<div class="css-129jqss en4o1560"><section class="css-u7urgs e12sbwn90"><div class="css-b4a1pi e1u9wqfn0"><span class="css-x8vgju e6e0kfy0"><a href="/the-world-this-week" data-analytics="sidebar:section"><span>The world this week</span></a></span></div><h1 class="css-1p83fk8 e1r8fcie0">This week’s cover</h1><h2 class="css-1ms10sa eg03uz0">How we saw the world</h2></section></div><div class="css-129jqss en4o1560"><div class="css-13r0q4k ebbih0g0"><div class="css-191ofav e1oehc1h0"><div class="css-jwv1ak eupm5sl0"><div class="css-w0h03k eygoqsu0"><div><time datetime="2024-08-22T11:54:19.491Z" class="css-1c8ktq7 e4cw3vv0"> Aug 22nd 2024</time></div><div><div class="css-1902i5q eygoqsu0"></div></div></div></div></div><section data-body-id="cp2" class="css-1xs6rxu e19oi8vf1"><div class="css-11m2wk0 e19oi8vf2"><p data-component="paragraph" class="css-1f0x4sl e1tt35bk0"><span data-caps="initial">A</span><small>s the</small> Democratic National Convention kicked off this week, our global cover story took a closer look at Kamala Harris. She has saved her party from almost-certain defeat. But she has achieved that not by her ideas, but by being neither the doddering Mr Biden nor the swaggering Mr Trump.</p></div></section><div class="css-1voos2c e1t0la761"><h3 class="css-tu4cp8 e1t0la760">Explore more</h3><nav aria-labelledby="article-tags"><a class="ds-emphasised-link ds-emphasised-link--secondary" href="/topics/united-states" data-analytics="tags:united_states"><span>United States</span></a><a class="ds-emphasised-link ds-emphasised-link--secondary" href="/topics/donald-trump" data-analytics="tags:donald_trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><a class="ds-emphasised-link ds-emphasised-link--secondary" href="/topics/kamala-harris" data-analytics="tags:kamala_harris"><span>Kamala Harris</span></a><a class="ds-emphasised-link ds-emphasised-link--secondary" href="/topics/the-us-elections-of-2024" data-analytics="tags:the_us_elections_of_2024"><span>The US elections of 2024</span></a></nav></div><div class="css-1cmx12d em0l2j50"><div class="css-19gx9y0 eupm5sl0"><div class="css-15sn8g1 eygoqsu0"><div><div class="css-9mn5vp eygoqsu0"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

How we saw the world{ai:summary}<p>Kamala Harris stepped into the spotlight at the Democratic National Convention, pulling her party from the brink with a delicate balance—neither the faltering Biden nor the brash Trump. It's a tightrope act in a game where ideas take a backseat to survival.  </p><p>In a world obsessed with polar extremes, Harris plays the middleman, keeping the lights on while the big shots squabble. The 2024 election looms like a dark shadow, and the stakes have never been higher. #politics</p>

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