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And more of today's best articles from The Week [View this email in your browser]( [Brand Logo] May 2, 2024   [Want even more news?]( Take a digital subscription to The Week and enjoy twice daily premium newsletters direct to your inbox plus early access to the digital edition of the weekly magazine in our app every Thursday. [Try 6 weeks for $1](     Talking Points [The bird flu fight is faltering]( Are pandemic lessons going unheeded? [Read more](   Advertisement by Lifebook [Create a Lasting Legacy](   The Explainer [LGBTQ+ rights in Iraq: how morality laws ramped up]( Same-sex relationships and gender reassignment surgery are now criminalised in latest attack on targeted community [Read more](     quote of the day 'I forgot the world is reading.' Barbra Streisand clarifying her intent behind asking if Melissa McCarthy was taking the weight loss drug Ozempic in a since-deleted Instagram comment. Streisand said her "friend" McCarthy "looked fantastic" and she "just wanted to pay her a compliment."     In the Spotlight [The underground 'Mona Lisa' and the trouble with tourists]( Visitors to the Louvre have dubbed the crowded experience 'torture' as famous landmarks suffer from overtourism [Read more](     Under the Radar [Why Captchas are getting harder to solve]( If the process continues to get harder, it could cause problems for people trying to book tickets for popular shows [Read more](     Picture of the day [Claiming Victory]( Visitors look at military vehicles at the "Trophies of the Russian Army" exhibition in Moscow’s Victory Park, a giant memorial to the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany. The exhibition features more than 30 bullet-riddled tanks and other military vehicles from 12 NATO countries, including the U.S., the U.K., France, Sweden, South Africa, Turkey, Australia and Germany, all captured during the war in Ukraine. Contributor / Getty Images     The WEek Recommends [7 magnificent hotels to visit before the summer crowds descend]( Have beach time in the Dominican Republic or a spa day in Saint-Tropez [Read more](     Want more from The Week? Up for a brainteaser? Play our [daily puzzles]( including crosswords, codewords and sudoku.   [Coach brand logo]( © Future Publishing Limited • [theweek.com]( [Unsubscribe from this newsletter]( The Week is published by Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036.