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At least 60 people are dead after troops attacked pro-democracy protesters in Sudan's capital Khartoum. 1/13

The UN’s deputy high commissioner for human rights says a recent global rise in illiberalism has a single source: Donald Trump. 2/13

Related: Pompeo made a big statement on Tiananmen and the Uighurs. If only the White House’s approach to human rights wasn't so, er, uneven. 3/13

China successfully launched a rocket from a ship at sea for the first time. 4/13

To many in Asia, America’s war on Huawei or its sanctions against buyers of Russian arms or Iranian oil “look an awful lot like China’s ‘toolkit of coercion.’” 5/13

A very nice account of what it’s like to walk for six weeks by yourself across Japan. 6/13

See also: Illustrations of Japanese maintenance trains that only operate at night. 7/13

Exercise and time with friends are effective antidepressants. What else? "Prayer in the form of appreciation/admiration." 8/13

“We live in a global economy, and democracy hasn’t scaled up.” An interview with director Astra Taylor about her film What is Democracy? 9/13

Your Wednesday longread: The story around the Central Park Five was so wrong, in part, because it didn’t put the serial rapist’s victims first. 10/13

“My body is a compass.” On the role of belief—and ayahuasca—in health care. 11/13

Linguistically, the “millennial normal” phrase may reverse the term's meaning, but it also reflects broad changes from the last 10 years. 12/13

Fashion design student Fredrik Tjærandsen explains his collection of deflatable balloon clothes. 13/13

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