Book of the dayJoe SaccoReviewThe painful history of the Northwestern Territory’s indigenous people takes the celebrated cartoonist away from AK47s and mortar shells, and into a different kind of war There is a moment, in his 2003 collection Notes from a Defeatist, when you can see Joe Sacco finding out exactly what he was meant to do. The pieces have been competent enough so far – satires of office grunts and nerdy librarians, of a “cartoon genius” trying not very hard not to sell out; exercises in a familiar kind of knowing autobiographical bathos.

Tyson Fury is knocked down by a huge left from Francis Ngannou before recovering to avoid humiliation in Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenTyson Fury is knocked down by a huge left from Francis Ngannou before recovering to avoid humiliation in Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesThe ObserverTyson Fury This article is more than 2 months oldTyson Fury floored by Francis Ngannou but wins controversial split decisionThis article is more than 2 months oldBriton lucky to avoid huge shock in ‘Battle of the Baddest’Battering taken by Fury puts Oleksandr Usyk fight in jeopardyA battered and relieved Tyson Fury was awarded a controversial split-decision win over the remarkable Francis Ngannou, who was making his boxing debut, in Riyadh.

Science This article is more than 8 years oldPossible Anne Boleyn portrait found using facial recognition softwareThis article is more than 8 years oldImages of beheaded queen were destroyed after her death in 1536, leaving only one contemporary likeness She won the heart of King Henry VIII, divided the church and lost her head. But nearly 500 years after Anne Boleyn met her death, only one uncontested portrait of her remains.

MusicLast year the Canadian musician scored a global hit with Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head) – now he’s finally ready to meet his fans For the lockdown superstar, omnipresent fame feels very much like obscurity used to. “I’ve been waiting a long time to go play with the fans,” says Powfu – AKA 22-year-old, Canadian lo-fi rapper Isaiah Faber – gazing around at the same four walls he was staring at before his breakthrough track Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head) unexpectedly racked up 360m YouTube streams, 4bn TikTok plays in March 2020 alone, and major chart placings worldwide at the very start of the pandemic.

Science fiction booksReviewStuart Kelly celebrates 25 years of Iain M Banks's Culture novelsThe Culture, the post-scarcity, hedonistic, Machiavellian, libertarian, ass-kicking science fiction society created by Iain M Banks, is 25 years old. Over eight novels and one short story collection, Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future, and the publication of the ninth Culture novel, The Hydrogen Sonata, confirms his pre-eminence in the field.

The ObserverSociety booksReviewThis unflinching book illuminates the perilous stories of an extraordinary cast of characters in a Europe we prefer not to dwell on Europe is an appealingly nebulous concept for writers, a place that is fabulously varied, steeped in history, and yet as much myth as a geographical reality. What constitutes the continent, after all, which countries are included, and where are its borders? There isn’t really a definitive line in the east – somewhere in Russia, we might shrug, the Bosphorus that divides Istanbul?

Action and adventure films This article is more than 11 years oldTransformers actor wins $18.5m after botched stunt causes brain damageThis article is more than 11 years oldLawyers claim extra on Transformers: Dark of the Moon was hit by snapped cable during previously aborted action sequenceAn extra on the latest Transformers film who suffered significant brain damage when a stunt went badly wrong has been rewarded $18.5m in compensation by a Chicago judge as part of a settlement.

Donald TrumpCity leaders largely agree the memorial should go, but there is little consensus on how to remove it Political leaders in Los Angeles don’t mince their words about Donald Trump – they have called the former president a madman, a fascist, and “a clear and present danger to the stability of the country”. Yet when it comes to taking the small, symbolic step of erasing Trump’s most visible presence in the City of Angels, his star on the celebrity-studded Hollywood Walk of Fame, they have been strangely reluctant to turn their words into concrete action.

Fighting stereotypes: the unexpected faces of combat sports – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Boxing and martial arts can provide a sanctuary to everyone from bullied kids to Grenfell firefighters. Aneesa Dawoojee captured their fighting spirit Mee-Lai Stone @mlestone Main image: ‘I had a lot of tension trapped in my head’ … Petra.

PaintingObituaryFred Cuming obituaryLandscape artist and teacher who captured the beauty of England’s cloudy and rainy skiesOn 2 June 1953, the artist Fred Cuming, who has died aged 92, stood on the roof of the Old Admiralty Building in London sketching the coronation procession as it passed down Whitehall. “I got a very nice write-up for that painting,” he mused in an interview nearly 70 years later. He ascribed the success to two things: first, he had turned down the offer from newsmen also standing on the roof of photographs to work from – “They always promised they’d give you snaps, but they never did” – relying instead on his sketchbook.