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March 5, 2018

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Headlines from March 5, 2018

Here Come the Fake Videos, Too

By Kevin Roose

Artificial intelligence video tools make it relatively easy to put one person’s face on another person’s body with few traces of manipulation. I tried it on myself. What could go wrong?

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 28, 2018, covering March 5, 2018.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Black Panther: The Album; Music From And Inspired By by Soundtrack

    Black Panther: The Album; Music From And Inspired By

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for Culture II by Migos

    Culture II

    Migos

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Greatest Showman by Soundtrack

    The Greatest Showman

    Soundtrack

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    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  4. 4
    Album cover for Victory Lap by Nipsey Hussle

    Victory Lap

    Nipsey Hussle

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    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for By The Way; I Forgive You by Brandi Carlile

    By The Way; I Forgive You

    Brandi Carlile

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    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Historical Events

Syrian civil war

2018Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pause the Deir ez-Zor campaign due to the Turkish-led invasion of Afrin.[†]

The Syrian civil war began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring. The Assad regime responded to the protests with lethal force, sparking a civil war. The Syrian revolution lasted almost 14 years and culminated in the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. Many sources regard this as the end of the civil war.

Historical Context for March 5, 2018

In 2018, the world population was approximately 7,729,902,781 people[†]