A tropical cyclone expected to develop off the coast of northwest Queensland this week; over 100,000 Germans protest a far-right party revealed to have collaborated with neo-Nazis, and in tennis, a devastating end to home favourite Alex de Minaur's Australian Open journey.
The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and the praise pouring in from almost all quarters for her 70 years of service make a powerful case, even for small-r republican and small-d democratic Americans, for the institution of constitutional monarchy. There is much to be said for having a head of state who is politically neutral, culturally traditional, but open to popular innovation, personally embodying the traditional strengths of a nation.