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UN to vote to adopt new, more accurate world map

The United Nations will vote Friday to adopt a new map of the world meant to make the countries appear more true to size than on the map we use today.

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UN to vote on adopting new map that would make our world look very different

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UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size

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UN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong.

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UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size

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U.N. Approves African Proposal for a New World Map

Africa Now Bigger In World Map. 164 Countries Backed Resolution, US Opposed

Aimed at "a more accurate representation" of continental landmasses, the resolution was supported by 164 countries while the United States voted against it and six other states abstained.

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VN stemt over grote wijziging van de wereldkaart zoals wij ze kennen

Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding van Togo met steun van de Afrikaanse Unie bij de VN.

Greek Reporter

Do Maps Misrepresent the Real Size of Developing Nations?

Maps have often misrepresented the real sizes of developing nations, portraying them as smaller than more developed nations.

Arabian Business

Why Saudi Arabia and UAE are bigger than they look on world maps

Saudi Arabia and the UAE look smaller than expected on familiar world maps. A UN vote backing Equal Earth helps explain the distortion and what changes

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UN General Assembly votes to replace traditional map

It follows a campaign for a world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa.