Global: Total confirmed cases: ~22,790,000; deaths: ~796,000

U.S.: Total confirmed cases: ~5,608,000; deaths: ~175,000

Source: Johns Hopkins University

1/ Biden challenged Americans to overcome Trump’s “season of darkness,� saying “no rhetoric is needed. Just judge this president on the facts.� As he accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, Biden urged Americans to embrace what he called “a path of hope and light� and reject Trump, who “has failed in his most basic duty to the nation: He’s failed to protect us. He has failed to protect America.� During his acceptance speech, Biden condemned Trump without ever mentioning him by name, calling “this a life-changing election� that “will determine what America’s going to look like for a long, long time.� (Washington Post / New York Times / Bloomberg / Politico / Axios / CNBC)

2/ Trump denounced Biden’s convention speech, saying “I’m the only thing standing between the American dream and total anarchy, madness and chaos.� At a gathering of the Council for National Policy in Arlington, Trump called the Democratic convention the “darkest and angriest and gloomiest� in the country’s history, saying “where Joe Biden sees American darkness, I see American greatness.� Trump claimed that voting by mail is “filthy,� a “disgrace,� and would lead to the “greatest catastrophe� ever while peddling fears about “violent mobs� overtaking U.S. cities. Trump also attacked Obama, saying “you can’t be a great president when much of what he’s done we’ve undone.� (New York Times / NBC News / Washington Post)

3/ More than 70 former national security officials called Trump “unfit to lead,� accusing him of undermining the rule of law, “spreading misinformation,� “undermining public health experts,� aligning himself with dictators and engaging “in corrupt behavior that renders him unfit to serve as president.� The officials, who served under Trump, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, ...