Vaibhav Patel (29) and Jinal Goswami 27) were soon going to be parents to their first child. Jinal was seven months pregnant, and the final couple of months were nothing less than a mix of excitement and anxiety.

Following Israeli airstrikes on Iran, Iranians abroad are met with robotic voices when calling home due to a widespread communication blackout. These AI messages, ranging from unsettling to strangely comforting, are suspected to be a government tactic to prevent hacking or spread confusion.

The child, identified as Roshni Kumari, was playing outside her house in Valparai when she was attacked by a leopard, prompting an intense search operation.