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 United Kingdom

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

United Kingdom

Reader’s eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Standing together • The worst terror attack in Australia’s history, on a Jewish festival in Sydney, has left a grieving nation to also wrestle with difficult questions of gun control, social harmony and antisemitism

Tragedy foretold • How the rise in antisemitic incidents led to Bondi attack

The end of illusions • Mass shootings have shattered our nation’s sense of safety

Anguish and anger over men tricked into fighting for Russia

Moscow seeks damages after plan to freeze Russian assets

New barrier will slice through West Bank farmland

First class • How a Royal Mail postbox ended up in Antarctica

Rob Reiner 1947–2025 • Meeting the director was like a visit from Santa. He was warm but candid about his golden run, family and future fears

2025

THE INTERREGNUM • Confronted with the ‘mobster diplomacy’ of Donald Trump, the world finds itself in a transitional moment as the rules-based global order, its institutions and value system face a crisis of credibility and legitimacy

EVERYDAY HEROES • From a woman speaking out against state violence to a journalist killed in Gaza, here are some of the brave people who made a real difference in 2025

MACHADO’S LONG JOURNEY • FROM HIDING TO THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

PAINT IT ORANGE • HOW A CHARITY TURNED ANGER INTO COMMUNITY PRIDE

GOOD HEALTH FIVE MEDICAL ADVANCES TO CELEBRATE • With humanitarian funding slashed by the US and other countries, this year’s global health headlines have made grim reading. But good things have still been happening in vaccine research and in the treatment of certain illnesses

A PARIS SPRINGBOARD • The decade since the 2015 climate accord has been bruising for activists and the planet. Some experts insist progress is being made – but is it really enough?

Outstanding agency photographers of the year • Guardian picture editors choose their standout images from the photojournalists responsible for more than a million pictures filed by global agencies throughout 2025

THE YEAR THAT WAS • How closely were you paying attention to the news in 2025? The answers to these questions all appeared in the Guardian Weekly – see how many you can recall

Film • Sensitive realism, a countercultural caper and a frontline dispatch feature in the best movies of the year

Albums • From unspooling love to decadent fun, our critics’ picks of the year’s finest LPs

TV • The Guardian Weekly team’s small-screen picks of the year, from nature’s wonder to a trip to 1970s Belfast

Opinion Letters

John Harris • Finally it’s dawning on us: there is a life beyond mobile phones

Polly Hudson • Received an unwanted gift? Here’s your guide to how to respond

Charlotte Higgins • A Trumpian Kennedy Center is warning to all cultural institutions

The GuardianView • Nnena Kalu’s Turner prize win shows more support is needed for disabled artists

QUIZ

PUZZLES

CHESS

COUNTRY DIARY ALLENDALE • Northumberland, England, UK

The Weekly cryptic No 29,873

Quick crossword No 17,346

Sudoku Easy

For page turners