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

United Kingdom

Eyewitness Once bitten

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

The protest that nobody foresaw • The cockroach movement has gripped India and rattled rightwing PM Narendra Modi, forcing one of his key government allies to resign. Could it now go further?

Critical mass • Behind the rise of the Cockroach Janta party

The Mamdani effect • A huge victory – and a sign of headaches to come for Modi

‘A disaster’ • The race to escape Gironde’s wildfires

Fires could burn until late into year, warn EU officials

Is Takaichi’s mega-budget revolutionary – or a disaster in waiting?

Automation • Why a jobs apocalypse is unlikely to hit any time soon

Israel plans for major operation in West Bank

In the swim Classes that of fer respite to children • In pools built with sandbags and rubble, traumatised boys and girls can reclaim their stolen childhoods

Nairobi shuffle

A pioneering plan to transform lives stuck in limbo • Amid fears of fresh bloodshed, an inclusive project offering education and employment to refugees could be a model for others to follow

Illegal gold mines in the Amazon razed camp by camp • On the ground with security forces who hunt down the prospectors destroying protected Indigenous land

Land dispute • Small farmers resist sway of agroindustry

Bookstore slogan goes viral after Hong Kong raids

Cafe society • Female baristas are leading coffee boom

Did Nasa overlook life on Mars? • Fifty years after Viking 1 landed on the red planet, a fresh look at the research shows something might have been missed

‘Shameful’ • Pentagon is accused of covering up US casualties

Milei seeks new friends among Latin America’s far right

‘We cannot destroy this beautiful world’ • Hiroshima survivor Koko Kondo reflects on her father’s extraordinary diary – recently discovered in the Yale University archive of writer John Hersey. The memoir bears witness to the horror of the US dropping the most deadly bomb in history.

Coastal erosion • Reporting from some of the UK’s poorest seaside towns reveals how young people have been left isolated – but remain resilient and full of hope

Steve Bloomfield • Trump says he’ll dismantle the ICC. It could be his most chilling move

Coco Khan • Am I a chicken shop lefty? What a fast food row says about politics

Jonathan Freedland • You may scoff at cheap bus fares, but Burnham knows what he’s doing

The Guardian View • The US’s double-standards deal with Riyadh has just wrought further damage

Opinion Letters

Reel terms • John Carpenter’s horror and sci-fi movies often carry a rebellious streak and his killer soundtracks. Ahead of a new album, he talks creativity and compromise

Pipe dreams The organ is key for innovation • Musicians from Jonny Greenwood to Kali Malone are discovering the depth and sonic variety of the mightiest of instruments

Back to black • Revenue from tribute acts is helping keep beleaguered UK venues afloat. But what is the emotional toll for the imitators, and do they push out original artists?

Reviews

Book marks LA’s iconic library turns 100 • Egyptian sphinxes and Greek stars welcomed thousands of visitors to celebrate the centenary of a remarkable building and the books within its walls

Altered images •...