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.

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Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

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SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

No one is in charge • The Gaza war has disrupted the world order. As US diplomacy flounders, emerging powers see a chance for new voices to join the top table

Spotlight • Anguish over tens of thousands of missing Palestinians

Alone and embattled • Netanyahu’s woes mount, but he won’t be going quietly

‘Inevitable’ • Kyiv bullish about third attempt on Kerch bridge

How island kept death toll low in massive earthquake

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Is it time to abandon a tax based on house values from 1991?

Heavenly host • Churches embrace heavy metal

Pave the way Contest to remove tiles and restore greenery • National competition aims to help the Netherlands reach environmental targets by removing garden flagstones

Weeding out knotty threat harder due to climate crisis

Windfarm resistance stalls green transition • In La Guajira, plans for renewables are beset by delays and anger from local Indigenous people

Redruns • Pyongyang’s Alps-style paradise gets mixed review

Dismay in Addis Ababa as ‘the soul of the city’ is razed

Tick tick boom Lyme disease-carrying bugs are on the march • They’re hard to spot, hungry and, after mosquitoes, the world’s biggest vectors of disease. They’re found in the countryside and urban parks and infestation rates are increasing. So what can be done about this little blood-sucking pest?

Presidents assemble • Obama and Clinton give Biden boost

Market share • Division and dysfunction cloud WTO’s vision

What is it like to die? • New research into the dying brain suggests that the line between life and death may be less distinct than previously thought.

How Rwandans reconciled after the genocide • The most extraordinary reconciliations are taking place across Rwanda. Thirty years after the genocide, unthinkable partnerships have formed between unlikely pairs: murderers and survivors; parents and children whose families were torn apart by mass murder. They have been hard won.

Opinion Caroline Knowles • Six tips for budding centibillionaires (No 1: come from a wealthy family)

Frances Ryan • True ugliness is editing out a disabled child from a school photo

John Harris • If the defeated Tories lurch further right it is bad news for Labour

The GuardianView • Survival of ancient dialects matters because of the wisdom they embody

Opinion Letters

Culture Keeper of the flame • It is seen as one of the greatest films ever. So what has Víctor Erice been doing in the half-century since The Spirit of the Beehive? As his new film hits screens, he reveals all

Genre gap Beyoncé’s new album falls short • Cowboy Carter arrives on the back of booming business for the country genre, drowning out the Black music history it claims to celebrate

Hitman who wears a hoodie • In 2014, Ed Sheeran became the most-streamed pop star in the world. The 10 years since have seen the artist dominate music – for better or worse. How did he do it?

Reviews

London calling • The life of a working-class writer made good is the dark, Dickensian spine of this enjoyable state-of-the-nation novel

Not doing well • A survivor of a life-threatening illness charts the history of health anxiety, asking if it is a rational...