Information is beautiful

Every year(ish), since 2009, I’ve been gathering and visualising billions from news headlines and reports. These gargantuan numbers often make little sense unless put in context and comparison with other billions. So here’s the latest interactive edition.

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» check the data

Explore our companion visualisation, $$$TRILLIONS

Starting the year on a positive note, our picks of positive trends and admirable global breakthroughs of 2025.

Part of our Beautiful News project. There we surface the good news and happy data we can’t always see when fixated on the negativity of the news.

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» Explore the data and sources