FROM PELÉ TO MELEE

The Partially Friendly Skies

Los Angeles— Retired engineer John Wider holds up a

EMT Emotions

Raqqa, Syria— A Syrian Democratic Forces soldier weeps

Crossing Guard

Mediterranean Sea—A Libyan coast guardsman stands on

”I Do!”

Berlin—People celebrate in front of the Brandenburg

FROM RUSSIA WITH SHRUGS

Democrats are salivating over the Russian hacking scandal, but it may not help them retake power in Washington

TWEETER’S BLOCK

Donald Trump blocked me on Twitter. Should I sue him? A First Amendment group says I have a case

PARTY OF GOD ALMIGHTY

The Syrian war made Hezbollah stronger, but as tensions with Israel flare, the group risks losing much of what it gained

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EXPERT ANALYSIS BEYOND THE HEADLINES ON A WIDE RANGE

AND A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM

ISIS’s caliphate may be crumbling, but the thousands of children it has brainwashed could terrorize us for years. Can they be rehabilitated?

STARVATION NATION

Just six years after its creation, SOUTH SUDAN is on the brink of destruction because of a devastating famine sparked by the country’s civil war

CRUCIFIXION OF THE ANTICHRIST

The whacking of Uber-jerk Travis Kalanick might put Silicon Valley on the right road

THE SISTERS PROJECT

Cracking the code of girls with autism symptoms

A HARD BILL TO SWALLOW

How Big Pharma throws money at doctors (especially if they’re male), and why

Painting With Clenched Fist

THE TATE MODERN’S ‘SOUL OF A NATION’ EXHIBITION LETS BLACK ARTISTS TELL THEIR STORY

Cost in Space

LUC BESSON, PROVEN MASTER OF THE SCI-FI GENRE, BETS HIS STUDIO ON A RACE OF PRICEY, PEARLY ALIENS

A Nasty Piece of Work

LADY MACBETH SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DARING TAKE ON REMORSELESS EVIL. IT FAILS AT THAT-AND MUCH MORE

Post-Post Apocalypse Now

THE PLOT THINS IN NICOLA BARKER’S INVENTIVE EXPLORATION OF SENSORY DEPRIVATION

David Alhadeff, The Future Perfect

ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST DISCERNING EYES CHOOSES THREE FAVORITE DESIGNS FROM HIS GALLERY-CUM-STORE.

PARTING - SHOT

‘The Spring’ YANG YONGLIANG, 2016