Micro-photography, productivity and more in this week’s #TheEdit.

• Winners of the 2023 close-up photographer of the year. The best of close-up, micro and macro photography – The Atlantic
• Wellbeing and the demands of gen Z: HR leaders’ priorities for 2024. HR leaders discuss the main people trends businesses will have to navigate over the year and the strategies they’re lining up to overcome them – Raconteur
• Productivity doesn’t have to be hard work. Working more efficiently can make us happier, inside the office and out – FT Podcast
• The geometry of other people. Some friends are ‘close’. Others are ‘distant’. But our spatial descriptions of social life are more than just metaphors – Aeon
• When you return an item, the planet pays the price. The next stop for online purchases that are sent back may be the dump – The New York Times
• What you hear without headphones. Sarah Akinterinwa illustrates what happens when forgotten headphones force a new appreciation for the surrounding world – New Yorker
• The dark side of solar power. As interest in clean energy surges, used solar panels are going straight into landfill – Harvard Business Review
• The everyday resilience of an Olympian. How Team GB are inspiring the next generation to be healthy in body and mind  – The Beautiful Truth