Aimed at “a more accurate representation” of continental landmasses, the resolution was supported by 164 countries, while the US voted against it and six other states abstained. The new map – known as ...

On September 4, 2026, the United Nations adopted a resolution to promote a new map of the world. The resolution encourages ...

The UN General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution promoting world maps that more accurately reflect the relative sizes of countries and continents, with 164 member states voting in favor, six ...

The Mercator projection is the map widely used across the globe but inaccurately depicts the sizes of countries and continents The UN has just called for the predominant world map to be replaced with ...

The world map most of us have grown up seeing may not show the world as it really is. The United Nations has backed a move to replace the widely used Mercator map with the Equal Earth projection, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The United Nations this month overwhelmingly approved a resolution ...

Africa is about 14 times larger than Greenland. Brazil is five times bigger than Alaska. Canada and China are roughly the same size. But by looking at the Mercator Projection, one of the most widely ...

A colourful, classroom-ready Year 3 Geography workbook for ages 7–8 introducing pupils to the continents, oceans, world maps, the Equator, hemispheres, countries and compass directions. This resource ...

At first glance, the world map seems familiar and unchanging, with its continents neatly in place. But far beneath the waves of the southwestern Pacific, stretching around New Zealand and New ...