Cover: Karate Kid

Actor Will Smith's son has become the highest paid child star in Hollywood - earning a staggering £2m from his role in The Karate Kid.Although just 12 years old, Jaden Smith received the bumper pay day thanks to the box office success of the film.He was paid a reported salary of $1m (£600,000) as an ‘up front’ fee to star in a remake of the 1984 movie.It was only the young actor's third film, but his first starring role alongside Jackie Chan.

With The Karate Kid film taking more than $150m (£100m) at the box office, the young actor received another $2m(£1.3m) bonus. Estimate that other perks signed into Jaden's contract would have resulted in a payday of over $3m (£2m). As well as starring in the film he also sang the theme song ‘Never Say Never’ alongside teen superstar Justin Bieber Jaden's seven figure salary makes him by far the highest paid of any of the young actors currently in Hollywood.

Although the film was released in 2010 when Jaden was 12 he had begun filming at the age of 10.

With his youger sister Zillow they have forged out careers with the blessing of their parents Will and Jada Pinket Smith.

Jaden Smith was born in Malibu, California, on July 8, 1998.

His parents are the actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, and singer Willow Smith is his younger sister. Smith made his acting debut in the 2006 film 'The Pursuit of Happiness'.

Back cover: Prawn farm

Prawn traps have been laid in the placid waters of the Jaffna lagoon along Kayts road to rake in a harvest of prawns since they are a delicacy and are in demand in Jaffna and outside. Our staff photographer Susantha Wijegunasekara clicked this picture on a recent tour to Jaffna