ALT Choropleth map of U.S. states showing the change in average COVID-19 hospitalization rate from June to July 2023. Overall, hospitalizations per capita have increased by 17% from June, with southern states increasing the most. Mississippi's rate increased 73% month-over-month, while Michigan's decreased by 32%.
ALT A treemap designed to look like an apartment building, where each "room" represents one of the cities with the most apartments converted from other buildings in 2022. Conversions were most common in Los Angeles (1,291 buildings); Kissimmee, Florida (648 buildings); and Alexandria, Virginia (435 buildings).
ALT An area chart showing Billboard's top 100 songs, by year and genre, from 1973 to 2022. The first hip-hop song to crack the top 100 was in 1986: “Walk this Way” by Run D.M.C. featuring Aerosmith. Since then, the number of hip-hop songs in the top 100 has climbed, peaking at 49 in 2018. Other trends include the decline of rock songs starting in the 1990s, and a recent increase of country songs, starting in 2019.
ALT A chart showing the domestic gross box office performance of the top 100 movies from 1990 through August 10, 2023. The chart shows that action and adventure movies have become the dominating genres, making up more than half of top grossing films since the mid-2000s.
ALT Choropleth map of U.S. counties colored by the distance of each county to the nearest dark sky area. Counties west of the Mississippi River are closest to dark skies, while many residents east of the Mississippi have to travel more than 100 miles to reach a dark sky area.
ALT Small multiples area charts showing the share of people who say where they live is a good place for gay or lesbian people to live. Worldwide, the share increased from 25% in 2012 to 50% in 2021. Countries with the highest share in 2021 were Norway (92%), Sweden (91%), the Netherlands (90%) and Iceland (88%). Countries with the largest increases were Nepal (+63%), India (+42%), Bangladesh (+35%) and Vietnam (+35%).
ALT Slack screenshot of Erin Davis sending two messages: "ok hear me out," followed by "scatter pies"
ALT Cartogram showing anti-trans legislation introduced by state from 2021 to 2023. Anti-trans legislation is on the rise in the majority of the states. In 2023, as of March 20, the number of bills and resolutions being considered is 57 in Texas, 42 in Missouri and 37 in Oklahoma.
