@metrouk: The world map you grew up with could soon look very different… The UN General Assembly has backed a resolution calling for maps that more accurately represent the true size of continents, with 164 countries voting in favour. The US was the only country to vote against it while six other countries abstained from voting. The Equal Earth projection, created in 2018, is being promoted as a more accurate alternative because it preserves the relative area of continents. The vote is non-binding, but supporters say changing how we represent the world could also change how we perceive it. As Togo’s foreign minister put it: “A fair world begins with a fair map.” 🌍 #WorldMap #Africa #MercatorMap #EqualEarth #UN
and even then africa was no match for the power of Asia and europe
2026-09-07 17:24:53
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Jman33 :
Why would the US vote against this?
2026-09-07 21:51:45
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Ghostie :
This map just puts Africa in the center and warps the more northern countries, this is what they proposed to the UN? Not the fact that the entirety of the continent has the lowest GDP per capita? (Obv excluding Antarctica) I get it, Africa is a big boy, a map is the least of their worries.
2026-09-07 17:53:38
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Gggood :
And it makes it even sadder.. all that size, all those natural resources and all those people and still mostly Third World conditions throughout
2026-09-08 00:30:26
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︎︎ :
non issue
2026-09-07 16:28:14
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fytzentyte :
if they lied about the size of Africa, is the world round or flat....
2026-09-07 21:07:14
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IzzyFizzy🌸 :
So now people can see how large the developing content really is? What a non issue. The amount of poverty there is more alarming
2026-09-07 16:41:01
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That guy :
This will cure the poverty there????
2026-09-07 20:38:45
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DJMB :
Crazy that this is what the UN is spending its time doing.
2026-09-08 00:24:08
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L.T :
Will this affect Tesco opening times
2026-09-07 16:26:48
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Drivewaythoughts :
Why does it matter?
2026-09-08 02:26:08
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Aces2Aces :
i mean does it matter? are they a great country?
2026-09-07 21:00:26
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common sense :
Mother Africa yearns for the return of its people.
2026-09-07 19:08:48
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rustybun :
the same people who celebrated renaming a gulf and a lake are calling a map change a "non issue"
2026-09-07 19:21:35
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Kdb_TheOwner :
Jane Elliot comes to mind..💯💯💯
2026-09-07 18:08:09
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niftynightmares :
maps arent universal to begin with. use whatever map you want
2026-09-07 19:39:37
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Jorden Ricks :
I grew up knowing maps was distorted and that Africa was in fact larger than presented but speaking for myself what it did didn't effect much of my judgement
2026-09-07 22:11:33
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nunya :
Bigger fish to fry
2026-09-07 20:20:45
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marie :
real map
2026-09-07 16:55:11
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RC1989 :
Wow. Good job UN! So many things that can be done and this is what y’all do? lol
2026-09-08 02:55:58
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ExpeditiousGreenBuge :
The new map
2026-09-07 19:33:57
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NobodyChainking :
How
2026-09-07 21:24:28
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creatir :
And of what use is this ?
2026-09-07 16:37:42
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toasterstrudelheirress :
16th century? Yeah, it’s due for an update.
2026-09-08 00:36:43
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