Water doesn’t respect borders. Globally, 263 lakes and rivers are shared between at least two countries, according to the United Nations. Of the 195 states in the world, 145 have at least one of...

The Washington Post’s in-house creative agency WP BrandStudio and Bank of America partnered to produce a year-long series showcasing how responsible growth strategies are helping customers and...

It's not a hoax, a myth, or a conspiracy among scienctists. As we argue about the path we take, let's recall the facts that compel the journey.

Search popularity, or how frequently a term is searched in proportion to all other queries for a given location, can reveal what excites or interests the underlying population. This...

The Global Innovation Index provides an innovation ranking for 130 economies. It is a leading reference for innovation and a tool for action for most economies. The UAE ranked 33rd in 2021’s...

Using Tableau and Mapbox to map 100 years of Platypus sightings in Tasmania. This map highlights where further areas of protection are needed to help protect this wonderful species.

This visualization is a modified version of Chernoff Faces, a technique that maps multiple statistical values to the features of a face. Because it's 2017, we expanded on the technique and made...

The most diverse group of organisms on the planet are in trouble, with recent research suggesting insect populations are declining at an unprecedented rate. Amid deforestation, pesticide use,...

This map shows the many places mentioned in interviews with Anna Patipa and Jacob Brodman, two Holocaust survivors. You can follow the sequence of places in their accounts by noting the number of...

With climate change raising Arctic temperatures faster than the global average, wildfires are shifting poleward where the flames blaze through boreal forest and tundra and release vast amounts of...

Using Tableau and Mapbox to create a map of bioluminescent species found on land and in the oceans on the east coast of Australia.

In the Netherlands there is a dataset available containing outlines of buildings and their (assumed) construction date. This animation shows how urban development sped up significantly after the...

Treepedia measures the canopy cover in cities. Rather than count the individual number of trees, we’ve developed a scaleable and universally applicable method by analyzing the amount of green...

The Emotional Geography series is the result of Alocci’s extensive travels over the past years, as wherever she visits she records the world around her. This documentation has evolved into a...

When I close my eyes and visualize Hyderabad, what emerges in my mind's eye? Which landmarks, streets, or corners resonate with my memories? What sights, sounds, and emotions epitomise the...

Art Off the Rails is an interactive look at public art scattered across MTA NYC Transit stations. This map shows how art is entwined into the everyday commutes of New Yorkers. Each station appears...

Across the US the amount households earn varies significantly state to state.

In summer 2016, there were a series of massive floods in China, affecting more than ten million people and killing thousands across the country. In some regions of northern China, the loss was...

What makes a great city? Is it political stability? Low crime rates? Access to education or healthcare? We took one metric, looking at how easy it is for people to move within cities. We calculated...

Custom Polygon Calendar featuring weather data for Tavares, Florida. Each square is split into two segments featuring the high and low temperature. More details are surfaced when a user hovers over...

The Everglades, a world-heritage site and largest wetland on the East coast of the United States is not only home to many endangered species but is also a primary source of drinking water for 8...

In my climate series, I explore three critical environmental themes—water, ice, and fire—each symbolizing the escalating effects of climate change. This collection addresses one of the most...

Wildfires in Bloom is a data story that will take readers on a journey of wildfires, revealing surprising facts through interactive visuals. The narrative will challenge the stereotype of fire...

A data visualization that presents the global distribution, across continents and countries, of minerals using the periodic table of elements. There is strong competition among producing...

President Trump’s business entanglements continue to leave him with positions, assets, trademarks and other business interests in more than 30 countries. We mapped them out using data from personal...

This project translates a bird's migration journey from South Arabian Peninsula to North Asia into a series of map images in traditional East Asian landscape painting style with haiku poems...

During winter 2022-2023 California experienced record snowfall, with some areas receiving over 20m (65ft). This map illustrates this snowfall thematically using 50 sq km hex-bins that each show the...

"Spain lives in flats" is an innovative and interactive journalistic project by elDiario.es that analyzes the footprint of more than 12 million buildings to map the height of Spanish cities in 3D...

This deeply researched piece debunks the popular myth of the Northern route becoming a global shipping artery through the Arctic. Detailed shipping, bathymetric and ice coverage data, presented in...

This data visualization explores the main milestones in the quest to summit the tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. Over the decades this pursuit has become synonymous with our...