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    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      Social affairs
      Women at the sharp end of the rental crisis

      A lack of affordable housing means the most vulnerable simply cannot rent in some parts of the UK

      montage of images. A women’s outstretched hand holding a house against a background of barchart lines
    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
      Food diet
      Britain has one of the worst obesity rates in Europe. Why?

      Health campaigners warn that poverty and the prevalence of cheap, ultra-processed food is a sign of a broken system

      Montage image of a burger and various charts
    • Thursday, 5 October, 2023
      Technology sector
      The looming data centre crunch

      The functioning of the internet, and modern life, relies on hubs of processors and servers but demand is outpacing capacity

      Rows of black data servers float amid a blue and white graph of plot points and bar charts
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Demographics and population
      Why are white Britons dying at higher rates than other ethnic groups?

      New mortality data could help create targeted policy to reduce the UK’s large and growing disease burden

      A doctor with a stethoscope round his neck talking to a patient
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      US politics & policy
      Battle of the ages: how America’s gerontocracy is a challenge for democracy

      US legislators are especially old, even in a world where older politicians dominate

      Montage with images of Nancy Pelosi, Joe biden and Mitch McConnell against a backdrop of red bar chart lines and a faded image of the Capitol building
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      UK schools
      The numbers behind London’s free school lunch scheme

      A programme to offer meals to all primary school students is rolling out in the capital. But there are bumps in the road

      Montage image of a plate of food, some coins adding up to £2.65 and a line graph
    • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Meta’s Twitter rival Threads unravels

      Other charts of the week: Tube ridership, European wolf population, scrutiny of savings and mortgage rates and voters’ opinions on nationalisation

      Montage showing the Twitter and Threads logos with a decreasing line graph
    • Sunday, 30 July, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      China closes research publication gap with the US

      Other charts of the week: the biggest head-to-head debut in cinema history, renewable electricity generation set to overtake coal, is the US moving in the wrong direction and EU watermelon production

    • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Europe is far from completing its energy transition

      Other charts of the week: jobs at risk of automation, the ideal age of a US president, the main drivers of tree cover loss and record UK temperatures

      Image of wind turbines and electrical power lines
    • Sunday, 16 July, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Unicorn funding dries up

      Other charts of the week: hit songs getting louder, the global gender divide for water collection, air travel surpasses pre-pandemic levels, and views on corruption in Europe

    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Most white Americans do not think their ethnicity affects their success

      Other charts of the week: Europe’s water industries compared, Asian hornet sightings in the UK, the world’s most congested cities and how many people are avoiding the news

    • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Poppy production almost disappears from Afghanistan’s Helmand province

      Also record number of people forced to flee, poverty rates for children in immigrant households and El Niño events

    • Sunday, 25 June, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Most of the world’s workers are ‘quiet quitters’

      Other charts of the week: short-term mortgage fixes, melting Swiss glaciers, UK attitudes towards seeking asylum and the US occupations creating the most jobs

    • Friday, 16 June, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Disapproval of Russia in former Soviet states is rising

      Other charts of the week: carbon emissions from Canadian wildfires, foreign worker surge in Japan, global bias against women and differences in tipping culture

    • Sunday, 11 June, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Surge in STIs in England sparks anxiety over reproductive health

      Other charts of the week: foreign graduates, overcrowding in Europe, UK emissions and global trade restrictions

      Montage of a microbiological culture and a lab worker
    • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Spending on oil and gas dividends hits 15-year high

      Other charts of the week: global semiconductor investment, ageing populations, COP climate summit and how the cost of living crisis is hitting US medical care

    • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Recession fears are more widespread than actual recessions, poll suggests

      Other charts of the week: remote working, legal protections for LGBT+ people and trade union members’ wages

      Montage of a flag wtih people shopping
    • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Milk mark-ups hit 30-year high at UK retailers

      Other charts of the week: US companies offshoring profits, leaders in solar power, and attitudes to social change

      Montage of a Union flag, cartons of milk and a rising chart to represent the price
    • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Russian energy exports fall since last year’s Ukraine invasion

      Other charts of the week: the Antarctic ozone hole, Americans have fewer friends and marine debris

    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Incomes stagnate for all but the richest in the UK

      Other charts of the week: EU workers, Republicans and Twitter, young people who have not flown the nest and US presidential rematches

    • Sunday, 30 April, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Low earners in the US enjoy fastest wage growth

      Other charts of the week: climate change in Europe, Americans and taxes, the popularity of big cars and job losses at news organisations

    • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      US college fees drop as student numbers decline

      Other charts of the week: Voters’ views on Labour and the Conservatives, Chinese private sector in retreat, the US manufacturing boom and waning internet optimism

      US students on graduation day against a backdrop of US Dollar banknotes
    • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Tipping point for global power generation heralds decline of fossil fuels

      Other charts of the week: US-China trade, consumer spending, food inflation and opinions on Irish reunification

      A chart
    • Sunday, 9 April, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Covid-19 depleted foreign reserves of most emerging economies

      Other charts of the week: British films at the international box office, censorship, trade unions win biggest pay rises in 30 years and the value of food stamps

    • Sunday, 2 April, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      US Democrats’ sympathies shift towards Palestinian cause

      Other charts of the week: US house prices, global happiness, hit songs and maternal mortality

      Democract and Republican logos
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