@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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itspottytime_
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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userut5b4pbigs
goyiwum :
the new map is wrong too...
2026-09-05 17:41:24
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thrillertime.yt
Thrillertime :
"its just a map" its missinformation
2026-09-05 17:25:28
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nin10dods
nin10doDS :
The un has much bigger problems to worry about than map projections
2026-09-05 17:14:50
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foxeye2233
Nicholas Salohcin :
the only 1 country against this change is USA
2026-09-05 17:24:32
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fazewolf5743ds
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Africa has bigger issues than this.
2026-09-05 17:33:03
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aloush_jbara
علي جبارة :
Who voted against 😭
2026-09-05 17:06:13
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voltyt70
Yung Jit 🌴🗣️🔥 :
But who measured this?
2026-09-06 02:38:53
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shahzaibq11
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
emis6c :
“the UN just voted to”
2026-09-05 17:40:36
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star_wolf71
Star_wolf :
What's the point? Is this really all the UN does?
2026-09-06 02:42:24
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ilovemywifetypeshit
TheEmperor :
If it’s so big why’s it still a 3rd world country?
2026-09-05 17:50:37
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dexkerzlo
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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gedistephens
gedistep :
But Obama did not change it until Trump
2026-09-06 02:47:24
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realforonce
realforonce :
who cares?
2026-09-05 19:58:24
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fo2shgg218
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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tonyvelazquez77
Tony Velazquez :
Africa, we always knew that Africa was one of the biggest continent
2026-09-05 20:47:53
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novaandstella
Stella&Nova :
USA voted no because of racism.
2026-09-06 02:44:50
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statenisland68
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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ferdinandochor1
Ferdinand :
Maybe Trump thinks that Greenland is that big
2026-09-05 19:53:38
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celestouillelagrenouille
Celestouille :
the fact only the US voted against, even North Korea voted for
2026-09-05 17:42:37
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blackcrowactual
Red 4 Sierra :
How does this help Africa ?
2026-09-05 18:04:28
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