Praying the News Summary 40

Summary: Country of the Week: Turkmenistan
Source: Link

US Racial Injustice

Summary: Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by a cop in Georgia
Source: Link and Link
Summary: Rayshard Brooks' death was ruled as a homicide
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for just laws and policies to be made
Source: Link and Link and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for global protests to lead to reform
Source: Link and Link and Link
Summary: Pray for racism to be rooted out of our hearts and cities
Source: Link
Summary: There are two investigations in California about the events surrounding two black men found dead hanging from trees in two cities within 2 weeks of each other
Source: Link
Summary: PRAISE: an executive order was signed to encourage reforms in the police departments.
Pray for reforms to continue to happen until all people are equally protected
Source: Link
Summary: A protester was shot at a rally to remove a statue. The shooter appears to be in an unsanctioned militia/vigilante group
Source: Link

Other Requests

Summary: A tanker truck explosion in China killed 19 and injured 170+
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for those in East Africa facing locust swarms
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for a decrease of rising tensions between Palestine and Israel
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for a de-escalation of tensions between North and South Korea
Source: Link
Summary: 3 Indian soldiers have died in a clash with Chinese forces
Source: Link
Summary: An additional 17 Indian soldiers died from injuries sustained in the clash with Chinese forces
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for a restorative/rehabilitative/reconcilatory criminal justice system to be developed instead of a punitive one
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for gender-based violence in South Africa to end
Source: Link

Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Update

The latest global numbers from John Hopkins: Link
The latest US numbers from the CDC: Link
Summary: Live Updates: Over 7.7 million cases including 430,000+ deaths worldwide
Source: Link
Summary: Live Updates: Over 7.9 million cases including 433,000+ deaths globally
Source: Link
Summary: Live Updates: Over 8 million cases worldwide
Source: Link
Summary: Live Updates: Over 8.1 million cases including 441,000+ deaths globally
Source: Link

Summary: 320,000+ cases including 9,100+ deaths in India
Source: Link
Summary: China is seeing a rise of cases in Beijing
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for more testing sites to be set up in under-served areas
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for the workers at the meat-packing plants exposed to the virus
Source: Link
Summary: Over 2 million cases including 115,000+ deaths in the US
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for nursing home residents and staff as they face higher rates of the virus
Source: Link
Summary: New Zealand has its first new virus cases in 24 days (they had 24 days with no new virus cases)
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for prisoners put under lockdown or in solitary confinement due to virus concerns
Source: Link
Summary: Pray for people to wear masks to protect the vulnerable in our communities-especially the elderly and communities of color
Source: Link