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Maldives: Shark Swallows Diver’s Camera and Spits It Back Out

On October 21, 2025, in the Maldives, a video captured an astonishing moment during a recreational diving session when a curious shark swallowed and then spat out a Chinese diver’s underwater camera. The shark suddenly appeared and bit into the device, swallowing it completely. For several seconds, the camera continued recording from inside the shark’s mouth, capturing flashes of sharp teeth and swirling water. The diver later told reporters that he felt terrified when the shark approached and immediately swam back to the boat after retrieving the camera.

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SDF trainer jet crashes

Personnel from Japan's Self-Defense Forces are pictured after retrieving objects believed to be debris from an Air Self-Defense Force trainer jet from a reservoir in Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on May 15, 2025. The T-4 aircraft crashed the previous day shortly after takeoff from Komaki Air Base, also in the prefecture.

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SDF trainer jet crashes

Personnel from Japan's Self-Defense Forces are pictured after retrieving objects believed to be debris from an Air Self-Defense Force trainer jet from a reservoir in Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on May 15, 2025. The T-4 aircraft crashed the previous day shortly after takeoff from Komaki Air Base, also in the prefecture.

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-SMUGGLED ANTIQUITIES-RETRIEVING

(240708) -- BAGHDAD, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People view recovered artifacts on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 8, 2024. Iraq's Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Monday the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artifacts from the United States and other countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-SMUGGLED ANTIQUITIES-RETRIEVING

(240708) -- BAGHDAD, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows recovered artifacts on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Monday the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artifacts from the United States and other countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-SMUGGLED ANTIQUITIES-RETRIEVING

(240708) -- BAGHDAD, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows a recovered artifact on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Monday the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artifacts from the United States and other countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-SMUGGLED ANTIQUITIES-RETRIEVING

(240708) -- BAGHDAD, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows a recovered artifact on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Monday the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artifacts from the United States and other countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-SMUGGLED ANTIQUITIES-RETRIEVING

(240708) -- BAGHDAD, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows a recovered artifact on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Monday the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artifacts from the United States and other countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-SMUGGLED ANTIQUITIES-RETRIEVING

(240708) -- BAGHDAD, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows recovered artifacts on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Monday the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artifacts from the United States and other countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-SMUGGLED ANTIQUITIES-RETRIEVING

(240708) -- BAGHDAD, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows a recovered artifact on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Monday the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artifacts from the United States and other countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION (CN)

(240613) -- HAIKOU, June 13, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This undated file photo shows professionals retrieving relics with deep-sea diving equipment in the South China Sea. More than 900 pieces of cultural relics have been retrieved from two ancient shipwrecks discovered in the South China Sea, the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) said Thursday. TO GO WITH "Over 900 pieces of relics retrieved from shipwrecks in South China Sea" (NCHA/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China launches new relay satellite for Earth-Moon communications

STORY: China launches new relay satellite for Earth-Moon communications SHOOTING TIME: March 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 20, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:44 LOCATION: WENCHANG, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch of a new relay satellite STORYLINE: China launched a new relay satellite on Wednesday to provide Earth-Moon communications services. This marks a key step for the country's future lunar exploration missions such as retrieving samples from the far side of the moon. A Long March-8 rocket, carrying the satellite dubbed Queqiao-2, or magpie bridge-2, soared into the sky at 8:31 a.m. from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province. After 24 minutes of flight, the satellite separated from the rocket, and entered the planned Earth-Moon transfer orbit with the perigee at 200 kilometers and the apogee at 420,000 kilometers. The satellite's solar panels and communications antennae were unfolded, according to the China National Space Administration. Xinhua News Agency

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Search for crashed U.S. military Osprey aircraft

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 30, 2023, shows a Japan Coast Guard ship retrieving objects believed to be debris from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft floating on waters off Yakushima Island in southwestern Japan where the aircraft crashed the day before.

