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Shake, Rattle and Roil

Washington, D.C.— They arrived in wheelchairs, flopping

Last Stand

Mosul, Iraq— Iraqi forces have almost driven the Islamic

Rock Bottom

Xinmo, China— Days after a landslide crashed through

Emotional Barriers

Ciudad Juárez, Mexico—They are separated by borders

WELCOME TO HELL ISLAND

Attempts to fix the brutal and corrupt Rikers Island jail have failed. Should New York City throw away the key?

BOLDFINGER

A Cairo lawyer faces trial for an obscene gesture, as el-Sissi bullies rivals ahead of his re-election bid

FEAR OF A JIHADI PLANET

ISIS is almost vanquished in Iraq, but many Christians have fled the violence and say they won’t return

LIFE 2.0

SCIENTISTS ARE ALTERING OUR GENETIC CODE AND ENGINEERING NEW FORMS OF MATERIAL THAT IMPROVE NATURE, FROM FLOWERS THAT CAN DETECT BOMBS TO BACTERIA THAT SECRETE OIL

AN APHRODISIAC FOR GOD

A new translation cracks open the mysteries behind one of the most fascinating, important and weird texts in world religion

RED STATE RELIEF

Vitamin D may lessen the damage from sunburns, but don’t OD on it

RETAIL WAGGING THE DOG

To understand why Amazon bought Whole Foods, you need only look at how Bezos boxed out Walmart

THE AUTISM PARADOX

Tests for risk of a child being born with the condition are elusive and controversial

PORN YESTERDAY

HOW TEENS USE TECH AND ONLINE PORNOGRAPHY FOR SEX EDUCATION

Muslim American Gothic

DJ KHALED HAS CONQUERED MUSIC AND SNAPCHAT. NOW, HIP-HOP’S HUMBLEST SUPERSTAR IS TURNING HIS EYE TO MOVIES

A Revolution En Pointe

THREE OF THE WORLD’S TOP BALLET COMPANIES, IN AN UNPRECEDENTED COLLABORATION, CELEBRATE A GEORGE BALANCHINE GEM ON ITS 50TH BIRTHDAY

Girlfriend in a Coma

Kumail Nanjiani’s The Big Sick brings serious tension to romantic comedy

You Lie!

A writer gets under the skin of Julian Assange, and behind the masks we all create online.

Warhol’s Whimsy

Taschen, out next month in the U.K. (£150) and later

TOPA SUKALDERÍA

San Sebastian, Spain

PARTING SHOT

‘Dwelling: In This Space We Breathe’