense shelling from last week had traumatized them.

“If there is ceasefire, then it should be permanent. This is my request. And to save ourselves if the government can provide us with bunkers,” he said.

Nasreena Begum rushed out on the night of May 8, leaving her special-needs son behind as he was too heavy to be carried.

She was tormented but was relieved to find him safe at home the following morning.

“That time people were only thinking about themselves, where would I have got help from,” Begum said.

About 100 miles south, the usually bustling tourist spot of Pahalgam is now quiet, its residents facing a different challenge. It was here when, on April 22, militants killed 26 tourists in the worst assault in years targeting civilians in the restive region.

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Cannes, France - 17 May 2025

1. Various shots Joaquin Phoenix arrives and greets Ari Aster

2. Medium shot photographers

3. Wide shot Pedro Pascal arrives and hugs Joaquin Phoenix

4. Wide shot Luke Grimes arrives and greets Ari Aster, followed by Emma Stone

5. Wide shot Emma Stone and Ari Aster, with Pedro Pascal and Joaquin Phoenix behind

6. Wide shot Austin Butler arrives and hugs Pedro Pascal

7. Medium shot fans

8. Wide shot cast walk up steps

9. Medium shot fans wave at cast at top of building

10. Wide shot cast

STORYLINE:

The stars of Ari Aster's "Eddington" - Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Emma Stone and Austin Butler - arrived for a photocall ahead of a press conference in Cannes Saturday.

The movie had its world premiere in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday night, where it is in the running for the top prize, the Palme d'Or.

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Gaza Strip - 17 May 2025

1. Smoke following strike in Gaza Strip, UPSOUND Explosion

2. Various of smoke rising

STORYLINE:

Smoke was seen rising and explosions heard in the Gaza Strip on Saturday as Israel continued its offensive on the enclave.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said Saturday the bodies of 153 people killed by Israeli strikes have been brought to hospitals over the past 24 hours.

The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251. Most of the hostages have since been released in ceasefire agreements or other deals. Israel has rescued eight and recovered dozens of bodies.

Israel's offensive has killed over 53,200 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were civilians or combatants. Israel says it has killed around 20,000 militants, without providing evidence.

The war has destroyed vast parts of Gaza and most of its food production capabilities. The war has displaced around 90% of the population, with hundreds of thousands of people living in tent camps and bombed-out buildings.

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++STARTS AND ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++

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ARCHIVE: Moscow, Russia - 13 March 2025

1. STILL of Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov ++OVERLAYS AUDIO IN SHOT 2++

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Moscow, Russia - 17 May 2025

2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin:

“Such a meeting (between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy), as a result of the work of the delegations of the two sides upon reaching certain agreements of these delegations, is possible, we consider it possible, but precisely as a result of work and upon reaching certain results in the form of agreements of the two sides. At the same time, when signing the documents that the delegations have to agree on, for us the main and fundamental thing remains who exactly will sign these documents from the Ukrainian side.”

++BLACK FRAMES++

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ARCHIVE: Moscow, Russia - 19 December 2024

3. STILL of Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov ++OVERLAYS AUDIO IN SHOT 4++

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Moscow, Russia - 17 May 2025

4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin:

“No, there have been no contacts (between Russia and the United States). If Presidents Putin and Trump consider it appropriate to hold a conversation, we will inform you.”

++BLACK FRAMES++

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ARCHIVE: Moscow, Russia - 19 December 2024

5. STILL of Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov ++OVERLAYS AUDIO IN SHOT 6++

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Moscow, Russia - 17 May 2025

6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin:

“For now, we have to do what the delegations were able to agree on yesterday. This is, of course, first of all, to carry out a swap of a thousand (prisoners) for a thousand and exchange the very list of conditions that I spoke about and that my colleague (Russian delegation head Vladimir) Medinsky spoke about yesterday.”

++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++

STORYLINE:

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy is possible “upon reaching certain results in the form of agreements of the two sides.”

“At the same time, when signing the documents that the delegations have to agree on, for us the main and fundamental thing remains who exactly will sign these documents from the Ukrainian side,” Peskov added.

Asked whether the Russia had contacts with the United States following the negotiations, he said that if Putin and Trump “consider it appropriate to hold a conversation” the media will be informed.

“For now, we have to do what the delegations were able to agree on yesterday. This is, of course, first of all, to carry out a swap of a thousand (prisoners) for a thousand and exchange the very list of conditions that I spoke about and that my colleague (Russian delegation head Vladimir) Medinsky spoke about yesterday,” Peskov said.

