Get ready for a long Dispatch this week — Sunday was a general election in Spain ! There were trackers and maps of the overall results:
El País: Elecciones Generales 2023 , July 20 El Confidencial: Resultados elecciones generales 23J , July 24 The New York Times: Resultados de las elecciones generales de España , July 23 elDiario: Los resultados de las elecciones generales del 23J, municipio a municipio , July 23 El Confidencial: Los resultados de las elecciones generales en España, calle a calle , July 24 There was the question of overall ideological swing :
El País: Datos y gráficos para entender el 23-J: Cataluña, el voto exterior y una vuelta a 2019 , July 25 elDiario: De izquierda o derecha: los resultados del 23J por bloques ideológicos, municipio a municipio , July 23 El País: ¿Quién va a ganar las elecciones? Esto dicen las encuestas , July 19 There were predictions, and later analyses, of viable coalition outcomes:
El País: La victoria de la izquierda y otras sorpresas posibles, según las encuestas , July 22 The New York Times: Resultados de las elecciones generales de España , July 23 Spanish voters belong to geographical constituencies, which brings up the issue of strategic and "wasted" votes :
El País: Los escaños más disputados y en juego en cada provincia , July 23 elDiario: La batalla por el último escaño de cada provincia, en directo: quién puede ganar un diputado y quién lo pierde , July 23 El Confidencial: La batalla por el último escaño: el escrutinio, en directo , July 23 El País: ¿Voto estratégico? Los escaños en juego en cada provincia según las encuestas , July 21 elDiario: Los votos perdidos: Sumar es el partido más perjudicado por el sistema electoral con 600.000 votos sin representación , July 23 And we already saw some early analyses of voting behavior :
elDiario: La demografía del 23J: así vota cada grupo social en las elecciones generales , July 23 El Confidencial: La participación en cada municipio: consulta si ha subido o bajado en tu ciudad , July 23 elDiario: Votantes infieles: cómo han cambiado de partido quienes apoyaron a PSOE, PP, Unidas Podemos, Vox y Cs en 2019 , July 20 In slightly less important news, "Barbie ." Also "Oppenheimer ":
The New York Times: ‘Barbie’ Box Office to the World: The Pandemic Is Officially Over , July 23 The Washington Post: What Barbie’s many careers say about feminism and American girlhood , July 20 The Washington Post: Only 19 U.S. theaters will show ‘Oppenheimer’ in 70mm Imax. It’s epic , July 20 The Washington Post: ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ tell the same terrifying story , July 19 Meanwhile — it's hot. We saw several great maps tackle the problem of showing a heat crisis that's happening almost all around the world at once :
The Wall Street Journal: The World Bakes Under Extreme Heat , July 19 El País: Calor extremo y global: crónica de los días más tórridos del planeta , July 22 The Washington Post: Inside the most extreme heat wave the Southern U.S. has faced , July 21 Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. Steven Bernard / Financial Times: "NEW: This week's climate graphic focuses on the extreme heat over the US, southern Europe and China, caused by the 'wavenumber 5' jet stream pattern and heat domes. First time combining two data sets in one animation Read @CamillaHodgson's report," July 20 (Tweet , Article ) The New York Times: Tracking Heat Across the World , July 19 Financial Times: What we get wrong when we talk about global warming , July 21 Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. CBC News: How hot and humid will your city be in the future? , July 18 Financial Times: How will global warming affect the crops that we grow? , July 20 Lots of places are dangerously hot; only some of them are actually on fire :
Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. Reuters: Canadian wildfires burning land at record pace , July 24 The New York Times: How Canada’s Record Wildfires Got So Bad, So Fast , July 18 Ok, back to fun stuff. Sporting events this week included the Women's World Cup, the Tour de France , and a multimodal, journalists-only race from Philadelphia to the Jersey Shore :
The New York Times: Why U.S. Players Will Get the Most Prize Money, Even if They Lose , July 21 Le Monde: Le Tour de France Femmes 2023 commence ce dimanche, voici les moments forts à ne pas rater , July 24 Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. The New York Times: Watch Amateurs Race Against the Tour de France’s Top Climbers (Sort Of) , July 23 Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. The Philadelphia Inquirer: The Race to the Shore , July 18 College admissions in America remain a hot topic:
Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. The New York Times: Study of Elite College Admissions Data Suggests Being Very Rich Is Its Own Qualification , July 24 Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. The San Francisco Chronicle: These charts show which Californians go to the most selective colleges , July 21 And this week's data news from Ukraine focused on land mines and weapon stocks :
The Washington Post: Ukraine is now the most mined country. It will take decades to make safe , July 22 The Economist: Could Ukraine’s allies be sending it more weapons? , July 20 Purple was this week's color for charts:
The Washington Post: The yarn crafts most likely to fail by season and type , July 20 CNN: United States tops 400 mass shootings in 2023 , July 24 Frankfurter Allgemeine: Deutschlands Wohnungsnot , July 24 Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. The Pudding: Women are superstars on stage, but still rarely get to write , July 20 And other maps covered everything from the danger of an oil spill in the Red Sea to broken promises in New York real estate :
Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. The Wall Street Journal: The Race to Avert an Oil Spill That Could Cost $20 Billion to Fix , July 23 Folha de S.Paulo: Veja as taxas dos principais registros de crimes em seu estado , July 20 Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. The New York Times: New Yorkers Got Broken Promises. Developers Got 20 Million Sq. Ft. , July 21