Data Vis Dispatch, September 5

Welcome back to the 109th 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 pandemic recovery data and the end of summer.

Let’s start this week with a look at four especially beautiful animated stories from the New York Times:

The Wall Street Journal published a series of detailed visualizations on Russian fortifications in southern Ukraine:

While the Financial Times highlighted new and newly revised data on the pandemic-era economic recovery:

We had another week of maps and charts on this summer’s wildfires:

But summer is coming to a close — which means hurricane season in the Atlantic:

As the seasons change, migratory birds fly back to their northern habitats and French schoolchildren return to their desks:

Other standout charts and maps covered everything from open water swimming to environmental rights to America’s “Pizza Belt”:

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