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UN Adopts New World Map
The United Nations has adopted a new world map that aims to reflect Africa's true size, addressing the criticism of the Mercator projection which often visually exaggerates and centralizes Western nations.
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Al Jazeera
The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.
2026-09-04 19:25 UTC