Number in the News: 20,000 — Have the past few months made you want to scream?

From The World and PRX, this is The Number in the News. Today’s number: 20,000.

Life under lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus can be stressful. The destruction and uncertainty from the pandemic seen across the globe this year has left many people feeling scared and frustrated. Perhaps a good, long scream would help? People in Iceland think it’s worth a shot. Some 20,000 people have sent in their recorded screams to be played aloud in an Icelandic landscape. 

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