The smartphone has forever more revolutionised the way we live and work, hopefully for the better. But for a moment, consider your own smartphone habits. How has it changed your life? Has it all been for the better?

Running your own business can be a real test of character. It is just you, your idea and the world. You can do anything. You can be anything. You can live anywhere.

I was heartbroken when the Body Shop stopped stocking my favourite carrot moisturiser back in the 1990s. Well, heartbroken maybe too strong a word, but I had used this same brand for over ten years, ever since my university days, and l loved the way it moisturised my skin. That was it. That was the sum total of my skincare regime.

This week's selections seem to defy any single unifying theme. It is difficult to see where Todd Heisler's wrenching Memorial Day photograph of a pregnant widow lying by the coffin of her fallen soldier husband resonates with Antonella Arismendi's cyber-age, spiritual fashion photographs. Perhaps, this week's five amazing photos come together at the intersection of heartbreak and identity.