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Getting oil to the gas tank from the Strait of Hormuz

Infographics / illustration, New York Times, oil, Strait of Hormuz

For the New York Times, Agnes Chang and Pablo Robles illustrate the journey…
Data portraits of population

Statistical Visualization / census, Diagram Chasing, illustration, India, population

To make India’s census documents more accessible to the public in the 1970s,…
Everyday ripples from the Iran war

Infographics / everyday, illustration, Iran, New York Times, war

The world’s reliance on gas and oil means the war in Iran affects…
Illustrated engineering in everyday objects

Infographics / Bryan Macomber, engineering, illustration, mechanical

Mechanical Pencil is a project by Bryan Macomber that illustrates the mechanical bits…
Visual story about getting scammed into scamming

Infographics / comic, illustration, Reuters, scam

This is quite a visual story from Reuters. In a comic format, they…
Types of deadlines illustrated from beginning to end

Infographics / deadline, Harriet Hand, illustration, Keri Facer

Some deadlines come unexpected, some come staggered, and some come on a fixed…
Illustrated guides to Olympic sports

Infographics / Catherine Tai, illustration, Olympics, Reuters

Reuters, with illustrations by Catherine Tai, has visual guides to all of the…
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Visual Metaphor

The Process / illustration, metaphor

Welcome to The Process, the newsletter for FlowingData members that looks closer at…
World map of illustrated animals

Maps / animals, Anton Thomas, illustration, New York Times

During a three-year span, Anton Thomas illustrated a world map of 1,642 animals…
Toddlers and stochastic parrots

Infographics / AI, children, illustration, New Yorker

For The New Yorker, Angie Wang draws parallels between toddler learning behavior and…
Turn a static SVG into an interactive one, with Flourish

Apps / Flourish, illustration, SVG

It’s straightforward to share a static SVG online, but maybe you want tooltips…
Outsourced work and generative AI

Statistics / AI, generative, illustration, Rest of World, work

For Rest of World, Andrew Deck turned the AI focus on outsourced workers,…
Mona Chalabi wins Pulitzer for data illustrations

News / illustration, Mona Chalabi, New York Times, Pulitzer

Mona Chalabi, known around these parts for her illustrative approach to data journalism,…
Spy balloons and UFOs

Infographics / balloon, Eleanor Lutz, illustration, New York Times, UFO

For The New York Times, Eleanor Lutz illustrated things in the sky, because…
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Real Bits

The Process / abstract, illustration, reality

Tie in the real bits among the abstract shapes, colors, and geometries of charts to make the latter easier to understand.
Search and rescue after an earthquake, illustrated

Infographics / earthquake, illustration, Reuters

After a big earthquake, such as the 7.8 that hit Turkey and Syria,…
Inferring the scale of China’s Covid spike through obituaries

Infographics / China, coronavirus, deaths, illustration, New York Times

China reported 80,000 Covid deaths since lifting restrictions in early December 2022. But…
All the parts of daily life in India controlled by Mukesh Ambani

Infographics / illustration, India, Mukesh Ambani, Rest of World

Mukesh Ambani has an estimated net worth of $90.7 billion, because his company…
Daylight saving time and circadian rhythms

Infographics / daylight saving, illustration, sleep, Washington Post

Daylight saving time ends in the United States this weekend and ended already…
What hearing loss sounds (and looks) like

Infographics / hearing, illustration, sound, Washington Post

Using an audiogram as a backdrop, Amanda Morris and Aaron Steckelberg, for The…

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