WorldPingAs the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and wrong.
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WorldPing'Every corner of world but Bengal': State government's new tourism ad gets trolled — full report at Times of India.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Times of India
The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
WorldPingThe resolution also noted with “concern” that “this distortion contributes to minimising the perceived sizes of Africa, Latin America and South Asia, and perpetuating an unbalanced view of the world”…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
WorldPingThe Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - with the US as the only nation to vote against it.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by BBC News
WorldPingThe United Nations General Assembly has voted to endorse a new world map that shows Africa's large size more accurately…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by ABC News
WorldPingIf it wins an outright majority in Saxony-Anhalt, it would be the first time a far-right party has held state-level power in Germany since World War Two.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by BBC News
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