The first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks since 2022 ended after less than two hours Friday, and while both sides agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners each in what would be their biggest such swap, they clearly remained far apart on key conditions for ending the fighting.

Both sides also discussed a ceasefire and a meeting between their heads of state, according to chief Ukrainian delegate, Defence Minister Rustem Umerov.

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Northern Gaza from Southern Israel - 17 May 2025

1. Black smoke on Gaza skyline ++MUTE++

2. Various of smoke

STORYLINE:

Israel continued its attack on Gaza on Saturday as regional leaders were due to meet in Baghdad at the annual summit of the Arab League, with the war in Gaza expected to once again loom large.

Smoke could be seen on the skyline in northern Gaza this morning.

Arab leaders endorsed in March at an emergency summit in Cairo a proposed plan for reconstruction of the Gaza Strip without displacing its roughly two million residents.

Saturday’s summit comes two months after Israel ended a ceasefire reached with the militant Hamas group in January.

Israel has launched widespread attacks in Gaza in recent days and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed a further escalation of force to pursue his aim of destroying Hamas.

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Cannes - 16 May 2025

1. Various of Angelina Jolie posing

2. Medium of Jolie with Chopard artistic director Caroline Scheufele

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie, actor - on what she wished she knew at the beginning of her career:

"I don't know, I think you just have to, you have to live through everything in life, right ? With whatever comes, we can't know."

4. Various of Angelina Jolie

5. Various of Halle Berry posing

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Halle Berry, actor:

"Absolutely enjoying it, can't you tell ? Thank you so much."

7. Various of Juliette Binoche

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Juliette Binoche, actor:

"It's beautiful. We get along very well and we're very happy to share those screenings together."

9. Various of Juliette Binoche

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Juliette Binoche, actor:

"The same, be yourself. Have as much fun."

11. Various of Quentin Tarantino and wife Daniella

12. Various of Marie Colomb, Angelina Jolie and Finn Bennett posing

13. Tilt up on Marie Colomb

14. SOUNDBITE (French) Marie Colomb, actor:

"It's incredible. And when I was told that Angelina Jolie was going to present the award to me, well, I was super, it's incredible, it's unexpected. I didn't expect it at all."

(Reporter: "Did you talk to her?")

Colomb: "Yes, yes, I met her just a while ago, I was all stressed, etc. But she was very kind, very caring, very gentle, so it was really great. There you go."

15. Various of Finn Bennett

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Finn Bennett, actor:

"I felt very honored. I felt amazing and to find out Angelina was her godmother was extra special. I think she's an incredibly special person, not just a revered actor and filmmaker, but she's also somebody who does humanitarian work and she's done so much and yeah, it's really amazing."

17. Various of Carla Bruni

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Carla Bruni, recording artist - on performing at the event:

"I'm feeling, oh, I'm feeling so nervous . Why did you tell me about it? I almost forgot. Now I'm feeling excited , nervous, and very happy ."

18. Mid shot of Carla Bruni posing

19. SOUNDBITE (English) Carla Bruni, recording artist - on what she wished she knew at the begininng of her career:

"Oh, I wish at the beginning of my career I knew how to how to love myself more instead of always being afraid of something, and that I don't have anymore and there's a privilege with age."

20. Various of Alba Rohrwacher posing

21. Various of William Abadie posing

STORYLINE:

Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry and Juliette Binoche were some of the stars attending the Chopard Trophy gala in Cannes Friday night.

Jolie, who presented the awards to promising up-and-coming actors Marie Colomb and Finn Bennett at the ceremony, revealed what she thought she wished she knew at the beginning of her career.

"I think you just have to live through everything in life, right ? With whatever comes, we can't know," she said.

Former French First Lady and singer Carla Bruni said she wished she was easier on herself at the start of her career.

"I wish at the beginning of my career I knew how to how to love myself more instead of always being afraid of something, and that I don't have anymore and there's a privilege with age," revealed Bruni.

She was set to perform at the event.

Other guests included Quentin Tarantino and Alba Rohrwacher.

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Genazzano, Italy - 15 May 2025

1. Tilt down of Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel

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Rome, Italy - 14 May 2025

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Giovanna Dell’Orto, The Associated Press:

++PART OVERLAID BY SHOTS 1 & 3 - 5++

“Pope Leo XIV invoked Our Lady of Pompeii in his very first public appearance after being elected pope on May 8. In his first trip outside of Rome as pope he went to visit an Augustinian church, the same order he belongs to, in the town of Genazzano just south of Rome that is devoted to another title of the Virgin Mary, in this case the Madonna del Buon Consiglio (Madonna of Good Counsel). And on his drive back to Rome he stopped to pray at the tomb of Pope Francis who wanted to be buried next to his favorite Madonna, the Salus Populi Romani in the Basilica of St. Mary Major.”

