This week in numbers

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thousand dollars donated by actor Kate Winslet to a Scottish mother to pay for her daughter’s life support. Carolynne Hunter says it costs $12,600 a year to run the equipment for 12-year-old Freya, who has severe cerebral palsy and requires oxygen for chronic breathing problems. The local council has warned this could rise to $33,000 next year. Winslet donated the money via GoFundMe.

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MrBeast has ended PewDiePie’s reign as the YouTuber with the most subscribers. Sweden’s Felix Kjellberg became the first person to attract 100 million subscribers, with gaming reaction videos, in 2019. But MrBeast, Jimmy Donaldson, gained his 112 millionth subscriber this month to his videos of cash giveaways, prizes and charity work.

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A gold ring worn by a Celtic leader

2000 years ago was this week auctioned for $70,000 after spending

28 years in a cupboard. The Iron Age ring, likely worn by a chief of the Corieltauvi tribe, was found in a field in 1994. The new owner is in talks with Yorkshire Museum to display it.

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Football fans in Qatar for the World Cup will need to pay almost $22 for less than a pint of beer. A 500ml glass of Budweiser, the only official beer of the World Cup, will cost 50 riyals (around $22) in fan zones.

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thousand dollars fetched at auction for a pair of well-used Birkenstock sandals worn by Steve Jobs during the time he founded Apple in his garage in Los Altos, California, alongside Steve Wozniak. Jobs, who died in 2011, wore the Birkenstocks in the 1970s and 1980s and the cork and jute footbeds retain the imprint of his feet.

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The world’s population has reached 8 billion, just 11 years after it passed 7 billion. The growth rate is slowing in nations like China and the US and rising in low- and lower-middle-income countries, most of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. When the next billion is added between 2022 and 2037, these poorer nations are expected to account for more than 90 per cent of global growth, the UN said.