Theunis Wessels mows his lawn at his home in Three Hills, Alberta, as a tornado swirls in the background. Photograph: Cecilia Wessels/APView image in fullscreenTheunis Wessels mows his lawn at his home in Three Hills, Alberta, as a tornado swirls in the background. Photograph: Cecilia Wessels/APCanada This article is more than 6 years oldLawnmower man: Canadian cuts lawn as tornado looms – and photo goes viralThis article is more than 6 years oldTheunis Wessels was determined to mow the lawn even as an intimidating storm brewed behind him, leading to his moment in the sun

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Karen and Richard Carpenter in 1981 in Los Angeles. Photograph: Harry Langdon/Getty ImagesAs their self-titled, third album and biggest hit turns 50, we pick their best work by Alexis Petridis20. Road Ode (1972)The Carpenters’ greatest album remains the compilation Singles 1969-1973, on which the duo remixed, re-recorded and segued their hits into one glorious gush of sound, but 1972’s A Song for You runs it close, because the album tracks are as good as the singles, as on this gorgeous portrait of a tour-weary musician.

English scheme … the Fall play in Manchester in 1977. Photograph: Kevin Cummins/Getty Images Photograph: Kevin Cummins/Getty ImagesEnglish scheme … the Fall play in Manchester in 1977. Photograph: Kevin Cummins/Getty Images Photograph: Kevin Cummins/Getty Images10 of the bestThe FallThe Fall: 10 of their best songsOur Fall lover had a shortlist of 23 songs, which he then ‘whittled down’ to 46. But pity the man picking only 10 from the catalogue of Mark E Smith

RapFor the provocative singer and rapper, viral success came with some negative attention. But now, with help from mushrooms and the Welsh countryside, they’re in a better place A few months ago, Ashton Casey, AKA the US rapper, singer and purveyor of industrial-strength agit-pop Ashnikko, escaped from the real world. The artist, who uses they/them pronouns, had been working hard to finish their brain-frying debut album Weedkiller – a climate crisis-evoking conceptual opus about a tribe of fairies under attack from the titular killing machine – and there were tour rehearsals to start and world-building videos to shoot.