Praying the News Summary 52

Summary: Country of the Week: Burkina Faso
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Racial Injustice

Summary: Pray that people learn how to listen to people sharing their experiences of racism without gaslighting (causing them to doubt it happened)
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Summary: Pray for true peace (the resolution of tension & injustice instead of merely praying for the absence of violence
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Summary: Pray for a de-escalation of violence at protests so talks, compromises, and change can happen
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Summary: Pray for cities that are redistributing their budgets to help solve racial inequality in their communities
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Other Requests

Summary: PRAISE: The UK is passing reforms to address obesity
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Summary: Pray for the families of the 80 people who were shot dead by gunman in the Dafur region of Sudan 

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Summary: PRAISE: The UN is sending housing units for asylum-seekers in Mexico
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Summary: Join the Nazarene Compassionate Ministries in praying for their projects
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Summary: Pray for a just retrial for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man sentenced to death for the 2013 Boston Bombing. His death sentence was overturned due to juror bias in his original trial 
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Summary: Pray for parts of the southeastern US facing severe heat waves
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Update

The latest global numbers from John Hopkins: Link
The latest US numbers from the CDC: Link
Summary: Live Updates: 16 million cases globally
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Summary: Live Updates: Around 650,000+ deaths globally
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Summary: Live Updates: Over 16.6 million cases including around 660,000 deaths globally
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Summary: Live Updates: Over 17 million cases including 667,000 deaths globally. The US passed 150,000 deaths 

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Summary: California (450,000+) & Florida (423,000+) surpass New York's (411,000+) case numbers. 
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Summary: Brazil has over 2.4 million cases including 87,000+ deaths. A group is suing the president of Brazil for a crime against humanity in the International Criminal Court
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Summary: Over 4.3 million cases including 149,000+ deaths in the US
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Summary: Pray for migrants & refugees fleeing violence in the midst of a pandemic. Pray for those interacting with them and testing for the virus
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Summary: Pray for regions under lockdown, like Melbourne, Australia
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Summary: Pray for Florida as it faces a tropical storm on top of the pandemic
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Summary: Pray for those who have to choose between staying safe at home and going to work to have money for food
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Summary: 35,700+ deaths in India
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Summary: A judge in the US ruled that the stricter "public charge" policies should be put on hold during the pandemic
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Summary: Pray for school nurses as they prepare for the back-to-school season in the midst of a pandemic
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Summary: 424,600+ cases including 46,600+ deaths in Mexico
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