October 5–11, 2026

The week in one line each

1. 01India vs China: two very different age pyramidsMedian age: India 30, China 41. China's population fell for a fourth straight year in 2025 (7.92M births, 11.31M deaths).
2. 02Men's Grand Slam titles, major by majorOnly Djokovic has won every major at least 3 times.
3. 03Kohli's ODI average is 59. No other 9,000-run batter tops 54.Tendulkar has the run record. Kohli's average is 14 points higher. Figures as of 30 Sep 2026.
4. 04One minute on Earth, fast-forwardedBirths outpace deaths 2 to 1: Earth gains about 130 people a minute.
5. 05Hollywood's highest-paid actors: every Forbes list, 2013 to 2025Not like-for-like: through 2020 Forbes ranked men only, before fees, endorsements included. Since 2023 it ranks all actors on film and TV pay after fees.
6. 06The world's offline gapITU counts anyone with no internet use in the last 3 months, so offline is not always never.
7. 07Most Olympic golds ever — and the countries with noneOnly 105 of 206 countries have ever won gold. Monaco: 34 Games, zero medals.
8. 08Ronaldo scores more. Messi makes more happen.Ronaldo is the better finisher; Messi is the better creator, in 160 fewer games. Assist counts vary by source (about 405 to 425 for Messi) but the gap never closes.
9. 09Counting down the world's most polluted cities13 of the 15 most polluted cities are in India or Pakistan.
10. 10Nvidia outweighs whole countriesMarket caps move daily. On the latest data, only the US and China have bigger economies.
11. 11The countries that grow the world's coffeeBrazil grows almost twice as much coffee as the next country.
12. 12The world's 10 richest people, every year since 1987Today's 10th-richest person has more than 7× what the 1987 champion did (nominal dollars).