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1. Here Active Listening ($199)
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2. BirkSun Boost Solar Pack ($100)
This waterproof backpack has a built-in solar panel that can generate enough juice to give your phone a 10 percent charge for every 20 minutes in the sun. So no more waiting in line at a festival charging station. Buy it at BirkSun.
3. Big Agnes Rattlesnake SL2 mtnGLO Tent ($350)
This "versatile" three-season tent ($350) has LED lights integrated into an overhead seam, making a lantern unnecessary and your sleeping spot easier to find in a crowd of similar shelters. Buy it at Amazon.
4. Elizabeth & Clarke Unstainable Shirt ($35)
Festival fashion is one thing; this plain white tee is made for fans who want to pack light. Because the shirt's been specially treated, water- and oil-based liquids "roll right off." Pre-order it at Unstainable.
5. Grayl Ultralight ($60)
Don't bother with throwaway bottles, because, as Outside said, "even the sketchiest tap water" can be purified in just 15 seconds with Grayl's newest product. Buy it at Grayl.
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Political cartoons for December 15Cartoons Monday’s political cartoons include Time's person of the year, naughty and nice list, and more
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Who is fuelling the flames of antisemitism in Australia?Today’s Big Question Deadly Bondi Beach attack the result of ‘permissive environment’ where warning signs were ‘too often left unchecked’
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Bulgaria is the latest government to fall amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Bulgaria is the latest government to fall amid mass protests
The Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro behind bars after appeals run outSpeed Read He will serve 27 years in prison
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Americans traveling abroad face renewed criticism in the Trump eraThe Explainer Some of Trump’s behavior has Americans being questioned
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Nigeria confused by Trump invasion threatSpeed Read Trump has claimed the country is persecuting Christians
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Sanae Takaichi: Japan’s Iron Lady set to be the country’s first woman prime ministerIn the Spotlight Takaichi is a member of Japan’s conservative, nationalist Liberal Democratic Party
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Russia is ‘helping China’ prepare for an invasion of TaiwanIn the Spotlight Russia is reportedly allowing China access to military training
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Interpol arrests hundreds in Africa-wide sextortion crackdownIN THE SPOTLIGHT A series of stings disrupts major cybercrime operations as law enforcement estimates millions in losses from schemes designed to prey on lonely users
