Vancouver · Johannesburg
Week 38 · Wednesday 16 September 2026
Southwood visual · Reuters reporting
Daily infections are declining and several health zones have gone more than three weeks without a new case. In North Kivu, however, the UN says the situation remains alarming and it is too early to call the peak.
Nonfiction stories, festival discoveries and director-led cinema.
Screening room ↗
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May el-Toukhy's Woman Unknown won the Golden Lion, Lee Chang-dong took the Grand Jury Prize, and investigative documentary NAZA received the Special Jury Prize.
NAZA draws on testimony from 24 Israeli military insiders and examines how algorithmic systems were used in wartime targeting.
Possible Love earned Venice's Grand Jury Prize in a year defined by uncompromising, director-led work.
Design, memory, music and life between cities.
Explore ↗
Marina Antonova's illustrated “anti-postcards” turn extreme heat into an observed human record.
AP's photo editors assemble a visual memory of 15 September, from headline events to quieter human moments.
Researchers debate whether recursive AI improvement is approaching faster than governance can respond.
Men's first team · Every fixture · Every competition.
First-team centre ↗Arsenal's perfect start survived a difficult 2-0 win at Sunderland. Then 16-year-old Max Dowman scored twice in a 4-2 League Cup victory at Ipswich. The men's first team now travels to Brighton.
Looking closely at ordinary life.
Picture desk ↗The Southwood Picture DeskAP's photographers move between major events and small, easily missed moments. The daily gallery is a study in framing, timing and how photojournalism constructs public memory.
The city, its movement and its changing character.
From the city ↗
Metro Vancouver's Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension receives a name rooted in BC political history, connecting a rapidly changing region with one of the province's most consequential public figures.
Open Daily Hive report ↗Stories from home, viewed from elsewhere.
Enter section ↗
Police are investigating whether the deaths are connected, the work of multiple perpetrators or copycat crimes. The case returns attention to South Africa's entrenched crisis of gender-based violence.
Read Reuters reporting →Selected by a human. Assisted by good machinery.
This week ↗
Worth understanding01Britain's growth ambitions collide with the still-unproven scale of sustainable fuel and engineered carbon removal.
Open Reuters report ↗Look closer02An illustrator records how extreme heat reshapes the city. The reporting focuses on the impact on unhoused people.
Open AP feature ↗Documentaries and auteur films worth your attention.
A Venice prize-winner built from secretly recorded testimony. The film is already producing political consequences beyond the screen.
