Liz Alderman

On Monday, the Greek and European Union authorities effectively started ushering migrants out, as a phalanx of police officers began enforcing a program of mass deportations of migrants back to Turkey.

Few places are tilting toward a cashless future as quickly as Sweden, which has become hooked on the convenience of paying by app and plastic.

The day of further violence left Paris on edge once again and much of the world transfixed as the manhunt for Abaaoud and his accomplices played out. Evening brought only uncertainty about whether the threat had been eradicated or whether Abaaoud, who has boasted of eluding capture, remained at large.

It was the most typical of Parisian scenes — the sharing of drinks among friends. But after the worst terrorist assault on France in recent history, it was also meant to be an act of defiance, a modern-day symbol of “la résistance.”

A Parisian year that began with the bloodshed and chaos of the terror attacks at the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, and later at a Jewish grocery, now had an even deadlier coda: With events still fluid and exact details unclear, the authorities said more than 100 people had been killed in a series of attacks across Paris.