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Associated Press/Photo by Jae C. Hong (file)A boy gets his temperature checked at the Los Angeles International Airport in November.WORLD’s Top 25 articles for 2020
News Of The Year | Our year-end countdown of the stories that generated the most reader traffic
by Mickey McLean
Posted 12/26/20, 10:17 am
With the coronavirus, a presidential election, and racial tensions dominating the headlines in 2020, it is no surprise that stories related to those topics dominate the Top 25 countdown of the best read articles and columns on WORLD’s website this year.
Click the headline links below and take a trip back through the past 12 months of WORLD’s Biblically objective journalism that informs, educates, and inspires.
25. Theologian and churchman J.I. Packer dies at age 93
“God saves sinners” was his simple summation of the gospel
by Jamie Dean
July 17 | WORLD Magazine | Features
24. George Floyd’s search for a new start
Floyd came to Minneapolis to find work, but his death in police custody has fueled riots across the country
by Sharon Dierberger
May 30 | WORLD Magazine | Features
23. David French: The case against Donald Trump
A negative assessment of Trump’s tenure and future outlook
by Marvin Olasky
Sept. 24 (Oct. 10 issue) | WORLD Magazine | Culture
22. Black lives matter: The slogan vs. the organization
The group’s beliefs work against the goal of protecting black lives
by Marvin Olasky
June 26 | WORLD Magazine | Voices
21. An adaptation of the Gospels worth watching
The Chosen is smart and entertaining
by Megan Basham
April 11 (May 9 issue) | WORLD Magazine | Culture
20. Hunter Biden’s emails: An explainer
Did presidential candidate Joe Biden and son Hunter profit from foreign business deals while the elder Biden served as vice president? Here’s what we know about a laptop and emails purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden
by Harvest Prude
Oct. 31 | WORLD Magazine | Features
19. Warrior follows through gates of splendor
Mincaye, one of the Waodani warriors who attacked and killed Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, and three other American missionaries in 1956, died on Tuesday in his home village in Ecuador
by Rachel Lynn Aldrich
April 29 | WORLD Digital | The Sift
18. Inside the outbreak: Church in a pandemic
President calls for no gatherings of more than 10 people
by Jamie Dean
March 13 | WORLD Magazine | Features
17. Ravi Zacharias dies at 74
Apologist and author dies of cancer after a decadeslong teaching ministry
by Katie Gaultney
May 19 | WORLD Magazine | Features
16. Washington state erases parents from the equation
State lawmakers propose school-based healthcare for teens
by Mary Jackson
Nov. 13 | WORLD Digital | Relations
15. Wayne Grudem: The case for Donald Trump
A positive assessment of Trump’s tenure and future outlook
by Marvin Olasky
Sept. 24 (Oct. 10 issue) | WORLD Magazine | Culture
14. Protection from a pandemic
An infectious disease expert shares how Americans can prepare for a coronavirus outbreak
by June Cheng
March 2 | WORLD Magazine | Features
13. Publishing employees try to blockade Peterson
Conservative author’s new book draws complaints before being printed
by Collin Garbarino
Dec. 1 | WORLD Digital | Muse
12. All of a sudden
Sometimes important events happen not with a whimper but a bang
By Andrée Seu Peterson
April 14 (May 9 issue) | WORLD Magazine | Voices
11. A “silver bullet” for COVID-19?
A Texas doctor claims he’s found a cure for COVID-19, but the evidence is still out
by Charles Horton, M.D.
July 10 | WORLD Magazine | Notebook
10. How Taiwan fended off the coronavirus
The island of 23 million avoided a crisis by acting quickly and using data
by Angela Lu Fulton
March 26 | WORLD Magazine | Features
9. New York’s Dunkirk moment
On one April night, hospitals from Pennsylvania to Albany sent a fleet of helicopters to help evacuate New York COVID-19 patients needing oxygen
by Emily Belz
April 10 (May 9 issue) | WORLD Magazine | Features
8. Finding life in a life sentence
Serial killer David Berkowitz tries to finish well in a circumstance that drives many to despair
by Emily Belz
Jan. 30 (Feb. 15 issue) | WORLD Magazine | Features
7. Telling the truth about coronavirus
Ordinary Chinese citizens are finding creative ways to tell the truth about their government’s response
by June Cheng
March 20 | WORLD Magazine | Journals
6. Questions about QAnon
The apocalyptic internet movement QAnon is gaining followers by the thousands, and churches are slow to respond
by Emily Belz
Aug. 19 (Sept. 12 issue) | WORLD Magazine | Features
5. Inside the outbreak: Creative coronavirus help
Innovative ways to be good neighbors in a crisis
by Leah Hickman
May 29 | WORLD Magazine | Features
4. Rising Republican star faces accusations from women
Several women complain of aggressive sexual behavior from young North Carolina congressional candidate
by Harvest Prude
Aug. 16 (Sept. 12 issue) | WORLD Magazine | Features
3. China’s real death toll
How many people really died of COVID-19 in Wuhan?
by June Cheng
April 2 | WORLD Magazine | Journals
2. New sexual misconduct claims surface about Ravi Zacharias
Famed apologist’s ministry and denomination pledge to investigate
by Emily Belz
Oct. 1 (Oct. 24 issue) | WORLD Magazine | Features
1. The vitamin D factor
Research shows vitamin D sometimes prevents the common cold. Could it help ward off the new coronavirus?
by Charles Horton, M.D.
March 9 | WORLD Magazine | Notebook
Mickey McLean
Mickey is WORLD’s executive editor for audience engagement. He previously was the executive editor for WORLD Digital. Mickey resides in Greensboro, N.C. Follow him on Twitter @MickeyMcLean.
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Posted: Tue, 12/29/2020 03:35 pmThis is journalistic malpractice. I am appalled that World News is no different than the mainstream media in what you do and do not report. The absence of the contested election in your top 25 article is telling. I have listened to every episode of TWE since the beginning. The daily assumption in your reporting that Biden is a legitimate uncontested winner of a free and fair election is appalling. No mention of the extensive report by Doctor Peter Navarro. No mention of Zuckerbergs $500 billion manipulation of administrative support. I am profoundly disappointed. The truth will out and you will be exposed.