Today, around 21,000 children died around the world

Some 21,000 children die every day around the world.

That is equivalent to:

* 1 child dying every 4 seconds
* 14 children dying every minute
* A 2011 Libya conflict-scale death toll every day
* A 2010 Haiti earthquake occurring every 10 days
* A 2004 Asian Tsunami occurring every 11 days
* An Iraq-scale death toll every 19--46 days
* Just under 7.6 million children dying every year
* Some 92 million children dying between 2000 and 2010