Data Vis Dispatch, August 29

We begin with some exciting news. India landed on the moon — and it’s the first landing close to the south pole ever:

That same evening, the first Republican debate of what will be a long U.S. election season took place:

As summer begins to cool in the Western Hemisphere, newsrooms took another look at the record heat caused by climate change:

Among the consequences of climate change visualized this week are drought and wildfires:

And it’s hurricane season in the Atlantic. As we’re writing this, Hurricane Idalia is making her way toward the Florida coast:

Another big topic this week: Infrastructure. How much are people traveling around, and under which conditions? Newsrooms visualized it all:

The war in the Ukraine was also a big focus this week thanks to stories about the crashed jet of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, emigration, and grain exports:

Apropos grain and immigrants – our economics section covers both, too:

And our miscellaneous section has everything from vultures, tides, cannabis, book bans, to Canadian gun crime: