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1. Hope fades into anguish as deadly airstrikes hit Gaza after ceasefire news

   

   Just as Palestinians in Gaza were reinvigorated with a sense of hope Wednesday after news of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, deadly Israeli airstrikes continued to rain down on people just hours later, turning celebration into anguish.

2. Israeli cabinet approves ceasefire agreement

   

   The full Israeli cabinet approved the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, paving the way for the return of the first hostages from Gaza as early as Sunday.

3. What TikTok could look like for users in the U.S. — and around the world — if it goes dark

   

4. Lavish 2,000-year-old bathhouse revealed in new Pompeii excavation

   

   Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in AD 79, has unearthed a new treasure — a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.

5. Graffiti left on walls of Assad's prisons expresses fears, loves of tormented Syrians

   

   As you walk through the cold, dark cells of Assad's prisons, the graffiti on the walls cry out. They plead to God and yearn for loved ones. Often mysterious, they preserve fragments of what anonymous men were thinking as they faced torture and death.