Images show the filming location of an Israeli series called Palmach and an interview with Israeli scriptwriter Hagai Levi who sparked controversy with his latest TV series Our Boys (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

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Grande Rio Samba School will bring a message of respect for African-Brazilian faiths to tens of thousands of spectators on Sunday night in Rio de Janeiro, during the world's most famous Carnival Parade.

The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is engaged in operations against the Islamic State group as part of Operation Chammal the French component of the anti IS coalition Inherent Resolve off the coast of the island of Cyprus in...

Syrian Kurds gather to celebrate International Women's Day in al Qahtaniyah town in the Kurdish run province of Hasakeh (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Polish opposition candidate Rafal Trzaskowski holds a rally in Raciborz on the last day of the campaign before the second round of the presidential election (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Islamic State forces remain as dangerous today as when they were ousted from their last Syrian bastion two years ago, Kurdish forces warned as they marked the anniversary at the Al-Omar military base in Deir Ezzor province (Footage by...

Jewish settlers in the Eviatar outpost, that was rapidly established last month, near the Palestinian West Bank village of Beita (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

"Integration is perfectly smooth": at the Mérignac air base in southwestern France, everything is in place to accommodate European aid resources which have been deployed to help fight wildfires (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Kurdish forces inspect tents and collect fingerprints from the residents of Syria's notorious Al-Hol camp, home to more than 56,000 people some of whom maintain links with the Islamic State jihadist group, as part of a fresh crack down...

From bad coffee to the coronavirus pandemic and the Ukraine war, New Yorkers, in Times Square, rip up notes containing things they wish to get rid of before entering into 2023 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

In an ancient and ruined Zoroastrian temple in Iraqi Kurdistan Faiza Fuad embraces her new faith (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

CLEAN: Hungary's only opposition radio station faces closure