Data Vis Dispatch, July 11

Welcome back to the 101st 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 pollution, transportation, and high temperatures. Plus: an opportunity to work on the Dispatch yourself as our Werkstudent*in.

The four hottest days ever recorded were all last week:

To relax, try thinking about ordinary environmental problems like pollution:

We saw maps of travel by plane, train, car, and bike:

As well as line charts on public health issues:

Two news topics got a focus this week. First, a police killing in France and the unrest that’s followed:

And second, a new investigation of the true number of Russian casualties in Ukraine:

Other charts covered everything from the persistence of remote work to unprofitable TV streaming:

And maps dealt with fair representation in Spain and the history of mummification:

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