Love. Sandwiches.

The five-day fire siege of Southern California is beginning to come into focus, with more than 500 structures burned. A Los Angeles Times photographer explains how to shoot wildfires. 1/16

Human rights activists in Singapore explain what it’s like to work in a country where conversations can be illegal. 2/16

Authoritarian governments and despots like Assad and Duterte find comfort in claiming #metoo on Trump’s "fake news." 3/16

A quiz for Trump types: how not to harass anyone at the office holiday party. 4/16

“America first, which means Trump first, is perhaps the only principle that can trump Trump’s pro-Israel approach. Israel will need to remember it, too.” Kushner’s Jerusalem gambit means the US now has the power to blame Netanyahu if the peace deal goes sour. 5/16

Sandy Hook survivors continue to lobby Washington for gun control, insistent that change is possible. 6/16

A surge to buy guns after Sandy Hook caused 60 accidental gun deaths. Twenty of those killed were children—the same amount shot at Sandy Hook. 7/16

By the end of the 20th century, more people in Britain made or sold sandwiches than worked in agriculture. 8/16

A new worry for South Korea’s winter Olympics: widespread hypothermia, thanks to cheap construction. 9/16

With the US out of the running, an interactive quiz helps you pick which World Cup team to root for. 10/16

LeBron James is 15 seasons into his career and still improving, primarily by shooting better, no matter that he’s playing 37 minutes per night. 11/16

"The world is more complicated than we can ever comprehend." Beguiling wood sculptures by Yoshitoshi Kanemaki. 12/16

Nvidia’s computer vision team published research showing how their AI can change the weather—from snowy to sunny, or sunny to rainy—in images. 13/16

Ever wonder where your recycling goes? A short film gives an insider's tour of a Brooklyn recycling plant. 14/16

“Phantom debt” schemers target millions of Americans. After thousands of phone calls, one target got his revenge. 15/16

Take Weird Al seriously and you can see how pop culture peaked, then disappeared. 16/16

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