Map of the Day: What Countries Have Ratified The Paris Climate Agreement? Mark Leon Goldberg September 14, 2016 Today's map comes from the World Resources Institute, which runs the ever helpful "Paris Agreement Tracker" that shows which countries, to data, have signed and ratified the Paris Climate Agreement which was adopted last year. The Paris Agreement is the wor...
Map of the Day: Where and How the USA Will Spend Foreign Aid in 2017 Mark Leon Goldberg August 18, 2016 Today's map comes from the new ForeignAssistance.gov website. It is a fascinating data visualization of planned global development and foreign assistance spending for the Fiscal Year 2017. The entire website is worth your time to peruse. Here are a few high...
3 Maps of that Explain Cancer’s Global Burden Mark Leon Goldberg February 4, 2016 It's World Cancer Day. So, let's talk about cancer! The first two maps come via PRI's The World. It shows the number of new cancer cases, annually per 100,000 people. Darker green indicates more cases. As you can see, the USA is still a global leader...
Infographic of the Day: The World’s Most Neglected Humanitarian Emergencies Mark Leon Goldberg August 5, 2015 Today's map comes from a UN entity called the Central Emergency Response Fund. It shows where some $70 million of funding for humanitarian relief operations were disbursed today. These eight emergencies are not necessarily the biggest in the w...
Map of the Day: The Most Peaceful Country in the World Is… Mark Leon Goldberg June 29, 2015 Today's map comes from the Global Peace Index, released by the Institute for Economics and Peace last week. The index is a combination of 23 indicators which taken together offer a useful way to compare the levels of peace across countries. "P...
Map of the Day: Hungry and Displaced in South Sudan Mark Leon Goldberg June 10, 2015 This map, from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, succinctly shows the number people displaced by fighting in South Sudan and where they have fled. There is a deeper story to this map. Over the last four weeks, fighting has i...
Map of the Day: Can Sierra Leone Kick Ebola? Mark Leon Goldberg June 3, 2015 Today's map comes from the World Health Organization. It shows the number of days each district of Sierra Leone has gone since the last reported case of ebola. The magic number here is 42. This is double the 21 day incubation period of ebola. It is the ...
Map of the Day: Where People Go Hungry Mark Leon Goldberg May 27, 2015 Today's map comes from the Fresh-out-the-Oven State of Food Insecurity report, a flagship publication by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. It's shows something pretty remarkable: global hunger rates and the prevalence of malnutrition are at the...
Map of the Day: Maritime Crisis in the Andaman Sea Mark Leon Goldberg May 26, 2015 Today's map comes from the International Organization for Migration. It offers a detailed visualization of migration routes traveled by Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh in risky sea voyages. The IOM released this map today as part of a ...
