What different world maps get right - and what they get wrong

As the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and wrong.

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Ex Leper Life Of Brian

Alt: Ex Leper Life Of Brian - Michael Palin

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Subject Leader Development Programme (SLDP) - Geographical Association

We are excited to launch the GA’s Subject Leader Development Programme (SLDP) aimed at aspiring or existing geography leaders,

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Indian farmers struggle to meet the demand for avocados

Demand for avocados is booming in India and local growers hope to grab more of the market.

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Grinding up fish to feed to fish is ‘absurd’: fears over UN aquaculture plan

Huge rollout of fish farms could harm ecosystems and threaten vulnerable communities’ food sources, say experts

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Virgin's Richard Branson: Flight price rises due to 'foolish leaders' starting wars

Middle East tensions have choked the production and transportation of oil, causing a surge in the price of car and jet fuels.

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UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size

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

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UN to vote on adopting new world map that shows Africa’s true scale

Togo-sponsored resolution calls to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland

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Stock up on food to prepare for extreme El Niño weather, minister warns

Dame Angela Eagle warns the weather event could lead to extreme storms this winter.

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Australian ski resorts to close up to a month early due to global heating and El Niño

‘Challenging’ weather conditions and lack of snowfall are being blamed after a winter that broke multiple heat records

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From bread to BYD: The story of global trade told by Ed Conway

YouTube video by Sky News

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DNB: Netherlands bank moves billions in gold to London in 'crisis preparedness' move

The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest".

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France targets Shein and Temu with fast fashion fees

The levy on "ultra-fast fashion" items could reach almost €20 per garment by 2030.

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Geography Today | Publication for students and teachers

Explore Geography Today, a curriculum-relevant publication with case studies and real-world examples from expert geographers.

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Student Membership | RGS

Support your studies and explore your interests with RGS-IBG membership for students.

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All disasters are compound, cascading, complex, Natech, and hybrid

Disasters are not natural but result from social vulnerabilities, inequality and policy choices. This blog argues that focusing on vulnerability, rather than labels such as “natural” or “hybrid” disas...

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LivingGeography Newsletter #87

Aug 27th-Sept 2nd

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Two Men

One as great as America ever produced, and the other Elon Musk

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Two Men

One as great as America ever produced, and the other Elon Musk

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Summer of 2026 was UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says

Meteorologists say average mean temperature of 16.5C was made 130 times more likely by climate crisis

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1988: Mr. Michael J Storm

Updated September 2026 with some sad news. See the end of the post. Michael Storm is another geographer who will be familiar to many from t...

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Apr 13: Your contributions welcome

It would be great to get some help adding some further contributions to the World of Music blog.  There are two ways that you can do that.  ...

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New storm names for 2026-2027 released by Met Office

Tuesday 1 September marks the start of the UK storm season and a new list of storm names have been released including Austen, Chloe and Evelyn.

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It’s time to get shirty about the short life of the football top

With millions of club shirts going to waste every season, a radical recycling rethink is needed

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