Infinity war.

Iran's supreme leader: Any retaliation against American interests for the death of Soleimani must be direct and proportional, and carried out by Iranian forces, rather than proxies. 1/20

The Pentagon says the letter claiming the US would withdraw from Iraq was "poorly worded," and that there are no plans to leave. 2/20

Contradicting Trump, the Secretary of Defense says the military won't target Iranian cultural sites: "We will follow the laws of armed conflict." 3/20

As many as 40 people were killed in a stampede during the funeral procession for Soleimani in Tehran. 4/20

"The last time the United States killed a major military leader in a foreign country was during World War II." 5/20

And the US has now deployed its military overseas in every decade since becoming a nation. 6/20

"Modi invoked the same penal code the British used on Gandhi to detain Gandhi's biographer." Is India still a democracy? 7/20

A journalist living in China describes how the government's views of Taiwan resulted in the seizure of her seven-year-old's globe. 8/20

How hackers can use lasers to transmit commands to voice assistants from hundreds of feet away. 9/20

Six months after Texas legalized hemp—accidentally disrupting marijuana prosecution—possession cases have been more than halved. 10/20

Lovingly documented by a small group of dedicated fans, J! Archive is sabermetrics for Jeopardy! 11/20

When Steve Jobs effectively killed Flash, he also killed the Weird Web. As no-code tools return, it's time for the Weird Web 2.0. 12/20

Use this interactive tool to create an elevation map—aka "joy plot"—of any region on Earth. 13/20

An animated chart ranks the world's most populous cities between 1500 and 2019. 14/20

The discovery of galaxies without dark matter upends the reigning theory that dark matter is necessary to form galaxies. 15/20

American medicine's obsession with over-testing isn't just costly—for some patients, it can do more harm than good. 16/20

Paintings of nature inspired by migraine-induced ocular disturbances, by Bethany Noël Murray. 17/20

See also: In an unlikely letter from one "incredibly stereoscopic person" to another, a writer recounts his correspondence with Oliver Sacks. 18/20

Remembering John Baldessari, the legendary conceptual artist who died last week at 88. 19/20

Watch: From 1979, David Bowie's stark version of "Space Oddity." 20/20

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