"It looks like" is usually used to imply something we are almost certain about. There is a saying: "If it looks like a duck, and it walks like a duck, chances are... it's a duck." When we say "it seems like", we are focusing on the impression given by the subject.
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What does Canada look like? This is a more specific question. You are asking about how it looks to the eye. Some responses to this would be more like: "its very white and full with trees", "it has beautiful sights" and so on. What is it like is super broad, but what does it look like is asking how it looks to the eye
she looks like a cat she looks like an 80's pop star etc. "How does she look?" (Note the question sounds more natural without "like".) Since it's a "how" question, I think this question fits better if the expected answer is a descriptive adjective: she looks great she looks terrible etc. But they are somewhat interchangeable.
where X = "what at first glance looks like a bunch of random characters…’ is not English. It might work as some sort of logical construct but even without the unwanted first full stop, and with correct use of brackets, it could not be English.
Which one idiomatic? How is your weekend looking? How is your weekend looks like? I have seen the first one more often. However, I feel that the word "like" should be added at the end.