The UN resolution instead endorses use of the Equal Earth projection, which better shows the relative sizes of land masses.

The U.N. voted to endorse a new world map called "Equal Earth" that more accurately depicts the size of continents.

Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger ...

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true size relative to one another, unlike the centuries-old Mercator map, which ...

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, ...

The map also marks the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir and includes a note on the unresolved status of the region. India says its ...

A NEW world map has officially been adopted after a UN vote – with the fresh model reducing the size of Britain and the US ...

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.

The U.S. was the only nation to oppose a new world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa and other regions.

THE United Nations has passed a resolution to adopt a new world map with a more accurate represent of continent sizes. The ...

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.