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Director of "American Fiction" Cord Jefferson tells AFP on the red carpet of the Oscars in Hollywood that it feels "incredibly surreal" to be nominated, shortly before winning the Oscar for best Adapted Screenplay. SOUNDBITE
Firefighters from the ICMBio (Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation), Brazil's federal protected areas agency, use helicopters and make firebreaks to combat a blaze in the Amazon rainforest. Nearly 3,000 forest fires were registered in the Brazilian Amazon in February 2024, the highest for any February since records began in 1999, and made more likely by climate change, according to experts. IMAGES
Images of a plane in the Brazilian Amazon after fourteen people were killed in a crash while trying to land in stormy weather in the tourist town of Barcelos, leaving no survivors. IMAGES
Supporters join SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America members as they hold a "National Day of Solidarity" rally outside the Amazon and HBO offices in New York. The Screen Actors Guild has been on strike since July 14, and the Writers Guild since May 2. Writers and actors are demanding better pay and residuals, guarantees over the future use of artificial intelligence, and other working conditions. IMAGES
Actors picket outside the HBO and Amazon headquarters in New York City, as the Screen Actors Guild begins to strike after negotiations to reach a new contract with production studios ended without an agreement. IMAGES
The cast and crew of the film "Decision To Leave" (Heojil Kyolshim, Eds.) by South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook, who directed "Mademoiselle" and "Old Boy", arrives on the red carpet of the 75th Cannes Film Festival. IMAGES