Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true ...

None of these victims fit the story Washington tells about South Africa. Since 2025, the Trump administration has run a ...

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look ...

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world.

Mercator maps distorted Africa for centuries. A U.N. vote asks the world to see the continent closer to its actual size. The U.S. was lone 'no' vote.

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.

The U.S. was the only country to not support a United Nations resolution adjusting the appearance of Africa and other regions on world maps. The body passed the “Correct the Map” initiative by a ...

Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.

A new map of the world rescales the size of Africa and calls into question our perception of land, power and influence This month, the UN passed a resolution, brought to the assembly by Togo, to phase ...