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 Brazil
The path ahead, contemplation of the self and goodbyes
Global report • Headlines from the last seven days
DEATHS
SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
United Kingdom
Eyewitness Tusk master
The big story The year ahead
Peace between the nations is far off but a ceasefire is realistic
Possible blackouts across Europe and escalating disputes
Xi Jinping finally faces a reckoning with Covid
A defining year for the regime as resistance grows
An early start to the 2024 race – and Trump in trouble?
A rising drumbeat of chaos but hope on the horizon
Brazil reboots but despair in Haiti as country spirals
Japan looks to tackle threats from its neighbours
‘Cold war-ish’ on the continent as powers battle for influence
Third intifada is more likely than ever after surge in violence
As hospitals overflow, Xi fights to save face over Covid U-turn
Bugged out • What can we expect after Beijing ends Covid rules?
Eyewitness Canada
Benedict’s death eases way for retirement of Francis
Fury at plan for real-term pay cut for NHS staff next year
Digging it Archaeology pioneers break new ground • Young African excavators want to bury the notion that uncovering their past is a white, western, male job
Girl power Women take on a high wire act • A groundbreaking line school is expanding the workforce and challenging attitudes in a male-dominated field
Paradise lost • A year spent bearing witness to the destruction of the Amazon forest
Under pressure? • Stress isn’t always bad for us – it can also strengthen immune systems, improve mental performance and build resilience
In the open Congress lifts the lid on Trump’s tax returns
With Senate majority, Biden sets his sights on the judiciary
Land grab • In a pristine forest in central India, the multibillion-dollar mining giant Adani has razed trees – and homes – to dig for coal. How does this kind of destruction get the go-ahead?
All well and good • It’s not easy being a ‘good’ person. What can we learn from the people who have thought about it the most?
The Twitter Files are a wake-up call to protect freedom of speech Kenan Malik
The world can’t stay silent as Taliban take away women’s rights Gordon Brown
Pelé set the standards by which footballing greatness is judged David Goldblatt
Europe must step forward on migration as a rebuke to the encroaching far right
Letters
A WEEK IN VENN DIAGRAMS
Reclaiming the narrative • Chinonye Chukwu’s film about a notorious 1950s lynching is the latest example of Black American directors claiming the right to retell such stories
Vivienne Westwood The rebel who was never without a cause
Superheroes, jazz, queer art • Freed from the shadow of 9/11, Pakistan’s artists are earning international acclaim by building on – and confronting – their country’s rich heritage
Partners in crime • Mandy Matney and Hedley Thomas have seen the subjects of their crime podcasts jailed. But can the legal system keep up with these sort of investigations?
Painter’s progress • Before being anointed as a genius of the Renaissance relatively recently, Botticelli had few fans and his works were treated roughly
Lethal conflict • Hard-boiled storytelling with a strong moral compass explores modern India through the lens of crime
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