This Week in Numbers: Black Lives Matter, Men’s Fashion Week, Terrorism in France
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1 – Black Lives Matter x NYFWM
The 1 employee from Lanvin’s Madison Avenue store, Hannah Stoudemire, who organized an all day Black Lives Matter protest on Washington Street, during New York Men’s Fashion Week.
64 –New York Fashion Week Men’s
The number of designers who showcased their latest Spring/Summer 17 collections during New York Fashion week Men’s.
84 – Bastille Day, Nice, France
The number of those dead so far after a truck sped into a crowd on Bastille Day in Nice, France.
145 – Police Shootings
The number of African-American people, according to the Guardian, that have been shot by police so far this year. This number includes the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, who were both laid to rest this week.
5 – Olympics x The Fierce 5
The number of fierce ladies that will be competing in women’s gymnastics for the US in Rio at this year’s summer Olympics. The youngest of them is 16 and the oldest, 22. The squad includes crowd favorites like Gabby Douglas, Ally Raisman and Olympic newcomers Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez, and Madison Kocian.<Source: ABC News>
15 million – Pokemon Go
The number of the people who have downloaded Pokemon Go since its release last week – the nostalgia for the days of GameBoy’s are now gone.
Check it out for yourself, the recent ‘Vaporeon’ stampede as seen in Central Park, New York City:
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