ShortcutsFashionSidney Prawatyotin’s feed takes some of the catwalk’s boldest looks and puts them in everyday situations – from Chanel models at marathons to Bernie Sanders in Balenciaga Balenciaga, one of fashion’s hottest labels, took inspiration from Bernie Sanders for its most recent collection at Paris fashion week. But what would Bernie himself look like in the oversized, feel the Bern-branded scarfs and quirkily proportioned bomber jackets? Well, pretty good, if a little bit sheepish, if the zeitgeist-y Instagram art account @Siduations is anything to go by.

The hair-raising hipsters of Baghdad – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email You see these gravity-defying quiffs everywhere in Iraq’s capital: on reception staff in the secure hotels, on waiters in cafes and on the youths who gather in Zawra amusement park on Friday afternoons. Often teamed with drainpipe trousers and a fitted jacket, the flashy, ostentatious haircut requires care.

Book of the dayFictionReviewThis compelling fictionalised biography explores the life and times of the exiled German Nobel winner, exquisitely balancing the intimate and momentous In August 1939 Thomas Mann was in Sweden, staying in a seaside hotel. The mornings, as always, were devoted to his writing. After lunch with his family, he would take his afternoon walk on the beach. Most of the hotel guests gathered in the lobby early to await the arrival of the foreign newspapers, but the Manns didn’t bother.

A porter and a woman at the Kumgangsan hotel on Mt Kumgang. This hotel is known for hosting reunion meetings between families from North and South Korea. Photograph: Tariq ZaidiThese images from a book by Tariq Zaidi offer rare glimpses of the North Korean people’s daily struggles and ways of life by Tariq ZaidiIn January 2020, North Korea closed its borders. Before that date, people fortunate enough to enter the country were met with strict rules that severely restricted the practice of photography.

Dr Adekeye Adebajo has been executive director of the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) in Cape Town, South Africa, since 2003. He served on United Nations missions in South Africa, Western Sahara, and Iraq. Dr Adebajo is the author of four books: Building Peace in West Africa; Liberia's Civil War; The Curse of Berlin: Africa After the Cold War; and UN Peacekeeping in Africa: From the Suez Crisis to the Sudan Conflicts.