The United Nations adopted the Equal Earth map showing Africa's true size, but the United States was the sole nation to vote ...

It makes Africa bigger while shrinking North America and Europe. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, ...

Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.

For centuries, the standard world map has visually shortchanged Africa, shrinking the continent on paper, despite its large landmass. The distortion has now come under renewed scrutiny after the ...

The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.

The U.S. was the only country to vote against the U.N. resolution, which encourages the use of an “Equal Earth” map. The U.S.

UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa's true size ...

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

Africa-led campaign asks governments, schools and tech firms to move away from the centuries-old Mercator projection ...

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By Aleksandra Michalska NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The United Nations on Friday voted for a shift away from the ...