The UN has endorsed a new world map using the Equal Earth projection. See how the map compares and why Africa gains the most relative size.

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true size relative to one another, unlike the centuries-old Mercator map, which ...

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world.

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true ...

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger ...

The UN resolution instead endorses use of the Equal Earth projection, which better shows the relative sizes of land masses.

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.

The U.N. voted to endorse a new world map called "Equal Earth" that more accurately depicts the size of continents.

The UN General Assembly voted to back the Equal Earth cartographic projection in a bid to provide what it described as a ...

The UN resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by the 55-member African Union, passed with 164 member states in favor.