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

UN to vote to adopt new, more accurate world map

The United Nations will vote Friday to adopt a new map of the world meant to make the countries appear more true to size than on the map we use today.

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

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UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true 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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U.N. approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa’s true size

The resolution promotes the Equal Earth projection as a more accurate representation of the world’s continents.

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India, 163 other nations back UN's 'Correct the World map' move; US opposes

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India votes in favour of UNGA resolution endorsing new world map

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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.

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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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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.

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

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday voted in favour of replacing the traditional world map with a version that more accurately reflects the size of Africa. A resolution entitled "Correct