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October 16, 2024
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Mark Sappenfield
Senior global correspondent

Amid the everyday awfulness of the Middle East and a contentious election in the United States, how do we care for our soul? Troubled by anger and uncertainty, we can feel bruised in ways beyond what others can see, existentially disturbed.

But Stephen Humphries’ article today points to the possibility of restoration. The journey of a brilliant young director struggling with trauma is more than a story about a film, but a study of one path to healing. For that reason, I believe it is as important as anything you will read today.


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Today’s stories

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SpaceX spacecraft, including a Starship (left), are displayed at the company's Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, Aug. 15. The spaceflight company has been using the site to test its mammoth Starship/Super Heavy, a launch vehicle it predicts will, one day, travel to Mars.
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Today’s news briefs

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People mourn Sgt. Yoav Agmon, an Israeli soldier killed in a drone attack from Lebanon for which Hezbollah claimed responsibility, at his funeral in Binyamina-Givat Ada, Israel, Oct. 15, 2024.

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On Film

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Actors André Holland and Andra Day star as a married couple in the new film “Exhibiting Forgiveness.”

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The sun rises behind the Grand Çamlıca Mosque in Istanbul as fog shrouds the 15 July Martyrs Bridge (formerly known as the Bosphorus Bridge) and the Bosphorus, Oct. 16, 2024.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Jacob Turcotte. )

A look ahead

Thank you for joining us. We invite you to check out our bonus read for today. It’s the latest in our series of stories laying out where the United States presidential candidates stand on various issues. Today: abortion. You can read it here.

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