UK: Japanese Imperial Couple State Visit – The Mall Carriage Procession

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako commenced their 3-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday, June 25. King Charles and Queen Camilla met the imperial couple on Horse Guards Parade before traveling on royal carriages down The Mall to Buckingham Palace for a state banquet.

UK: Japanese Imperial Couple State Visit – The Mall Carriage Procession 2

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako commenced their 3-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday, June 25. King Charles and Queen Camilla met the imperial couple on Horse Guards Parade before traveling on royal carriages down The Mall to Buckingham Palace for a state banquet.

Iraqi artist creates glass painting artworks themed on Iraqi cultural heritages

STORY: Iraqi artist creates glass painting artworks themed on Iraqi cultural heritages DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:50 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Aws al-Bandar painting 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AWS AL-BANDAR, Artist 3. various of his workshop 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AWS AL-BANDAR, Artist STORYLINE: Aws al-Bandar is an Iraqi artist specializing in glass painting. His paintings reflect ideas inspired by Iraqi cultural heritages. In his workshop in Baghdad's northern neighborhood of Adhamiyah, al-Bandar was busy working on one of the paintings that reflected blue domes, ancient houses, women and men who toil to earn their livelihood. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AWS AL-BANDAR, Artist "I've been specializing in painting on glass since the 1990s when the art flourished during the period of the (international) embargo on Iraq, as it was hard to obtain paints. And we began to manufacture the pigments, which is a local industry, by exploiting the available materials." A