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September 5, 2017

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What It’s Truly Like to Be a Fashion Model

By Valeriya Safronova, Joanna Nikas and Natalia V. Osipova

“Every day that you’re working as a model, you’re objectified somehow.” Twelve models, in their own words, on issues like racism, body shaming and financial problems.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 30, 2017, covering September 5, 2017.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Rainbow by Kesha

    Rainbow

    Kesha

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

    DAMN.

    Kendrick Lamar

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    18
  3. 3
    Album cover for Grateful by DJ Khaled

    Grateful

    DJ Khaled

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for American Teen by Khalid

    American Teen

    Khalid

    Last week
    10
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    24
  5. 5
    Album cover for Federal 3X by Moneybagg Yo

    Federal 3X

    Moneybagg Yo

    Last week
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    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Nicolaas Bloembergen

2017Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1920)[†]

Nicolaas Bloembergen was a Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate, recognized for his work in developing driving principles behind nonlinear optics for laser spectroscopy. During his career, he was a professor at Harvard University and later at the University of Arizona and at Leiden University in 1973.

Historical Context for September 5, 2017

In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]