OpinionVaccines and immunisation This article is more than 2 years oldWhy are male politicians in love with topless vaccine selfies?This article is more than 2 years oldPriya ElanEssential to the vaxxie checklist are an off-the-shoulder shirt, Viking-level chest hair and a twinkle in the eye Are you man enough for a vaxxie (that’s a vaccination selfie to you and me)? That’s the question some of us are asking after having seen a host of politicians pose shirtless while getting their Covid-19 jabs.

Tanisha Anderson’s family on the stairs of her mother’s home in Cleveland, Ohio. Photograph: Ricky Rhodes/The GuardianTanisha Anderson’s family on the stairs of her mother’s home in Cleveland, Ohio. Photograph: Ricky Rhodes/The GuardianCleveland This article is more than 8 years oldThis article is more than 8 years oldAnderson died during an encounter with Cleveland police as her family, who had called 911 seeking help, watched from their home. Like many of the 23 women killed by police this year, her story has been ‘erased’ from the spotlight

Best books of 2023PoetryReviewFresh takes on ancient Greece, Shakespeare and true crime are among this year’s standout collections For many poets in 2023, the climate crisis became the most urgent subject, with warnings to grab attention and, hopefully, stir action. Most notable of the many collections rooted in ecology is Jorie Graham’s To 2040 (Carcanet). It’s driven by a skittish yet visionary energy that makes an apocalyptic future feel cinematically thrilling, frightening and all too plausible: “The sun // comes up burning.

Israel This article is more than 14 years oldFaded Israeli TV star Dudu Topaz kills himselfThis article is more than 14 years oldControversial entertainer faced charges of arranging attacks on media executives he blamed for dropping his showsA once-popular Israeli television entertainer hanged himself in jail early today after struggling to come to terms with his fading stardom. Dudu Topaz, 62, killed himself in the shower of his cell at the Nitzan prison, officials said.

France This article is more than 8 years oldFrench pair accused of murdering son by shutting him in washing machineThis article is more than 8 years oldChistophe Champenois allegedly put Bastien, three, in machine on spin and then wash cycles while he and his partner ignored screams, court in Melun told A couple have gone on trial in France accused of murdering their three-year-old son by putting him in the washing machine and switching it on.