Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world.

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger ...

The U.S. was the only nation to oppose a new world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa and other regions.

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true size relative to one another, unlike the centuries-old Mercator map, which ...

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

The United Nations General Assembly voted Friday to adopt a new world map that makes the African continent bigger while ...

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Friday calling for world maps to more accurately reflect the ...

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.

The United Nations General Assembly has passed the Correct the Map resolution with overwhelming support, including a yes vote ...

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.

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.