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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 map that would make our world look very different

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

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UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa's true size

It is not legally binding and it "in no way challenges the use of the Mercator projection for maritime and aerial navigation, for which it remains fully suited," the Togolese ministry said in a statem...

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UN vote to adopt new world map wey go show di true size of Africa

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Even Trump has been fooled by the distorted world map – why it’s time to change it

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UN General Assembly endorses a new world map that shows more accurately Africa's size

"Maps shape our understanding of the world," the global body quoted Togo's Foreign Minister Robert Dussey as saying before the vote.

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U.N. Approves African Proposal for a New World Map

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UN backs promoting world map that reflects Africa's true size

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UN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong.

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VN stemt over grote wijziging van de wereldkaart zoals wij ze kennen

Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding van Togo met steun van de Afrikaanse Unie bij de VN.

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UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.