| Twenty-five-year-old Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza was evacuated from Gaza two weeks ago. His photographs and videos of the devastating scenes (above) in the territory have made him a central figure in how the war has been covered. He shared his experiences with Thaslima Begum. Our new Guardian US columnist Mehdi Hasan wrote a persuasive piece on the leverage Joe Biden has over Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza – one which he has so far refused to use. In England, patients whose health is failing will be granted the right to obtain an urgent second opinion about their care, as “Martha’s rule” is initially adopted in 100 hospitals from April. The initiative follows a campaign by Merope Mills, a senior editor at the Guardian, and her husband, Paul Laity, after their 13-year-old daughter Martha died at a London hospital in 2021. Merope spoke about her amazing campaign with Nosheen Iqbal for Today in Focus. We had incredible feedback from this essay by Guardian advice columnist Annalisa Barbieri about not letting her daughter Raffaella use social media until she was 18. Believe it or not, wrote Raffaella in response, this decision was the best thing her mum ever did for her. On a similar theme, punk poet John Cooper Clarke was hilarious on his stubbornly offline life. Samantha Murphy went missing in Ballarat, a city 90 minutes north-west of Melbourne, at the beginning of February. Her disappearance has captivated and troubled Australia. Guardian Australia reporter Adeshola Ore spoke to the bush trackers, volunteers and other locals trying to work out what happened to her, with stunning photos by Nadir Kinani. On the 25th anniversary of the Macpherson report, which exposed institutional racism in London’s Metropolitan police after the 1993 murder of her son Stephen, Doreen Lawrence wrote a devastatingly moving piece reflecting on her fight for justice and the lack of progress within the police. Sam Levin reported on the horrifying case of a Mississippi prison accused of denying medical treatment to an incarcerated woman with breast cancer, leaving her unaware of her condition until the disease became terminal. Anna Moore wrote a powerful interview with Emma Murphy and Janet Williams, two mothers from northern England who have been relentlessly campaigning for justice for children harmed by the anti-seizure drug sodium valproate. The drug was known to be a potential danger to unborn babies, but pregnant women weren’t told of the risks, leading to severe physical and developmental disorders in a scandal described as “bigger than thalidomide”. And finally … is going to bed at 9pm the secret to happiness? Tim Dowling trialled a week of sleeping like a gen Zer. After several days of rushed evening meals, he discovered that good things do in fact happen after 9pm. | 