Map shows world's 100 largest cities—and where US cities rank

Cities account for 45 percent of the world's population, more than double the share in 1950.

Literally a Map Showing All the Buildings in the World

Well, here's something you don't see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map.

Map Shows How DC Compares to World’s New Largest City

The U.S. capital is tiny compared to many of the world's largest cities, a new report on urbanization around the globe shows.
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When Belgium used ethnographic maps to annihilate the Tutsi in the Kivus

When talking about the origin of the ethnic conflict in eastern DR Congo – in the Kivus – many people fail to understand that it is a project born in Brussels. Most people don't realize, as Tom ...