The U.S. has a long history of droughts that have impacted humans and ecosystems. But in the last 100 years, five periods of drought stand out in their effects on agriculture, wildfires, and...

The data visualization provides an overview on countries' vulnerability to modern slavery and the prevalence of slavery based on the 2023 Global Slavery Index created by Walk Free, an international...

WAKE UP: THE TRAGEDY OF US SCHOOL SHOOTINGS It is a powerful exploration of the devastating impact of school shootings in the United States. Through heartfelt storytelling and data-driven...

The visualization of UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4: Quality Education presents an intricate analytical framework examining educational systems through complex science and systems...

Texty.org.ua explores the transformation of the Dnipro River's landscape in Ukraine after the construction of six major reservoirs, which submerged 230 villages. The authors reconstruct the old...

This visualization highlights the progress made in prohibiting and preventing torture over the past 40 years since the adoption of the Convention Against Torture by the United Nations in...

Business Insider chose a visually immersive approach to highlight the visceral and deeply human consequences of the arduous journey a prisoner’s claim of cruel and unusual punishment entails before...

This study shows the magnitude of internal migration in Turkey since 2018 and its distribution across cities. It is also possible to examine the reasons for migration in each city and its changes...

Hong Kong is a city well known for its housing and space scarcity crisis affecting all its residents. But for the migrant domestic helpers living there, their socioeconomic and citizenship status...

The article on the asylum situation in Hong Kong was crafted with the intent of shedding light on the struggles faced by asylum seekers in the city. By sharing personal accounts, it seeks to evoke...

In the Zamzam displaced persons camp, children were dying for months before it was found to be in famine. Here’s how the world’s hunger monitoring-and-response system is supposed to work – and why...

SocialMap is an interactive platform that aggregates public data on education, health, and security in Brazil in one accessible place. Designed for both policymakers and the general public, it...

Natural disasters—from earthquakes and storms to floods and droughts—claim thousands of lives each year, though improved systems and responses have drastically reduced fatalities over time. This...

The statements "𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙛 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨," "𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙛," and "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙛, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠" reinforce misconceptions about the deaf community, portraying them as unaware or ignorant, which is far...

The Data Futures Exchange (DFx) is a global resource to empower decision-makers with state-of-the-art data and insights for a transformative impact. An open-source data innovation, the DFx connects...

‘Journeys of Resilience’ is an interactive story that maps the experiences of refugees from Ukraine, their challenges, needs, and support received. It traces their journeys crossing back into...

This visualization highlights the security risks faced by aid workers globally, drawing on data from the Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD). It examines 7,852 recorded incidents over nearly three...

Child abandonment is a pressing issue that continues to impact societies worldwide, and India is no exception. This Gigamap presents a systemic study conducted to comprehend the complex dynamics...

A project exploring income inequality in countries through the Palma Ratio, represented with an experimental tangible visualization, transforming income disparity into engaging narratives to...

The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center (ABC) for Human Rights in Iran had amassed detailed records of hundreds of extrajudicial killings, assassination attempts, and death threats carried out by Iranian...

Gender-based psychological violence remains a pervasive violation of human rights. The project investigates psychological violence, highlighting its devastating impact on victims and social...

“Pathways for Girls in Africa” is a storytelling that visualizes data on adolescent girls in Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting key indicators like education, employment, and early marriage to...

Supported entirely through volunteers in the data viz community, Viz for Social Good endeavors to create informative and impactful data visualizations for mission-driven organizations globally. In...

As of December 2024, more than 70,000 dead or missing human beings have been documented by the Missing Migrants Project of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) since 2014. The actual...

This interactive data visualization aims to leverage historical data to demonstrate the impact of redlining and increasing climate hazards on black populations and properties in the southern United...

The Human Development Index (HDI) Spectrum dashboard analyzes global HDI rankings (2021–2022) across GNI per capita, life expectancy, and education. It highlights top performers like Switzerland...

The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) of Switzerland publishes an annual digital migration report, providing a comprehensive overview of migration trends based on statistical data. In 2023, the...

The Olympic Games are celebrated worldwide as a dazzling spectacle of athleticism, unity, and international cooperation. However, behind the scenes lies a less visible narrative: the profound...

Data visualization comes with the risk of presenting a neat and authoritative picture of a reality that’s actually messy and uncertain. In my work as a Research Professor, I have to deal with...

A website to promote data use in the effort to eliminate child marriage. Designed and developed by DDS in partnership with UNICEF on behalf of the Child Marriage Monitoring Mechanism.