This month marks a sad milestone: one million COVID deaths in the U.S. Many American papers tried to visualize the loss — and reconcile the scale of the numbers with the humanity of the individuals involved. (The New York Times' contribution in particular generated both praise and criticism for its approach to that problem.)
Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. The New York Times: How America Lost One Million People Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. The Washington Post: One million of us Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Surpasses One Million Covid-19 Deaths Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. Axios: 1 million deaths - Remembering the lives lost to COVID-19 in America Politico: What if Delaware disappeared? 1 million Covid-19 deaths explained in 4 charts Pew Research Center: 57% of Americans say masks should be required on airplanes and public transportation Two animations this week, from Le Monde and The Washington Post, showed how the military and diplomatic outlooks for Ukraine have changed over the past three months:
Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. Le Monde: Invasion de l’Ukraine en cartes : l’évolution des combats semaine après semaine Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. The Washington Post: Ukraine is now the top recipient of U.S. military aid. Here’s how it surpassed even Israel and Egypt There were also charts and maps on international sympathies in the war :
The Economist: Russia is swaying Twitter users outside the West to its side Gazeta Wyborcza: Wojna w Ukrainie. Część Europejczyków winą obarcza NATO, nie Putina Le Monde: Kaliningrad, une épine dans le pied de l’OTAN And on the damage to Ukraine's infrastructure and natural environment :
Financial Times: Who will pay to put Ukraine back together again? RTVE: La naturaleza, víctima olvidada de la guerra de Ucrania: "Habrá daños que nunca se puedan recuperar," Other topics in environmental visualizations included floods , droughts , and microplastics in the ocean :
Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. The Washington Post: Black communities are last in line for disaster planning in Texas De Tijd: Infrastructuur zadelt Vlaanderen op met droogteprobleem Publico: O que são microplásticos? Quais os perigos? Financial Times: Record carbon dioxide levels alarm scientists Le Monde: Au Royaume-Uni, le pari fragile de l’éolien en mer But the biggest environmental issue of the week was fire — specifically, a new assessment of wildfire risks in the United States :
The New York Times: Here Are the Wildfire Risks to Homes Across the Lower 48 States Bloomberg: Is My Home at Risk From Wildfire? This Is How to Find Out The Washington Post: 1 in 6 Americans live in areas with significant wildfire risk The Los Angeles Times: Why Laguna Niguel fire was so destructive: Flying hot embers, huge homes, dry brush The U.S. Senate voted against protecting abortion rights in federal law — a decision, in The Economist's analysis, that had more to do with national party politics than with the will of their constituents:
The Economist: American senators strike down a bill that would have codified abortion rights SBS News: 임신중절권 뒤집겠다는 미국, 어떻게 생각해? The New York Times: Pregnant? Need Help? They Have an Agenda Regional elections were held this Sunday in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia:
Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. Süddeutsche Zeitung: Die Wahlergebnisse in den Wahlkreisen WAZ: Ergebnisse und Auswertungen: So hat NRW bei der Landtagswahl gestimmt Zeit Online: Alle Ergebnisse der Landtagswahl in Nordrhein-Westfalen Süddeutsche Zeitung: Schwarzes Land? Spiegel: Alle Ergebnisse – so hat Nordrhein-Westfalen gewählt Zeit Online: FDP-Wähler wechseln zur CDU, SPD-Anhänger bleiben zu Hause And other election visualizations covered the Australian parliament , Swiss referenda , and a mayoral race in Los Angeles :
Bloomberg: How Australia's Election Could Shape China Ties, Climate Action and Equality Neue Zürcher Zeitung: So hat Ihre Gemeinde abgestimmt RTS Info: Les cartes des résultats des votations fédérales, commune par commune The Los Angeles Times: Where L.A. mayoral candidates raise the most money Other political topics included "levelling up ," immigration to the U.K. , and partisan bias on Twitter .
Bloomberg: Boris Johnson’s Flagship Plan to Fix Britain Is in Trouble Financial Times: Britain is now a high-immigration country and most are fine with that The Washington Post: Musk doesn’t own Twitter yet, but conservatives are racking up followers For something fun, these two maps show the same radio telescopes that recently produced a picture of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way:
National Geographic: Behold: The first picture of the black hole at the center of our galaxy Süddeutsche Zeitung: Im Zentrum lauert ein Schwarzes Loch For the most part, simple charts ruled in our miscellaneous section:
Our World In Data: What share of people say they are vegetarian, vegan, or flexitarian? The Wall Street Journal: Is It Better to Rent or Buy? What to Do in a Hot Housing Market Financial Times: Cost-conscious consumers are the problem for Netflix The Wall Street Journal: How More Than $1 Trillion of Crypto Vanished in Just Six Months The Why Axis: You think outdoor air is dirty? Wait until you see what the air in peoples' homes looks like But there were some fancier findings as well, like this animation from FlowingData on who Americans spend time with throughout the day :
Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. FlowingData: How Much Time We Spend Alone and With Others The Wall Street Journal: Baby Formula Shortage Stuns States Including Tennessee, Kansas and Delaware Bloomberg: London Laundering Case May Hold Clues to Guinea’s Gold 
