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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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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Spain's top holiday destination Tenerife gets more tourists than Brazil, even though it is 0,02% of its size.

The number for Tenerife includes all tourists from outside of the island so both from mainland Spain and international ones. @Geogram

World's most crucial oil transit chokepoints. @Geogram

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Timeline and locations of the most recent meetings between Putin and U.S. presidents. @Geogram

Next meeting was supposed to take place in November in Budapest.

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Countries which change their time for summer. @Geogram

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Map of Russia's oil refineries targeted by Ukraine as of October 2025.

Since January, 21 of 38 Russia's major refineries have been struck which reportedly disabled nearly 40% of the country’s oil refining capacity. @Geogram

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15 cities with the most casinos. @Geogram

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Percentage of adults aged 25-34 years olds who still live in their parents' homes. @Geogram

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Countries with high-speed railway networks (over 200km/h). @Geogram

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Countries with the largest gold reserved in the world in the second quarter of 2025 (in metric tons). @Geogram

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Top gold mines by actual or estimated output in 2024. @Geogram

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Views of the United Nations among 25 surveyed nations. @Geogram

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Where each U.S. state's largest immigrant group was born, 1920 vs 2020. @Geogram

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Only 9 countries include the map of their country on their passport covers.

Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Kosovo, Madagascar, Nepal, Bangladesh and the Maldives. @Geogram

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Map from 1941 showing proposed Trans-Saharan Railway conducted by the French to connect Algeria and sub-Saharan Africa. @Geogram

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