Countries and territories that have the most tourists compared to their populations. @Geogram

1. Andorra 🇦🇩
2. Macao SAR 🇲🇴
3. Turks & Caicos 🇹🇨
4. Aruba 🇦🇼
5. British Virgin Islands 🇻🇬
6. Cook Islands 🇨🇰
7. Malta 🇲🇹
8. Cayman Islands 🇰🇾
9. Northern Mariana Islands🇲🇵
10. The Bahamas 🇧🇸

3 fully independent states made the top 10.

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The greatest museum thefts in Europe.
The latest theft in the Louvre has been valued at 88 milion euro. @Geogram

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Countries which are obliged to arrest Putin and Netanyahu, at least on paper, according to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. @Geogram

Number of enslaved Africans arriving in the Americas between 1514 and 1866. @Geogram

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Percentage of destruction of German cities at the end of the World War 2. @Geogram

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What accent does the Google Translate have when speaking English based on user's location. @Geogram

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The world’s longest straight stretch of road is Highway 10 in Saudi Arabia, which features a completely straight segment that spans 240 kilometres without a single curve. @Geogram

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Europe's poverty rates in 2024. @Geogram

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The size of Alaska compared to the lower 48 continental states. @Geogram

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Total new arrivals of the Sudanese people in neighbouring countries since the Sudanese civil war broke out in 2023. @Geogram

Most of Europe's fastest-growing major cities since 2010 are in Central and Eastern Europe.

Out of top twenty: 10 are located in Poland, 2 in Romania and the rest are capitals of Ireland, Malta, Lithuania, Hungary, Latvia, Denmark, Bulgaria and the Netherlands. @Geogram

The top 5 are:
1. Dublin 🇮🇪
2. Valetta 🇲🇹
3. Wrocław 🇵🇱
4. Iași 🇷🇴
5. Vilnius 🇱🇹

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Current bids for the 2036 Olympics after Indonesia got rejected this week by the ICC over refusing visas to Israeli gymnasts.

As of today, the only 3 confirmed bids are from Chile 🇨🇱, Turkey 🇹🇷 and India 🇮🇳. @Geogram

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Top 15 foreign resident nationalities in Japan as of December 2024. @Geogram

Top 5 are from:
1. China 🇨🇳
2. Vietnam 🇻🇳
3. South Korea 🇰🇷
4. Philippines 🇵🇭
5. Brazil 🇧🇷

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The Niger River is Africa's third-longest river extending about 4180 km, even though its source is located only 240 km from the Atlantic Ocean. @Geogram

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Countries which do not self identify as democracies. @Geogram

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Hurricane Melissa - category 5 tropical cyclone, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history has just hit Jamaica with winds reaching 295 km/h.

It is expected to have catastrophic impacts on Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba in coming days. @Geogram

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Live news coverage with pictures of the landfall

2 day rainfall forecast for Hurricane Melissa.

Authorities are warning of up to 4 meter high storm surge along the southern coast of Jamaica. Even though mandatory evacuation orders have been issued by the government it is estimated that 1,5 milion people will be in the storm's path.
Airports have been closed since Sunday causing many people stuck on the island. Source

Cuban authorities say that over 650 000 people have already evacuated from Eastern Cuba, which makes up 15% of country's population. Source

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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country in 2023. A total fertility of 2,1 is needed to maintain a stable population (excluding migrations). @Geogram

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Leading destination of Italian migrants in 2024.
The top 3 are Germany, Spain and the UK. @Geogram

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