Data Vis Dispatch, September 12
Welcome back to the 110th edition of Data Vis Dispatch! Every week, we’ll be publishing a collection of the best small and large data visualizations we find, especially from news organizations — to celebrate data journalism, data visualization, simple charts, elaborate maps, and their creators.
Recurring topics this week include summer heat, transportation, and the earthquake in Morocco.
A major earthquake struck Morocco Friday night, killing thousands in the region south of Marrakech:
We saw visualizations on the present and future of dangerous heat:
As well as other climate and environmental topics:
There were charts and maps on transport from the everyday to the luxurious:
And on both sides of the aisle in U.S. politics:
Other visualizations covered everything from big-picture causes of death to cheating in tennis to a history of coups:
What else we found interesting
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