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Three very different gatherings bear watching as the week winds down.

They run from multinational to hyperlocal, and the action seems to intensify as we burrow down.

Leaders of the major industrialized nations are meeting, of course, as Howard LaFranchi reports in today鈥檚 top story. Some observers have taken to calling the assembly the G6+1. That鈥檚 a commentary on a perceived unity gap, with the United States as the outlier.

In Boston, an international yesterday batted around of addressing the effects of climate change. It was cast as a joint pushback on higher-level disunity and inaction. 鈥淎s a coastal city,鈥� said Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, 鈥渨e understand that [it] is one of our most significant challenges.鈥�

And tomorrow, for the first time, a TEDx conference will take place . That event, in northwest Kenya, has among its speakers not heads of state or even earnest B眉rgermeisters, but , including current and former refugees. Their unifying focus: perseverance and problem-solving.

鈥淭he aim,鈥� , 鈥渋s to steer away from the one-sided narrative of suffering and dejection.鈥� It鈥檚 鈥渁lso about showcasing how refugees can help change not only their lives but [also] the communities and countries in which they live.鈥�

Now to our five stories for your Friday,聽highlighting efforts to refine roles and definitions in politics,聽to find safety from corruption and risk,聽and to guard against being lied to.