Information can be beautiful... why not stunningly beautiful? I wanted to mesmerise and captivate hearts as well as minds, inviting people to watch and interact and uncover - and trying to breathe...
Our story, “Killings of Black Men by Whites are Far More Likely to be Ruled ‘Justifiable,’” tackles the complex issue of killings that do not result in any form of prosecution. “Justifiable...
Few people care about the situation in Yemen, and when it’s covered in the news it’s all about the war. But what is life really like for the people in Yemen?
The Yemen Polling Center is the only...
As Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, FiveThirtyEight looked for a way to visualize how long the road to recovery can take. New Yorker’s 3-1-1 calls since Hurricane Sandy showed us that the...
Today in the world there are 541 million young workers, accounting for over 15 per cent of the global labour force.
What does it mean to be young workers in 2018?
With 313 million workers...
The so-called refugee crisis puts the EU to the test and gives an impetus to extreme political currents. But how many refugees are we talking about? Where do they come from?
We elaborated a...
Trafficking of girls for sexual exploitation from Nigeria to Europe is one of the most difficult streams to fight. Italy is among the main destinations for this business. The phenomenon, however,...
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims fled to neighboring Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. The exodus was sparked by a fierce military response...
Funding Trends is a free and interactive web app visualising data to present key trends on donations from UK grantmakers and a dedicated dashboard for each funder. It uses a variety of...
Migration Trail follows the journeys of two fictional characters: David, from Nigeria and Sarah, from Syria. Their stories are told via maps, data visualisation and social media, in real time over...
This visualization project comissioned by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) shows flows of refugees and other persons of concern over time using an interactive StreamGraph. Clicking on a...
China has implemented a one-child policy since 1978. Every child is the support and hope of every Chinese family.
Lost children are common in china, and fortunately the situation is improving...
In February we released a project Our World in Data had been working on: SDG-Tracker.org, the first (and only, to date) resource where you can track our progress towards the United Nations...
This scroller piece invites users not just to see but also to feel the severity of income inequality in the US. With 1 pixel representing 1 dollar, the amount of scrolling required to earn what the...
Refugee Flow gathers data from multiple reliable sources to construct a compelling account on how persons become refugees. This project examines one of the direct fundamental causes of the global...
Violence Info is a collection of current, published scientific information on interpersonal violence. It provides information on the prevalence of violence, its consequences, risk factors,...
This piece is designed to celebrate the hard work, the dedication, and the collaboration around the world to end polio. We are so close to achieving polio eradication, and we can not give up now.
We developed a series of video/motion graphics for UNITAID, an international organisation that invests in innovations to prevent, diagnose and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria more quickly,...
Exodus is an Information-visualization that attempts to uncover the causalities behind the movement of refugees who have migrated from their homes to new lands, from the top 11 countries with a...
Homelessness is not acceptable. Not in 2018, and not in one of the richest countries in the world: the UK.
To raise public awareness of the issue and inspire people to engage with the solution,...
Article 19’s Expression Agenda metric reveals the state of freedom of expression internationally. The metric examines 350 aspects of democracy in 172 countries to provide an analysis that captures...
Climate change and global warming is suddenly very real when you take a look at this interactive map that brings together all the Earth’s natural disasters since year 2000. Flooding is a number one...
For most of the 12 million people living with disabilities in Iran, basic needs such as healthcare, education and transportation are inaccessible. One of the main reasons why is because Iran has...
The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2018 presents maps, charts, and stories related to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. It discusses trends, comparisons, and measurement issues...
In Iran, at least 28 prisoners held on politically motivated charges have died in state custody due to beatings, denial of medical care or gross negligence on the part of state authorities since...