This Romanian graveyard has a surprisingly delightful sense of humor

The Merry Cemetery's incongruously colorful headstones and witty epitaphs smirk and wink in the face of death

by The Week Staff

October 30, 2017

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The ongoing controversy in Israel over judicial reforms

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Today's big question

Is Russia a Chinese 'client state'?

An illustration of a wet and dry Earth with a climbing graph line in the middle

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Feature

3 key graphics from the U.N. climate report

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Mixed Messages

U.S. housing prices fall for 1st time in 11 years

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Armor Away

Ukraine will get U.S. Abrams tanks, Patriot missiles sooner than expected

China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin

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Awkward

Ukraine hints it destroyed Russian missile shipment in Crimea

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it wasn't all bad

Global happiness has been 'remarkably resilient' over the past three years

Protests against Macron's pension overhaul

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Today's big question

Is France 'on the edge of civil unrest'?

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Attrition

Russia's spring Ukraine offensive may be winding down amid heavy losses

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Behind the scenes

DeSantis' no good, very bad week

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