Final analysis

Operation Spider’s Web, in which dozens of Russian bombers were destroyed with drones, shows Ukraine’s aptitude for blue-sky thinking. It marks an inflection point in warfare

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

We love moaning. The raw file won’t open, the firmware update wiped your settings. But spare a thought for the early adopters – when digital photography meant ghostly battery life, media cards that could barely hold a lunch break, colours that made everything look a bit ill. Peter Dench hears from top shooters about those early frustrations and breakthroughs, and adds his own…

Alíz Kovács-Zöldi considers…

If you’ve seen some of the stunning photographs from the biggest moments at Crufts, then you’ve likely seen some of the brilliant photography of Yulia Titovets. She is the Kennel Club’s lead photograp

Nigerian photographer Oyewole Lawal’s project about the waste miners of Lagos is a stunning and important series. Britta Jaschinski finds out more