Good afternoon. On our mind today: declining life expectancy rates, the heat dome settling over the West and "apocalyptic" flooding in Pakistan. Read these and six other important stories below.
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Pakistan flooding described as ‘apocalyptic,’ with more than 1,100 dead, thousands injured