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World News@quokk.au · 1 month ago

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

www.theguardian.com

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

www.theguardian.com

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World News@quokk.au · 1 month ago

UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale

www.theguardian.com

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

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/un-vote-world-map-mercator-equal-earth-africa

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