DECEMBER 2025 OFFERED A MIX OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS AND HUMAN-INTEREST MOMENTS. THIS TIMELINE HIGHLIGHTS THE EVENTS THAT SHAPED THE MONTH.

SHOTLIST:

NEW YORK, US (DEC. 2, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 00:00 - 00:11)

1. VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AND SKYSCRAPERS DRAPED IN FOG


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POKROVSK, UKRAINE (DEC. 2, 2025) (RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY – RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 00:12 - 00:34)

2. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WALKING AND UNFURLING RUSSIAN FLAG IN POKROVSK (TWO SHOTS)

3. DRONE SHOT OF DAMAGED BUILDING

4. SOLDIERS WALKING INSIDE DAMAGED BUILDING

5. DRONE SHOT OF BUILDING BEING TARGETED


NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, US (DEC. 3, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 00:35 - 00:52)

6. BORDER PATROL COMMANDER GREGORY BOVINO AND BORDER PATROL AGENTS AT GAS STATION IN JEFFERSON PARISH

7. BOVINO AND BORDER PATROL AGENTS WALKING THROUGH DOWNTOWN IN JEFFERSON PARISH (TWO SHOTS)


VAN, TÜRKİYE (DEC. 3, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 00:53 - 01:02)

8. WILD MOUNTAIN GOATS SILHOUETTED AGAINST FULL MOON AS THEY APPEAR ON RIDGE OF PAGAN MOUNTAIN

9. FULL MOON RISING FROM BEHIND MOUNTAIN


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LONDON, UK (DEC. 5, 2025) (TAKE BACK POWER — RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 01:03 - 01:25)

10. ACTIVISTS THROWING FOOD ON GLASS DISPLAY CASE CONTAINING CROWN WORN BY BRITISH KINGS AND QUEENS

11. ACTIVIST SPEAKING TO CAMERA


KONYA, TÜRKİYE (DEC. 5, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 01:26 - 01:41)

12. VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF SINKHOLES IN KONYA CLOSED BASIN


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PACIFIC OCEAN (RELEASED ON DEC. 6, 2025) (US COAST GUARD — RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 01:42 - 01:57)

13. BOAT CARRYING ALLEGED DRUG CARGO MOVING THROUGH PACIFIC

14. HELICOPTER-BORNE SNIPER SHOOTING AT BOAT (TWO SHOTS)

15. VARIOUS OF US COAST GUARD INTERCEPTING AND BOARDING ALLEGED NARCO-TRAFFICKING VESSEL


DAMASCUS, SYRIA (DEC. 7, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 01:58 - 02:11)

16. DRONE SHOT OF LINES OF VEHICLES ON ROAD LEADING TO UMAYYAD SQUARE

17. DRONE SHOT OF PEOPLE WAVING SYRIAN FLAGS FROM VEHICLES

18. DRONE SHOT OF CROWDS GATHERED AT UMAYYAD SQUARE CELEBRATING ANNIVERSARY

19. TIMELAPSE FOOTAGE OF TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF UMAYYAD SQUARE


KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE (DEC. 7, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 02:12 - 02:24)

20. UNCLE MOHAMMED ATA AL-SHAER CARRYING BODY OF THREE-YEAR-OLD PALESTINIAN CHILD

21. AL-SHAER MOURNING OVER BODY OF CHILD


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JAPAN (DEC. 8, 2025) (@kumadayokuma3 via X – RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 02:25 - 02:32)

22. CEILING CHANDELIER SHAKING DURING EARTHQUAKE


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JAPAN (DEC. 8, 2025) (@yamada_iits via X – RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 02:33 - 02:41)

23. BUILDING AND STREET LIGHT SHAKING DURING EARTHQUAKE


JAPAN (DEC. 8, 2025) (ANADOL — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 02:42 - 02:48)

24. MOTION GRAPHICS SHOWING AREA WHERE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED


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BAM TA MOK, KANTHARALAK, SISAKET, THAILAND (DEC. 9, 2025) (DIRECTORATE OF CIVIL AFFAIRS OF THAILAND — RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 02:49 - 02:57)

