Friday, 3 July 2026

Five questions about the world. Most people get fewer than half right.

The world looks worse on the news than it does in the data. Today's Reality Check puts five of the most common assumptions to the test — health, nature, energy, poverty, education. The answers tend to surprise people. See how you do.

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