ALT A crowd of protesters on Place Bellecour in Lyon on 17 October, with the historic tourist office on fire behind them and smoke filling the sky.

ALT Protesters face a line of riot police across a street near Place des Terreaux in Lyon on 17 October.

ALT Table of the French student protesters’ demands and how the government has responded as of 22 October 2026. Of the lycéen and student unions’ 10 emergency measures, two have been promised, two met in part, one refused, and four got nothing. On ending police repression, the government did the opposite. On the cost of living, there’s no extra €10bn for education, partial help with fuel prices, and talks on wages.

ALT Stacked bar chart of what the top 20 Google News headlines for “protests France” led with in 15 European countries on 20 October 2026. Most led with violence, the government’s crackdown, or politics. Only 14% of all headlines covered the protesters and their demands, ranging from none in Belgium to 25% in Spain.

ALT A chart visualising the influence of the Michigan Senate candidates' debate on social media. Using over 13,000 X posts, two versions of social media feeds were reconstructed: one targeted at a left-wing audience and one at a right-wing audience. Published by The New York Times.

ALT A chart visualising precipitation anomalies across nine Pacific island countries from 2000 to 2025. Kiribati experienced its wettest year on record in 2015, with +50.3 mm of precipitation, and its driest year in 2022, with -28 mm. Published by Polina Korneeva.

ALT An infographic visualising the findings of a survey of police officers who believe they should be allowed to use force without fear of punishment. According to the survey, 71% of police personnel believe that the police should be allowed to use force without fear of punishment. Published by Reuters.

ALT A 3D map of Japan. Published by Markku Ylisirniö.

ALT Yearly chart of top-50 men's marathon finishing times (2000–2026) showing many recent performances (pink dots) now faster than the 2000 world record (dashed line at 2:05:42), with clear improvement after the 2017 "super‑shoe" era and fewer races during COVID.

ALT Yearly chart of top-50 women's marathon times (2000–2026) with pink dots marking performances faster than the 2000 world record (2:20:43), highlighting faster results since the 2017 super‑shoe era.

ALT Mini area charts for eight major marathons (Tokyo, Sydney, Chicago, New York, Berlin, Paris, London, Boston) showing a clear spike in finishers in the five minutes before 4:00 hours versus after.

ALT Ridgeline chart showing per-minute share of Boston Marathon finishers by year (2000–2026), with the peak finishing distribution shifting left and median times falling over time to 3:28 in 2026, indicating runners overall have gotten faster.

ALT An infographic illustrating the growth of Thailand's Girls' Love industry. In 2022, GAP The Series was the first Girls' Love series to air on Thai free-to-air television. It reached millions of viewers and attracted international audiences across Asia and Latin America. By 2026, the genre had grown, with 33 Girls' Love series having aired or being set to air, bringing the total number of airings on free television since 2022 to 52. Published by Kontinentalist.

ALT A Sankey diagram showcasing China’s current green energy generation and the excess resulting in significant amounts of unused energy. In the first half of 2026 alone, approximately 9% of China's wind and solar energy was left unused. Published by Bloomberg.

ALT A population pyramid showing Brazil’s age distribution from 1950 to a projected 2100. While the population was 53.4 million in 1950, it is projected to reach 163 million by 2100. Published by Karim Douïeb.

ALT A visualization showcasing the lives of Nobel laureates from their birth year to the year they won their prize in physics, chemistry, or medicine. The youngest winner was Lawrence Bragg, who won the Physics Prize at the age of 25, while the oldest was John B. Goodenough, who won the Chemistry Prize at the age of 97. Published by Elia Kabanov.

ALT World map titled "AI surveillance technologies around the world" using a color scale from light to dark to indicate increasing numbers of deployed AI surveillance technologies, with darkest countries showing the highest deployment.

ALT Bar chart comparing share of countries by regime using AI surveillance tech with highest use of smart policing and facial recognition in liberal democracies, safe city systems in electoral autocracies, and social media surveillance most common in closed autocracies.

ALT Scatterplot mapping countries by democracy score vs digital repression, with points colored by surveillance supplier and sized by number of technologies deployed. North Korea is the most repressive and least democratic country, which doesn't use U.S. or Chinese technology. Germany, on the other hand, is among the most democratic and least repressive, and uses surveillance technology from both China and the U.S.

ALT Hundreds of 3D figures colored by whether they say religion is important in their daily life. A line chart shows that in Western countries, young people are the most likely to believe in an afterlife without being religious, while in non-Western countries it's older people.

ALT A hand-drawn line chart showing the share of correct answers students gave on tests from 2020 to 2025. After ChatGPT became popular, scores on tests taken at their computers kept rising, while scores on proctored tests away from their computers dropped below where they had been before A.I.

ALT An alluvial chart showing how the 120 seats in Israel's parliament were split between parties in every election since 2009, with bands showing how members moved between parties. Likud stays the largest party, while the center parties keep changing names.

ALT A historical map of Washington's streets around the Capitol, colored by how often they were swept, from daily to once every two weeks.

ALT Map showing Christopher Columbus's four transatlantic voyages (1492–1504) from Spain to the Caribbean, South America, and the coast of Central America.

ALT Line chart comparing room and outside temperatures from 6 am Jul 31 to midday Aug 1, highlighting AC switched on around midnight that cooled the room ~6°C, with room temperature later rebounding.

ALT Line chart titled "Heat accumulated over a few days — even with AC on." Room temperature remains consistently higher than outside from Aug 2–6, showing daily peaks around 30–33°C and warm nights; the brown line (room) indicates gradual heat accumulation despite AC while the grey line (outside) swings more sharply.