NUMBERS

WEST BANK

117,000

Number of Palestinian government employees who have received only partial pay since March 2006, when Israel began freezing Palestinian funds in protest against Hamas

$118 million

Amount that Israel released back to the new Fatah-only West Bank government, which began issuing full paychecks to employees this month

UNWED MOTHERS

37%

Percentage of U.S. births in 2005 that were out of wedlock. In 1960 the rate was 5.3%. Today 47% of adults in their 30s and 40s have lived in a cohabiting relationship

71%

Percentage of people surveyed in a Pew Research study who believe that having children out of wedlock is a "big problem" for the U.S.; 44% believe it is "always or almost always wrong" for unmarried women to have children

iPHONE

525,000

Estimated number of iPhones sold by Apple the first weekend of its launch at Apple and AT&T stores. Apple ran out of iPhones at more than half its stores. AT&T sold out the phone at most of its 1,800 stores

$200

Estimated total cost of the materials used in the iPhone, which is selling for $499

NIGERIA

$5million

Estimated worth of the new President of Nigeria, Umaru Yar'Adua. Most of his wealth was inherited. He publicly declared his assets, an unusual move, in an effort to increase transparency

70 million

Estimated number of Nigerians who live on less than $1 a day

Sources: BBC (2); USA Today (2); BBC; Portelligent; BBC; Reuters