Hard Numbers: Pope greets Easter crowds, Americans protest Trump, Foreign students sue over F-1 visas, Deadly farming clashes plague Nigeria, Japan charges tourists more

17: Pope Francis, recovering from a severe bout of pneumonia and a prolonged hospital stay, appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Easter Sunday. He offered the “Urbi et Orbi” blessing to the “City [of Rome] and to the World,” with an aide reading the address, before taking to his popemobile and greeting crowds in St. Peter’s Square for the first time since his hospitalization. All of this came after a brief meeting with US Vice President JD Vance, whose motorcade spent 17 minutes on Vatican territory. The two men have publicly disagreed over Donald Trump’s approach to immigration and deportations, but the pontiff met briefly with Vance on Sunday to share Easter greetings.

50: Protests were held in cities across the US on Saturday to protest the “anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration and its plutocratic allies,” according to the group 50501, which organized many of the events. From Portland, Maine, to Los Angeles, thousands took to the streets to protest what they see as Donald Trump’s civil rights and constitutional violations.

329,196: Five foreign students are suing the US Dept. of Homeland Security over the loss of their F-1 visas, which they held as international students. The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the lawsuit, says the Trump administration has terminated F-1 visas for “hundreds, if not thousands, of international students.” One of the five involved in the suit, Chinese national Hangrui Zhang, invested a whopping $329,196 into his US studies, and he now faces the prospect of not being able to finish his degree.

56: Suspected violence between Muslim cattle herders and Christian farmers over land use and grazing rights turned deadly again in central Nigeria. At least 56 people were killed on Thursday and Friday in Benue state in the latest clash to plague Africa’s most populous country — fighting in north central Plateau state also claimed more than 100 lives in recent weeks. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar condemned the killings and publicly blamed President Bola Tinubu for not doing enough to stop the violence.

4,000: Whether it’s because they’re shunning the US amid Donald Trump’s tariff war, reading how wonderful Japan is to visit, or simply enjoying how far their dollars go against the weaker yen, Canadians are increasingly vacationing in Japan. More than 550,000 Canadian tourists visited last year, a 37% jump from 2023. But the Japanese, concerned with overtourism and housing affordability, are starting to push back by raising tourism prices. From July, foreigners looking to climb Mount Fuji, for example, will pay 4,000 yen, roughly CA$40, double last year’s cost. But the price may not be steep enough to keep adventure-seeking hordes at bay.