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Reveal all the dates mentioned in a set of documents, and plot them on a timeline. Zoom in to view just the few critical months or days. Discover documents related to your story and explore links to the original reporting. Reveal all the dates mentioned in a set of documents, and plot them on a timeline. Zoom in to view just the few critical months or days. Discover documents related to your story and explore links to the original reporting.

Highlight what matters. Annotate documents to highlight key passages. Use public notes to compose annotations that will be part of your published reporting, and private notes to organize your own thoughts. Every note has a unique URL, so you can point readers right to the passage you want to highlight. Annotate documents to highlight key passages. Use public notes to compose annotations that will be part of your published reporting, and private notes to organize your own thoughts. Every note has a unique URL, so you can point readers right to the passage you want to highlight.

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