***"What in the World?" Weekly Quiz -- April 15-21, 2019***

Following a bombing in a fruit and vegetable market in Quetta that killed 24 people, members of THIS marginalized ethnic minority in Pakistan began a sit-in to demand better security conditions. THIS ethnic group practices Shia Islam in the predominantly Sunni countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan and has been subject to threats from sectarian armed groups for many years.

President Danny Faure, leader of THIS Indian Ocean island nation that faces an existential threat from climate change and rising sea levels, issued a plea for the world to protect the oceans which he called the “beating blue heart of our planet” from inside a submersible at a depth of over 400 feet.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held onto his lead in last week’s elections, becoming the longest-serving PM as he enters his fifth term. Despite his win, THIS new Israeli political alliance received over a million votes, breaking the record for a new party and positioning it to become the new alternative to Israel’s right wing.

EU and UK leaders have agreed to a six-month “flexible extension” to Brexit, delaying the process until October 31. Despite the extension, the UK could be forced to exit as early as May 1 if the country does not do THIS in May.

China, already under international opprobrium for holding as many as a million of THIS Muslim minority group in detection camps, is under fire for using facial recognition technology to track members of THIS group. It is the first known instance of a government using AI for racial profiling.

The Trump Administration named THIS group a terrorist organization last week, the first time a military arm of a state has been so labeled, intensifying the already tense relationship with that country.