Data Vis Dispatch, May 30
Welcome back to the 95th 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 immigration, poaching, and elections in Spain.
Elections are always big news in the Data Vis Dispatch, and Spain's local elections this Sunday were no exception:
This week's U.S. focus was on right-wing politics, from anti-trans legislation to book bans to January 6 prosecutions:
And in short-term problems, a debt crisis still looms:
In Germany and the U.K., it's been a year of record immigration...
... in part due to refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine:
Three charts looked at housing prices, segregation, and social arrangements:
In environmental topics, it was a week for visualizing personal footprints...
... and illegal fishing and hunting:
Other charts and maps covered everything from declining press freedoms to shorter baseball games:
What else we found interesting
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