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Data visualizations & information graphics by David McCandless. Plus favourite finds & graphics from around the web. Making sense of the world - well, trying to - since 2009. https://linktr.ee/infobeautiful
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Interesting reframing. Cost of aid to #ukraine in cups of coffee per month. (by @topleadEU)

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A spot in the Gurbantünggüt Desert approximately 320 km (200 mi) north of the city of Ürümqi, in Xinjiang region, China, is (likely) the farthest point in the world from any coast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Continental_poles_of_inaccessibility

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Smallest nation in the world - Vatican City, compared to Central Park, NYC (by reddit user: u/randomcharacters42)

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Being forced to repost this. What are you angling at exactly? creator: unknown (but genius)

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It was close (by Reddit user: u/ptrdo) https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1hsd6dc/oc_margins_of_the_us_presidential_election_2024/

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Didn't realise that about the east coast... Topographical map of Australia https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1lzfQMtJi/ by @cstats1 via Instagram user: @discover_our_planet_

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Just to flesh out other narratives flying around. Both the USA and Europe have given around the same amount of military aid to #Ukraine... (source: @kielinstitute Ukraine Support Tracker)

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Christopher Nolan's hand-drawn map of Inception

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Interesting interactive visualisation of the weight of all the bacteria, fungi, humans etc on the Earth https://biocubes.net/ (by @JohnsHopkins University)

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Looking forward to judging this year’s #IIBAwards again!

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Africa population density - very revealing map. 110m people in Egypt, 117m in Ethiopia, Nigeria 227m! (via reddit)

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https://www.instagram.com/the.world.in.maps/p/DE6xYNWM3dl/ by Instagram user: @the.world.in.maps

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One flight, two map projections

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Start the week with a random chart from our Beautiful News project - visualizing the amazing progressive & positive things happening around the world. Click the link for a random visual: https://informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnews/random

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South America is BIG by @amazingmap

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Love a revealing cut-away! (from a London Transport Museum poster by Gavin Dunn)

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Some context for numbers you might currently see in headlines (source: New York Times)

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The freedom to express your sexuality is now legal in 127 countries.

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Are love songs dying? A timely analysis from @thepudding https://pudding.cool/2024/11/love-songs/

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Be careful valentines!

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Certainty in English. Helpful reference. by Threads user: @jackalexanderenglish https://www.threads.net/@jackalexanderenglish/post/DDbz33rIpZ1

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Average age of deaths reported in New York Times obituaries. A substantial no. of celebs died prematurely in 2016 (Bowie, Prince, George Michael, Carrie Fisher et al) (by Reddit user: u/logisticitech)

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Learn how to turn ideas, stories, numbers into impactful #infographics & data-visuals with Information is Beautiful. Details: https://bit.ly/IIBWAB 2 x virtual half days: 11th & 12th Mar 🇺🇸 USA in-person LDN 🇬🇧 28th Apr Reviews: https://geni.us/WABreviews

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Counter-intuitive but apparently correct. LDN sports an oceanic climate with regular drizzle so it feels more QUALITATIVELY 'rainy'. But other regions suffer more intense bouts of thunderstorms & rainfall esp. which creates more QUANTITY of actual rain water (by Instagram user @loverofgeography)

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All things must pass... except perhaps Reddit. (by @chartrdaily)

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Fascinating evolution and migration of the word "kitchen" from the latin word "cocina" and all other variants. (by Reddit user: u/LlST- )

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This feels true... by Instagram user @beckybarnicomics https://www.instagram.com/p/DFXYUJatjBV

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Not sure about "cold shower" but these seem like intuitive fixes... (Creator: unknown)

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Still a chance to join our next Create Impactful #Infographics training tomorrow 2x half days: 11th & 12th Feb 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇦🇺 UK/EU/AUS Deets: https://bit.ly/IIBWAB Reviews: https://geni.us/WABreviews

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INTRODUCING: our new online store where you can buy high-quality art prints of our most popular infographics & visualisations https://bit.ly/IIBStore

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The only correct way to divide Europe, apparently (by Reddit user: garis53)

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Think there might be some truth in this matrix... (creator: unknown)

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The richest person on the planet. Nearly half a trillion in assets 🚗🚀 As of 1st Feb 2025 (source: Bloomberg)

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The lethal doses of 55 substances...

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It's fun to learn how to create impactful #infographics & data-visuals like this. 2 x virtual half days: 11th & 12th Feb 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇦🇺 UK/EU/AUS 11th & 12th Mar 🇺🇸 USA in-person LDN 28th Apr Details https://geni.us/WAB2024 Reviews https://geni.us/WABreviews

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Australia is BIG (via reddit)

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Happy 15th birthday to my beautiful book. Released today 4th Feb 2009. Just marking the occasion 🍾🍾 Thank you if you ever invested in a copy. It changed my world. Maybe it touched yours? :)

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Consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs). WTF UK? (via @Guardian)

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What are you angling at exactly? creator: unknown (but genius)

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CLOSING TODAY! The Information is Beautiful Awards close today. Enter your #dataviz or #infographic work for a chance to win from a $20,000 prize pot https://bit.ly/IIBAwardsOpen

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The Greek God Family Tree by Korwin Briggs https://veritablehokum.com/

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WARNING! This image may trigger PINSecurity. From an analysis of 3.4m PIN code leaked from several data breaches https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/most-common-pin-codes/

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