• Qatar has been under a siege of sorts for the past month, but the wealthy Persian Gulf nation is, so far, feeling little pain. [The New York Times]

• Eight people were wounded in a shooting near a mosque in Avignon, France. A local newspaper said the police did not consider the attack terror-related. [Reuters/La Provence]

• A Czech mayor is trying to force the burial of dead bodies plasticized for a traveling exhibition. [The New York Times]

• At the Vatican, a conservative cardinal “was the last link to Benedict’s way of doing things.” Pope Francis ousted the cardinal Saturday. [The New York Times]

• Muslim children displaced by the deadly fire in London’s Grenfell Tower missed Eid al-Fitr celebrations. This weekend, a fair tried to make up for what for them felt like a canceled Christmas. [The New York Times]

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