The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

Old rivalries, territorial disputes and new alliances are reshaping the conflict in Ethiopia’s north.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United Nations this month overwhelmingly approved a resolution encouraging the use of a world map projection that more ...

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Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new global map is intended to better represent the relative sizes of continents and ...

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

The most widely used global map is almost 500 years old and was designed for navigation. But landmasses near the poles look larger than their actual relative sizes, and those near the equator look muc ...

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

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