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President Biden made his first visit to the Middle East last week meeting leaders in THESE places.

Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, West Bank, Kuwait

West Bank, Israel, Saudi Arabia

Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel

President Biden was critical of Saudi Arabia’s defacto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman because of THIS.

Saudi Arabia’s position on Iranian nuclear enrichment activities

Saudi Arabia’s human rights record

Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving

Saudi Arabia’s support of the two-state solution for Middle East peace

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited THIS region of China where the United States has said Beijing is engaged in genocide against the Muslim Uyghur population. The UN has said China has imprisoned more than one million Uyghurs in “massive internment camps.” [Map]

Xinjiang

Tianjing

Guangxi

Ningxia

Civil revolt and mass protests amid economic collapse in Sri Lanka forced THIS president to flee the country.

Ranil Wickremesinghe

Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Maithripala Sirisena

Chandrika Kumaratunga

The ruling coalition of Mario Draghi fell apart and he tendered his resignation as Prime Minister of THIS country.

Spain

Argentina

Italy

Portugal

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen traveled to Baku seeking more natural gas from THIS country for Europe as it cuts back on gas from Russia. [Map]

Kazakhstan

Georgia

Azerbaijan

Armenia

Inflation, energy supply woes and the threat of recession in Europe have led THIS currency to rare parity with the U.S. Dollar.

Pound

Lira

Euro

Ruble

The United States claimed Iran is planning on sending THESE weapons to Russia to use in its invasion of Ukraine.

Land mines

Anti-ship missiles

Attack drones

Scud missiles

The United Nations estimated that global population will reach THIS number on November 15, 2022. African nations are fueling the growth with Sub-Saharan population expected to rise from one-seventh of global totals today to one-fifth by 2050.

5 billion

7 billion

8 billion

9 billion

The U.S. Navy conducted its second “Freedom of Navigation” transit of a warship in THIS area claimed by China as sovereign waters, a claim judged invalid six years ago by an international tribunal. Beijing called the transit, “nothing short of a 'security risk and a 'destroyer of regional peace and stability.'"

East China Sea

Yellow Sea

South China Sea

Red Sea

World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – July 18-24, 2022

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