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UN to vote on adopting new world map that shows Africa’s true scale
Africa on the traditional world map based on the Mercator projection, left, and on the 2018 Equal Earth map, right.
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Africa on the traditional world map based on the Mercator projection, left, and on the 2018 Equal Earth map, right. Composite: equal-earth.com, Getty Images View image in fullscreen Africa on the traditional world map based on the Mercator projection, left, and on the 2018 Equal Earth map, right.
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