The UN has endorsed a new world map using the Equal Earth projection. See how the map compares and why Africa gains the most relative size.

We were first introduced to the continents by flipping the pages of our geography textbooks, reading about their diverse countries, cultures, and traditions. As time went on, we swapped books for ...

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

LONDON/DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been refiled to clarify the number of AU member states in paragraph 3) The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments ...