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A hiker on Germany’s 71-mile Malerweg trail. Photograph: mauritius images GmbH/AlamyA hiker on Germany’s 71-mile Malerweg trail. Photograph: mauritius images GmbH/AlamyTravelFrom a sandstone labyrinth to bears and marmots, Europe’s hills and mountains offer exhilarating long-distance walks. Just don’t forget your poles and harness Is this bag too heavy? Do my boots pinch? Am I fit enough? Do I look a complete anorak in this cagoule? There is nothing like the prospect of a multi-day, long-distance footpath to rouse lurking anxieties and keep you awake at night for weeks beforehand.

Photographer: Aaron Tilley. Set design: Rhea Thierstein, assisted by Isabelle DoddExpert tips on how to be kinder to the planet – from cooking and cleaning to fashion and finance by Anna Berrill, Nell Card, Jim Cable, Leah Harper, Tamsin Blanchard, Sali Hughes, Donna FergusonContents1Clean up your kitchen2All green on the home front3Let the garden grow4Reboot your wardrobe5Learn to mend6Give the bathroom a makeover7Save to save the planetClean up your kitchenLove your leftovers

An emu at Thunderhorse Hollow Farm in New York state. Photograph: Kymara Curtis/Thunderhorse Hollow FarmAn emu at Thunderhorse Hollow Farm in New York state. Photograph: Kymara Curtis/Thunderhorse Hollow FarmBirdsAs a social media obsession grows, experts urge unprepared fans to think twice: ‘Videos don’t show the ugliness’ Tammy Shull, the owner of Moonlight Valley Farms in Aspers, Pennsylvania, makes a living selling emu chicks across the country. The flightless birds, native to Australia, cost about $200 for “standard” black and brown colors, while the rarer white variety can cost up to $850.

IsraelSome of the 126,000 people now living in hotels tell of their trauma and how they feel they have nowhere to return to Israel-Hamas war – live updates Yali Shamriz was celebrating her second birthday when Hamas gunmen arrived at the kibbutz where she lived and opened fire. For 22 hours, she sheltered with her father, Jonathan, 33, and mother, Natali, 31, in the safe room at their home while the attackers murdered 63 of the kibbutz’s 700 residents and kidnapped 19 others, including Jonathan’s brother, Alon, 26.

The NightwatchmanCricketEvery cricketer knows the pain of dropping an easy catch. But not everyone is defined by their mistake nearly 300 years later By The Nightwatchman for the Guardian Sport Network Anyone who has played even a few matches of cricket will likely have been there; whether it’s a firmly struck ball that does not give you enough time to react or, worse still, a looped-up dolly where there is too long to think.

Stream teamAnimation on TVGenndy Tartakovsky’s bloody and violent animated series isn’t one for kids, but the dialogue-free show is deceptively intelligent and thoughtful Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Primal is a dark, sinewy animated series that pairs a knuckle-dragging Neanderthal named Spear with an orthodontically challenged T rex called Fang. Violent and bloody, Primal is probably not for kids – but there is far more depth and intelligence to the deceptively simple concept of a caveman and a dinosaur teaming up to fight the world.

ShortcutsGwen StefaniThe band were forced to pull their latest video, with its Native American visuals. Did Gwen Sefani have an attack of 'feather, teepee and tomahawks' syndrome?"Do you think I'm looking hot?" sings Gwen Stefani on No Doubt's new single Looking Hot. If the reaction to the video is anything to go by, the answer is most definitely a "not". In the clip, Stefani plays a Native American princess in a variety of culturally questionable garb (feathered headdress, tasselled tribal dress, moccasin boots).

MediaThe Heat is onCould the glossy magazine's latest obsession with 'skinnies' actually do some good, asks Emily WilsonOne of the many ways in which I grate upon my boyfriend's nerves is by providing a running commentary on the fake boobs, lips, eyes and bottoms of the women who walk on to our television screen. He could not be less interested, and yet I feel compelled to inform him that Teri Hatcher has definitely had something done to her forehead - it doesn't move!

Sexuality This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldThe census suggested people in the Essex district were six times less likely to be gay than those in the East Sussex city Brighton and Hove, for decades England’s unofficial gay capital, can now wear the official crown. One in 10 people aged over 16 in the city identified themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or “other sexual orientation” in the 2021 census.