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About 6 percent of the U.S. population — 7.2 million households — qualify as millionaires, meaning that they have at least $1 million laying around, excluding their real estate holdings, retirement plans and business partnerships. Where they live might surprise you.

VIDEO: Notably absent from the final tribute ceremonies for U.S. Senator John McCain, who died last Saturday, is President Donald Trump. McCain and Trump disagreed on a number of issues, including U.S. relations with Russia. Some analysts view the feud as emblematic of the clash of values within the Republican Party.

When African leaders meet next week in Beijing for the 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, they’ll strike million- and billion-dollar deals for infrastructure, business and development projects. To date, China has made more than $142 billion in loans to African countries, and this year’s forum will deepen those financial ties.

VIDEO: Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has in a week written four letters on his Facebook page to his “grandchildren,” a term he uses for Uganda’s youth, one of affection and a reminder of his authority. While Museveni’s supporters see him as a freedom fighter deserving of his three decades in power, many of Uganda’s young population, who have known no other leader, see him as a patronizing, disconnected and aging ruler who is failing to address their concerns.

An Iranian police officer has deserted his post and fled Iran, saying his life was in danger for refusing orders to suppress anti-government protests that have swept the country this year. Fariborz Karamizand, a member of Iran’s ethnic Kurdish minority, spoke to VOA’s Kurdish Service.