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Genazzano, Italy - 15 May 2025

3. Writing on church facade reading (Latin): “Virgin Mother of Good Counsel”

4. Icon of Virgin Mary inside Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel

5. Flowers and candles on altar in front of icon of Virgin Mary

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Rome, Italy - 14 May 2025

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Giovanna Dell’Orto, The Associated Press:

++PART OVERLAID BY SHOTS 7 - 10++

“So you might be wondering just how many Virgin Marys are there, and why is this veneration so important to Christians and Catholic in particular, from the popes on down to the ordinary faithful. Well, first of all there is of course only one Mary, she is the mother of Jesus, and the mystery of how she can be both human and the mother of the son of God is absolutely central to Christian dogma. As a matter of fact her oldest historical title is in Greek “Theotokos” which means literally that, the mother of god, and it took centuries of theological debate to establish that. But there are many other titles of veneration to the Virgin Mary, some of them are linked to events in her life, for example the Assumption, which is celebrated on August 15, and in many countries including Italy, Greece and others is still a major holiday, everybody is on vacation on that day, even atheists and secular people. Then there are titles that are connected to specific apparitions, for example in the Americas: the Virgin of Guadalupe, centuries old apparition in modern day Mexico, in Europe: Our Lady of Fatima, in Portugal: Our Lady of Lourdes more recently in France, also Marian apparitions are celebrated. And then there are local events, there are multiple titles, that may be connected to specific places, a specific icon, a specific veneration. For example, to go back to the Augustinians, they also administer the Church of the Basilica of St. Augustine in downtown Rome, and here there are multiple ones, the Madonna dei Pellegrini, a very famous painting by Caravaggio, there is a much venerated Madonna del Parto that many women who are expecting a child come to to pray for a safe labor.”

7. Faithful praying in a chapel in front of a painting of the Madonna with child

8. Various of marble statue of the Labor Madonna, sculpted by Jacopo Sansovino in the 16th century

9. Wide of the Cavalletti Chapel inside the basilica of St. Augustine, Caravaggio’s painting 'Madonna of Loreto' (16th Century), also known as Madonna dei Pellegrini (Madonna of Pilgrims) at the center of the chapel

10. Various of ‘Madonna del Pellegrini’ painting

STORYLINE:

Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompeii.

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Tirana - 17 May 2025

1. Various of French President Emmanuel Macron arriving to meet Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama at the government palace

2. Various of Rama showing Macron government palace

3. Various of Macron and Rama entering meeting room with delegations

STORYLINE:

French President Emmanuel Macron was welcomed by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama at the government palace in Tirana on Saturday morning.

The two leaders on Friday had participated in the European Political Community, or EPC, summit which was also attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Macron and Rami are set to hold bilateral talks with their delegations.

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Paranpillan, Indian-controlled Kashmir – 14 May 2025

1. Wide of man standing next to a home which was damaged by shelling from Pakistan

2. Mid of damaged home

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Gingal, Indian-controlled Kashmir – 14 May 2025

3. Various of damaged home

4. Various of villagers walking

5. Family sitting next to their damaged home

6. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Ruksar (gave only one name), local resident:

“The kids were also crying. We have not seen anything like this.”

7. Wide of resident Mohammad Shafi standing next to his damaged home; UPSOUND (Urdu) “A shell fell here just 5 minutes after we went out”

8. Wide of homes near border area

9. Shafi and his wife showing damage to their home

10. Mid of Shafi and his wife showing damaged utensils

11. Shafi’s family inspecting damage to their home

12. Wide of broken window panes and debris lying

13. Shafi showing a damaged shirt; UPSOUND (Urdu) “If this is the state of a uniform (his child’s school uniform) then what would have happened to the people”

14. People looking at damage inside their home

15. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Mohammad Shafi, local resident:

“Our children’s books, uniforms, ration, gas, everything is finished. Now I have no place to live.”

16. Close of damage to Shafi’s home due to Pakistani shelling

17. Shafi’s wife sitting next to debris lying outside their home

18. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Mohammad Shafi, local resident:

“War should end. During this, poor people suffer loss. Both sides suffer losses. War should not happen. What will come out of war? Only loss and nothing else.”

