UN approves updated world map, reducing the scale of Europe and North America
The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution to adopt a new global map that provides a more precise representation of Africa's actual scale. This updated version depicts the African continent as significantly larger, while decreasing the relative size of North America and Europe—a decision the United States has contested. The standard Mercator projection has long faced criticism for portraying Africa as roughly the same size as Greenland, despite Africa being 14 times larger in reality.
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