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Map highlighting Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein, each surrounded only by other landlocked countries.

Blank Spots

Only two countries are doubly landlocked

23 Oct 2026

Two maps of the Aral Sea side by side, showing the large lake of the 1960s and the much smaller remaining water bodies today.

Then & Now

The Aral Sea, 1960s and today

21 Oct 2026

A dark globe with glowing orange and pink points where NASA satellites detected fires over three months, densest across central and southern Africa and in Brazil.

Map of the Week

Three months of fire on Earth, seen from space

19 Oct 2026

Outline of Kazakhstan placed over a map of Europe at the same scale, covering the area from France to the Black Sea.

Map of the Week

Kazakhstan is bigger than Western Europe

19 Oct 2026

Comparison of Central Asian countries on a Mercator map and at their true relative size.

Map Myths

What the Mercator projection does to Central Asia

16 Oct 2026