Data Vis Dispatch, November 19

November’s #30DayMapChallenge continues! Prompts for the past week included world maps, “my data,” choropleths, collaborative maps, and 3D:

A subject that, unfortunately, requires a lot of maps these days is war:

In his victory speech on November 7, Trump vowed to “end the wars.” But an analysis in Bloomberg shows that modern wars rarely come to a straightforward end:

We saw more analysis of turnout and voter swings in the U.S. elections:

After the election come Cabinet appointments and Senate confirmations:

Other election-related topics included voters’ impressions of the Democratic Party and the growth of right-wing accounts on X:

From U.S. politics, on to China’s political and economic ambitions in South America:

A mass murder in China that cost 35 lives shows the limits of even tight surveillance methods:

Also in surveillance and crime — a crowdsourced map of surveillance networks and the high number of crimes against transgender people:

Medical treatment in the U.K. isn’t meeting targets and only half of type 1 diabetics worldwide have access to advanced care:

It’s been a while since we’ve dedicated a long section to climate. Let’s start with a reality check on emissions targets:

We continue with countries that may (or may not) have an interest in promoting CO₂ reduction:

Let’s close our climate visualizations with water — too little, too much, and its most beautiful form (snow!):

Two fun visualizations of data on Bluesky posts:

We began with maps, we end with maps — this time on the U.S. sports landscape and crime hotspots in Buenos Aires: