Aimed at “a more accurate representation” of continental landmasses, the resolution was supported by 164 countries, while the US voted against it and six other states abstained. The new map – known as ...

The UN General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution promoting world maps that more accurately reflect the relative sizes of countries and continents, with 164 member states voting in favor, six ...

On September 4, 2026, the United Nations adopted a resolution to promote a new map of the world. The resolution encourages governments, schools and organizations to replace the much-criticized ...

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Africa is about 14 times larger than Greenland. Brazil is five times bigger than Alaska. Canada and China are roughly the same size. But by looking at the Mercator Projection, one of the most widely ...

A colourful, classroom-ready Year 3 Geography workbook for ages 7–8 introducing pupils to the continents, oceans, world maps, the Equator, hemispheres, countries and compass directions. This resource ...

At first glance, the world map seems familiar and unchanging, with its continents neatly in place. But far beneath the waves of the southwestern Pacific, stretching around New Zealand and New ...

When a Trump administration official presented a cringingly erroneous map of Africa at a global conference last month, the blunder gave fresh momentum to a campaign for an accurate world map that ...