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What's worrying the world? 

Boris Bryant, a (COVID-19) positive patient, lays in his isolation room on the Covid-19 unit at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S., August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2E6P9WSD2D

COVID-19 is seen as the biggest issue globally. Image: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Joe Myers
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