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GOINGS ON • What we're watching, listening to, and doing this week.

PHOTO BOOTH

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

FLIGHT RISK • The perils and triumphs of the astonishing migration of the Hudsonian godwit.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD • The American religion of storing your stuff.

MY SUREFIRE, CAN'T-LOSE POLYMARKET BETS

SHE MADE ME DO IT • A dressage trainer who shot his student thinks he's the victim.

DOLLAR DIPLOMACY • Foreign policy is big business for Jared Kushner.

LOST CHILD

THE PUNISHED LAND • Is Zionism’s moral crisis a story of roads not taken—or original sin?

EASY STREET • America’s everywhere millionaires have the clout to match their cash.

NUDGE THYSELF • Is will power overrated?

CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST • Each week, we provide a cartoon in need of a caption. You, the reader, submit a caption, we choose three finalists, and you vote for your favorite. Caption submissions for this week's cartoon, by Meredith Southard, must be received by Sunday, September 20th. The finalists in the September 7th contest appear below. We will announce the winner, and the finalists in this week's contest, in the October 5th issue. Anyone age thirteen or older can enter or vote. To do so, and to read the complete rules, visit contest.newyorker.com.