Hope of passage

Refugees from war-ravaged Syria walk through fields at Greece’s northern border point of Idomeni on May 7. Thousands of migrants seeking to reach Europe remain at Idomeni, unable to continue after the border with Macedonia closed in March.

By the numbers

$17 trillion

The 10-year funding shortfall—despite $15 trillion in proposed new taxes—of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ universal healthcare plan, according to an analysis by the Urban Institute.

21

The number of years Mary Ann Franco was blind before making an unexpected recovery. Franco lost her vision in a car accident in 1995, and this April she underwent spinal surgery to fix damage sustained during a fall last year. When the 70-year-old Florida woman awoke after four hours of surgery, she suddenly could see again.

328,000

The number of refugees estimated to be living in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp. Kenyan government officials announced in May they plan to close Dadaab, the largest such camp in the world. Most residents are Somali refugees who fled their war-torn nation over the last two decades.

5 million

The number of bees police say were stolen from a Canadian beekeeper in late April. Police arrested a man in connection with the theft on May 6, but say there’s no trace of the 180 stolen hives valued at $200,000.

11

The number of elephants the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus retired on May 6, bringing the total number of pachyderms traveling with the circus to zero. The retired Asian elephants will live out their days at a 200-acre elephant conservation ranch in Florida.