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    papal trips around the world

    A half century of well-traveled popes

    Led by the prolific travels of Pope John Paul II, pontiffs have reached 135 different countries and territories at least once since 1964.

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    Egypt's Satisfiaction with Direction of Country

    Key takeaways from our Egypt survey

    Egyptians are about as unhappy with the direction of their country as they were back in spring 2010, less than a year before the revolution that toppled then President Hosni Mubarak. Today, 72% of Egyptians are dissatisfied with the country’s direction, while just 24% are satisfied.

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    One Year after Morsi’s Ouster, Divides Persist on El-Sisi, Muslim Brotherhood

    Nearly a year of tumult and violence has drained Egyptians of their optimism and battered the images of key players in the post-Mubarak era, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. As a controversial presidential election approaches, 72% of Egyptians are dissatisfied with their country’s direction, and although most still want democratic […]

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    Ukraine Political Leaders Topline

    Survey Topline Survey results are based on national samples. Due to rounding, percentages may not total 100%. The topline “total” columns show 100% because they are based on unrounded numbers. Not all questions included in the Spring 2014 survey are presented in this topline. Omitted questions have either been previously released or will be released […]

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    The EU Elections on Twitter

    An analysis of the Twitter conversation on the eve of the European Union elections suggest that those social media users are divided on the value of the EU and not particularly excited about the candidates for the European Commission presidency.

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    In honor of Fact Tank’s 1st birthday, a data quiz just for you

    A year ago today, the Pew Research Center launched Fact Tank, our very own data blog. Why? Because even though Pew Research publishes lots of reports, we still have a lot of data that are relevant to the things people are talking about in the news, online and with their friends, and we wanted to be […]