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When聽Plaxedes Dilon set off on her 10-mile walk with a heaping sack of clothes and kitchen utensils on her head, the trip seemed to her completely ordinary. Yes, the distance was a little longer and the purpose was different: the sack was full of donations for those affected by Cyclone Idai. But long walks and heavy sacks are a routine part of life for the clothes seller.

To Zimbabwe鈥檚 richest man, however, it was . Strive Masiyiwa is offering Ms. Dilon a solar-powered house and $1,000 a month for life. Citing the biblical parable of the widow woman, he said 鈥渟he gave more than us all.鈥�

In New York, meanwhile, many gave generously to a different cause: one of the city鈥檚 young chess champions, who was homeless. After a story appeared in The New York Times about 8-year-old Tanitoluwa Adewumi, $250,000 poured in, as did offers of a free car for his Uber-driving, real-estate agent father, a new health care job for his mother, and admission to three private schools.

The family, who is from Nigeria, is not keeping the money, instead using it to set up a fund for other African immigrants. And it is accepting one of the more modest housing offers, a two bedroom apartment. 鈥淭ani鈥� will be staying at his public school too. 鈥淭his school showed confidence in Tanitoluwa,鈥� his mother said.

Why is Tani鈥檚 father not taking a quarter million dollars? 鈥淕od has already blessed me,鈥� . 鈥淚 want to release my blessing to others.鈥�

Now on to our five stories today. We look at how perceptions around Benjamin Netanyahu are 鈥� and aren鈥檛 鈥� shifting in Israel, whether scholarships matter much to top college athletes, and innovation for the masses in Maine.