Most countries don’t observe daylight saving time
Only about a third of the world’s countries practice daylight saving time, and the vast majority of them are in Europe.
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Only about a third of the world’s countries practice daylight saving time, and the vast majority of them are in Europe.
In an open-ended question allowing Americans to name which country they see as the greatest threat to the U.S., 50% name China.
Perceptions of strong partisan conflict are most widespread among adults in South Korea, the United States, Israel, France and Hungary.
People in 23 countries tend to see U.S. President Joe Biden more positively than Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Much larger shares of people in most nations see China’s influence growing than say the same of the United States.
The share of the public that supports authoritarian systems ranges from 85% in India to 8% in Sweden.
Concerns about racial and ethnic discrimination are widespread in most of the 17 advanced economies surveyed this spring.
Most people view their own government’s record on personal freedoms more favorably than they do when it comes to the U.S. and especially China.
Fewer than 1 million foreign students enrolled for either online or in-person classes at U.S. universities in the 2020-21 school year.
People in advanced and emerging economies have mixed feelings about social media’s impact on political life.
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