According to Investopedia, this is the number of people who asked the government for unemployment benefits because they've lost their jobs in layoffs or business cutbacks.
The cutback comes as an estimated 11 million graduating seniors have joined the annual fall recruitment season, at a time when nearly one out of five young urbanites are out of work.
UNICEF has reported widespread increases in child marriage and cutbacks in girls schooling, a concern also expressed by authorities in Mozambique's Manuka province where Benedito lives.
Inevitably, the Russian cutbacks have inflicted damage on European economies, if only because they've contributed to a steep worldwide hike in energy prices.