Numbers

MILITARY

$196,000

Estimated amount paid by a British paper and TV station to Leading Seaman Faye Turney, held in Iran last month, to tell her story. Shortly after Turney made the deal, Britain put a stop to military-service members accepting money for future interviews pending a rule review

$58,200

Top annual salary for a leading seaman in the British navy

WORLD RECORD

3,274

Miles a Slovenian man swam in 66 days to become the first person to swim the entire length of the Amazon River

20

Different species of piranhas that inhabit the Amazon River

EDUCATION

6 million

Children returning to school in Afghanistan for the start of the new school year

60%

Percentage of Afghan schoolchildren who attend classes in tents and damaged or destroyed school buildings. This hits girls particularly hard as parents want them to study in more protected areas. Only 4 in 10 Afghan girls attend primary school

JUSTICE

Months that David Hicks will serve in an Australian prison, after being held for five years without trial at Guantanamo Bay. He pleaded guilty before a U.S. military commission of providing material support to terrorism

20

Years American John Walker Lindh is serving in federal prison for working with the Taliban army in 2001. Lindh's lawyers are requesting reduced time behind bars in the wake of the Hicks decision

Sources: Guardian (2); BBC (2); UNICEF; BBC; CNN; ABC News