Your Friday Briefing

> Coronavirus, Seoul mayor, Ava DuVernay: Here’s what you need to know. ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0R-aHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjIxNzcyJmxheW91dD1tYXJxdWVlJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1NQkVfMjAyMDA3MTAmbGk9TUJFVwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ [The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0SyaHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFXzIwMjAwNzEwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIwMTkyJm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMzMDYwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKbr2B18zOBECUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [nytimes.com](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0SyaHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFXzIwMjAwNzEwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIwMTkyJm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMzMDYwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKbr2B18zOBECUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8xMC9icmllZmluZy9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1zZW91bC1tYXlvci1hdmEtZHV2ZXJuYXkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ka18yMDIwMDcxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDE5MiZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMzA2MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKACm69gdfMzgRAlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) Friday, July 10, 2020 | [View in browser](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8xMC9icmllZmluZy9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1zZW91bC1tYXlvci1hdmEtZHV2ZXJuYXkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkVfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzMwNjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Supported by Good morning. We’re covering coronavirus surges around the world as places reopen, a NASA scientist’s three-year ordeal in a Turkish prison, and Ava DuVernay on art and activism. By Isabella Kwai Leicester, England, was a prime candidate for a second outbreak. Its garment workers were packed together in the city’s factories and at home. Justin Tallis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Coronavirus surges around the world Reopenings are driving surges in coronavirus cases, [particularly in the United States, which has broken daily-case records](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P4R_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~~) five times in nine days. More than 59,460 new cases were announced across the country on Thursday. States that moved to reopen earlier, like Florida, Arizona and Texas, are driving the higher numbers. Hospitals across the South and West are [being flooded with virus patients](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wOS91cy9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1ob3NwaXRhbHMtY2FwYWNpdHkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkVfcF8yMDIwMDcxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDE5MiZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzMwNjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), forcing them to cancel elective surgeries and discharge patients early. Tokyo recorded 224 new infections on Thursday, surpassing a record set in April. Most of Australia is now off-limits to people from the state of Victoria, as the country responded to an outbreak spreading through Melbourne. With virus cases soaring in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that the country had reopened parts of the economy too early. Case study: The [imposition of a second lockdown in late June in the English city of Leicester](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0T_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wOS93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvMDl2aXJ1cy11ay1sZWljZXN0ZXItbG9ja2Rvd24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkVfcF8yMDIwMDcxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDE5MiZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzMwNjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)as those in other regions were returning to jobs and pubs — part of Boris Johnson’s “Whac-A-Mole” approach to the virus — has angered residents. A different milestone: The intensive care unit at the Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital in Bergamo, Italy[had no Covid-19 cases for the first time in 137 days](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P4R_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~~). The hospital commemorated the occasion on Wednesday with a moment of silence, followed by a round of applause. In other news: ■ The interim president of Bolivia, Jeanine Añez Chavez, became the third Latin American leader known to have been infected with the virus. ■ India recorded nearly 25,000 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, its highest single day total, as [new research showed](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P4QgAWh0dHBzOi8vaW5kaWFuZXhwcmVzcy5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS9pbmRpYS9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy10cmFuc21pc3Npb24tcmF0ZS1nb2VzLXVwLWZpcnN0LXRpbWUtc2luY2UtbWFyY2gtc3R1ZHktNjQ5Njg4My8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249dG9wTmV3cyZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMzMDYwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKbr2B18zOBECUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) that the country’s virus transmission rate had increased with easing lockdowns. ■ The World Health Organization formally acknowledged that [droplets carrying the coronavirus might be airborne indoors](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wOS93b3JsZC9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy11cGRhdGVzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249dG9wTmV3cyZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMzMDYwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyNsaW5rLTZkMTk3ZTgzVwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). It