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

The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

It makes Africa bigger while shrinking North America and Europe. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

How the world map changed over centuries, why Mercator makes Greenland look huge, why Asia is the largest continent, how map projections work and the truth behind common world map myths.

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