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

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new ...

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

The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

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

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

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

The U.S. was the only country to not support a United Nations resolution adjusting the appearance of Africa and other regions ...

The UN General Assembly is due to vote on Friday on a proposal to move away from the traditional Mercator projection.

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

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