25. MILITARY VEHICLE DESTROYING CAMBODIAN SIGN

BAN KHLONG PHAENG, TA PHRAYA, SA KAEO, THAILAND (DEC. 9, 2025) (DIRECTORATE OF CIVIL AFFAIRS OF THAILAND - RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 02:58 - 03:17)

26. THAI TROOPS RAISING THAI FLAG ON FIELD


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SA KAEO, THAILAND (RELEASED ON DEC. 10, 2025) (1ST ARMY AREA OF THAILAND — RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 03:18 - 03:47)

27. THAI FORCES FIRING ARTILLERY (TWO SHOTS)

28. DRONE SHOT OF BUILDING BEING HIT

29. SOLDIER LOADING AMMUNITION IN ARMORED VEHICLE

30. BUILDING BEING HIT

31. SOLDIERS FOLLOWING ARMORED VEHICLES


SULEYMANIYAH, IRAQ (DEC. 10, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 03:48 - 04:17)

32. CCTV FOOTAGE OF STUDENTS WALKING PAST WALL RIGHT BEFORE IT COLLAPSES


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VENEZUELA (DEC. 10, 2025) (ATTORNEY GENERAL PAMELA BONDI X ACCOUNT — RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 04:18 - 04:44)

33. VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS DISEMBARKING FROM HELICOPTER ONTO OIL TANKER / ARMED SOLDIERS MOVING ON OIL TANKER


CARACAS, VENEZUELA (DEC. 10, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 04:45 - 04:56)

34. ROWDS GATHERING FOR ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIONS OF 19TH-CENTURY BATTLE OF SANTA INES, HOLDING BANNERS AND FLAGS, MARCHING

35. PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO SINGING AND DANCING TO “DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY” (TWO SHOTS)


HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA, US (DEC. 11, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 04:57 - 05:08)

36. VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF DEBRIS OF BUILDING FOLLOWING GAS EXPLOSION


PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, US (DEC. 13, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 05:09 - 05:28)

37. VARIOUS OF BROWN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WALKING AWAY AMID SECURITY MEASURES


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PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, US (DEC. 13, 2025) (PROVIDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT – RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 05:29 - 05:37)

38. CCTV FOOTAGE SHOWING SUSPECT LINKED TO BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOOTING WALKING IN STREET


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BONDI BEACH, AUSTRALIA (DEC. 14 2025) (@mian.ores VIA INSTAGRAM – RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 05:38 - 05:50)

39. CROWD ESCAPING DURING SHOOTING INCIDENT


BONDI BEACH, AUSTRALIA (DEC. 14, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 05:51 - 06:04)

40. POLICE AND EMERGENCY CREWS GATHERED AT CRIME SCENE (TWO SHOTS)


SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (DEC. 15, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 06:05 - 06:12)

41. PEOPLE MOURNING DECEASED PEOPLE, WITH FLOWERS BEFORE THEM

42. AUSTRALIA'S GOVERNOR-GENERAL SAM MOSTYN STANDING BEFORE FLOWERS


SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (DEC. 15, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 06:13 - 06:24)

43. AHMED AL AHMED LYING IN HOSPITAL BED WHILE MEDICAL PERSONNEL TRANSFER HIM TO HIS ROOM

44. AHMED AL AHMED SPEAKING TO CAMERA


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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (DEC. 16, 2025) (AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTRY — RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 06:25 - 06:32)

45. PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE SHAKING HANDS AND CHATTING WITH AHMED AL-AHMAD AT HOSPITAL


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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (DEC. 15, 2025) (MEXICO CONGRESS — RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 06:33 - 06:47)

46. LAWMAKERS SCRAMBLING, SHOVING, FIGHTING AND PULLING HAIR OF EACH OTHER (TWO SHOTS)


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GUAIBA, BRAZIL (DEC. 15, 2025) (@correa_robson7 via X — RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 06:48 - 06:53)

47. TOPPLED STATUE OF LIBERTY REPLICA AT SQUARE


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BERLIN, GERMANY (DEC. 15, 2025) (ZELENSKYY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT — RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 06:54 - 07:06)

