The best of last week’s big and small data visualizations
Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
Welcome back to the 21st 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 deforestation, cities and housing, and the Virginia governor's race.
It was another big week in data vis for the climate and environment. These maps and charts put the spotlight on deforestation:
These charts visualized wars past, present, and hopefully-not-future, with a special feature from the The Courier in Dundee on the victims of WWI:
The Courier: The 6,089 Dundee WW1 victims: Search their names, ages, ranks and addressesNathan Ruser: "With indications that the Tigray Defense Force (+ allies) is closing in on Addis Ababa following their capture of Dessie, this graph shows a profile of territorial control along the Eritrea-Addis Ababa road. Ethiopian forces have lost control of 715km of the road since June," November 3 (Tweet)Reuters: T-DAY: The Battle for Taiwan, November 5
Other charts covered social and economic topics from fertility treatments to primary education to unemployment — plus a revisit to the volcanic eruption on La Palma:
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