Praying the News Summary 1

Summary: Country of the Week: Niger

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Racial Injustice

Summary: Pray for wisdom as the medical community weighs whether they should adjust kidney readings for black patients. As it stands now, low numbers indicate kidney problems & doctors inflate the results of black patients, even though black people are more likely to suffer kidney failure
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Summary: Pray for people to acknowledge and repent of racism
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Summary: The police officer who shot Andre Hill and neglected to provide first aid has been fired. Pray for a just investigation & just court case. Pray for repentance by the officer
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Summary: 2 more officers are fired due to their role in Breonna Taylor's death

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Summary: The Justice Department elects to not prosecute the officers responsible for Tamir Rice's death in 2014. The twelve year old was shot by officers within 2 seconds of their arrival on the scene
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Summary: Pray for an end to racism around the world and predominantly white areas
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Summary: PRAISE: Boston is seeking its citizens' input on how a statue of Lincoln and a formerly enslaved person should be displayed in an appropriate context
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Summary: In addition to monuments celebrating the Confederacy coming down, there has been an increase of people getting racist tattoos removed or covered up
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Summary: Another black man has been killed by police in Minneapolis
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Other Requests

Summary: Pray for ICE detainees being illegally held in county jails. Pray for those going on hunger strike
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Summary: A man shot & injured 3 people and shot & killed 3 people in Illinois
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Summary: 16 people are missing after a ship sank in the Barents Sea
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Summary: Croatia recovers from an earthquake that leaves at least 7 dead
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Summary: Pray for the death penalty to be abolished
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Summary: 900 migrants are stuck in a burned out camp in Bosnia-Herzegovina without proper shelter
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Summary: 22 people were killed in an explosion at the Yemeni airport
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Summary: Pray for those impacted by Hawaii's volcanic explosion
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Summary: Pray for those impacted by a mudslide in Norway
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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: Live Updates: More countries have the UK variant of the virus
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Summary: Live Updates: 81 million cases globally
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Summary: Live Updates: 3/4 of the England is in tier 4 restrictions

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Summary: Live Updates:
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Summary: South Africa passes 1 million virus cases
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Summary: Pray for people to follow advice to protect their mental health in a pandemic
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Summary: Pray for hospitals that are struggling with virus caseloads
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Summary: Pray for people under new virus restrictions to follow guidelines
Source: Link and South Africa and France and Link and Link

Summary: Pray for those getting the vaccine (and those giving it as well)
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Summary: Pray for rural health workers who are facing "toxic individualism" and resistance to wearing masks & following safety guidelines
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Summary: Pray for students struggling with learning due to the pandemic and its effects
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Summary: PRAISE: The UK approves a vaccine
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Summary: The US has its first patient with the UK varient of the virus. There are 19 million cases including 337,000 deaths
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Summary: 10 million cases in India
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Summary: Someone intentionally left vaccines out of the proper storage, causing vaccines to be thrown out
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Summary: Pray for people to find ways to socialize safely
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Summary: Pray for Israel to vaccinate the Palestinian people in Israeli occupied territories. 
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Summary: Florida has 1.3 million cases

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Summary: Pray for the families grieving the death of a loved one due to the virus
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Summary: PRAISE: China approves a vaccine for use 
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Summary: The US passes 20 million cases
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Summary: 1.8 million virus deaths globally
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