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Five trends that will shape urban Africa in 2025—e.g., the Addis Ababa model. / The Week in Africa

William Shoki: Elon Musk's opinions about South Africa want to reinforce the idea that black political power is threatening. / Africa Is a Country

How to understand President Trump best? By tracking Maggie Haberman's byline. / Wake Up to Politics

Unrelated: His mugshot now hangs outside the Oval Office. / NPR

European leaders and Ukraine are scrambling—what would a UK-Europe force look like? / Sky News

The White House sends out an order to study how in vitro fertilization can be made more affordable. / CNN

Abortion rights groups dismiss the move and tie Trump to abortion bans and other limits on women's health care. / axios

An issue that RFK Jr. and his critics can agree on: a troubling loophole that allows Big Food to introduce new additives without getting approval from the FDA. / STAT

Iowa advances a bill targeting public librarians. / Bookriot

See also: An argument for local journalism as essential to well-functioning communities, similar to "potable drinking water, safe streets, and reliable emergency services." / The Walrus

Amazon now controls who plays James Bond and when the next film goes into production. / The Wall Street Journal [+]

To celebrate Robert Rauschenberg's 100th birthday: six contemporary artists to follow. / artsy

Portraits of cats from Hong Kong's Sheung Wan district. / Huck Mag

A pharaoh's tomb is discovered in Egypt for the first time since 1922. / BBC News

A profile of the new shameless "dupe" company Quince. / The Cut

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