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.

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

'A victory for the people' Lula makes history • Lula’s dramatic runoff comeback sends an important signal to the rest of Latin America and is a rebuff to Trump’s desire for the region to fall fully into the US’s orbit

Heard mentality The streets and social media drive Lula to historic victory

Bucking a trend Lula's victory was a miracle, but the region remains in peril

Student-led movement ousts Vučić in seismic election win

What next? Leaderless movement prepares for government

With new bridges to neighbours, which way will Kim go?

Twin problems Xi doubles down on loyalty and corruption as party meets

Flight club

'Pure arrogance' Anger over forest felled by Google • Tech giant ordered to stop work at two sites after illegal tree clearance to build datacentres that critics say offer little benefit to locals

Spotlight Europe

Most wanted The 'Brazilian Escobar' and the Belgian 'Finger cutter' • A European criminal organisation's links with Latin American cocaine smugglers has been the focus of a major trial in Brussels

Paved over City fights back against loss of its green spaces

Diners cling on to their famous lunchtime meal deal

Out of the blue • The chances of invisible turbulence striking a flight are growing as the planet warms, forcing airlines to grapple with what this means for air travel

Obama fires up crowds for El Sayed at rally in Michigan

Taking a cut Why Alberta plans to curb rights of migrants

'Looks like the last bastion is gone' • The Danube Institute stood at the heart of Viktor Orbán’s project for Hungary, which was hailed as a model for the ‘postliberal’ right. Does his downfall spell the end of the movement?

BENDING BAD • A stretch too far for yoga to be an Olympic sport? Some yogis are horrified that India’s government wants to give the ancient practice a competitive element, but others say it can help young people discover the joy of its core principles

Opinion

Who will be top of the British pops for a new rightwing radio station?

Cutting 'red tape' is a red herring. We need smarter regulation

Opinion Letters

Culture • We're all Traitors now! How one reality show took over the world

Invitation to the dance • For 40 years Life magazine ran lavish photo spreads dedicated to dance, the images holding up a mirror to reflect the evolution of society in the United States

Culture Reviews

Wikipedia: can we still take it for granted? • Its 68m articles have been consulted trillions of times. Not bad for a website that has barely changed since it was founded more than 20 years ago

Culture Books

Numb with grief, I sat in the dark with strangers and began to heal • Life had come crashing to a halt when I lost my brother. But in the cinema I found comfort and a strange feeling of solidarity

Rule of thumb: why don’t we use weights for oddly shaped ginger?

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