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E-Books Still No Match for Printed Books While UNESCO's General Conference probably thought of ink on paper when it first celebrated the event in 1995, some 21st century book lovers have moved onto enjoying the pastime in the electronic form. In the following chart, we compare just how popular e-books are versus those in print. According to data from Statista’s Market Insights: Media & Advertising, e-book penetration still trails that of printed books in the vast majority of countries around the world. In the United States for example, 20 percent of the population are estimated to have purchased an e-book last year, compared to 30 percent who bought a printed book. China is the only country of those studied that saw the opposite trend, with only 24 percent of people having bought a printed book in the 12 months prior to the survey, while around 27 percent of people bought an e-book in that time frame. Looking at forecasts for the book market on a worldwide scale, Statista analysts predict that while e-books have grown in popularity, they will not be the final nail in the coffin of printed books but rather a complementary product that should ultimately benefit the publishing industry. Source: Statista

The Impact of Terrorism Around the World According to the Global Terrorism Index 2024, a report by the Institute for Economics and Peace measuring the impact of terrorism around the world, deaths from terrorism rose to 8,352 globally in 2023, marking a 22 percent increase from the previous year. That increase came despite a 23 percent drop in terrorist attacks, with fell to 3,350 in 2023. At the same time, terrorism has become more concentrated, as the number of countries recording at least one death from terrorism fell to 41 in 2023, down from 57 in 2015, when deaths from terrorism peaked. Last year, 10 countries accounted for 87 percent of global deaths from terrorism, with Burkina Faso, Israel and Mali alone accounting for more than 45 percent of fatalities. This infographic, based on the 'Global Terrorism Index 2024', provides an overview of how much different countries and regions have been affected by terrorism over the past five years. The Institute for Economics and Peace takes four indicators into account: the number of terrorist attacks as well as the number of fatalities, injuries and hostages taken in such attacks. It looks at a five-year period, whereby recent incidents are weighted more strongly than those further in the past. Interestingly, the 2024 index marks the first time in the report's 13-year history that neither Afghanistan nor Iraq have been top of the list. Instead, Burkina Faso is now the country most severely impacted by terrorism, which is indicative of a broader trend, which saw the epicenter of terrorism shift from the Middle East into Sub-Saharan Africa, with Mali, Niger and Nigeria also high on the list. Source: Statista

Art Exhibitions & Museums Garner Little Interest? Today is World Art Day, a day dedicated to promoting the development and enjoyment of art. According to UNESCO, "art nurtures creativity, innovation and cultural diversity for all peoples across the globe and plays an important role in sharing knowledge and encouraging curiosity and dialogue."According to data from a Statista Consumer Insights survey, a fairly low share of the population bought tickets to museums or art exhibitions in the past 12 months. Of the countries selected for this chart, China had the highest share of respondents having purchased entrance tickets at 16 percent of online respondents, followed by India (15 percent) and Italy (14 percent). Countries such as Germany and Brazil had even lower shares at just 6 percent and 7 percent, respectively.This chart shows the share of respondents who bought tickets for museums/art exhibitions in the last 12 months (in %). Source: Statista

How the Income of India's Richest 10% Surged The gap between the rich and poor is getting bigger in India. According to a new report by the research group World Inequality Lab, the per-adult pre-tax national income share of those in the 1 percent of the country's highest earners amounted to 22.6 percent in 2022, while that of the bottom 50 percent of earners stood at just 15 percent. The following chart looks at income inequality dynamics in India between 1951 and 2022, with the population split into the bottom 50 percent, middle 40 percent and top 10 percent of the country. It shows that inequality declined post-independence until the 1980s, with the share of national income going to the top 10 percent dropping from 37 percent in 1951 to 30 percent in 1982. The report writers say this decline was likely the consequence of the “broadly socialist policy agenda pursued by the Indian government till the 1980s”, citing the nationalization of rail, air, banking and oil sectors, as well as strong regulation of markets and high tax progressivity. They explain that from the early 1980s, the Indian government then started to introduce a broad range of economic reforms that led to liberalization in 1991. With this, the top 10 percent's share started to increase, hitting nearly 60 percent from around 2016 onwards. The middle 40 percent of the nation had received a share of national income that was higher than that of the top 10 percent up until the 2000s. That was until 2001, when a switch then took place, as the middle 40 percent received 38.9 percent of total income and the top 10 percent received 41 percent of total income. By 2022, this diverging path had come to 27.3 percent for the middle 40 percent and a high 57.7 percent for the top 10 percent. Reasons for the shares of lower income brackets remaining depressed include a “lack of quality broad-based education, focused on the masses and not just the elites”, as well as India’s inability to “pull more of its workforce away from agriculture". Source: Statista

Asia's Richest Billionaires According to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List, as of April 2, Mukesh Ambani (66) is the richest man in Asia, with a net worth of $116.1 billion. Ambani is the chairman of Reliance Industries Limited, a conglomerate that focuses not only on petrochemicals, but also textiles and telecommunications. He ranks 11th on Forbes’ worldwide list, which is headed by Bernard Arnault & family (LVMH) with $221.8 billion, Jeff Bezos (Amazon) with $197.5 billion and Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX, X formerly Twitter) with $189.0 billion. In second place - and some 32.8 billion dollars behind - comes 61-year-old Gautam Adani who is the chairperson of the Adani Group, a conglomerate that deals with businesses exporting and importing raw materials and finished goods, including coal trading, mining, oil and gas exploration, as well as ports, energy and agricultural commodities. He is succeeded by Zhong Shanshan (69), with a net worth of $64.5 billion. Shanshan is the founder of beverages company Nongfu Spring as well as the founder of Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise, a private Chinese company and major supplier of Covid-19 testing kits. Rounding off the top ten comes Savitri Jindal (74), the widow of Om Prakash Jindal who founded the Jindal Group in India, whose interests lay in steel, power, cement and infrastructure, with an estimated net worth of $34.8 billion, followed by Shiv Nadar (78), founder and chairman of the IT enterprise HCL Technologies, with $34.5 billion. The top ten richest people in Asia have a total net worth of $542.1 billion. Source: Statista