was a reversal that many scientists said was long overdue. ■ Our reporters [talked to international students in the U.S](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0T_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wOS93b3JsZC9pbnRlcm5hdGlvbmFsLXN0dWRlbnRzLXZpc2EtcmVhY3Rpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkVfcF8yMDIwMDcxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDE5MiZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzMwNjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). whose lives could change after the Trump administration said it would strip them of their visas if their classes moved online. Here are [the latest updates](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wOS93b3JsZC9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy11cGRhdGVzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249dG9wTmV3cyZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMzMDYwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKbr2B18zOBECUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) and [maps of the outbreaks](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMC93b3JsZC9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1tYXBzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249dG9wTmV3cyZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMzMDYwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKbr2B18zOBECUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). A forensic team removing the body of Mayor Park Won-soon from a location in northern Seoul on Friday. Ed Jones/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Seoul mayor is found dead The authorities in South Korea said on Friday that they had [found the body of Mayor Park Won-soon](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wOS93b3JsZC9hc2lhL3Nlb3VsLW1heW9yLWRlYWQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkVfcF8yMDIwMDcxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDE5MiZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzMwNjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) in northern Seoul, hours after his daughter reported him missing. His disappearance came days after a secretary in his office told the police that he had been sexually harassing her since 2017, several news outlets reported. Mr. Park, 64, had left his daughter a “will-like” message, according to the Yonhap news agency. He had canceled his schedule for Thursday and called in sick to City Hall. No suicide note was found at the scene, a senior detective in Seoul said, but there was also no sign that he had been killed by someone else. Context: The mayor of Seoul was considered the most powerful elected official in the country after the president. A prominent human rights lawyer who championed women’s rights, Mr. Park had often been named as a possible successor to President Moon Jae-in. Serkan Golge at his apartment in Turkey in September. He was arrested in 2016 as he left for the airport after a family vacation. Mauricio Lima for The New York Times Three years in a Turkish prison Days after a failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2016, Turkish police officers stopped Serkan Golge, an American NASA scientist, at the airport. To his disbelief, they had received an anonymous tip that he worked for the C.I.A. and was part of the terrorist group accused of masterminding the plot. [It was four years before Mr. Golge ended a nightmare](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P4QFAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDcvMDkvd29ybGQvZXVyb3BlL3R1cmtleS1lcmRvZ2FuLW5hc2Etc2NpZW50aXN0LWdvbGdlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249dG9wTmV3cyZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMzMDYwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKbr2B18zOBECUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) in which he was held in solitary confinement and became a bargaining chip in high-level disputes between the Turkish and American governments. He returned to Houston just last week. “It is a very small room — it barely sees the sunlight, and the guards took me out only one hour a day,” he said of that confinement, in his first interview since returning home. “And I stayed in that room, in that small single cell, for three years.” What happened: Mr. Golge was held in prisons, alongside military officers, judges and prosecutors, before moving to solitary confinement and facing charges of overthrowing the government and Constitution, which carried a life sentence. He was eventually convicted on a lesser charge and released from prison in May 2019. Context: His experience is a rare defendant’s perspective into the Turkish judicial machine. Some 70,000 people have been [accused in the Turkish courts](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wMi8xMi93b3JsZC9hc2lhL3R1cmtleS1tYXNzLXRyaWFscy1jb3VwLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249dG9wTmV3cyZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMzMDYwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKbr2B18zOBECUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) in connection with the failed coup and many prefer to keep silent even once free. If you have some time, this is worth it 29 short stories about this moment Illustration by Sophy Hollington As the coronavirus pandemic swept the world, The Times asked 29 authors to write new short stories inspired by the moment. As [Rivka Galchen writes](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P4QAAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2ludGVyYWN0aXZlLzIwMjAvMDcvMDcvbWFnYXppbmUvd2hhdC1pcy10aGUtZGVjYW1lcm9uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249bG9uZ1JlYWQmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMzA2MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKACm69gdfMzgRAlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), “Reading stories in difficult times is a way to understand those times, and also a way to persevere through them.” [Read the original short stories](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P4QTAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2ludGVyYWN0aXZlLzIwMjAvMDcvMDcvbWFnYXppbmUvZGVjYW1lcm9uLXByb2plY3Qtc2hvcnQtc3RvcnktY29sbGVjdGlvbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CRV9wXzIwMjAwNzEwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIwMTkyJm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWN0aW9uPWxvbmdSZWFkJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzMwNjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), from authors like Leila Slimani, Margaret Atwood and Yiyun Li, this weekend. 