Paris drops Mercator projection: France now looks smaller on world ma…
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By YuToday Staff
· 2:36 readSeptember 5, 2026
Paris drops Mercator projection: France now looks smaller on world maps Euronews.com What different world maps get right - and what they get wrong BBC UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale The Guardian UN tells the… Euronews.com first reported the story. This YuToday briefing gathers the confirmed facts, what changed, and what to watch next.
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Paris drops Mercator projection: France now looks smaller on world maps Euronews.com What different world maps get right - and what they get wrong BBC UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale The Guardian UN tells the world: Stop making Africa look small UN News Countries vote at UN to back world map that shows Africa's true size Sky News Paris drops Mercator projection: France now looks smaller on world maps Euronews.com What different world maps get right - and what they get wrong BBC UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale The Guardian UN tells the world: Stop making Africa look small UN News Countries vote at UN to back world map that shows Africa's true size Sky News
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Paris drops Mercator projection: France now looks smaller on world maps Euronews.com What different world maps get right - and what they get wrong BBC UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale The Guardian UN tells the… Euronews.com first reported the story. This YuToday briefing gathers the confirmed facts, what changed, and what to watch next.
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