19. Wide of resident Abdul Qayoom sitting with a villager next to spot where a Pakistani shell landed; UPSOUND (Urdu) “Our lives were in danger. We were trying to run”; UPSOUND (villager) “The pieces of the shell spread to homes after it fell here”

20. Woman showing pieces of metal; UPSOUND (Urdu) “These are some parts of metal which fell here”

21. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Abdul Qayoom, local resident:

“Houses are damaged. Some are partial(ly damaged), some are damaged. Even the land is damaged now. All our agriculture, our trees, our pear trees and others, everything is broken. Everything is damaged. That’s why I appeal to the government that we should get some compensation for it.”

22. Wide of Qayoom looking at damage to his home with another villager

23. Wide of Qayoom speaking on phone, woman sweeping glass from floor inside house

24. Close of shattered glass

25. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Abdul Qayoom, local resident:

“If there is ceasefire, then it should be permanent. This is my request. And to save ourselves if the government can provide us with bunkers.”

26. Various of resident Nasreena Begum sitting with her son

27. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Nasreena Begum, local resident:

“That time people were only thinking about themselves, where would I have got help from (to carry her son). I won't lie. Everyone was thinking about their own life.”

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Pahalgam, Indian-controlled Kashmir – 15 May 2025

28. Various of near empty street and closed marketplace

29. Wide of locked shop

30. Various of soldier standing guard

31. Wide of river

32. Wide of locals taking photos

STORYLINE:

Local residents who fled the border villages of Indian-controlled Kashmir returned to assess the damage, finding their homes damaged and riddled with shrapnel after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire.

Mohammad Shafi and four family members were having dinner in their kitchen when they heard explosions and ran outside on the night on May 8.

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Nairobi, Kenya - 5 April 2025

1. Aerial of Mathare informal settlement area

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Moses Nyoike, Vision Bearerz Founder:

++PART OVERLAID WITH SHOTS 3 AND 4++

"Our mission is to reduce crime and that is our aim because in Mathare, sometimes you will find chaos. But when youth are busy, they cannot engage in crime. That is why we decided to do something."

3. Various of former gangster turned urban farmer Ben Njoki preparing meals with friends for a community feeding programme

4. Close of Njoki

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Njoki, former gangster turned urban farmer:

++PART OVERLAID WITH SHOTS 6 AND 7++

"The types of crimes I was involved in were going and mugging people. The life I was living was a lie. It did not add anything. We just lost more people. But right now, we are winning more people in the community. The parents, the kids around here."

6. Various of Njoki walking about in Mathare

7. People on a street in Mathare

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Kariaga, former gangster turned urban farmer: ++PART OVERLAID WITH SHOT 9++

"We changed after people, many dead and people are dead, my friends, so many, even my brother. We decided to change to be the young ones' ambassadors."

9. Various of Kariaga looking at photos of his late gangster friend

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Okoro, CFK Africa Executive Director:

++PART OVERLAID WITH SHOTS 9, 11, 12 AND 13++

"In light of the current development cuts, localization is the way to go. The idea of locals taking charge of the change that they want is the way to go. I think that it's so great that we have had large organizations such as USAID providing support but locals understand and can maintain what is going on."

11. Various of children feeding programme by Vision Bearerz

12. Various of Njoki and a friend feeding fish

13. Various of Kariaga with pigs

STORYLINE:

Joseph Kariaga and his friends once lived the “gangster life” in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, snatching phones, mugging people and battling police. But when Kariaga's brother was shot dead by police, the young men took stock.

"We changed after people, many dead,” said Kariaga, now 27. "People are dead, my friends, so many, even my brother."

Now the men are farmers with a social mission.

Nearly a dozen of them founded Vision Bearerz in 2017 to steer youth away from crime and address food insecurity in one of Kenya’s poorest communities.

Despite challenges, Vision Bearerz makes a modest but meaningful community impact, including feeding over 150 children at lunches each week.

Some residents praise the group and call the men role models.

Amid cuts to foreign funding by the United States and others, experts say local organizations like this may be the future of aid.

Vision Bearerz works on an urban farm tucked away in the muddy streets and corrugated-metal homes that make up Mathare, one of Africa's most populous slums.

Estimates say about a half-million people live in this neighborhood of less than two square kilometers.

Some 2 million people, or 60% of Nairobi’s population, live in informal settlements, according to CFK Africa, a non-governmental organization that runs health and poverty reduction programs in such neighborhoods and is familiar with Vision Bearerz' work.

Lack of infrastructure is a key challenge in these communities, which are growing amid sub-Saharan Africa’s rapid urbanization and booming youth population, said Jeffrey Okoro, the group’s executive director.

Polluted soil and water rationing made it a tough start.

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