The health of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, 52, has taken another turn for the worse, according to a palace spokesperson. The princess, who suffers from pulmonary fibrosis — a chronic condition that causes progressive scarring of the lungs — will not appear publicly during the Belgian royal couple’s upcoming visit to Norway. In December, the palace disclosed that she would need a lung transplant due to the deterioration of her condition.
The stories of this single day — from a potential turning point in a Middle Eastern war to a coaching breakthrough on a basketball court in Cyprus — remind us that the world keeps producing both crisis and progress in equal, bewildering measure.
