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2016, Summed Up in a Word
For Australians, it’s actually two words: “democracy sausage.” For Austrians, it’s one very, very long one.
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Daniel Kramer Americans at Work: Port Houston
Part of our ongoing series of photo essays at the Atlantic titled Americans at Work. This week, images of Port Houston, the busiest port for deep-draft vessels in the United States, made by photographer Daniel Kramer:
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Ronen Zvulun / Reuters Obama: Reaching Out to Adversaries, Alienating Allies
The president has tried to tell friends hard truths. What if those friends don’t listen?
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Bettmann / Getty Ten American Foreign Policy Luminaries Who Died in 2016
From chroniclers of war to a revered spy to a conscientious objector, a look back
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Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters Photos of the Week: 12/24–12/30
The passing of performers Carrie Fisher and George Michael, waterfalls on Uluru in Australia, a lightshow in Dubai, breakdancing for the Pope in the Vatican, and more.
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Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters The Key to Putin’s Cyber Power
The Russian president has both the capability and the intent to cause harm, says a former U.S. ambassador to Russia. And the threat won’t vanish once Donald Trump takes office.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The U.S. Retaliation Against Russian Hackers
President Obama said the expulsion of 35 diplomats and the measures against intelligence agencies are “not the sum total” of the U.S. response to Russian hacking.
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RIA Novosti / Reuters What We Know About the Syrian Ceasefire Announced by Putin
Russia and Turkey say Syrian government forces and rebels will begin a truce at midnight on December 30. Other details are thin.
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Damir Sagolj / Reuters 2016 Seen Through the Lens of Damir Sagolj
Based in Beijing, China, Reuters photographer Damir Sagolj has had a busy year.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters John Kerry's Speech on the Israel-Palestinian Issue
The American secretary of state will unveil later Wednesday U.S. plans for peace between the two rivals.
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Felipe Caicedo / Reuters The 10 Most Significant World Events in 2016
And how they’ll reverberate in the coming year
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David Gray / Reuters Christmas Down Under
The high temperature on Christmas Day in Sydney, Australia, reached 84° F (29° C), and residents and tourists took to Bondi Beach to play and cool off.
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Susan Walsh / AP ‘What the Russians Did Was Utterly Unprecedented’
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee criticizes Donald Trump, and the leader and members of his own party, for mishandling a “grave danger” to the republic.
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Brian Blanco / Reuters Will Trump Break the Special Forces?
The president-elect’s plans to defeat ISIS will rely heavily on elite soldiers already on the verge of burnout.
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Michael Kappeler / Reuters 2016: The Year in Quotes
“Being red-faced and sweating will be the norm.”
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Sergei Karpukhin The Russian Media and the Fall of Aleppo
State-run outlets are essential to making the case for Putin’s intervention in Syria
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Donald Trump's Hot-and-Cold Bromance With Vladimir Putin
Praising the Russian leader while promising an arms race with him, the U.S. president-elect could bring back the most dangerous aspects of the Cold War, without any of the redeeming defenses of freedom.
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Americans at Work: The Commute
Part of our ongoing series of photo essays at the Atlantic titled Americans at Work. This week, observations of the daily commute made workers in big cities from photographer Cassandra Zampini.
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Ammar Awad / Reuters A Prayer for Peace in Bethlehem
An iconic city and its struggles
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters It’s Official: America Has Two Presidents at One Time
The United States has voiced its displeasure with Israeli settlements. Or has it?
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Alexei Nikolsky / Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via ... Photos of the Week: 12/17–12/23
The shooting of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Christmas around the world, robotic dinosaurs in Japan, a fireworks disaster in Mexico, big waves in Ireland, and much more.
