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.

Editor’s notes

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

Global report • United Kingdom

Reader’s eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

A land in the grip of hunger • Parents watch children waste away as Israel’s aid restrictions mean famine is becoming a killer and Gaza reaches two appalling milestones

Warning signs • Famine in Gaza shocking but expected, says UN expert

Gesture politics • Recognising a Palestinian state is symbolic but action is needed

Out of court • Deposed leader in exile faces justice

Empty talk What changed for women after student uprising? • Three female activists speak about their lives since Sheikh Hasina was ousted – and how the country can secure lasting change for women’s rights

Bitter peace • Old rivalries prompt wariness of Cambodians

Peaceful protests help steer Zelenskyy to a U-turn

Eyewitness Australia

Doctors’ pay • Could strike action affect Wes Streeting’s bid for No 10 ?

Online safety row crosses the Atlantic • Reform accuses Labour of overreach, as US Republicans confront Ofcom over UK law designed to protect children

Botanist lands ‘the best job in the natural world’ • Following in the footsteps of Darwin, Matthew Jeffery feels daunted but inspired by his new globetrotting role

Lots of bottle • Return shops help tackle plastic waste

Market forces Counterfeiters feed appetite for viral doll • The ‘ugly-cute’ elf sold by Chinese company Pop Mart has become a sensation and the authorities are aggressively cracking down on fakes – pushing production into the shadows

Workers face precarious future as US tariffs hit

Ugly truth behind skin lightening products revealed

Local hero • Country’s first surf pro capitalises on big break

Superiority complex The university ‘skull room’ and racist science • Edinburgh’s Anatomical museum houses more than 1,000 human skulls amassed to study the pseudo-science of phrenology

Harris turns her back on ‘broken’ political system

‘Unspeakable’ • Trump exports his assault on democracy to Latin America

David Lammy’s first 12 months at the Foreign Office have been dominated by a string of high-stakes flashpoints – from the unfolding horror in Gaza to regime change in Syria and Trump’s humiliation of Zelenskyy – but he’s not panicking • ‘There are these moments when the world is on edge’

The rise and fall of the nature memoir • The Salt Path was not the first bestselling nature memoir to tell a story of human recovery inspired by the great outdoors – but as authors and publishers digest the book’s controversy, could it become one of the last?

Nesrine Malik • It’s said the centre cannot hold, but the greater risk is nothing changes

Amy Izycky • A winning lesson: when the going gets tough, the tough do jigsaws

Rebecca Solnit • Epstein’s crimes are part of a pattern that is rife throughout society

The GuardianView • Countries are forcing Afghan refugees back to danger under Taliban rule

Opinion Letters

Burning verse • As a trove of Woody Guthrie tracks resurfaces, his daughter Nora recalls his fight against injustice and illness

How one nurse’s shift became a disaster film • A Swiss movie about a nurse pushed to her limits has sent shockwaves across Europe for its powerful portrayal of dangerously underfunded healthcare

Alien vision • With Fargo, Noah...