The Guardian Weekly magazine is a round-up of the world news, opinion and long reads that have shaped the week. Inside, the past seven days' most memorable stories are reframed with striking photography and insightful companion pieces, all handpicked from The Guardian and The Observer.
Editor’s Notes
Global report • Headlines from the last seven days
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Reader’s eyewitness
SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
Rafah on the edge • As Israel threatened a ground operation in Gaza’s southernmost city, panic and despair set in among a population with nowhere to left to turn
Rafah release • Netanyahu uses hostage rescue to justify strikes as support dwindles
Fragile front • Israel’s assault is rocking the foundations of liberal politics
Spotlight • Turmoil as voters deliver a rebuke to the generals
A hostile state • How military tried to stifle Imran Khan’s PTI party
Company distances itself from farm violence
Seeking justice for Del Monte farm deaths • As families of the dead men question the company’s version of events, friends say the food firm bribed them
Salgado’s dramatic images of our planet • At 80, the legendary Brazilian photojournalist reflects on his career, and why the natural world became his focus
Shell shocker • Can Russian advance be halted if American military aid dries up?
Remarks by Trump ‘risk US and EU soldiers’ lives’
‘Bombproof’ • Labour’s green U-turn reflects readiness for May election
Shortage of royals tests monarchy’s fragility • Cover for an incapacitated King Charles is looking rather thin, especially with William facing his own problems
Will the Year of the Dragon bring about a baby boom? • The traditional desire for a ‘superior’ dragon baby may not be enough to sway young couples
Influencers and litterers mar boom in tourism
Long player • New chord in John Cage gig with just 616 years left
A year after Gabrielle, coastal town struggles to find its feet
Sweet nothing Turn of f, tune out … and drop back in • Interest in niksen, the Dutch antidote to burnout, has grown rapidly. But how easy is it to really stop, relax and let go of all outcomes?
Memory fail • Brutal week that Biden, and voters, won’t forget
The small town racing to salvage a mystery shipwreck
“WE ALL LOST. THAT’S WHERE HATRED LEADS” • In 2014, terrorists took US photojournalist James Foley into the Syrian desert, decapitated him then shocked the world with video footage of his death. A decade on, his mother Diane talks about her doomed attempts to save her son and the meeting that has helped her to heal
NOT GOING OUT • Is a misspent youth a thing of the past? How teens and twentysomethings became the homebody generation
Simon Tisdall • In all wars, it’s children who suffer first – and suffer most
Lamorna Ash • British Library attack reveals shadowy world of hackers for hire
Roberto Saviano • People who crave cocaine rarely consider who really pays for it
The Guardian View • A victory for democracy over Pakistan’s army is a cause for celebration
Opinion Letters
The real Yoko • As a retrospective of her work opens in London, artists and writers explain why, despite all she’s endured over the decades, the peerless Yoko Ono always comes out on top
Master of all trades • Viggo Mortensen talks about his latest film with director Lisandro Alonso and juggling roles as actor, director, photographer, poet and publisher
Reviews
Treasure islands • A superb history of Indonesia’s colonial greed, violent oppression and uprising after three centuries of Dutch rule
Testing rooms • This unsettling and...