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How the first world war changed the world ON JULY 28th 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, beginning the first world war. In the following four...

Visualised in graphs I am presenting the long-term data on how we are changing our world. This is the Empirical View on How We Are Making Our World a Better Place. Topic by topic I cover the decline of violence and the increase of tolerance and political rights. Improving living standards, health and well-being; population changes and associated success in preserving our environment. Increasing knowledge about our word and spreading education.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared West Africa's Ebola outbreak an international health emergency, and called for global "solidarity" in the fight to stop the spread of the virus which has now claimed close to a thousand lives.

Street photographer Brandon Stanton is visiting 11 countries with the UN to raise awareness of the millennium development goals

From Africa and Asia to Latin America and the Near East, there are 870 million people in the world who do not get enough food to lead a healthy, productive life. The Hunger Map provides invaluable information that helps professionals, schools, and the general public understand more about the biggest single risk to global health.

World Bank site explaining the use of GIS in its work.

Cartograms - The world as you have never seen it before.

As leaders of nearly 50 African countries gather in Washington to explore the economic potential of the continent, we look at the current state of Africa and its people.

Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact-based world.

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Residents of camps in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region photographed in 2007 explain how their lives have changed seven years on.