On the life and legacy of one of soccer’s legends, who died Wednesday.

A husband’s stroke, the Australian bushfires, and a trip to the Great Barrier Reef.

How much can athletes really make in niche sports? A whole lot more than you might think.

A celebrated Uyghur writer gives a first-person account of the genocide in Xinjiang.

A profile of the overlooked icon who forever changed the way Indigenous people are depicted onscreen.

The joys—and absurdities—of finding oneself abandoned in a desolate landscape.

Are some celebrity mediums fooling their audience members by reading social media pages in advance? A group of online vigilantes is out to prove it.

Thousands of bodies are buried in shallow graves around Raqqa, Syria. One group is using Facebook and Google Earth to identify human remains and rebury them where they belong.

“What I do is not magical realism. I do realistic magic. Look, whenever someone does something new, people have to compare it with things they already know. So even if you innovate, you end up being connected to the past. When I began making movies people linked me to Fellini or Buñuel. Now new filmmakers are called ‘jodorowskian.’”

The case against Jonathan Pollard, an American who spied for Israel.

The story of a massacre in El Salvador.

An investigation into violence against Mexican citizens by the U.S. Border Patrol.

Behind the doors of Centaurus, Rio’s most infamous brothel.

During World War II, the indigenous Aleut people were forced into camps. 10% died.

Professional wrestling as the epitome of American capitalism.

On Billy Joel’s sardonic gloom.

On the failure of Minnesota’s child-protection agencies.

A combat veteran trains to be a college football placekicker.

Lessons from the 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art.

The science of acquired savant syndrome.

A profile of Gina Rinehart, the richest person in Australia.

The past, present, and increasingly optimistic future of Vice.

A new era in the search for life on Mars.

A daughter’s attempt to solve the riddle of her mom.

On the biology of animal emotion.