Data Vis Dispatch, October 17

The warfare between Israel and Hamas continues. The first reports of the last week are joined by an enormous number of visualizations around the topic. Among them, more in-depth stories about the initial attacks:

An immense number of visualizations address the question, “What’s happening in Gaza?” — from evacuation routes to humanitarian disasters and the state of infrastructure:

Many maps illustrated the sheer number of people living in Gaza:

We saw visualizations that provided a broader historical look at the long-running conflict:

And others that presented a broader geographical context:

Moving on to the rest of the world, the following maps showcase infrastructural problems from the U.S. to Germany:

On October 14, the earth became dark for a short time. Many visualizations were dedicated to this annular solar eclipse:

Same day, different continent: an Australian referendum ended with a vote against more political say for the indigenous population.

Other visualizations we encountered from the world of politics covered the elections in Poland and Germany:

There were charts and scrollytelling projects on public health, particularly on aging:

And other interactive visualizations ranged from municipal cash flow in Belgium to greenhouse gases in Poland: