Guardian Weekly

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.

Rabbit in the lights

A question of ageing, Ardern’s shock exit and a shorter working week

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

DEATHS

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

United Kingdom

Trunk call

The grey leap forward • As birthrates fall and life expectancies rise, is the world ready for the physical, political and financial challenges ahead?

‘The last generation’ Young people vow not to have children

‘Be strong, be kind’ The twin pillars at the heart of Jacinda Ardern’s politics

New PM to focus on easing economic pain

More than 90% of off sets fail to cut CO2, study finds • Investigation into Verra carbon standard finds most are ‘phantom credits’ and may even worsen global heating

LIFE OF CARBON CREDITS • How industry uses others’ low-impact activities to achieve emissions goals

Soul train

A call for arms Germany urged to release its tanks

Battle star Why is the Leopard 2 so coveted by Ukraine?

Mob handed The Sicilian town where a mafia boss hid for years • Police suspect a decades-old code of silence helped a notorious organised crime lord to hide in plain sight

Scores of child asylum seekers snatched from seaside hotels

Cheatbot? Why AI could spell the end for exam essays

Noma, no more: has ultra-fine dining run its course?

Lost for words Rising seas bring threat of catastrophe • By the end of the century, climate chaos may have become the ‘nail in the coffin’ for more than 3,000 languages, say linguists

A wake of fear as pirates switch from ships to shore

What mRNA did next • Covid vaccine successes are inspiring scientists to apply similar methods to cancer treatment. But how effective can they be?

Five stages Creating cancer vaccines that can be personalised

Davos dreams AI and green tech could offer an economic sliver of light

Social recall All eyes on Meta as Trump ban up for review

Red or dead • Millions lost their lives in the violence of the Cultural Revolution, yet some say those tumultuous years were the making of them

The sign of four • With research showing that working fewer hours can be more productive, has the five-day week had its day? Richard Godwin clocks on to find out

It is a mistake to expect Putin to think like western powers Olga Chyzh

Our island nation isn’t nearly so keen to sing God Save the King Barbara Blake-Hannah

What happened to the post-Brexit golden age we were promised? Andrew Rawnsley

Ardern’s resignation sets an important example, just as her time in office did

Letters

A WEEK IN VENN DIAGRAMS

Happy Mondays • Behind the doors of architect Andrés Jaque’s inspirational and innovative new school design in Madrid

‘We’ve always been dividing’ • Måneskin came to global attention in controversial style when they won Eurovision in 2021; the Italian glam rockers reflect on how drugs, nudity and queerness have shaped their lives since

Lydon’s memories Ex-Pistol planning a poignant Eurovision message

The Last of Us • HBO

Spain and the Hispanic World • Royal Academy, London

Down the barrel An examination of how guns shape life in the US is merely descriptive, failing to pose questions to start a proper conversation

Lofty aims From a deep crater in the ocean floor to a strange object in outer space, this astonishing novel examines our place in the universe

Brave new world The...