Data Vis Dispatch, August 20

We love a good bar or column chart, but we love them even more with a pictographic twist:

What we don't love — natural disasters:

Heat leads to drought, drought leads to fire:

Some places will become riskier to live in. They'll be more prone to fires or floods:

We conclude the environmental section with a look at how technology companies manipulate emissions measures and how renewable energy could create jobs in Indonesia:

Cost of living struggles are real — at least in some places. This week's focus is on single, childless people:

Now to a category of data visualization that is not covered as often here, even though it's very common: surveys:

A topic we unfortunately cover more regularly: war and destruction:

And what we're talking about even more, because there's no getting around it this year: elections. Or, more specifically for today: upcoming elections. Brazil is holding local elections in October and the deadline for candidate registration has come and gone, Harris and Trump are battling for swing states, and Germany is watching potential outcomes of upcoming local elections:

Today's crime scenes: prisons and banks:

Drum roll for our final piece: If you think cities are growing wider and wider, a great visualization from the Economist this week will prove you wrong:

What else we found interesting

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