Guardian Weekly

The Guardian Weekly magazine is a round-up of the world news, opinion and long reads that have shaped the week. Inside, the past seven days' most memorable stories are reframed with striking photography and insightful companion pieces, all handpicked from The Guardian and The Observer.

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Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

United Kingdom

Reader’s eyewitness

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

‘You gotta let people know who you are’ On the campaign trail with Kamala Harris • With election day closing in, the Democratic nominee launched an intense drive to tell her story in her quest for the presidency. David Smith joined her on Air Force Two

Too close to call? • Trump’s edge in the polls does not necessarily mean he will win

Spotlight • ‘They take care of us’ Shias put their faith in Hezbollah

Fear of being forgotten • Despair in Gaza as focus shifts away

How the Kremlin is trying to hijack an EU referendum

Ballot boxing • Stage set for a battle of the political dynasties

Eyewitness Morocco

Labour pledges have left chancellor boxed in for budget • Frustration grows among ministers forced to delay plans until after Rachel Reeves speech

Tributes paid to ex-Scottish first minister Alex Salmond

Forecasters targeted as conspiracy theories swirl

Road to recovery • Reeling Florida counts the cost of double hurricane strike

A children’s hospital with its own healing properties • From patient ‘cottages’ to walls designed for scribbling on, the Kinderspital in Zurich is a child-friendly miracle

‘Coolest job on earth’: new team for penguin post office

Addis adagio • Pianist plays a key role in musical adventure

Play chess against Mo Salah? I would love that • The football-mad world No 1 on the players he’d like to face, why he feels he has never played the perfect game – and his retirement plans

True superstar • Nadal calling time on career brings an end to golden era

Province’s blueprint for sharing land with First Nations

After the fall • He was known for taboo-busting, transgressive stories about identity, sexuality and belonging. Then Hanif Kureishi broke his neck. Despite a life-changing injury, he’s still every bit as provocative

Waste not, want not • Every informed observer agrees that food waste and loss must be reduced if we are to feed all humans. What’s stopping us?

Opinion Jonathan Freedland • It’s our gravest humanitarian crisis – but almost nobody seems to care

Alexander Hurst • Tipping culture is annoying, unfair and, worst of all, American

Marina Hyde • Hurricanes exist in our world. But in Musk’s version, who can say?

The GuardianView • Pope Francis’s mission is compromised by the refusal to ordain women

Opinion Letters

Culture What’s the story, Trevor Noah? • On the publication of his first children’s book, the comedian and presenter answers questions from fellow authors on Trump, his mother … and rollercoasters

Dark notes The new age of the movie musical • From murderers to apocalypse-escapers, gender re-assignment to political prisoners, new films are pushing the genre into sombre territory

Iceland in her veins • Satu Rämö’s mindful cop Hildur has caused a ‘Nordic blue’ publishing sensation, but it’s her outsider’s perspective that taps her adopted island’s psyche

Reviews

Changing places • Transformation, clarity and joy are to be found in this collection of Margaret Atwood’s work spanning six decades

Adventure capital • With bravura brilliance, the Watchmen author conjures up a hyperreal fugitive city

BOOKS OF THE MONTH • The best recent...