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.

Gift them a piece of the bigger picture

Eyewitness Colombia

Mediterranean tragedy, Biden powers up and Kenya’s literary great

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

DEATHS

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Global report United Kingdom

Eyewitness

A deadly trade • As families mourned the hundreds of people lost in last week’s Mediterranean shipwreck disaster, grief turned to anger over the Greek authorities’ handling of the incident and Europe’s failure to tackle one of its greatest challenges

Europe’s response New pact, but underlying causes have not gone away

Rival governments Power vacuum makes it hard to effectively tackle people smugglers

Biden hits the 2024 trail … but can he last the pace?

A careful dance Trump rivals struggle for attention after indictment

Frontline forces hope patience will pay dividends

On the wire As leaders move closer to Putin, EU hopes fade • Ruling party in Tbilisi claims it is pursuing a future within Europe yet rails against Brussels, Ukraine and Nato

Eyewitness Pakistan

Leader to loser How Tory MPs turned their backs on Boris Johnson

In a true blue idyll, rumours abound of a revolution

Are times catching up with London gentlemen’s club culture?

Rise of Vox Far-right hopes to ride wave of nationalism

Māori tribes with ocean ties pledge to ‘protect what is left’ • Warming waters push species away and erode cultural practices … and it’s happening faster than anyone imagined

Temperatures spike amid signs of record hottest year

The robot surgeon will see you now … • Keyhole surgery using robotic arms has transformed medicine – and advanced devices coupled with AI might surpass doctors’ skills

‘Candid’ talks but Blinken’s Beijing visit could rein in tensions

Fire alarm Questions grow over disaster response

Grand Old man of letters • The life and work of Kenyan novelist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has intersected with many of the past century’s biggest events. At 85, he reflects on his long, uncompromising life in writing

This is going to hurt (for ever) • In 2020, Oliver Franklin-Wallis felt an ache in his arms. Three years on, he is one of the millions of people who are forced to live with chronic pain that may never go away

The different reasons why Ellsberg and Trump took classified material

Architecture’s push for traditional forms is a critique of globalisation

Why the chaos of the climate catastrophe suits the extreme right

The west must admit responsibility for the latest migrant boat tragedy

WRITE TO US

A WEEK IN VENN DIAGRAMS Edith Pritchett

Out of the shadows • One of the world’s most prominent living artists, Hito Steyerl talks about her persistent questioning of humanity in the digital age

Bach on the road again • Cellist Yo-Yo Ma has been on a five-year tour to bring joy to the world through classical music. On the final stop in Kenya, he took that mission to the streets

Reviews

Cormac McCarthy 1933–2023 • Cormac McCarthy showed us America’s violent heart as he wove a tapestry of anger, humour, decency and bad behaviour

Life during wartime • Anne Frank’s friend recalls the grim horror of Nazi rule in Amsterdam and how the girls were reunited briefly in Bergen-Belsen

Doll parts • A large cast of graduate students on a midwest campus grapple with the details of their lives that make up their...