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

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

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

IFLScience on MSN · 4h

The UN voted to adopt a new world map that shows Africa at its true size – the US voted against it

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‘Radical’: U.S. rejects U.N.-adopted world map adjusting Africa’s size

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An old geopolitical distortion corrected

The United Nations has adopted the Equal Earth projection, correcting centuries of map distortion.

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UN-backed proposed world map must depict J-K, Ladakh as per India's official map: MEA

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UN map resolution explained: Why India voted yes but rejected any change to J&K, Ladakh depiction

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UN Wants To ‘Correct The World Map’: Why India Voted Yes, But Issued A Strong J&K, Ladakh Warning

MEA also made clear that India’s sovereign territory, including the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, must be shown according to the country’s official map.

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India Supports UN World Map Resolution But Calls Out Inaccurate Jammu & Kashmir Depiction

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India Backs UN World Map Resolution, Warns Against ‘Inaccurate’ Depiction Of J-K, Ladakh

Al Jazeera on MSN

Can you guess the real size of each country on the new world map?

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

Daily Mail on MSN

Australia gets a new shape in world map - as debate erupts over controversial changes

Australia has been given a new shape. What do you think of the change?

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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.

Al Jazeera on MSN

UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size

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