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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - VATICAN GARDENS : MONASTERY MATER ECCLESIAE OF THE NUNS, WHICH BECAME THE RESIDENCE OF BENEDICT XVI. TO WELCOME THE FORMER POPE, WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS FOUR-STOREY BUILDING, WHICH HAS A CHAPEL, AN ORGANIC GARDEN AND A ROOF TERRACE WITH VIEWS OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA AND THE VATICAN GARDENS, WHERE JOSEPH RATZINGER LIKES TO WALK IN THE AFTERNOON. IN THE FOREGROUND, THE KITCHEN GARDEN OF THE POPE. VEGETABLES ARE GROWN AND FRUITS ARE HARVESTED, ALL OF WHICH ARE 100% NATURAL AND DESTINED FOR THE PAPAL TABLE. THE WATER USED FOR WATERING, LIKE ALL THE WATER USED TO WATER THE 300 PLANT SPECIES AND 6.500 SPECIMENS OF GARDEN PLANTS, COMES DIRECTLY FROM LAKE BRACCIANO. IN THE PAST, THIS PURE WATER PASSED THROUGH THE ANCIENT ROMAN AQUEDUCT OF TRAJAN. ON BACKGROUND LEFT, THE VATICAN RADIO TOWER. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel demolishes home of Palestinian prisoner accused of killing 2 Israelis

STORY: Israel demolishes home of Palestinian prisoner accused of killing 2 Israelis DATELINE: June 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: RAMALLAH, Palestine CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Israeli army blowing up a residential apartment in Ramallah STORYLINE: The Israeli army on Thursday demolished the home of a Palestinian prisoner accused of carrying out twin bombings in Jerusalem that killed two Israelis last November. Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that Israeli forces stormed the West Bank city of Ramallah and surrounded the four-storey residential building in which the apartment of the prisoner, Islam al-Faroukh, was located. The Israeli forces evacuated the building before blowing up al-Faroukh's apartment on the first floor, causing damage to the whole building, the sources said. Avichai Adraee, the Israeli army's spokesman, confirmed in a statement that Israeli forces destroyed the home of al-Faroukh, the perpetrator of the bombings in Jerusalem last November that killed tw

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NEW ZEALAND-WELLINGTON-FIRE

(230516) -- WELLINGTON, May 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cordon lines are seen near the fire site of a hostel building in downtown Wellington, New Zealand, on May 16, 2023. Several people were killed and up to 30 others were believed unaccounted for after a blaze broke out overnight at a four-storey hostel building in downtown Wellington, police said on Tuesday. (Xinhua)

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NEW ZEALAND-WELLINGTON-FIRE

(230516) -- WELLINGTON, May 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 16, 2023 shows the fire site of a hostel building in downtown Wellington, New Zealand. Several people were killed and up to 30 others were believed unaccounted for after a blaze broke out overnight at a four-storey hostel building in downtown Wellington, police said on Tuesday. (Xinhua)

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NEW ZEALAND-WELLINGTON-FIRE

(230516) -- WELLINGTON, May 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Police officers are seen at the fire site of a hostel building in downtown Wellington, New Zealand, on May 16, 2023. Several people were killed and up to 30 others were believed unaccounted for after a blaze broke out overnight at a four-storey hostel building in downtown Wellington, police said on Tuesday. (Xinhua)

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NEW ZEALAND-WELLINGTON-FIRE

(230516) -- WELLINGTON, May 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fire trucks are seen near the site where a fire broke out in downtown Wellington, New Zealand, on May 16, 2023. Several people were killed and up to 30 others were believed unaccounted for after a blaze broke out overnight at a four-storey hostel building in downtown Wellington, police said on Tuesday. (Xinhua)

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NEW ZEALAND-WELLINGTON-FIRE

(230516) -- WELLINGTON, May 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fire trucks are seen near the site where a fire broke out in downtown Wellington, New Zealand, on May 16, 2023. Several people were killed and up to 30 others were believed unaccounted for after a blaze broke out overnight at a four-storey hostel building in downtown Wellington, police said on Tuesday. (Xinhua)

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NEW ZEALAND-WELLINGTON-FIRE

(230516) -- WELLINGTON, May 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fire trucks are seen near the site where a fire broke out in downtown Wellington, New Zealand, on May 16, 2023. Several people were killed and up to 30 others were believed unaccounted for after a blaze broke out overnight at a four-storey hostel building in downtown Wellington, police said on Tuesday. (Xinhua)

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NEW ZEALAND-WELLINGTON-FIRE

(230516) -- WELLINGTON, May 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters battle a fire at the site where a fire broke out in downtown Wellington, New Zealand, on May 16, 2023. Several people were killed and up to 30 others were believed unaccounted for after a blaze broke out overnight at a four-storey hostel building in downtown Wellington, police said on Tuesday. (Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-BUILDING-COLLAPSE

(230208) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescue workers search for survivors among the rubble of a collapsed building in the suburb of Harasta, eastern Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 8, 2023. A four-storey building collapsed here on Wednesday night, the state news agency SANA reported. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-BUILDING-COLLAPSE

(230208) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescue workers search for survivors among the rubble of a collapsed building in the suburb of Harasta, eastern Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 8, 2023. A four-storey building collapsed here on Wednesday night, the state news agency SANA reported. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-BUILDING-COLLAPSE

(230208) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescue workers search for survivors among the rubble of a collapsed building in the suburb of Harasta, eastern Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 8, 2023. A four-storey building collapsed here on Wednesday night, the state news agency SANA reported. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-BUILDING-COLLAPSE

(230208) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescue workers search for survivors among the rubble of a collapsed building in the suburb of Harasta, eastern Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 8, 2023. A four-storey building collapsed here on Wednesday night, the state news agency SANA reported. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-BUILDING-COLLAPSE

(230208) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescue workers search for survivors among the rubble of a collapsed building in the suburb of Harasta, eastern Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 8, 2023. A four-storey building collapsed here on Wednesday night, the state news agency SANA reported. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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5 killed in residential building collapse in Jordan

STORY: 5 killed in residential building collapse in Jordan DATELINE: Sept. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:08 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescuers searching for survivors after a residential building collapsed in Amman 2. various of Jordan's Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh supervising rescue work STORYLINE: The death toll in a residential building collapse in Jordan's capital Amman on Tuesday rose to five, the Public Security Department (PSD) said in a statement. Search for more survivors is still going on, the PSD added, as its earlier statement said two were killed in the incident. A security source told Xinhua that the building collapse injured seven, at least one of whom is in critical conditions. The power supply of the old four-storey building inhabited by about 25 people was already cut, the source said on condition of anonymity. Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh rushed to the site in the Jabal Al-Weibdeh area and ordered an investigation into the incident, state-run Petr

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Death toll in building collapse in India's Mumbai rises to 14

STORY: Death toll in building collapse in India's Mumbai rises to 14 DATELINE: June 29, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:43 LOCATION: MUMBAI, India CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue operations STORYLINE: Death toll in a four-storey building collapse in India's Mumbai rose to 14 while rescue operations were underway on Tuesday evening. The dilapidated building that collapsed on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, saw several persons being trapped under the debris. Of the total number of 27 injured persons, 14 were reported dead while nine persons were discharged after treatment, and the remaining four are undergoing treatment at the civic hospital, said the city civic body, BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on its social microblogging site. Ahead of the monsoon season that starts from June to September, the BMC had identified 337 dilapidated buildings across Mumbai, down from 465 buildings last year. The annual survey of dilapidated buildings is being conducted before th