Daily Prayers for a world in transition and crisis, as we face a deadly pandemic, heightened inequality, and the march of climate change. For people of any faith or none.

At the start of a month, some 6 months on since some countries first imposed lockdown measures to contain COVID-19, we take stock of where we are and where we may be heading in our response to the virus.

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Daily Prayers for a world in transition and crisis, as we face a deadly pandemic, heightened inequality, and the march of climate change. For people of any faith or none.

Germany's Reichstag (parliament building) was stormed this past weekend by more than 100 people, while in Berlin, over 30,000 protested against COVID-19 restrictions that they claim contravene their constitutional rights.

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Daily Prayers for a world in transition and crisis, as we face a deadly pandemic, heightened inequality, and the march of climate change. For people of any faith or none.

Rising numbers of polio cases are being reported in Pakistan and Afghanistan, in some cases where the disease had been previously eradicated. Efforts to offer vaccination are being aggrevated by COVID-19 restrictions.

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Daily Prayers for a world in transition and crisis, as we face a deadly pandemic, heightened inequality, and the march of climate change. For people of any faith or none.

In the US and several Carribean nations, Hurricane Laura and Tropical Storm Marco have left a wake of devestation, as well as claiming lives.

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Daily Prayers for a world in transition and crisis, as we face a deadly pandemic, heightened inequality, and the march of climate change. For people of any faith or none.

More than 100 have died, and many lay buried beneath their collapsed homes, following violent floods in north-east Afghanistan.

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Daily Prayers for a world in transition and crisis, as we face a deadly pandemic, heightened inequality, and the march of climate change. For people of any faith or none.

The recent shooting by police of a black man in a car in Kenosha, Wisconsin, appears to be another example of excessive force being used against people of color.

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Daily Prayers for a world in transition and crisis, as we face a deadly pandemic, heightened inequality, and the march of climate change. For people of any faith or none.

Very unreliable and sketchy evidence following an easing of restrictions in many countries suggests that hopes of kinder, more unified societies emerging from lockdown experiences may be disappointed.

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Daily Prayers for a world in transition and crisis, as we face a deadly pandemic, heightened inequality, and the march of climate change. For people of any faith or none.

How likely is it that a vaccine will be available, capable of mass distribution across many nations within the coming months? How effectively may governments be preparing for the unprecedented challenge of mass vaccination? The available evidence doesn't paint a fully rosy picture.

The BBC World Service podcast episode mentioned in today's A Prayer for Being can be heard at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszl3t.

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Daily Prayers for a world in transition and crisis, as we face a deadly pandemic, heightened inequality, and the march of climate change. For people of any faith or none.

COVID-19 cases are rising sharply in poorer communities along the US/Mexico border.

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Daily Prayers for a world in transition and crisis, as we face a deadly pandemic, heightened inequality, and the march of climate change. For people of any faith or none.

News that the site of the Dounreay nuclear reactor, now being decommissioned, may be "reusable" after only 300 years may be a beautiful opportunity for Nature to reclaim Her place.

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