🔗 Share this article Six excellent stories: a puzzling illness, Tonga's connectivity loss and the iconic Thrilla involving Ali 1. As my daughter got sicker and sicker, our search for a diagnosis continued. How did we all miss the bacteria taking over her body? ‘Considering tomorrow seems impossible at this moment’: Milly pictured with household canine Betty. Patrick Barkham covers environmental stories, and has championed outdoor youth experiences. However when his child Milly developed an unexplained condition, it never occurred to him that an old insect bite might be the reason. 2. Together with Muhammad Ali, I saw the Thrilla once more. He still winced at the blows years later Muhammad Ali grimaces while trading punches with Frazier during the initial stages in the Philippines. The past week celebrated five decades of one of boxing’s greatest fights – a symbolic battle for America's identity throughout the nineteen-seventies. Ali's chronicler Hauser recalled what it was like to see the match once more alongside the legend, and the horrific consequences the contest caused on him and his opponent, Joe Frazier. 3. ‘The closest I came to making life matched my most immediate brush with death’: The singer Welch on sexism, screaming and the lost pregnancy that nearly killed her Anger over double standards … Florence Welch. The lead vocalist of Florence + the Machine shared a passionate conversation about the terrifying health scare and heartbreaking tragedy that molded her recent musical release – along with her resentment regarding the biased expectations that restrict female musicians. 4. Totally without internet: the situation after a Pacific island was cut off from the internet Orbital imagery showing the volcanic island, January 2022. At the start of 2022, a volcanic mountain carrying the majestic, rhythmic designation of the Tongan volcano exploded off the coast of Tonga, ripping apart the undersea cables linking the primary island globally. Samanth Subramanian’s long read about the subsequent events acted as a compelling memory of the fragility of 21st-century life. 5. Individuals assume they comprehend conflict. Here’s what I learned in seven years at the Ukrainian war front Olha and Mikola Grinik with their son, Kirill girl Miroslava, and equine companion Lastochka, in their Avdiivka residence in Ukraine, in 2018, before war displaced them. Visual artist Taylor Lind combined with journalist Alisa have spent seven years documenting the lives of people in Donbas, right on the frontline of the war with Russia. Their powerful imagery collection reflected the horrific and the mundane, while individuals who decided to remain maintain whatever routine achievable. 6. ‘My past was chaos’: Iain Lee on abuse, cocaine, comedy, his on-air breakdown along with his father struggling with addiction ‘I felt certain that the two comedians took my professional opportunities’ … the presenter Lee. Almost thirty years have elapsed after the broadcaster and comedian found fame via the Channel Four late-night presentation, which started the occupational paths for the two comedy performers. Off air, he told his personal journey has stumbled through repeated difficulties. Has he finally found peace?