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Week 36 in pictures: See the world through DN photographers’ eyes

From Dagens Nyheter · () Swedish

Translated from Swedish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Dagens Nyheter’s weekly photo selection highlights stories from Stockholm, Kamlunge and Pajala.
  • The featured subjects include Icona Pop’s return, a play about the 2013 Husby riots, uranium exploration concerns and demands for a mining tax.
  • The reports connect cultural life with tensions over unrest, natural resources and the finances of northern Swedish mining municipalities.

Every week, Dagens Nyheter picture editor Pi Frisk selects five photographs that reflect Sweden and the wider world. The week 36, 2026 selection brings together stories from music, theatre and northern Sweden’s debates over mining and public finances.

In Stockholm, Icona Pop is returning with a new album after the friendship at the center of the duo broke down. The group became known for the hit “I Love It,” toured, partied, had children and worked as DJs together. Their crisis eventually led them to seek couples therapy.

Another Stockholm report focuses on “The Riot,” a play by Murre Gonday and Simon Matiwos about the 2013 Husby riots. The production looks back at stone-throwing, car fires and police violence. Matiwos says some people expressed themselves through stone-throwing, while others organized.

Some wanted to express themselves through stone-throwing, others through organizing.

· Simon MatiwosThe playwright described different forms of expression during the 2013 Husby riots.

In Kamlunge, salmon net fishing in the Kalix River takes place amid competing interests involving nature, wildlife, local businesses and possible future mines. Uranium mining has been permitted again in Sweden since the start of the year, and a U.S. company wants to conduct exploratory drilling in Kalix Municipality.

In Pajala, municipal leaders in Norrbotten’s mining communities are demanding compensation from the state, following Finland’s model of a mining tax. Pajala’s finances are described as falling rapidly, and municipal commissioner Birgitta Rantatalo is shown crying in frustration.

Are we going to net glowing fish ourselves?

· Unattributed report quoteThe phrase captures local concerns about uranium exploration and the river environment.
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Originally published by Dagens Nyheter in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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