12 laundry products that make your most dreaded chore a little easier

These editors’ picks ranging from detergent to scent sprays will help make the inevitable task less of a chore

War in the Middle East and Lunar New Year celebrations: photos of the weekend

The Guardian's picture editors select photographs from around the world

The kindness of strangers: at San José airport, I couldn’t pay my departure tax

There was no ATM at the airport and banks were closed. If I missed this flight, all my subsequent flights would have been cancelled

A non-toxic cooking pan and a $7 hand cream: 11 things you loved in February

From a fluffy bath towel to a hot pot routine at home – these are the products you fell head over heels for last month

‘A woman screams from a high balcony: “Help me! I’m freezing to death!”’

Stepping off the night train, full of memories of his life there three decades ago, the writer finds a changed city fighting for survival

Tim Dowling: Do I look like a man who would buy stolen wine?

As I attempt garden repairs between downpours, I wonder why I was targeted as a likely purchaser of shoplifted goods