<div class="css-1qjp74c er0dv2y0"><div class="css-1r2sn2n e1mrg8dy0"><section class="css-11w0l54 e139ysjh0"><div class="css-nxgt9g e4rqgur0"><span class="css-1pipetz e6o8dkj0"><a href="/the-world-this-week/" data-analytics="sidebar:section">The world this week</a></span><span class="css-1wi1zzr ebyn31n0"> | The Economist</span></div><h1 class="css-1bo5zl0 e164j1a30">This week’s cover</h1><h2 class="css-13b9ga2 e1fr8l080">How we saw the world</h2></section></div><div class="css-1r2sn2n e1mrg8dy0"><div class="css-1a032gy e1mmklaa0"><div class="css-u0btjf e15inkaq0"><div class="css-1t4jlmt e1w2n8zt0"><div class="css-w0h03k egtgihk0"><div><time datetime="2023-03-02T13:39:15Z" class="css-j5ehde e1fl1tsy0"> Mar 2nd 2023</time></div><div><div class="css-1902i5q egtgihk0"></div></div></div></div></div><section class="css-clqt7w e1prll3w1"><div class="css-1bw22wj e1prll3w0"><p data-caps="initial" class="article__body-text article__body-text--dropcap"><span data-caps="initial">T</span><small>HIS WEEK’S</small> worldwide cover celebrates the new drugs promising an end to the world’s obesity epidemic. They could bring riches for their makers, savings for health systems and better lives for millions.</p><p class="article__body-text"><b>Leader</b>: <a href="/leaders/2023/03/02/new-drugs-could-spell-an-end-to-the-worlds-obesity-epidemic">New drugs could spell an end to the world’s obesity epidemic</a><br><b>Briefing</b>: <a href="/briefing/2023/03/02/a-new-class-of-drugs-for-weight-loss-could-end-obesity">Riches for drugmakers, huge savings for health systems and better lives for millions</a><br><b>Business</b>: <a href="/business/2023/03/02/lessons-from-novo-nordisk-on-the-stampede-for-obesity-drugs">Lessons from Novo Nordisk on the stampede for obesity drugs</a></p><p class="article__body-text"><i>For subscribers only: to see how we design each week’s cover, sign up to our weekly <a href="/newsletters/cover-story">Cover Story newsletter</a>.</i></p></div></section><div class="css-1p7krpx e11f7qqp0"><div class="css-9sprvi e1w2n8zt0"><div class="css-15sn8g1 egtgihk0"><div><div class="css-9mn5vp egtgihk0"><a class="ds-actioned-link ds-actioned-link--minor ds-actioned-link--reuse-this-content" href="https://s100.copyright.com/AppDispatchServlet?publisherName=economist&amp;publication=economist&amp;title=This%20week%E2%80%99s%20cover&amp;publicationDate=2023-03-02&amp;contentID=%2Fcontent%2F0bb27oniju1ooek3tvt6vskmtiacs099&amp;type=A&amp;orderBeanReset=TRUE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" data-analytics="end_of_article:reuse_this_content"><span>Reuse this content</span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div data-test-id="right-hand-rail-ads" class="css-j50zk1 e1mrg8dy0"><div class="css-1higg57 e1bor4bl0"><div class="adComponent_advert__V79Pp adComponent_right__o9T6r adComponent_hidden___o_ZB"><div></div></div><div class="adComponent_advert__V79Pp adComponent_right__o9T6r adComponent_hidden___o_ZB"><div></div></div></div></div></div>

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