World Cities in Prayer Archive

World Cities in Prayer is a weekly call to pray for the precious people of the 85 most populous cities in the world.* The cities are presented in random order.

If you have missed a week, use this archived list to choose a past city or cities to pray for. Links are to Wikipedia pages for each city, so you can learn more about the people and culture for whom you are praying.

Week 1 (9/20/15 – 9/26/15): Shantou, China
Week 2 (9/27/15 – 10/3/15): Alexandria, Egypt
Week 3 (10/4/15 – 10/10/15): London, England
Week 4 (10/11/15 – 10/17/15): New Taipei City, Rep. of China (Taiwan)
Week 5 (10/18/15 – 10/24/15): Hanoi, Vietnam
Week 6 (10/25/15 – 10/31/15): Zhongshan, China
Week 7 (11/1/15 – 11/7/15): İzmir, Turkey
Week 8 (11/8/15 – 11/14/15): Yokohama, Japan
Week 9 (11/15/15 – 11/21/15): Karachi, Pakistan
Week 10 (11/22/15 -11/28/15 ): Pyongyang, North Korea
Week 11 (11/29/15 – 12/5/16): Addis Ababa, Egypt
Week 12 (12/6/15 – 12/12/15): Lahore, Pakistan
Week 13 (12/13/15 -12/19/15 ): Tokyo, Japan
Week 14 (12/20/15 – 12/26/15): Moscow, Russia
Week 15 (12/27/15 – 1/2/16): Hyderabad, India
Week 16 (1/3/16 – 1/9/16): Busan, South Korea
Week 17 (1/10/16 – 1/16/16): Hefei, China
Week 18 (1/17/16 – 1/23/16): Kabul, Afghanistan
Week 19 (1/24/16 – 1/30/16): Chongqing, China
Week 20 (1/31/16 – 2/6/16): Cairo, Egypt
Week 21 (2/7/16 – 2/13/16): Bengaluru (Bengalore), India
Week 22 (2/14/16 – 2/20/16): Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Week 23 (2/21/16 – 2/27/16): Kolkata (Calcutta), India
Week 24 (2/28/16 – 3/5/16): Tianjin, China
Week 25 (3/6/16 – 3/12/16): Berlin, Germany
Week 26 (3/13/16 – 3/19/16): Lagos, Nigeria
Week 27 (3/20/16 – 3/26/16): Wuhan, China
Week 28 (3/27/16 – 4/2/16): Chennai, India
Week 29 (4/3/16 – 4/9/16): São Paulo, Brazil
Week 30 (4/10/16 – 4/16/16): Changsha, China
Week 31 (4/17/16 – 4/23/16): Mumbai, India
Week 32 (4/24/16 – 4/30/16): Dhaka, Bangladesh
Week 33 (5/1/16 – 5/7/16): Yangon, Myanmar
Week 34 (5/8/16 – 5/14/16): Zhengzhou, China
Week 35 (5/15/16 – 5/21/16): Jakarta, India
Week 36 (5/22/16 – 5/28/16): Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Week 37 (5/29/16 – 6/4/16): Baghdad, Iraq
Week 38 (6/5/16 – 6/11/16): Shenyang, China
Week 39 (6/12/16 – 6/18/16): Tehran, Iran
Week 40 (6/19/16 – 6/25/16): Cape Town, South Africa
Week 41 (6/26/16 – 7/2/16): Singapore
Week 42 (7/3/16 – 7/9/16): Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Week 43 (7/10/16 – 7/16/16): Dongguan, China
Week 44 (7/17/16 – 7/23/16): Shanghai, China
Week 45 (7/24/16 – 7/30/16): Bogotá, Colombia
Week 46 (7/31/16 – 8/6/16): Nanjing, China
Week 47 (8/7/16 – 8/13/16): Johannesburg, South Africa
Week 48 (8/14/16 – 8/20/16): Ürümqi, China
Week 49 (8/21/16 – 8/27/16): Lima, Peru
Week 50 (8/28/16 – 9/3/16): Quanzhou, China
Week 51 (9/4/16 – 9/10/16): Bangkok, Thailand
Week 52 (9/11/16 – 9/17/16): Ekurhuleni, South Africa
Week 53 (9/18/16 – 9/24/16): Foshan, China
Week 54 (9/25/16 – 10/1/16): Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Week 55 (10/2/16 – 10/8/16): Santiago, Chile
Week 56 (10/9/16 – 10/15/16): Beijing, China
Week 57 (10/16/16 – 10/22/16): Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Week 58 (10/23/16 – 10/29/16): New York City, United States
Week 59 (10/30/16 – 11/5/16): Surat, India
Week 60 (11/6/16 – 11/12/16): Wenzhou, China
Week 61 (11/13/16 – 11/19/16): Durban, South Africa
Week 62 (11/20/16 – 11/26/16): Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Week 63 (11/27/16 – 12/3/16): Guangzhou, China
Week 64 (12/4/16 – 12/10/16): Seoul, South Korea
Week 65 (12/11/16 – 12/17/16): Pune, India
Week 66 (12/18/16 – 12/24/16): Hong Kong
Week 67 (12/25/16 – 12/31/16): Los Angeles, United States
Week 68 (1/1/17 – 1/7/17): Suzhou, China
Week 69 (1/8/17 – 1/14/17): Istanbul, Turkey
Week 70 (1/15/17 – 1/21/17): Giza, Egypt
Week 71 (1/22/17 – 1/28/17): Luanda, Angola
Week 72 (1/29/17 – 2/4/17): Xi’an, China
Week 73 (2/5/17 – 2/11/17): Ahmedabad, India
Week 74 (2/12/17 – 2/18/17): Hangzhou, China
Week 75 (2/19/17 – 2/25/17): Shenzhen, China
Week 76 (2/26/17 – 3/4/17): Madrid, Spain
Week 77 (3/5/17 – 3/11/17): Saint Petersburg, Russia
Week 78 (3/12/17 – 3/18/17): Ankara, Turkey
Week 79 (3/19/17 – 3/25/17): Harbin, China
Week 80 (3/26/17 – 4/1/17): Mexico City, Mexico
Week 81 (4/2/17 – 4/8/17): Jaipur, India
Week 82 (4/9/17 – 4/15/17): Xiamen, China
Week 83 (4/16/17 – 4/22/17): Nairobi, Kenya
Week 84 (4/23/17 – 4/29/17): Chengdu, China
Week 85 (4/30/17 – 5/6/17): Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

*Cities list was obtained in June 2015 from this Wikipedia page, and has changed over time.