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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including a sandwich-eating bear, an unexpected aerial pitch invasion at the cricket World Cup, and the rarest ape in the world Published: 3:00 AM ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaJ2eq7azu82mnKesX6iys7XErGawnZWgtq%2FDyKWbpaGWmni4u9Glm2iZnp66orjS

The Daily Mirror’s front page on the day Ronald Ryan was hanged in 1957. Photograph: Billy GriffithsThe Daily Mirror’s front page on the day Ronald Ryan was hanged in 1957. Photograph: Billy GriffithsCapital punishmentFifty years ago this week, Ronald Ryan was the last man hanged under the death penalty – it’s a reminder of why we should never entertain its return Fifty years ago, Jan, Wendy and Pip Ryan huddled in the lounge room of their Hawthorn home and waited for the state of Victoria to kill their father.

PoliticsAitken's disgrace: The wifeLolicia Aitken, aged 46, was born in Belgrade but moved to Switzerland at the age of five, writes Kamal Ahmed. At 20, she was given an import-export business by her father. 'I made a lot of money by the time I was 23. I was successful and full of ambition,' she said. The rest of her time was spent shopping. In 1977, Lolicia met Jonathan Aitken at the exclusive Annabel's nighclub in London.

Beauty hacksSkincareGliding a frozen tube under your eyes is certainly soothing, but preparing the whole thing beforehand is anything but The hack Using a small cold compress with a tip – in this case, a frozen lipstick barrel – to alleviate dark circles. The promise Cold compresses are a great reliever of swelling, and using something small with a tip should (in theory) be effective on dilated blood vessels. The question is whether an old lipstick is the best tool for the job.

The ObserverDallasDubbed ‘city of hate’ after the 1963 killing, the Texas metropolis has largely moved on but the forces that brought death to Dealey Plaza are arguably more prevalent than ever The brick walls are painted white. Dozens of cardboard boxes marked “Books” are stacked like a barricade on grimy floorboards. At the south-east corner window, the boxes appear to form a sniper’s perch. It was here 60 years ago on Wednesday that, by official accounts, Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots heard around the world.

‘You are the only man who can do this – will you help me?’ wrote Della Walker in her letter to Frank Lloyd Wright. The artist complied and designed her house. Photograph: Matthew Millman/Courtesy of Sotheby’s International Realty‘You are the only man who can do this – will you help me?’ wrote Della Walker in her letter to Frank Lloyd Wright. The artist complied and designed her house. Photograph: Matthew Millman/Courtesy of Sotheby’s International RealtyCaliforniaArchitect designed his only oceanfront house in California’s Carmel-by-the-Sea for a lumber executive’s widow The only oceanfront home designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright has sold for $22m in California’s Carmel-by-the-Sea, the dreamy coastal enclave where Clint Eastwood once served as mayor.

Books interviewFictionInterviewFaïza Guène: ‘People wanted me to say: Thank you, France’Matthew ReiszThe French-Algerian author on teenage fame, the parallels between her and Zinedine Zidane, and why she admires Bernardine Evaristo Faïza Guène is the bestselling, award-winning French-Algerian author of six novels largely set among the Algerian community living in the outskirts of Paris. She shot to fame in 2004 at 19 with the publication of Kiffe kiffe demain (Just Like Tomorrow), which used street slang to capture the world of 15-year-old Doria, growing up on the ill-named Paradise estate.

The ObserverMinnie DriverInterviewMinnie Driver: 'Oh, I'm being so naughty …'Megan ConnerThere are few actors more honest. She was in the same league as Kate Winslet and Catherine Zeta-Jones, but fell from grace. Here, she talks about Hollywood life – the gossip, the indignities – and how, at 42, she just doesn't give a damnIn a hotel room in West Hollywood, Minnie Driver is looking at our photographer in disbelief. "You're not being serious,"

History booksReviewA monster, or misunderstood? Thomas Penn on a parti pris, emotional account of the controversial kingMore than two centuries ago, the historian William Hutton noted Richard III's posthumous ability to divide opinion. For some, Richard possessed "angelic excellence"; others painted him in "the blackest dye". Hutton acknowledged that "Richard's character, like every man's, had two sides" before concluding wryly, "though most writers display but one". The public response to the spectacular discovery of his skeleton in a Leicester car park last year shows that little has changed.