Based on data from the UN Refugee Agency, approximately 4.4 million asylum applications were submitted to 44 industrialized countries between 2013 and 2016. The map below shows the flow of these asylum seekers from their country of origin to...
Have you ever sat on a beach and wondered what’s across the ocean? If you think you can figure out the answer just by looking at a map, read on. You may be surprised. I was. To ask the...
Half the world’s population lives in the yellow. The other half lives in the black. This map was created using gridded population data compiled by NASA. Whereas populations are typically broken down by geographic regions such as countries or states, gridded population data divides the world...
In the U.S., Santa Claus comes every December 24th from the North Pole, to bring presents for the good children and coal for those that have been naughty. In the Netherlands, the tradition is slightly different. The gift bringer is...