India Today World Desk · DistrictNews · 2026-09-04
Africa is bigger than you think: UN votes to correct ‘distorted’ world map
Led by Togo and supported by the Africa Group, the initiative promotes the Equal Earth projection. Its sponsors argue that the continued use of the 16th-century Mercator map makes Africa appear smaller and more peripheral than it is. Africa is bigger than you think: UN votes to correct ‘distorted’ world map.
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