Witches, cloud seeding, and an American horror story

The best reads of the week

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Every week The Sunday features a carefully curated selection of the most thought-provoking, interesting writing from around the web. Today’s pick of the week is Kent Russell’s journey to Papua New Guinea, where the practice of hunting and killing witches — far from dying out — is actually growing.

They Burn Witches Here

Meet the People Who Literally Make It Rain

Can Fast Food Get Healthy?

The Deputy Who Disappeared

American Horror Story: The Cecil Hotel

The Iran accord is going to change everything

The Battle of and for the Black Face Boy

The rating game: how Uber and its peers turned us into horrible bosses

How ISIS Spread in the Middle East-and How to Stop It

'I'm a petitioner - open fire!'

Lunch with the FT: Sepp Blatter

Hell-Nothing Less-And Without End: Six Days in Warsaw

Tomorrow's Internet Turns 20

'One Day, We Will Start a Big War'

Highway to Hell: A Journey Down America's Most Haunted Road

The Pentagon’s Missionary Spies

The Hateful Life And Spiteful Death Of The Man Who Was Vigo The Carpathian

The battle for Turkey: can Selahattin Demirtas pull the country back from the brink of civil war?

Want to follow Medium writers featured in this week’s selection? Here goes: Amanda Little, Claire Martin, Josh Dzieza, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Shaun Raviv, Josh Dean and John Herrman