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Future shocks: 10 emerging risks that threaten our world

An investor looks at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, June 19, 2008. China's main stock index tumbled 6.54 percent to a fresh 16-month closing low on Thursday after hoped-for government steps to support the market failed to materialise. The words on the wall reads: "Investments have its risks". REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA). CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.

According to The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2018 these are the worlds biggest risks. Image: REUTERS/China Daily

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