Tuesday, 30 June 2026

Five questions. Most people get fewer than two right. Want to see where you land?

The world looks worse on the news than it does in the data. Today's Reality Check puts five facts in front of you — health, nature, energy, education, poverty — and asks you to guess what's actually happened. Most people are more pessimistic than the evidence warrants. Let's find out if you are too.

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