{"id":376190,"date":"2026-09-05T19:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/un-adopts-new-map-to-fix-worlds-proportions\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T19:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T18:00:19","slug":"un-adopts-new-map-to-fix-worlds-proportions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/un-adopts-new-map-to-fix-worlds-proportions\/","title":{"rendered":"UN adopts new map to fix world&#8217;s proportions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ux_hnzyxLho\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"UN adopts new map to fix world's proportions\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ux_hnzyxLho\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The UN voted to swap the 16th century Mercator map for the more accurate Equal Earth projection. 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