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The Rising Prevalence of Autism According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of autism among U.S. children has risen significantly in recent years. While 6.7 in 1,000 children were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in 2000, that number had risen to 27.6 in 1,000 children by 2020. This means that currently 1 in 36 children in the U.S. get diagnosed with ASD, up from 1 in 150 children 20 years ago. The reasons for this increase in prevalence are not fully understood and likely complex. Some possible factors that have been proposed include better awareness and screening for autism, changes in diagnostic criteria and environmental or genetic factors. Regardless of the reasons, this rise in the number of children with autism highlights the importance of early identification and intervention to help children with ASD reach their full potential. In recent years, major progress has been made in increasing awareness and acceptance of autism. Thanks to that progress, many people are now aware that autism spectrum disorders are a very diverse group of conditions, that go far beyond the often-stereotypical depictions of autism in film and television. According to the World Health Organization, autism spectrum disorders are “characterized by some degree of difficulty with social interaction and communication. Other characteristics are atypical patterns of activities and behaviours, such as difficulty with transition from one activity to another, a focus on details and unusual reactions to sensations.” Source: Statista

Where People See a Terrorism Threat After repeated warnings about potential attacks emanating from the IS in Afghanistan, a deadly shooting and fire at a Moscow concert hall was claimed by the terror group's affiliate in the country's Khorasan province. Vladimir Putin, who initially tried to direct suspicion towards Ukraine, is now also convinced of this. As a result of the general threat, the highest security level has now been declared in France. And it's not just the government that considers the topic particularly relevant, as data from Statista Consumer Insights shows. According to the survey, 31 percent of people in France recently believed that terrorism was one of the country's greatest challenges. A year earlier this had been even higher at 40 percent. Swedes, Indians and Americans are also among the most worried. In comparison, Germans are less concerned despite the government announcing that the country is also facing an acute threat. Only 16 percent said in the year 2023 that they saw a big challenge lately. A low threat level is seen by respondents in Canada, Japan and China. Source: Statista

The Most Impersonated Brands in Email Scams We all know the emails: “Dear user, please click the following link to update your credentials. Otherwise your Office 365 account will be disabled.” "Please sign the attached document" or "Please review your payment information." And while many of those emails look legitimate at first glance, it’s always worth taking a closer look, because more often than not emails like the above are phishing attempts. Millions of people fall for these kinds of phishing attempts, especially people who haven’t grown up using the internet. Phishing is among the most common cyber attacks, targeting both individuals and companies. The consequences of successful phishing attacks can be severe, ranging from loss of confidential information or intellectual property to breach of customer data or ransomware infection. Any of those outcomes can result in financial and reputational damages, which is why any organization should train its employees on the constantly evolving threat landscape. In recent years, phishing mails have become a lot more sophisticated and some of them are really hard to distinguish from legitimate mails. In many cases, such attacks involve the attacker imitating a well-known company/brand - a practice commonly known as “brand phishing” - in order to exploit the trust and familiarity that users have with certain brands. According to Proofpoint's 2024 State of the Phish report, Microsoft was the most abused brand in 2023, appearing in 68 million malicious messages, with Office 365 alone appearing in 20 million malicious mails. Other often exploited brands include Adobe, DHL and Google, albeit none of them comes close to the volume of fraudulent messages sent in the name of Microsoft. Source: Statista

The World’s Richest People in 2024 Bernard Arnault (75) has been named the world’s richest man of 2024 with an estimated fortune of $226.2 billion, according to Forbes’ 38th annual billionaires list, released Tuesday. Arnault is the head of the luxury goods giant LVMH, which includes the likes of Louis Vuitton and Dior, and the first Frenchman to top the world ranking after having moved up from third place in 2022. Next in line, comes Jeff Bezos (60), the founder of e-commerce giant Amazon, who has racked up some $198.4 billion worth of wealth. Bezos stepped down from his role as CEO of Amazon in 2021 to become an executive chairman. He is followed in third place by Elon Musk, who has $195.3 billion in wealth. Through March 2024, Musk and Bezos have been fluctuating between second and third place due to changing stock prices for Amazon and Tesla. Musk (52) has co-founded multiple companies, from the electric car manufacturer Tesla to the rocket maker SpaceX and also owns X (formerly Twitter). Mark Zuckerberg (39) of Meta, Larry Ellison (79) of Oracle, Warren Buffett (93) of Berkshire Hathaway, Bill Gates (68) of Microsoft and Larry Page of Google (51) complete the top eight roundup of most wealthy people in the world. In ninth and tenth place comes Steve Ballmer (68), the former CEO of Microsoft, and Sergey Brin (50), the co-founder of Google. This chart is based on Forbes' calculations using net worths based on stock prices and exchange rates from April 1, 2024. Source: Statista