Around the World, and Above

This chapter really deals with the cultural and geographic differences around the world and how that affected the responses of people. Some countries, like Cuba, thrived, while Japan was destroyed and North Korea's people seemingly disappeared. There are stories of personal triumph such as Kondo, the "otaku" whose story is pretty remarkable considering he had no practical skills whatsoever, and Sensei Tomonaga, a man who survived on his own in the wild while blind. There are also collective triumphs in the chapter, Radio Free Earth, and Cuba, and the ISS. I thought the most unique and interesting section was the one about the astronauts on the ISS. While there were obviously no zombies there, with government operations down being in space presented it's own set of problems since there was no one to rescue them It's a really interesting point of view because they can see everything going on below and get sort of a big picture of the destruction and mayhem on Earth