It is estimated the (1) _____ number is not known that worldwide some 60,000 newspapers exist with a (2) _____ circulation of nearly 500 million. However, the number of readers is (3) _____ greater-as many as three times the circulation figure. 
      This is because newspapers are shared, some are posted, and (4) _____ placed in libraries and other (5) _____ places. Worldwide, about 8,000 of these newspapers are dailies. About a third of all newspapers are published in North America, (6) _____ third in Europe, and the (7) _____ third in the rest of the world. Countries with the highest newspaper (8) _____ are Britain, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, and the United States. Europe has nearly half of the world's total newspaper circulation, North America about a quarter, and the rest of the world another quarter. Taking the world (9) _____, the average circulation of dailies per 1,000 persons is about 100, but there are many parts of the world where the modern newspaper is (10) _____ ever seen.