This image released by Marvel Studios shows Natalie Portman, left, and Chris Hemsworth in a scene from “Thor: Love and Thunder.” (Jasin Boland/Marvel Studios-Disney via AP)
In this image provided by the National Park Service, a firefighter walks near the Mariposa Grove as the Washburn Fire burns in Yosemite National Park, Calif., Thursday, July 7, 2022. A portion of Yosemite National Park has been closed as a wildfire rages near a grove of California’s famous giant sequoia trees, officials said. (National Park Service via AP)
American Airlines passenger jets prepare for departure, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, near a terminal at Boston Logan International Airport, in Boston. (AP Photo/ Steven Senne, File)
Bobby Shapiro of Highland Park, Ill., stands on Friday, July 8, 2022, for a photo at a memorial for victims of the Highland Park mass shooting that occurred during a parade on Monday, July 4, 2022. “It was pure horror. It was a battle zone,” Shapiro, 52, said in an interview. (AP Photo/Roger Schneider)
Rescue workers stand on the rubble at the scene in the after math of a missile strike that his a residential apartment block, in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Marvel’s unique brand of escapism still draws the crowds.
This image released by Marvel Studios shows Natalie Portman, left, and Chris Hemsworth in a scene from “Thor: Love and Thunder.” (Jasin Boland/Marvel Studios-Disney via AP)
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