Headlines from April 16, 2014

The UN/African Union mission purposefully misled the public about the worsening situation in Darfur.
Prominent female Republican argues increasing men’s job prospects is the best way to ensure women’s economic—and marital—happiness.
Vermont and New Hampshire also stand out on this map. The landscape of hate groups and hate crimes in the US.
India becomes the first nation to legally recognize a third gender.
Norway is sitting on the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, about $850 billion, funded entirely by state oil and gas industries.
The issue of refugees is bringing Europe into direct conflict with its own self-image.
The polio epidemic in Cold War Hungary killed more than 3,000 children, unable to access the vaccine behind the Iron Curtain. #longreads
The price of one house in London is equal to the price of about five houses in Atlanta.
In 31 states, parents have to shell out more annually for infant child care than for a year of tuition and fees at a mid-priced state college.
We like art more when we know an artist is eccentric, but only when we also believe their eccentricity is authentic.
Banksy’s newest installation shows a couple in love—with their smartphones. #art
This could just be an error or simply a colon inside the parentheses. A literary editor discovers what may be the first emoticon.
Bleak or beautiful? Introducing the “dronie,” a drone-snapped selfie.
“The Man With the Yellow Hat Goes to Therapy.”
Join Google Maps on an immersive nighttime walking tour through the back alleys of Marseilles.
There is a lot of meat on these little babies, and all of it is belly. A guide to bad Chinese food. #eating
A cosmic diamond ring is the best way to describe the haunting beauty of a distant star in its final moments of life. #photos