This week by the “Numbers”

$2,120 is the median value of items and cash stolen during household burglaries in 2011.  A 54% increase from 1994.

There has been a 50% drop in child AIDS cases in seven Sub-Saharan African countries since 2009, per the UNAIDS Programme.

$2,274 is the cost of the Ferrari FXX Racers pedal go-kart.

2.6 million Afghan refugees fled their country over the past year.

1.1 million Somali refugees fled their country over the past year.

746,400 Iraqi refugees fled their country over the past year.

728,500 Syrian refugees fled their country over the past year.

569,200 Sudanese refugees fled their country over the past year.

There are approx. 880,000 bikes in Amsterdam.

Five tons of smuggled elephant tusks, worth $10 million, were crushed by the Philippines to discourage trading.

 

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