Week #

Countries *

Dates in 2012

Week 1

Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

1-7 January

Week 2

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Iran, Iraq

8-14 January

Week 3

Cyprus, Greece, Turkey

15-21 January

Week 4

Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

22-28 January

Week 5

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden

29 January - 4 February

Week 6

Ireland, United Kingdom

5-11 February

Week 7

Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands

12-18 February

Week 8

Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta

19-25 February

Week 9

Germany, France

26 February - 4 March

Week 10

Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino

5-10 March

Week 11

Myanmar, Thailand

11-17 March

Week 12

Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

18-24 March

Week 13

China, Hong Kong, Macao

25-31 March

Week 14

Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore

1-7 April

Week 15

East Timor, Indonesia, Philippines

8-14 April

Week 16

Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan

15-21 April

Week 17

Djibouti, Somalia

22-28 April

Week 18

Eritrea, Ethiopia

29 April - 5 May

Week 19

Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda

6-12 May

Week 20

Kenya, Tanzania

13-19 May

Week 21

Malawi, Zambia

20-26 May

Week 22

Botswana, Zimbabwe

27 May - 2 June

Week 23

Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland

3-9 June

Week 24

Angola, Mozambique

10-16 June

Week 25

Brazil

17-23 June

Week 26

Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

24-30 June

Week 27

Bolivia, Chile, Peru

1-7 July

Week 28

Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

8-14 July

Week 29

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama

15-21 July

Week 30

Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico

22- 28 July

Week 31

The Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

29 July - 4 August

Week 32

Canada, USA

5-11 August

Week 33

Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia

12-18 August

Week 34

The Pacific islands: Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa and the French Overseas Territories of New Caledonia (Kanaky) and French Polynesia (Tahiti)

19-25 August

Week 35

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

26 August - 1 September

Week 36

Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia

2-8 September

Week 37

Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

9-15 September

Week 38

Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania

16-22 September

Week 39

Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

23-29 September

Week 40

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia

30 September - 6 October

Week 41

Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

7-13 October

Week 42

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal

14-20 October

Week 43

India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

21-27 October

Week 44

The Indian Ocean islands: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives

28 October - 3 November

Week 45

Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda

4-10 November

Week 46

Republic of Congo, Gabon, Sao Tomé and Principe

11-17 November

Week 47

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea

18-24 November

Week 48

Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger

25 November - 1 December

Week 49

Liberia, Sierra Leone

2-8 December

Week 50

Cape Verde, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal

9-15 December

Week 51

Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo

16-22 December

Week 52

Ghana, Nigeria

23-29 December