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.
Eyewitness Netherlands
Death of Prigozhin, India’s lunar success and Zadie returns
Global report • Headlines from the last seven days
DEATHS
SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
Global report United Kingdom
Patriot, traitor, martyr … • After his apparent assassination, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s legacy is still to be determined. The Wagner chief’s reputation will be dictated by two linked factors – Putin and the result of the war
The cost of speaking out The not so mysterious deaths of Putin’s opponents
The next movement Prigozhin is gone, but the Sahel will not be free of Wagner soon
CANADA Labrador dawn • A future where culture meets conservation
Touch down Moon landing is another leap in the global space race
Female suicides on rise under Taliban regime
Eyewitness United States/Mexico
How football president’s kiss led to a #MeToo moment
Monster, Inc Loch Ness’s most famous local keeps head down
Bombed out The island idyll where atomic tests reverberate • Oppenheimer has reminded the world of the impact of nuclear weapons testing. One Pacific archipelago never forgot
Fukushima f ish traders fear ef fects of water release
‘They want us to die in the streets’ The blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh
The Russian minister who became a US truck driver
Son of Soros under f ire as foundations retreat from Europe
Adriatic rift How did Albanian sunbeds get political?
Not ′appy The problem with digital societies • Increasingly, the world seems to run on smartphones-often to the exclusion of those who struggle with tech. What can be done?
Trump booked The mugshot that defines modern-day US politics
Far-right populist who is a ‘shoo-in’ for president aims at pope
Don’t mention the war • On the International Space Station, astronauts from Russia and the west share a craft the size of a large family home. So what happened when Moscow started a conflict 400km below on Earth?
‘I get in trouble when I talk about the state of the nation’ • After 17 years abroad, Zadie Smith has returned to her literary stomping ground of north London. She talks about fame, therapy and finding inspiration for her latest novel on her doorstep
The referendum message that shows it is possible to say no to oil
The ugly lurch right points f ingers when fresh ideas are needed
With five PMs in seven years, the Tories are all at sea with no ideas
British Museum has lost public confidence as well as thousands of its treasures • Founded 1821 Independently owned by the Scott Trust
WRITE TO US
A WEEK I N VENN DIAGRAMS
Bloomsbury threads • A new book about London’s most famous literary set explores its lesser-known role in sparking a sartorial revolution
In the frame ‘A reckoning is in the air’ • More than 150 works by First Nations artists from Australia are represented in a landmark exhibition that is both poignant and powerful in equal parts
A different departure • Italian film director Matteo Garrone has turned his lens on a tale of small-boats migration. He reveals how he spent years preparing to tackle the subject
Reviews
The female gaze An Irish poet’s family must come to terms with his troubling legacy in the Booker winner’s tale of love, art and connection
Cruel Britannia A historian looks at Britain’s fraught race relations – and their complex relationship with class – through the lens of empire
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