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There’s power in a simple camera angle. From Dolly Parton to natural disasters, the best news photos this week highlight the power of composition

The most powerful news photographs this week highlight the power of composition and camera angle as a storytelling tool

Digital Camera World · Aug 31

Starmer plans Zelensky talks amid fear of Russian oil ‘windfall’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he would soon meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Evening Standard · Mar 16

New anti-Muslim hate definition ‘will not restrict freedom of speech’, Steve Reed says

The latest government figures showed that religious hate crime recorded by police in England and Wales reached a record high in the year ending March 2025

The Independent UK · Mar 9

‘He’s taught me more about living than life itself’: on the road with Niki and Jimmy

At 17 Niki vowed to give her newborn son, born blind and profoundly disabled, the best life she could. Thirty years on she and Jimmy are travelling Australia in a Toyota Troopy, balancing hard-won freedom with constant care

The Guardian - AU · Jan 16

Australia could become the world’s first net-zero exporter of fossil fuels – here’s how

Australia is among the world’s top three exporters of LNG and second-largest exporter of coal. When burned overseas, these exports result in 1.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year – almost three times Australia’s domestic emissions.

The Conversation · Jun 17, 2025

That sinking feeling: Australia’s Limestone Coast is drying up

Groundwater levels are plunging in a rich agricultural region dubbed the Green Triangle. It’s a slowly unfolding disaster

The Guardian - AU · Jun 4, 2025

Royals take a sunny stroll in Aussie whistlestop tour

King Charles and Queen Camilla are about to start a busy program of official events across two cities over the course of three days.

AAP · Oct 18, 2024

New NSW plan for Murray-Darling saves almost no water

The state government’s previous proposal was slammed by experts as lacking scientific evidence. There are concerns the next iteration is no better

The Guardian - AU · Feb 6, 2023