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Women behind the lens: six of our most striking images from 2025
ByGuardian staff January 7, 2026

A few of our favourite photographs taken by women from the global south and capturing moments of everyday life and art Continue reading…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell January 2, 2026

Russian drone strikes hit Kyiv, flooding in California, the African Cup of Nations and New Year celebrations: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world
ByGuardian staff December 31, 2025

From the construction worker who won a place at medical school to an art exhibition in a country with no galleries, we asked journalists for their most optimistic tales of the yearFounder of the Migration Story, India Continue reading…

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‘What other silences filled my childhood?’: Tareq Baconi on excavating his queer and Palestinian identities
ByEmma Graham-Harrison December 28, 2025

In his memoir, the author recalls the boy he loved while growing up in Jordan – and weaves the tale with his family’s history of dispossessionSeven decades after Tareq Baconi’s grandmother fled in terror from the port city of Haifa, carrying a Bible, a…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell December 26, 2025

Christmas in Kyiv, destruction in the West Bank, the funeral of Mani and the winter solstice at Stonehenge: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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The best of the long read in 2025
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian December 23, 2025

Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the yearVictor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled the country, he still sell…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell December 19, 2025

The Bondi beach terror attack, the Brown University shooting, ICE in Chicago and a fallen Statue of Liberty: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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Libya looks to its past to build a new future as national museum reopens
ByPatrick Wintour in Tripoli December 16, 2025

It is hoped the institution can help foster new bonds in a fractured nation, but such optimism will be a stretch for someIt was a night at the museum like no other. As the staccato sound of firecrackers and explosions rang out across Martyr’s Square in…

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Eurovision winner Nemo to return trophy in protest at Israel taking part in 2026
ByLisa O’Carroll December 11, 2025

‘Clear conflict’ between Eurovision ideals of ‘inclusion and dignity for all’ and decision to let Israel compete, says 2024 winnerNemo, the Swiss singer who won the 2024 Eurovision song contest, has said they are handing back their trophy in protest ov…

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Animalia review – megaflood strikes in haunting, eerie debut about liberation and the unknown
ByCath Clarke December 9, 2025

A pregnant woman’s journey becomes a surreal exploration of class, gender and spiritual transformation in Sofia Alaoui’s striking debutThis film’s tagline tells only half the story: “A young pregnant woman finds emancipation as aliens land in Morocco.”…

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