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A median of 75% across 14 surveyed countries say they have confidence in German Chancellor Angela Merkel to do the right thing regarding world affairs.

In 2019, 40% of Americans identified as a race and ethnicity other than non-Hispanic White. Their combined share is predicted to increase to over 50% by 2044.

63% of U.S. adults say the government has the responsibility to provide health care coverage for all, up slightly from 59% last year.

Nearly seven-in-ten Americans think it is very important for the United States to be a world leader in scientific achievements.

In most of the 18 countries analyzed, religiously unaffiliated adults were more likely to say homosexuality should be accepted by society.

Before COVID-19, wages, job availability and health care costs mattered more than the stock market in Americans' views of how the economy was doing.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) said in August that the U.S. Supreme Court has the right amount of power.

More than half of foreign-born Latinos describe themselves using the name of their origin country, versus 39% among U.S.-born adult children of immigrants.

77% of adults think it's not acceptable for social media sites to use data about users’ online activities to show them political campaign ads.

2020 has been a year unlike any in recent memory. Here's what people in 14 countries say about the state of the world amid the pandemic.