2020 Snapshots.
Author | De Stefan, Lucia |
Sports Riches
Average weekly pay on selected sports teams
SOURCE: SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, 2018
F.C. Barcelona
(Spain)
SOCCER
$264,533
Oklahoma City Thunder
(U.S.A.)
BASKETBALL
$198,604
Toronto Raptors
(Canada)
BASKETBALL
$191,738
Miami Heat
(U.S.A.)
BASKETBALL
$178,094
Manchester United
(U.K.)
SOCCER
$165,352
San Francisco Giants
(U.S.A.)
BASEBALL
$141,940
New York Yankees
(U.S.A.)
BASEBALL
$110,787
Religious of the World Percentage of global population Christianity 32.2% Islam 23.5% Hinduism 13.6% Nonreligious 12.7% Buddhism 7.0% Chinese Folk Religious 6.1% Ethnic Religious 3.6% Sikhism .3% Judaism .2% Note: Table made from pie chart. Speaking in Tongues Number of Native speakers * Chinese (All dialects) 1.3 Billion Spanish 426 Million English 339 Million Hindi 260 Million Arabic 206 Million Portuguese 202 Million Bengali 189 Million Russian 171 Million Japanese 128 Million German 90 Million LLUIS GENE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES (BARCELONA): HARRY HOW/GETTY IMAGES (THUNDER): STEPHEN GOSLING/NBAE VIA GETTY IMAGES (RAPTORS): OSCAR BALDIZON/NBAE VIA GETTY IMAGES (HEAT): ROBBIE JAY BARRAIT - AMA/GETTY IMAGES (MANCHESTER): DANIEL SHIREY/GETTY IMAGES (GIANTS); MIKE STOBE/GETTY IMAGES (YANKEES): SHUTTERSTOCK.COM (LEFTOVERS, SPEECH BUBBLE): SNUTTERSTOCK.COM (STUDYING. ASTRONAUT); FRANCKREPOKTER/E+/GETTY IMAGES (SELFIE); PICTURE FINDERS LTD/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES (MONA USA) Lots of Leftovers Percentage of food wasted per household 1. U.S.A. 24% 2. Canada 21% 3. Switzerland 18% 4. U.K. 15% 5. Belgium France 14% 7. Austria Italy 13% Mexico 10. Poland 12% SOURCE: STATISTA, 2018 Getting Social Countries that spend the most time on social media (daily usage per person) COUNTRY HOURS ON SOCIAL MEDIA 1. Philippines 4 hours, 1 minute 2. Nigeria 3 hours, 36 minutes 3. Mexico 3 hours, 10 minutes 4. Turkey 3 hours, 5 minutes 5. Russia 2 hours, 28 minutes 6. India 2 hours, 25 minutes 7. China 2 hours, 19 minutes 8. U.S.A. 1 hours, 57 minutes 9. U.K. 1 hours, 50 minutes 10. Spain 1 hours, 43 minutes SOURCE: GLOBAL WEB INDEX 2019 Note: Table made from bar graph Have a Safe trip! World's safest cities 1. Tokyo, Japan 2. Singapore 3. Osaka, Japan 4. Amsterdam, Netherlands 5. Sydney, Australia 6. Toronto, Canda 7. Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 8. Copenhagen, Denmark 9. Seou, South Korea 10. Melbourne, Australia Museum Meccas Most Visited Museums (yearly attendance) VISITORS (in millions) 1. The Louvre PARIS, FRANCE 10,200,000 2. National Museum fo China BEIJING, CHINA 8,610,000...
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