U.N. backs new world map showing Africa's true size

The United Nations General Assembly voted 164-1 to adopt the Equal Earth map, which more accurately depicts Africa's true size compared to traditional projections based on the 16th-century Mercator map that has long misrepresented the continent as smaller than it actually is. The resolution, sponsored by African states, aimed to counter perceptions that Africa is peripheral. The United States was the sole country to vote against the measure, while six nations abstained, with the U.S. reportedly characterizing it as a 'radical ideological project.'

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