@cnn: The UN voted to swap the 16th century Mercator map for the more accurate Equal Earth projection. CNN’s Larry Madowo explains the difference between those maps, and why Africa’s size has been minimized for generations.
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Region: US
Saturday 05 September 2026 17:00:57 GMT
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Katie Fenske - It’s Potty Time :
Why the hell did US vote no? I am so embarrassed by my country.
2026-09-05 17:28:14
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goyiwum :
the new map is wrong too...
2026-09-05 17:41:24
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Thrillertime :
"its just a map" its missinformation
2026-09-05 17:25:28
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nin10doDS :
The un has much bigger problems to worry about than map projections
2026-09-05 17:14:50
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Nicholas Salohcin :
the only 1 country against this change is USA
2026-09-05 17:24:32
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. :
Africa has bigger issues than this.
2026-09-05 17:33:03
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علي جبارة :
Who voted against 😭
2026-09-05 17:06:13
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Yung Jit 🌴🗣️🔥 :
But who measured this?
2026-09-06 02:38:53
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shahzaibq :
The US votes and vetoes in the UN have been an embarrassment for a while now.
2026-09-05 17:38:19
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emis6c :
“the UN just voted to”
2026-09-05 17:40:36
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Star_wolf :
What's the point? Is this really all the UN does?
2026-09-06 02:42:24
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TheEmperor :
If it’s so big why’s it still a 3rd world country?
2026-09-05 17:50:37
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redruM :
all maps are wrong. You can’t project a sphere onto a flat plane without distorting it
2026-09-05 17:37:44
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gedistep :
But Obama did not change it until Trump
2026-09-06 02:47:24
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realforonce :
who cares?
2026-09-05 19:58:24
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Fo2sh🇪🇬 :
the old one is better ngl the countries looks clean but the new one made canada europe and Russia look very wierd
2026-09-05 20:44:37
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Tony Velazquez :
Africa, we always knew that Africa was one of the biggest continent
2026-09-05 20:47:53
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Stella&Nova :
USA voted no because of racism.
2026-09-06 02:44:50
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Yankees1903 :
Wow, this is what the UN is discussing… must be no conflicts around the world…
2026-09-05 20:20:29
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Ferdinand :
Maybe Trump thinks that Greenland is that big
2026-09-05 19:53:38
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Celestouille :
the fact only the US voted against, even North Korea voted for
2026-09-05 17:42:37
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Red 4 Sierra :
How does this help Africa ?
2026-09-05 18:04:28
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