About 1.16 million people die on the world’s roads every year. We map WHO’s road death rates for 185 countries, from North Korea and Haiti to Norway and Singapore, and where roads got safer since 2010.

Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast near Ongole early on 3 November, the second cyclone to hit the coast in a week. We map its track, landfall and early impact.

Where have tsunamis killed across all of recorded history? We mapped NOAA’s 4,100-year database: more than 600,000 deaths in 63 countries, concentrated on the Pacific Ring of Fire and the 2004 Indian Ocean basin.

Eleven countries, hundreds of thousands in the streets: we map the 2026 European protest wave by intensity, explain what is driving each country's unrest, and keep it updated as events evolve.

A record 710,000 people died from heat in 2023 and 573 billion work hours vanished in 2025. We mapped the Lancet Countdown 2026 per-country indicators to show where the climate-health burden actually lands.

A Renfe AVE rear-ended a stopped Iryo train on the Madrid-Andalusia high-speed line in Toledo province, killing dozens. We map the crash site, the line and what we know so far.

2025 was the deadliest year on record for the press, and 85% of journalist killings worldwide go unpunished. We mapped a decade of killings and the impunity rate, country by country.

Final result (updated 11 November): Democrats take full control of Congress Senate: Democrats hold at least 54 seats, up from a 47-seat bloc, on pickups of Republican-held seats in Iowa,

Stroke is the second-leading cause of death in the world and one of the biggest causes of long-term disability. With World Stroke Day on 29 October, and 2026 marking the

Cyclone Arnab, a very severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal, made landfall on the morning of 28 October 2026 on the Andhra Pradesh coast between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam,

A simple-looking number hides two of the most revealing stories in demography: the sex ratio, the number of men per 100 women. Across the world it is nearly balanced, about

If you are wondering whether the clocks change this autumn: in the United States and Canada they went back on Sunday, November 2, 2026, when clocks fell back one hour

The 2026 World Wrestling Championships open today in Astana, Kazakhstan, the sport’s marquee annual event, moved from Bahrain to Barys Arena and running through November 1. It is the perfect

With missiles hitting Riyadh’s airport and ships under attack in the Strait of Hormuz, the question filling search bars and group chats: is it still safe to fly through Dubai

Nine days to October 31. Costumes are sold on every continent, but who actually celebrates Halloween? The honest answer is a gradient, from countries where skipping trick-or-treat would disappoint an

A fifth of the world’s oil and a major share of Asia-Europe container traffic pass through two narrow gates: the Strait of Hormuz (about 34 km wide at its narrowest)

A court decision in Frankfurt put Google’s cameras back in the news this week: on September 24 (reported Monday), the Frankfurt Regional Court ruled that Google must stop publishing one

Where in the world is retirement actually secure? The 2026 Natixis Global Retirement Index, built with CoreData Research from 18 indicators across finances, material wellbeing, health and quality of life,

Every October the IMF opens the world’s books. The Fiscal Monitor released October 13 at the Bangkok Annual Meetings carried an unusually blunt warning: advanced economies are running deficits approaching

Mexico’s Pacific coast cannot catch a break. Hurricane Trudy strengthened into a Category 3 early Thursday and is forecast to keep intensifying as it tracks north-northwest, with its forecast cone