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

Will everything really be fine? • A charismatic young protester was among thousands arrested in a crackdown that could signal an end to democracy in the country

Switching target • Boycotts, rather than risky street demos, may be future of protests

March to autocracy • What little remains of Turkey’s democracy is fighting for its life

‘We’ve had no help’ • Rescuers and medics struggle to cope with scale of devastation

‘Not lifting much of a finger to help’ • Junta accused of blocking aid as airstrikes continue

‘A little disturbance’ • Will Trump’s tariffs be the start of a trade war – or another climbdown?

Eyewitness Japan

Guilty verdict • The well has run dry for Le Pen – but far right may still benefit

‘Pushed to the brink’ • Welfare cuts spark fear in Blackpool

Scent of a solution to seaweed problem • Rotting sargassum is clogging beaches and coastal waters but innovative technology is turning it into fuel, fertiliser and bioplastics

Just Stop Oil to ‘hang up the hi-vis’

Deadly revolt An uprising that has become ever more violent • Balochistan insurgency fuelled by violent tactics of the military is growing in numbers and lethal intent

Fractured Sahel unites through art and music

Polls apart? Albanese must plot a path to younger voters • Labor faces an uphill challenge to stay in government, but independents could be the big winners amid wave of election antipathy

The political prisoner who found freedom through art

Ask Dr Chimp! Medical secrets we can learn from animals • Primates eat bark to kill parasites, while birds use cigarette butts to ward off ticks. Could wildlife’s wisdom be the next frontier in medicine?

Democrats are angry. But who will step up and lead them?

Is coup trial ruling the beginning of the end for Bolsonaro?

RADICAL CHANGE ISN’T FREE • The Black Panthers shook America awake before the group was eviscerated by the US government. Their children paid a steep price, but also emerged with unassailable pride and burning lessons for today

Bristle fashion • Demand for beard transplant surgery is soaring – despite the dangers that lurk in unregulated clinics. Are the risks worth it?

Gaby Hinsliff • Despite Labour’s claims, voters won’t believe this isn’t austerity

Nathalie Tocci • Signalgate revealed the visceral hatred that is driving US policy

Matthew Quinn • I help others avoid the far-right path I turned to as a hate-filled kid

The GuardianView • When lawyers are put under pressure, the real target is the rule of law

Opinion Letters

On the outside • Despite global stardom, FKA twigs has always felt a lack of belonging. The musician opens up about fighting censorship, crying on stage and performing for peanuts

More than divorced, beheaded, survived • Ava Pickett’s play about Henry VIII’s second wife takes a sideways look at Anne Boleyn’s downfall – by imagining its impact on everyday women

New space for a familiar face • New York’s beloved Frick museum is a Gilded Age gem full of Old Masters, from Vermeer to Holbein. After a $300m revamp, it is even more welcoming

Reviews

War of the words • A timely exploration of how a belief in absolute free speech...