40

The number of U.S. House seats Democrats gained in the midterm elections, following the Dec. 6 concession of Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., in a tight race in the state’s 21st District.

85,000

The approximate number of children below the age of 5 who have died from starvation or disease in the Yemeni civil war, according to Save the Children.

0

The number of Pearl Harbor survivors from the USS Arizona in attendance at a Dec. 7 commemoration in Honolulu, the first time that no survivor from the ship was well enough to attend.

$93,502

The amount New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson spent this Christmas season paying off more than 400 layaway orders for strangers at a local Walmart.

114

The number of Christians in Iran that authorities there arrested in a single week in early December, according to World Watch Monitor. Most detainees were released within hours, but each had his cell phone confiscated.