629,000 girls (aged 0–6 years) are estimated to be missing in India every year. The majority of them are aborted, others are killed, abandoned or neglected to death just because they are girls....
After blowing the whistle on waste, fraud and abuse within the NSA, Thomas Drake was charged under the Espionage Act by the Obama Administration. This interactive short documentary tells his...
The Colorado River — the most important water source for 40 million people in the West — is draining. For a century, seven states engineered ways to wring ever more water from the river, defying...
The Guardian began investigating Homan Square, a secretive Chicago police warehouse, in February 2015. After launching a transparency lawsuit, the Guardian has forced the Chicago police...
In US presidential primaries, endorsements have been among the best predictors of which candidates will succeed and which will fail. This visualisation keeps track.
It's evening rush hour near MacArthur Park, and the streets teem with activity.
Crowds pack the crosswalks, weaving around cars that nose through to make right turns. Men pull food carts and...
I have always loved Disney and Pixar movies, growing up with classics like Toy Story and Finding Nemo. Watching these as a girl, I was mostly oblivious to the similarities between women characters....
Rents are on the rise in Berlin, and the reasons are manifold. Online portals of the so-called “sharing economy”, such as Airbnb, are marketing to tourists and have proven to be a profitable...
The rates of demographic change in New Orleans reveal something surprising about the future of the place: As the large-scale return of population to the New Orleans area has tapered, pre-existing...
This website allows the user to explore the data around the migrant crisis in Europe, including the routes, the fatalities, and the response of the different European countries.
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Looking back, we know quite a bit about who has been put to death in the United States. We know that the last person to be executed was Jerry William Correll, who died five days ago by lethal...
Independent scientists from academia and government considered the research on red meat for six months before meeting for a week in Lyon, France, to render a decision. The panel included...
The UK’s electricity generating sites and sub-sea interconnectors. Only currently operating sites of 1 megawatt (MW) capacity or larger are included. The size of the circles is proportional to site...
Why hasn’t wealth inequality improved over the past 50 years? And why, in particular, has the racial wealth gap not closed? These nine charts illustrate how income inequality, earnings gaps,...
Criminal sentencing has long been based on the present crime and, sometimes, the defendant’s past criminal record. In Pennsylvania, judges could soon consider a new dimension: the...
Looking at six big issues—interracial marriage, prohibition, women’s suffrage, abortion, same-sex marriage, and recreational marijuana — this visualisation shows how this has happened in the...
When it comes to the new vehicles people buy in America, the story is all about light-trucks—the broad category that includes pickups, SUVs, crossovers, and minivans. As the economy gains strength...
What to study in Costa Rica? Would it be worth investing in that career? Are there openings in that field in local market? How much can you earn at companies in that country? Are there many people...
Left Behind is the latest in a series of campaign-oriented data products created for UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Launched to coincide with International Women's Day 2015, Left Behind allows...
Coal and natural gas are the most common sources for electricity in the country, but coal represents a declining share. The new Clean Power Plan seeks to accelerate that trend by requiring...
“I am sorry to say that with the importation of what will be tens of thousands of drones, by both U.S. military and by commercial interests, into U.S. airspace, with a specific mandate to engage in...
A graphics and data-rich profile of the man who creates the Madden Ratings, the numerical grades used in EA Sports' Madden NFL football videogame franchise.
Published by...
The M29 bus route cuts straight through Berlin. It starts in the villa districts in the west of the city, passes through the troubled inner city areas, and ends in Berlin’s trendiest districts....
Elephant ivory is now a key source of funding for armed groups in central Africa like the Lord’s Resistance Army. National Geographic commissioned the creation of artificial tusks with hidden GPS...