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Rohingya refugees, hurricane debris, the President getting the finger: here are the top 25 news photos of 2017. 1/16

Wind-driven wildfires burn out of control around Los Angeles; officials predict a tough battle for the rest of the week. 2/16

“The President stole your land.” Fleece-maker Patagonia to sue the White House over Trump’s rollback of national monuments. 3/16

Trump's Utah ploy is consistent with US history—"making a land-management promise to Indians, only to later renege." 4/16

The White House will break with decades of diplomacy if Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and defies global opinion. Hamas has already threatened to start a new infitada. 5/16

“Ready acceptance of vogue words seems to some people the sign of an alert mind; to others it stands for the herd instinct and lack of individuality.” A quick appraisal of the uncanny H. W. Fowler, who boiled down the entire Oxford Dictionary. 6/16

In light of the death of Yemen's ex-president, here’s a look at the Arab Spring's fallout in the fates of five strongmen. 7/16

The biggest part of Russia’s ban from the upcoming Winter Games? Suspending its Olympic Committee "with immediate effect." 8/16

Danish immigration officials target an American academic for sharing research with Danish parliamentarians. 9/16

Seamstresses who went on strike used fashion to challenge assumptions about American labor. 10/16

Video: The first late-stage trial is announced for prescription video games. 11/16

Paris loses its Elvis, Johnny Hallyday, who sold more than 100 million records over decades despite being fairly unknown outside France. 12/16

"Clouds passing, sunlight flickering, leaves moving." A list of minimalist masterpieces from Japan found on YouTube. 13/16

Your random art of the day: paintings of beach bodies, of all ages, by Daniel Wimmer. 14/16

Elton John and his mum had a rough relationship. E.g., she once hired an Elton John tribute act to play her birthday. 15/16

In case today is one of those days where you feel like chucking it all in, here’s a short film where you meet Tanya, caretaker of a hut on New Zealand’s Greenstone-Caples trail. 16/16

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