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.

Eyewitness South Korea

The office returns, scandal of lost children and building with AI

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

DEATHS

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Global report United Kingdom

OUT OF OFFICE • Covid-19 transformed the way we work. But as lockdown memories fade, firms are pushing back against home-based employees. Who will prevail?

Desk jockeys Why Britain has felt this seismic shift more than many countries

HOME RULES • How different countries lay down the law for remote workers

Tech bosses issue threats to workers who shun office life

SHRINKING DEM AND • The Zoom boom appears to be over

‘You don’t survive that’ Sappers dice with death to clear mines

‘Not a big deal’ Russians are unmoved as drone strikes target Moscow

Great leap backwards? Deflationary slide sparks global fears

Phone apps hit home in Beijing’s bid for hearts and minds

Questions fly after paradise is reduced to streets of ash

Fresh anger over asylum policy after Channel boat deaths

Thousands missing at sea as use of deadliest route rises

Florida’s united effort to turn the tide on coral bleaching

Shore bet Artwork with a mission to restore reefs

Why Taliban is desperate to silence musicians and artists • Hardline Islamist leaders have imposed brutal restrictions on cultural expression and the Afghan people are suffering

Fear of failure Manipur violence drags ‘messiah of the poor’ Modi down to earth

Can a smart bra transform breast cancer treatment?

A frail truce The battle for Tigray is not over • Despite a peace deal last year, Eritrean troops remain in border areas, and the Irob community pays the price

Too hot for the body and mind to handle • As extreme temperatures become the norm, researchers are discovering ever more ways in which they harm our health

Trump indicted over bid to reverse 2020 election loss

‘The bravest’ Murder of candidate exposes rule of cartels

“My mother spent her life trying to find me” • Countless Bangladeshi children were put up for adoption without the consent of their parents in the chaotic wake of civil war. Denials and scant paperwork hid the truth for years

How I learned to swim How I learned • As I entered my fifties, my body and my confidence started to falter and fail me. I was told swimming would help keep me fit and strong-minded. But first I had to navigate the aggravation of the slow lane

Africans, not global powers, will forge the continent’s stability

As hip-hop turns 50, it demands respect as a vehicle for protest

Anti-green populism is only invoked to protect the lifestyles of the 1%

Rich nations must now step up to help safeguard the Amazon rainforest’s future

WRITE TO US

AIrchitecture anyone? • AI heralds a world where design wonders are just a click away, but could it replace an entire profession? By Oliver Wainwright

And the band played on • Yes, Odyssey, Soft Machine and Molly Hatchet are still on the road despite their current line-ups featuring few, if any, original members but fans don’t question their authenticity

Reviews

The invisible woman George Orwell’s first wife has been ill-served by his own biographers, yet here the witty and fierce Eileen is stripped of agency all over again

Marvel story This tale of a pianist who finds love and renewal before mystical forces intervene is a reminder of Neil...