Data Vis Dispatch, October 21: Jewelry heist, bird migration, and the music industry

This week, we begin with visualizations capturing a truly unusual event: a jewelry heist at the Louvre museum in Paris.

Apart from the museum break in, the country also grapples with instability and quick turnover in the French government.

In the meantime, with the situation on the ground mostly unchanged, Ukraine explore ways to attack Russia in its territory.

China maintains its global influence, from shipping ports to power plants.

Some parts of the United States are more affected by issues like funding cuts and drug overdose than others.

Meanwhile, U.S. cities are dealing with the dangers of floods, the coast of the Amazon is threatened by new oil drilling licenses, and fashion brands hide their climate impact, as the world reaches its first climate tipping point.

From bird migration to the changing skies, our natural world is worth protecting.

When humans hop on bicycles, they overtake horses and salmons as the most efficient travellers. But what if they want to take the subway in Buenos Aires, or launch into outer space?

The music industry presents us with two dilemmas this week: plastic waste from Kpop albums, and the inflation-adjusted value of 50 Cent.

On a more serious note, the changing nature of social media coincided with, and possibly contributed to, the rise of the manosphere.

Other notable visualizations of the week cover German billionaires and female Nobel laureates.