Random charts - COVID19

Source: Report into a nosocomial outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) at Netcare St. Augustine’s Hospital (30-pg PDF)

Random charts - preparedness

Source: Global Health Security Index (324-pg PDF)

"Biological threats—natural, intentional, or accidental—in any country can pose risks to global health, international security, and the worldwide economy. Because infectious diseases know no borders, all countries must prioritize and exercise the capabilities required to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to public health emergencies. Every country also must be transparent about its capabilities to assure neighbors it can stop an outbreak from becoming an international catastrophe. In turn, global leaders and international organizations bear a collective responsibility for developing and maintaining robust global capability to counter infectious disease threats. This capability includes ensuring that financing is available to fill gaps in epidemic and pandemic preparedness. These steps will save lives and achieve a safer and more secure world. 

 The Global Health Security (GHS) Index is the first comprehensive assessment and benchmarking of health security and related capabilities across the 195 countries that make up the States Parties to the International Health Regulations (IHR [2005])"

Note: The U.S. ranked 1st i.e. most prepared... Perhaps this might need to be reconsidered!

Random charts - robots

Source: How robots change the world: What automation really means for jobs and productivity

Random charts - children

Source: A future for the world's children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission (54-page PDF)

Random charts - CEO outlook

Source:  PwC's 23rd Annual Global CEO Survey - Navigating the rising tide of uncertainty

Random picture - libraries

Source: 8 Incredible Libraries That Will Actually Make You Want To Study 

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Random picture - 2020 Olympics

Source: 13 Amazing Photos You Missed This Week

2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland

Random charts - health

Source: These Are the World’s Healthiest Nations

Random chart - carbon footprint

Source: The Global Disparity in Carbon Footprints

Random charts - global risk

Source: A World At Risk: Annual report on global preparedness for health emergencies (36-pg WHO PDF)

Random quote - bedrock principle

"Russia, through its 2014 invasion of Ukraine and its attempted annexation of Crimea, sought to undermine a bedrock international principle shared by democratic states: that no country can change the borders of another by force. The states of the world, including Russia, agreed to this principle in the United Nations Charter, pledging to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state. This fundamental principle — which was reaffirmed in the Helsinki Final Act — constitutes one of the foundations upon which our shared security and safety rests. 

As we did in the Welles Declaration in 1940, the United States reaffirms as policy its refusal to recognize the Kremlin’s claims of sovereignty over territory seized by force in contravention of international law. In concert with allies, partners, and the international community, the United States rejects Russia’s attempted annexation of Crimea and pledges to maintain this policy until Ukraine’s territorial integrity is restored. 

The United States calls on Russia to respect the principles to which it has long claimed to adhere and to end its occupation of Crimea. As democratic states seek to build a free, just, and prosperous world, we must uphold our commitment to the international principle of sovereign equality and respect the territorial integrity of other states. Through its actions, Russia has acted in a manner unworthy of a great nation and has chosen to isolate itself from the international community"

Source: U.S. State Department "Crimea Declaration"  


US drops 'Israeli-occupied' designation from Golan Heights

Trump says it's time for US to recognize 'Israel's Sovereignty over the Golan Heights'

Random charts - Yemen (war crimes)

 

Source: The Strategies of the Coalition in the Yemen War: Aerial bombardment and food war (23-pg PDF)

"If one places the damage to the resources of food producers (farmers, herders, and fishers) alongside the targeting of food processing, storage and transport in urban areas and the wider economic war, there is strong evidence that Coalition strategy has aimed to destroy food production and distribution in the areas under the control of Sanʿaʾ. As described above, from the autumn of 2016, economic war has com-pounded physical destruction to create a mass failure in basic livelihoods. Deliberate destruction of family farming and artisanal fishing is a war crime. Yemen, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the United Kingdom and France are signatories to the 1977 Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, which gives the fullest statement in International Humanitarian Law on the protection of objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population. 

If the Coalition war in Yemen is not to mark the erasure of legal referent in war, other forces and institutions will need to call into question the blanket ‘legitimacy’ accorded the Coalition to date by the world’s highest legal body, the UN Security Council. If UN Security Council resolution 2417 (24 May 2018), condemning starvation of civilians in wartime, is to be meaningful, then it is necessary for the UNSC and its member states to halt such crimes in Yemen, to investigate them, and to call to account those responsible for perpetrating them."

Random charts/pictures - Chernobyl

 

 

 

Source: Chernobyl: The end of a three-decade experiment

 

 

 

Source: Cameras reveal the secret lives of Chernobyl's wildlife

Random chart - EV sales

Source: Federal EV Tax Credit Phase Out Tracker By Automaker

Random charts - U.S. military

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Source: This Map Shows Where in the World the U.S. Military Is Combating Terrorism

Random charts - antibiotics

 

 

Source: WHO Report on Surveillance of Antibiotic Consumption  (115-pg PDF)

"Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to health and human development, affecting our ability to treat a range of infections. Treatments for a growing number of infections have become less effective in many parts of the world due to resistance. The link between antimicrobial resistance and use of antimicrobials is well documented. However, little information is available on antimicrobial use in low-income countries. This report presents 2015 data on the consumption of systemic antibiotics from 65 countries and areas, contributing to our understanding of how antibiotics are used in these countries. In addition, the report documents early efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO) and participating countries to monitor antimicrobial consumption, describes the WHO global methodology for data collection, and highlights the challenges and future steps in monitoring antimicrobial consumption."

Random charts - meat protein

 

Source: How the global supply landscape for meat protein will evolve

Random charts- electric cars

 

Source: The Dirt on Clean Electric Cars: New research shows some drivers might spew out less CO2 with a diesel engine.

Random charts - poverty

Source: Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle (176-page World Bank PDF)

Random chart - inequality

Source: Twitter