The best of last week’s big and small data visualizations
Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
Welcome back to the 33rd edition of Data Vis Dispatch! Every week, we’ll be publishing a collection of the best small and large data visualizations we find, especially from news organizations — to celebrate data journalism, data visualization, simple charts, elaborate maps, and their creators.
Recurring topics this week include global democracy, secondary effects of the pandemic, and the possibility of an invasion of Ukraine.
Russia's military buildup around Ukraine dominated maps again this week:
Other maps showed the routes of a possible invasion, Ukraine's existing internal displacement crisis, and the continuing flow of Russian oil into Europe:
The Winter Olympics were somewhat overshadowed, but still made for a second great week of charts. (Scroll down to "What else we found interesting" for more Olympics-related visuals!)
Krisztina Szűcs: "New project! Biathlon is always super fun to watch and I love how rankings can change any second. I visualized how athletes miss shots and shift positions in rankings," February 14 (Tweet)The Washington Post: How Yuzuru Hanyu nearly landed a quadruple axel, February 10Krisztina Szűcs: "Men's ice hockey match results are coming!" February 10 (Tweet)The Economist: How to detect nationalism in winter-sport judges, February 12
Several COVID charts this week compared different countries' pandemic policies and outcomes:
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