Praying the News Summary 65

Summary: Country of the Week: Columbia

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Racial Injustice

Summary: The police officer who shot and killed a black male passenger & wounded a female driver has been fired. Pray for God's justice to prevail. Pray for those mourning to be comforted
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Summary: Protests in Philadelphia after a black man dies after being shot by police
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Summary: Pray for real changes to take place in the police, from different equipment to training in how to respond to mental health crises, so these shootings stop happening
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Summary: Pray for police and citizens to tell and share truthful accounts of events and may we all work toward de-escalation. May violence not be our first solution
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Other Requests

Summary: A gunman attacked a school in Cameroon. Pray for the families grieving the death of their child. Pray for those injured from the attack
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Summary: Pray for a positive peace in Nigeria (not just the absence of violence, but the presence of justice)
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Summary: At least 24 dead and 57 wounded in the suicide attack outside of an education center in Afghanistan. Some of those killed were children
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Summary: Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan continue as a third ceasefire is broken
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Summary: Pray for those in the path of Tropical Storm (now a Hurricane) Zeta
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Summary: 360,000+ had their power shut off in a fire safety shutoffs in California. Pray for those affected by the outages and the wildfires in California and Colorado. Pray for those fighting the fires
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Summary: Over 50 people were killed in a Russian air strike in Syria
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Summary: A boat carrying migrants sank near France. 2 adults & 2 children died
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Summary: Pray for a health and emergency system better able to deal with people in a mental health crisis. 
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Summary: 300,000+ people are without power after an ice storm in Oklahoma
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Summary: Three are dead after a terrorist attack in France
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Summary: 2 million people have power outages due to Hurricane Zeta
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Summary: 7.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Aegean Sea area. At least 14 dead in Turkey and Greece (now 27 dead and 800 injured). Pray for those searching for survivors.
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Summary: Join Nazarene Compassionate Ministry in praying for recent events and projects.
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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: PRAISE: Due to no new cases, Melbourne, Australia is ending its 112-day lockdown
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Summary: Pray for people to do their part to slow the spread as Europe reimposes restrictions due to rising cases
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Summary: A Belgian city is swamped by the virus. One in three are testing positive. Asymptomatic doctors are being asked to keep working so the hospital system won't collapse
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Summary: Cases are rising in the US. Pray for people to care about others' safety

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Summary: Pray for hospitals that are being overwhelmed with cases
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Summary: Pray for business owners and workers struggling through this pandemic
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Summary: The Marshall Islands have their first virus cases due to travellers from the US
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Summary: US and India have over 8 million cases each. 
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Summary: The US has record numbers of new cases as it passes 9 million cases
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