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The Monster in Their Midst

Jean-Claude Romand, whose horrific murder spree shook France in 1993, has just left prison for a monastery. How can you tell whether a master of deception has really changed?

Bier There, Done That

Germany

The Summer of Over-Tourism

Seemingly Everywhere

Swamp Creature

Forgotten but not gone, Scott Pruitt, the disgraced former E.P.A. chief, is still shilling for coal

It Was a Week for …

She Gives Us Paws

U.K.

He Makes the Tourists Run on Time

Italy

Class Clown

How Boris Johnson uses education and privilege to taunt the toffs and play to the yobs

Burning Mad

Belgium

The China Syndrome

Rebels armed with apps, grocery-bag ties, and surfboard shields

The View from Here

Glock Party

Celebrities flock to fête the inventor of a killer handgun

A New Panda Reserve

China

“He Was the Spirit of Musical Theater. Irreplaceable.”

Hal Prince, as remembered by his longtime choreographer Pat Birch

The View from Here

Advantage, Nadal

Greece

The Real Snow White?

Germany

The PG-Spot

The author knows ethical porn when she sees it

It Was a Dicey Week for …

Have Gall, Will Travel

Tom Price tries to raid his former congressional campaign’s coffers

Workers of the World, Recreate

Crimea

No Olive Alive?

Italy

Gentleman Trawler

Pierre Casiraghi squires teenage eco-warrior Greta Thunberg to New York on his zero-emission boat

Lawrence of Suburbia

U.K.