EXPLAINER: Qatar’s vast wealth helps it host FIFA World Cup

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$People visit the Mall of Qatar, in Doha, Qatar, on May 5, 2018. Qatar is home to roughly 2.6 million people, but a tiny fraction of that — around 12% — are Qatari citizens. They enjoy massive wealth and benefits fueled by Qatar's shared control of one of the world's largest reserves of natural gas. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)$ $FILE- Workers leave their construction sites at the Msheireb Downtown Doha district in Doha, Qatar on April 23, 2019. Qatar is home to roughly 2.6 million people, but a tiny fraction of that — around 12% — are Qatari citizens. They enjoy massive wealth and benefits fueled by Qatar's shared control of one of the world's largest reserves of natural gas. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)$ $A port employee works at Hamad Port, about 25 kms south of Doha, Qatar on May 6, 2019. Qatar is home to roughly 2.6 million people, but a tiny fraction of that — around 12% — are Qatari citizens. They enjoy massive wealth and benefits fueled by Qatar's shared control of one of the world's largest reserves of natural gas. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)$ $FILE - This undated file photo shows a Qatari liquid natural gas (LNG) tanker ship being loaded up with LNG, made up mainly of methane, at Raslaffans Sea Port, northern Qatar. Qatar is home to roughly 2.6 million people, but a tiny fraction of that — around 12% — are Qatari citizens. They enjoy massive wealth and benefits fueled by Qatar's shared control of one of the world's largest reserves of natural gas. (AP Photo, File)$ $FILE - Two people talk at the Corniche waterfront promenade in Doha, Qatar on May 14, 2019. Qatar is home to roughly 2.6 million people, but a tiny fraction of that — around 12% — are Qatari citizens. They enjoy massive wealth and benefits fueled by Qatar's shared control of one of the world's largest reserves of natural gas. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)$