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UN agencies warn of catastrophic food crisis in South Sudan

STORY: UN agencies warn of catastrophic food crisis in South Sudan DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:26 LOCATION: Juba CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of community members from Apada Boma welcoming the arrival of the delegation 2. various of community members retrieving water from a newly-built shallow well 3. various of farmers preparing the rice demonstration plot 4. various of community members watering the vegetable garden 5. FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu leading the group into the vegetable garden 6. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): QU DONGYU, FAO director-general 7. various of students from Udhaba Primary School 8. various of WFP executive director Cindy McCain serving students hot meals 9. various of students from Udhaba Primary School eating their school meals inside the classroom 10. various of delegations 11. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALVARO LARIO, President of IFAD 12. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CINDY MCCAIN, Executive director, World Food Programme 13. various of local people STORYLINE: The heads of

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U.S. private astronauts conclude mission to space station, return to Earth

STORY: U.S. private astronauts conclude mission to space station, return to Earth DATELINE: May 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the astronauts aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft (courtesy of SpaceX) 2. various of the spacecraft splashing down off the coast of Florida (courtesy of SpaceX) 3. various of the support team retrieving the spacecraft onto a recovery ship (courtesy of SpaceX) STORYLINE: SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft carrying Axiom Space's four private astronauts safely splashed down off the coast of the U.S. state of Florida on Tuesday, concluding the second all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The Dragon spacecraft autonomously undocked from the ISS at 11:05 a.m. Eastern Time (1605 GMT) Tuesday. After about 12 hours' travel, the spacecraft re-entered Earth's atmosphere and made a splashdown off the coast of Florida at 11:04 p.m. Eastern Time (0404 GMT Wednesday). Aboard the spacecraft are astronau

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Search efforts resume in Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Ground Self-Defense Force personnel and firefighters searching for survivors and retrieving bodies near the top of Mt. Ontake in central Japan on Oct. 1, 2014, four days after the 3,067-meter volcano erupted. The eruption has claimed dozens of victims.

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Search efforts resume in Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Ground Self-Defense Force personnel and firefighters searching for survivors and retrieving bodies near the top of Mt. Ontake in central Japan on Oct. 1, 2014, four days after the 3,067-meter volcano erupted. The eruption has claimed dozens of victims.

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Nigerian military confirms senior Boko Haram commander's surrender to troops

STORY: Nigerian military confirms senior Boko Haram commander's surrender to troops DATELINE: April 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of airstrikes on known Boko Haram locations 2. various of military inspecting attacked areas 3. various of military retrieving leftover ammunition by terrorists 4. SOUNDBITE (English): BERNARD ONYEUKO, Spokesman for the military STORYLINE: A senior commander of the extremist group Boko Haram has surrendered to troops in the heat of ongoing anti-terror operations in Nigeria's northeast region, the military confirmed on Thursday. The terrorist commander, identified as Saleh Mustapha, was a leader of the Boko Haram in Bama area, one of the frequently attacked locations in the northeastern state of Borno, said Bernard Onyeuko, a spokesman for the military, who addressed reporters in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. Onyeuko said Mustapha surrendered to the troops on Tuesday, explaining the military had intensified anti-terror operation

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Fukushima temporary home visit rehearsal

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Yoshiyuki Takeuchi, 53, an employee of the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, shows his wife's engagement ring in Kawauchi, Fukushima, on May 3, 2011, after retrieving some items from his home near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Takeuchi made a quick return home as part of the municipality's rehearsal for the upcoming program to allow its evacuated residents to briefly visit their homes in the no-reentry zone near the plant. He recommended that residents make notes of what they want to retrieve before making the visits. (Kyodo)

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Search efforts resume in Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Ground Self-Defense Force personnel and firefighters searching for survivors and retrieving bodies near the top of Mt. Ontake in central Japan on Oct. 1, 2014, four days after the 3,067-meter volcano erupted. The eruption has claimed dozens of victims. (Kyodo)