5 human activities you can see from space
Satellites have been watching us for 40 years. Here’s what their images reveal. Since 1972, a posse of satellites has
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Maps of world
Map of all of the surface of Earth. Maps of continents, countries, regions, and cities.
The Community of Portuguese Language Countries
With approximately 217 million native speakers and 250 million total speakers, Portuguese is usually listed as the 6th most natively
Read MoreGlobal school rankings 2015
Ghana has the lowest enrolment rate in secondary school (46 percent) and also the lowest eachievement levels for those 15-year-olds
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Maps of cousin marriage percentage by country
The Middle East has the highest rates of cousin marriage. Saudi Arabia has marriage rates to first or second cousins that may exceed 70%. Iraq is estimated to have a rate of 33% and Afghanistan – 30–40%.
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All the land under European control in 1922
The zenith of western imperialism. Political map of 1922 The British Empire was at its peak The largest and most
Read MoreGlobal Peace Index
Global Peace Index measures the relative position of nations and regions peacefulness. The Global Peace Index gauges global peace using
Read MoreProbability that any two people of a country selected at random would have different mother tongues (Greenberg’s Diversity Index)
Greenberg’s Diversity Index is the probability that two people selected from the population at random will have different languages. Index
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First day of the week in different countries
Around half of the world’s population begins its week on Sunday. Monday is the first day of the week for the other half. Almost all countries in the Americas start their week on Sunday, while countries in Europe and Oceania overwhelmingly begin on Monday.
Read MoreChild Under-Five Deaths by Country,representing 6.3 million deaths
Figures rounded to the nearest ten thousand. The map below represents 6.3 million deaths. India has the highest number of
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