Data Vis Dispatch, November 29

Welcome back to the 70th 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 island maps, transportation, and the World Cup.

At the World Cup in Qatar, the group stage is in full swing:

And the #30DayMapChallenge wound down with some beautiful islands:

Europe faces a winter energy crisis — though some data suggests it may be rising to the challenge:

We saw vis on transportation by rail, road, and air:

And maps of natural disasters from volcanoes to earthquakes to floods:

Far-right politics are on the rise in the United States:

We saw two historical views on living arrangements:

And other charts covered everything from ranked-choice voting to Amazon subsidies to social mobility:

What else we found interesting

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