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.

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

Damage limitation • Donald Trump hopes his campaign rally blitz will help the Republican party to midterm victory but candidates and voters are distancing themselves from an increasingly unpopular president

Rescue mission • Vance plea for 'another chance' exposes weak position of Republicans

Green party adopts policy that equates Zionism with racism

Missing in action Polanski may regret not using his influence when Greens needed it

Was attack on flight 1073 terrorism or a suicide attempt?

New generation Bolsonaro leaves Lula trailing in first-round vote

Down to earth

Spotlight Europe • Government struggling to deal with education crisis after being taken by surprise by mass demonstrations

The women who are planting trees in oil-ravaged land • Activist Martha Agbani and her team are restoring mangrove forests in a region blighted by decades of pollution by major industry

Albinism causes children to fear for their lives • Rise in targeted killings driven by superstitions that body parts from those with the condition will bring good luck

'Society has to change' Women rally after series of rapes

Residents teed off by unlicensed Rome golf cart tours

Spotlight Science • A 'robust little' vessel powered by wind and solar will travel 22,000km around Antarctica to the coldest and roughest seas to collect data on the role of oceans in absorbing emissions

Cornell rape case exposes how little has changed after #MeToo

'It's surreal' Chavistas bewildered at Trump embrace

MR POPULAR • Fixer, financier and spymaster, the UAE's Sheikh Tahnoon has now set his sights on AI dominance. But who is the man behind the ever-present dark glasses?

Secrets exposed • In search of the porn bosses who wish to remain faceless

Opinion

That first job pulling pints is an invaluable apprenticeship

Will Burnham bring Heathrow's flight of reason back to Earth?

Opinion Letters

Culture • Fragments of ancient sculptures can have a more profound effect than intact treasures, a new exhibition shows

'I'm pretty happy at the place I've landed' • Liz Harris, the solo artist behind ambient act Grouper, on reforming her 'bright energy' dream-pop trio Helen, dead sharks and streaming scammers

Fantasy island • Thunderbirds is now available to stream, so what makes this iconic no-strings-attached show emblematic of the hopes and fears of the 1960s?

Lizard brain myth needs a rethink • The theory of a reptilian core beneath our higher consciousness is now discredited

Culture Books

It’s actually a relief to be replaced by a younger model • MODERN LIFE

On the button: secrets to serving up the most magical mushrooms

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