Fincher's 2007 film about the unsolved Zodiac killings was built on a rule: when witnesses disagreed, the team trusted the police reports. The writer James Vanderbilt had spent years on the script after reading Robert Graysmith's book as a teenager. Fincher and his co-writers interviewed investigators, family members of suspects and two surviving victims, because he felt a responsibility not to convict anyone posthumously. To judge the letters, the production hired a forensic linguist who studied sentence structure and spelling rather than handwriting. The film ends without solving the case, which Fincher felt matched real life.

Israeli reports also say the cabinet directed the military to prepare for a possible new attack on Iran.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.