Browse a 3D map of the world’s 2.75 billion buildings

However, the open-source project isn’t about bragging rights. With over 2.75 billion buildings detailed in the map, the ...
Morning Overview on MSN

World’s oldest 3D map found in a cave, and it’s interactive

A set of mysterious grooves on a cave floor in France has turned out to be far more than abstract art. Archaeologists now ...
Map Pack on MSN

How 25 conflicts created the modern world map

From ancient empires to modern wars, these 25 pivotal conflicts explain how borders shifted, nations rose and fell, and the world map became what we recognize today. If you enjoyed this video, ...
Seattle magazine

Edge of the Map, Center of the World

Greenland: a crucial player in the Arctic chess game, where local culture meets global interests amidst changing climates.
Al Jazeera English

Where in the world are wealth and income most unequal?

The richest 10 percent of the world’s population now owns three-quarters of all personal wealth, according to the newly released World Inequality Report 2026. Income is not much different, where the ...
NDTV

World Children's Day 2025: Date, Theme, History, Significance And All You Need To Know

World Children's Day 2025: World Children's Day is celebrated annually on November 20 to promote international togetherness and awareness about children's rights and welfare. The date is significant ...
Al Jazeera English

Which teams are in the FIFA World Cup 2026, and who can still qualify?

Al Jazeera’s breakdown of the qualified teams, playoffs and shock omissions from the FIFA World Cup in North America. Curacao fans celebrated wildly as their team qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2026 ...
The Conversation

Secret Maps at the British Library reconsiders the lines that shape our world

Doug Specht does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
The Conversation

World maps get Africa’s size wrong: cartographers explain why fixing it matters

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...
The Washington Post

Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...
CNN

African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent’s true size

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...
Reuters

African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent's true size

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 ...