{
  "id": 5469570,
  "title": "UN to vote on adopting new world map that shows Africa’s true scale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/un-to-vote-on-adopting-new-world-map-that-shows-africas-true-scale",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T02:00:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/un-vote-world-map-mercator-equal-earth-africa"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Togo-sponsored resolution calls to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland The UN general assembly will vote on Friday on a resolution for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size. Robert Dussey, Togo’s foreign affairs minister, said the resolution was sponsored by…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}