Mapping news on a map... very pretty I’ve been

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Mapping news on a map... very pretty

I’ve been experimenting with plotting news coverage spatially using international sources, mostly to explore how geographically filtered information actually is.

Unexpected side effect: the map itself ends up being quite beautiful. Dense clusters appear around political events, then fade as stories move through regions. Some stories ripple across continents while others stay almost perfectly local.
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Global News Plotted on a Live Map — Global·Newly

Global news plotted in real-time on an interactive world map. 9+ hotspots across Gaza Strip, Kursk Region, Washington DC, Kyiv, Red Sea / Bab el-Mandeb, Beijing, Khartoum, London and more. Breaking stories from BBC, Reuters, Guardian, Al Jazeera plotted l...

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