48. VARIOUS OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY MEETING EU HEADS OF STATE

49. LEADERS POSING FOR PHOTO


BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (DEC. 18, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 07:07 - 07:52)

50. TIRES BURNING AS PROTESTORS WAIT AROUND (TWO SHOTS)

51. TRACTORS DRIVING BY AS THEY HONK

52. PROTESTOR HOLDING FLARE

53. TIRES BURNING BEHIND POLICE FORCES

54. PROTESTORS RAVAGING STATION EUROPE BUILDING

55. DAMAGED STATION EUROPE BUILDING

56. PEOPLE COLLECTING POTATOES DROPPED BY PROTESTING FARMERS (TWO SHOTS)


DHAKA, BANGLADESH (DEC. 18, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 07:53 - 08:14)

57. PROTESTORS WALKING AFTER DEATH OF POLITICAL LEADER SHARIF OSMAN HADI AS FLAMES RISE IN DISTANCE

58. SECURITY FORCES WALKING

59. BURNING OBJECTS

60. CROWD OF PROTESTORS

61. SMOKE RISING FROM DAMAGED BUILDING


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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (RELEASED ON DEC. 19, 2025) (SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE — RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 08:15 - 08:30)

62. VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF UKRAINIAN SECURITY SERVICE (SBU) STRIKING RUSSIAN OIL TANKER WITH DRONES


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UNKNOWN LOCATION (RELEASED ON DEC. 19, 2025) (US CENTRAL COMMAND — RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 08:31 - 08:44)

63. FIGHTER JET MOVING ON RUNWAY

64. TARGETS BEING HIT (TWO SHOTS)


CALIFORNIA, US (DEC. 21, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 08:45 - 09:00)

65. VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF DARK STREETS, CARS WAITING ON ROAD DURING POWER OUTAGE

66. WAYMO DRIVERLESS CARS STALLED ON CITY STREET


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MOSCOW, RUSSIA (DEC. 22, 2025) (RUSSIAN INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE – RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 09:01 - 09:04)

67. DAMAGED CAR BELONGING TO THE KILLED RUSSIAN GENERAL


MOSCOW, RUSSIA (DEC. 22, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 09:05 - 09:11)

68. TEAMS WORKING AROUND DAMAGED CAR BELONGING TO KILLED RUSSIAN GENERAL


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TURKESTAN, KAZAKHSTAN (DEC. 23, 2025) (POLICE DEPARTMENT OF TURKISTAN REGION — RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 09:12 - 09:20)

69. CCTV OF DRIVER TRYING TO DRIFT AROUND CHRISTMAS TREE AND CRASHING INTO IT


ANKARA, TÜRKİYE (DEC. 23, 2025) (CCTV OBTAINED BY ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 09:21 - 09:26)

69. CCTV FOOTAGE SHOWING EXPLOSION OF AIRPLANE CARRYING LIBYAN MILITARY DELEGATION


ANKARA, TÜRKİYE (DEC. 23, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 09:27 - 09:45)

70. VARIOUS OF AIRCRAFT DEBRIS SCATTERED ACROSS AREA


ANKARA, TÜRKİYE (DEC. 24, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 09:46 - 10:03)

71. POLICE JEEP SKIDDING THROUGH MUD

72. POLICE FORCES AT CRASH SITE

73. LIBYAN MILITARY DELEGATION EXAMINING WRECKAGE OF AIRCRAFT


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SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, US (DEC. 24, 2025) (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FIRE — RESTRICTED) (TIMECODE: 10:04 - 10:25)

74. DRONE SHOT OF FLOODED AREA IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

75. VARIOUS OF FLOODING AND OVERFLOWING CREEK WITH HOUSES SUBMERGED


TRUCKEE, CALIFORNIA, US (DEC. 25, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 10:26 - 10:33)

76. DRONE SHOT OF VEHICLES STOPPED DUE TO ROAD CLOSURE CAUSED BY HEAVY SNOW (TWO SHOTS)


MOSCOW, RUSSIA (DEC. 25, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 10:34 - 10:48)

77. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE BROWSING SHOPS IN ILLUMINATED STREETS DURING CHRISTMAS


AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS (DEC. 25, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 10:49 - 11:08)

78. VARIOUS OF CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND PEOPLE WALKING IN STREETS


WRIGHTWOOD, SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, US (DEC. 26, 2025) (ANADOLU — ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 11:09 - 11:37)

79. OVERTURNED VEHICLE, SUBMERGED BUILDING AND DEBRIS IN MUDDY TERRAIN AFTER MUDSLIDES

80. VEHICLE SUBMERGED IN MUD

81. INTERIOR SHOT OF BUILDING OVERRUN WITH MUD

82. DEBRIS REMOVAL EFFORTS

83. COLLAPSED ROAD

84. SUBMERGED BUILDINGS AND DEBRIS SCATTERED AROUND


HAMMONTON, NEW JERSEY, US (DEC. 28, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 11:38 - 11:49)

85. DRONE SHOT OF EMERGENCY TEAMS AT CRASH SITE OF HELICOPTERS

86. DRONE SHOT OF CRASHED HELICOPTERS (TWO SHOTS)


NEW YORK, US (DEC. 29, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL) (TIMECODE: 11:50 - 12:01)

87. DRONE SHOT OF SUNSET IN NEW YORK (TWO SHOTS)



HERE ARE SOME OF THE KEY MOMENTS FROM NOVEMBER 2025 FEATURED IN THE VIDEO:

- On December 3, the Trump administration announced a sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdown in New Orleans, Louisiana that resulted in the arrest of at least 25 people.

- Hundreds of Syrians gathered at Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 7 to mark the first anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime.

- A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northern coast on December 8, prompting Tokyo to issue a tsunami warning and advise people to seek safety.

- On December 8, Thailand launched airstrikes along its disputed border with Cambodia after fresh clashes left one Thai soldier dead and four injured, threatening a fragile ceasefire agreement brokered by US President Donald Trump. Casualty figures reported by the two sides differ. Thai authorities said 21 Thai soldiers and one civilian have been killed in the fighting, adding that another 33 civilians died as what they described as “collateral effects of the situation.” Cambodia’s Interior Ministry said 21 Cambodian civilians were killed and 83 others injured.

- On December 10, US President Donald Trump confirmed that his administration seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions with President Nicolas Maduro continue to escalate.

- On December 13, two people were killed and eight critically injured in a shooting at Brown University in the US city of Providence, Rhode Island. The body of a 48-year-old man suspected of being behind the shooting was found in a nearby state after a days-long investigation.

- A man and his son opened fire on Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, killing 15 people and injuring 42 others. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited St. George Hospital in southern Sydney, where he met with Ahmed Al Ahmed, the man hailed as a hero for disarming one of the attackers during the Bondi Beach incident. Albanese declared Syrian-born Ahmed “the best of our country.”

- On December 15, European heads of government attended a working dinner with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the German capital Berlin, during Ukrainian-American talks.

- On December 18, farmers from across Europe gathered in Brussels to protest a free trade agreement between the European Union and several South American countries, blocking the roads in the capital with their tractors. Even though the farmers aimed to reach the European Council building, where EU leaders are gathering for a summit, the police barricaded it and did not allow them to pass. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reportedly informed leaders of the 27-member bloc that the signing of a free trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur bloc has been postponed until January.

- A widespread power outage plunged much of northern San Francisco into darkness on December 20, cutting electricity to about 130,000 homes and businesses.

- Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian General Staff’s Operational Training Department, was killed in a car explosion in Moscow on December 22. "According to investigators, on the morning of Dec. 22, an explosive device planted under the bottom of a car was detonated on Yasenevaya Street in Moscow,” the country's Investigative Committee said in a statement.

- A private jet carrying the Libyan military delegation crashed near the Turkish capital on December 23, killing all eight people on board, including three crew.

- On December 25, at least three people were killed as powerful storms battered California during Christmas holiday, triggering floods, mudslides, and widespread power outages. Heavy rain driven by multiple atmospheric rivers swept across Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, dumping up to 11 inches (27 centimeters) of rain in parts of Los Angeles County and prompting evacuations.