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UN votes to adopt new world map showing Africa's true size

UN to vote on adopting new world map that shows countries’ true size

The UN general assembly is due to vote on a resolution calling for the world to move away from the traditional Mercator map, which shrinks the size of Africa and exaggerates northern landmasses, in fa...

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Why Africa Looks Bigger On The UN’s New World Map — And Why The US Voted No

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UN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different

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India backs UN ‘Correct the Map’ resolution; diplomat says ‘no specific projection’ endorsement

The UN General Assembly adopted the “Correct the Map” resolution with 164 votes in favour, one against and six abstentions, backing wider use of equal-area projections such as “Equal Earth” to address...

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U.N. approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa’s true size

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U.N. Endorses Map That Accurately Shows the Size of Africa

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The World Just Got A New Map: UN Votes To Redraw Continents To Reflect Their True Size

The resolution was backed by 164 countries while the United States voted against it and six other states abstained.

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U.N. Approves African Proposal for a New World Map

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UN votes to adopt new world map that shows true size of all countries

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What different world maps get right - and what they get wrong

As 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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UN to vote on adopting new map that would make our world look very different

The United Nations General Assembly is voting Friday on whether to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong.

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VN stemt over grote wijziging van de wereldkaart zoals wij ze kennen

Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding van Togo met steun van de Afrikaanse Unie bij de VN.

UN votes to adopt new world map showing Africa's true size

What different world maps get right - and what they get wrong

UN to vote on adopting new map that would make our world look very different

VN stemt over grote wijziging van de wereldkaart zoals wij ze kennen

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