Staying in the region, ongoing violence in Syria was the second most-covered story in the US this week, taking up 12% of the newshole according to the PRC’s News Coverage Index. By way of comparison, stories on the US presidential race came in at 22%, and on the economy at 10%.Moving to Israel’s southern neighbor Egypt, JPost readers had strong opinions on US aid to that country. In a quick vote taken last week, almost 50% of some 4,000 respondents said that the annual traditional $1.3 billion in military assistance should be conditional on honoring peace agreements with Israel. A further 36% answered that the US should not be supporting a regime which clamps down on NGOs fighting for democracy.Lastly, the story of Palestinian administrative detainee Khader Adnan, who ended his hunger strike after 66 days on Tuesday, was the top trending topic on Twitter in Israel. This screenshot from Trendsmap shows only the greater Jerusalem area, though the #khaderadnan tag was visible across the region.From news sites to blogs, tweets to videos, The Numbers Crunch is a weekly column which zooms out and brings you the big picture online, from Israel, the Middle East and around the world, and poll results from JPost.com.The writer is the Internet desk manager at The Jerusalem Post.