Seeing the World Differently

We normally see the world map by size of country. Imagine if we looked at a map of the world by the relative proportion of the world's population living in each country. It would look like this:

And a world map that shows the relative proportion of Muslims by territory, would look like this:

and by water reserves:

It is fascinating. Worldmapper.org enables us to look at the world in many different ways: by resource allocation, trade, religion, transport use, income, disease, energy, etc

Republicans and Democrats couldn't agree on the proposed $700bn US "bail-out" plan. Sebastian Coe and Kelly Holmes sprinted in the Tate as part of a art work celebrating humam movement.