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[Learn More](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P4QqAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNhbXBhaWdubW9uaXRvci5jb20vZW1haWwtbWFya2V0aW5nLXNvZnR3YXJlLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9tYmVfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyUzQS1ldXJvcGUtZWRpdGlvbiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzMwNjAmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249MDQwMjE5JnV0bV9jb250ZW50PW5hdGl2ZSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWRpc3BsYXkmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1ueXRXA255dEIKACm69gdfMzgRAlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) Here’s what else is happening Thailand: The cabinet approved a draft bill on Wednesday that would [give same-sex unions many of the same benefits as those of heterosexual marriages](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wOS93b3JsZC9hc2lhL3RoYWlsYW5kLXNhbWUtc2V4LXVuaW9ucy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CRV9wXzIwMjAwNzEwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIwMTkyJm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWN0aW9uPXdoYXRFbHNlJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzMwNjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). The bill, which needs Parliament’s approval, is a major step for one of the most open countries in the region for L.G.B.T.Q. people. Russian death-for-hire plots: A Chechen man who claimed he had detailed the world of contract killing to the Austrian and Ukrainian authorities [was shot near Vienna last weekend](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P4QBAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDcvMDkvd29ybGQvZXVyb3BlL2NoZWNobnlhLXJ1c3NpYW4tbXVyZGVyLXZpZW5uYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CRV9wXzIwMjAwNzEwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIwMTkyJm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWN0aW9uPXdoYXRFbHNlJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzMwNjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). He had said there was a price on his head. Trump tax records: The Supreme Court has cleared the way for prosecutors in New York to see President Trump’s financial records, [a stunning defeat for President Trump.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wOS91cy90cnVtcC10YXhlcy1zdXByZW1lLWNvdXJ0Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249d2hhdEVsc2Umc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMzA2MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKACm69gdfMzgRAlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) But Congress cannot see them, at least for now, meaning they won’t be made public before the November election. Melania statue: After a wooden statue of Melania Trump was burned near her hometown in Slovenia, the American artist who commissioned it [wants to interview the arsonist as part of a new project](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P4QAAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDcvMDkvd29ybGQvZXVyb3BlL21lbGFuaWEtdHJ1bXAtc3RhdHVlLXNsb3ZlbmlhLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249d2hhdEVsc2Umc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMzA2MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKACm69gdfMzgRAlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). Nariman El-Mofty/Associated Press Snapshot: Above, Cairo under lockdown. The coronavirus brought a much-needed deep cleanse to the city and stripped it of its grit, our correspondent writes. But without the noise, bustle and grind, [was it really Cairo?](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0T7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wOS93b3JsZC9taWRkbGVlYXN0L2NhaXJvLWxvY2tkb3duLWRldG94Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249d2hhdEVsc2Umc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMzA2MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKACm69gdfMzgRAlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) What we’re listening to: [Behind the Bastards](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaWhlYXJ0LmNvbS9wb2RjYXN0LzEwNS1iZWhpbmQtdGhlLWJhc3RhcmRzLTI5MjM2MzIzLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkVfcF8yMDIwMDcxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDE5MiZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VjdGlvbj13aGF0RWxzZSZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMzMDYwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKbr2B18zOBECUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) podcast. “I was enthralled,” writes Shaila Dewan, a criminal justice reporter, by the “mini-series on policing, including its roots in slave patrols and its embrace of the Klan.” ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0RvaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjIxNzY5JmxpPU1CRSZtPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnA9TUJFXzIwMjAwNzEwVwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0RvaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NDIxODk2JmxpPU1CRSZtPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnA9TUJFXzIwMjAwNzEwVwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0RvaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTUyOTY2JmxpPU1CRSZtPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnA9TUJFXzIwMjAwNzEwVwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ Now, a break from the news Francesco Tonelli for The New York Times Cook: These [baked stuffed tomatoes with goat cheese fondue](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P4QEAWh0dHBzOi8vY29va2luZy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS9yZWNpcGVzLzExMjkyLWJha2VkLXN0dWZmZWQtdG9tYXRvZXMtd2l0aC1nb2F0LWNoZWVzZS1mb25kdWU_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249YUJyZWFrJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzMwNjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) take only 20 minutes to prepare. Firm but ripe tomatoes make excellent vessels for a melting fondue. Watch: Set in Kashmir, [“Widow of Silence”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wOS9tb3ZpZXMvd2lkb3ctb2Ytc2lsZW5jZS1yZXZpZXcuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkVfcF8yMDIwMDcxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDE5MiZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VjdGlvbj1hQnJlYWsmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMzA2MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKACm69gdfMzgRAlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) explores a woman’s quest for freedom and agency. Our reviewer calls it “a serenely beautiful tragedy about women and war.” Do: Designing a garden? All it takes is a few well-placed plants — and [some guiding principles.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P4Q2AWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDcvMDgvcmVhbGVzdGF0ZS9kZXNpZ25pbmctYS1nYXJkZW4teW91bGwtbmVlZC1hLXBsYW4uaHRtbD9hY3Rpb249Y2xpY2smY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbW9kdWxlPVJlbGF0ZWRMaW5rcyZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnBndHlwZT1jb2xsZWN0aW9uJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VjdGlvbj1hQnJlYWsmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMzA2MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKACm69gdfMzgRAlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) [At Home has our full collection of ideas](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0TVaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vc3BvdGxpZ2h0L2F0LWhvbWU_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249YUJyZWFrJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzMwNjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) on what to read, cook, watch and do while staying safe at home. And now for the Back Story on … Ava DuVernay on art and activism Ava DuVernay’s films about Black histories and experiences have come to feel more essential than ever. She spoke with our In Her Words newsletter [about the role she sees for artists in a time of unrest in the U.S](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P4QKAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDcvMDgvbW92aWVzL2RpcmVjdG9yLWF2YS1kdXZlcm5heS1tb3ZpZXMtcG9saWNlLXByb3Rlc3RzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA3MTAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAxOTImbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249YmFja1N0b3J5JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzMwNjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgApuvYHXzM4EQJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). We’re in a moment of upheaval — hundreds of thousands marching, a pandemic, an upcoming U.S. presidential election. What’s the role of storytelling in this moment? The story has been told from one point of view for too long. And when we say story, I don’t just mean film or television. I mean the stories we embrace as part of the criminalization of Black people. Every time an officer writes a police report about an incident, they’re telling a story. Look at [the case of Breonna Taylor](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg6nu6P0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS9icmVvbm5hLXRheWxvci1wb2xpY2UuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkVfcF8yMDIwMDcxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDE5MiZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VjdGlvbj1iYWNrU3Rvcnkmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMzA2MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKACm69gdfMzgRAlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) and her police report. They had nothing on it; it said she had no injuries. That is a story of those officers saying, “Nothing to look at here, nothing happened.” But that’s not the story that happened, because if she could speak for herself, she would say, “I was shot in the dark on a no-knock warrant in my bed.” Ava DuVernay at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in February. Michelle Groskopf for The New York Times This is a moment of grief and rage for so many. How can those emotions be translated into art? The answer to your question for me personally was the creation of our Law Enforcement Accountability Project — LEAP — which uses art to hold police accountable. It links to the idea that an artist and an activist are not so far apart. Whether you call yourself an activist or not, artists use their imagination to envision a world that does not exist and make it so. Activists use their imagination to envision a world that does not exist and make it so. Many people in the United States are just beginning the fight for racial and social justice. You’ve been in this battle a long time. What’s your advice for sustaining the fight long term? The battle is ongoing whether you keep it going or not. The question is how are you going to react to it? That’s up to everyone to decide for themselves. But the battle is not by choice. I would rather not do any of it. I’d rather just make my films and go about my day. But if I don’t buy into the fight, then I don’t get to make my films. That’s it for this briefing. Have an energizing and safe weekend. — Isabella Thank you To Melissa Clark for the recipe, and to Theodore Kim and Jahaan Singh for the rest of the break from the news. You can reach the team at [briefing@nytimes.com](mailto:briefing+midnight@nytimes.com?subject=Briefing%20Feedback&te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_MBE_p_20200710§ion=endNote). 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