1/4 When news broke in June that South Korean pop band BTS and their label donated $1 million to Black Lives Matter, their fans launched the
#MatchAMillion
campaign and raised another $1 million for the movement – in just over a day.
4/4 The BTS fanbase often breaks social media records and trends hashtags to celebrate the band’s songs and music videos. But it's not a disconnected group of individual fans – they have a semi-structured Twitter ecosystem that allows messages and information to spread quickly.
3/4 Part of the BTS
#ARMY
’s strength lies in their diverse demographics; a growing share of their audience are in their 40’s and older, which means they often have more disposable income.
Scientists expect the iceberg to grind over the seabed, crushing the island’s underwater life. The berg could remain a fixture for up to 10 years and block some of the island’s 2 million penguins from reaching the waters to feed their young.
Italy is the worst-hit country from the
#coronavirus
in Europe, with schools, cinemas and theatres now closed as more than 4,500 cases have been confirmed. Data shows that the virus has emptied Italy's roads.
As the rollout of vaccines progresses towards a hopeful end to the
#COVID19
pandemic,
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1/13 The killing of George Floyd in May sparked worldwide mass protests against racial injustice and brought to the forefront the systemic racism that Black people face on a daily basis. Here are some ways that American inequality plays out in Black lives
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@TheAcademy
Awards show producers are taking this year’s ceremony in a new direction after Kevin Hart stepped down as host. Fifty-one celebrities will present the awards instead. Here’s a look at 91 years of Oscar hosts.
At least 82 people have been arrested following the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. See where suspects were arrested and why.
Ventilators are in huge demand and short supply as a key medical tool to help combat the worst effects of coronavirus on the body. Here’s how COVID-19 affects patients and how ventilators can be a bridge between life and death, by Samuel Granados.
A Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 aircraft lost contact after taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on a domestic flight on Saturday. Flight path data via
@flightradar24
As the pandemic deepens and lockdowns spread, Europeans are saving more and growing increasingly pessimistic about the future. Only one country bucks the trend: Sweden.
From remote corners of the Himalayas to crocodile-infested mangrove swamps of the Andaman Islands, here's how Indian officials set up 1 million polling stations for this election.
One clue could be that Swedish workplaces never shut down, a stark contrast to the pandemic experienced by other Europeans. Ireland endured the longest lockdown.
Down the windpipe and through bronchial tubes in the lung, the disease affects tiny air sacs called alveoli. The walls of the air sacs become damaged and inflamed, reducing the oxygen supply to the blood and leaving the patient struggling for breath.
Non-invasive ventilators can help patients who are still able to breathe on their own. These devices use face masks, nasal tubes or mouth pieces to push air, or a mixture of air and oxygen, into the lungs.
When a patient's immune system responds to COVID-19 by going into extreme overdrive, it can trigger a "cytokine storm" - which is when the body overproduces immune cells - causing dangerously high blood pressure, lung damage and organ failure.
As the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 swept across the world it has mutated into at least seven major groups, or strains, as it adapted to its human hosts. Here we explain its evolution.
#COVID19
The coronavirus binds to cells in the throat, airways and lungs, and hijacks those cell’s own replication process to multiply and infect neighbouring cells.
✈️ Key flight corridors may face potentially lengthy blockages after EU and Moscow issued tit-for-tat airspace bans following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
We mapped the impact on flights. 👇
Drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech SE just announced they'd developed a vaccine that was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on initial data.
Here are the different types of vaccines and how your body uses them to develop immunity.
Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency by winning several states won by Donald Trump in 2016. See where each candidate improved on their party's performance from the last election.
Key aviation corridors may face potentially lengthy blockages after EU and Moscow issued tit-for-tat airspace bans. We mapped the impact on flights, data courtesy of
@flightradar24
A massive ice berg that broke from the Antarctic peninsula in 2017 is likely to collide with South Georgia Island within days, threatening the habitat of millions of penguins and other sea life.
1/3 The White House acknowledged it won't meet Biden's goal to vaccinate 70% of American adults by the Fourth of July. While the U.S. has rolled out vaccines relatively quickly, speed isn't the only component in a successful vaccination program. Read more:
Ukrainian forces battled Russian invaders on three sides on Thursday after Moscow mounted its assault across the country. Check here for the latest Reuters maps and graphics.
2/13 Disparities begin at birth, even before. Out of every 100,000 live births, 42 Black women die of pregnancy-related causes, more than three times the rate for white women.
As the damage to the capillaries and the alveoli mounts, the delivery of oxygen to the blood reduces and can develop into a condition known as Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in patients whose immune systems go into overdrive.
Russian missiles pounded Kyiv on Friday, families cowered in shelters and authorities told residents to prepare Molotov cocktails to defend Ukraine's capital as fighting was reported in the outskirts of the city.
The latest:
2/3 Trust and interest in getting the vaccine can become a limiting factor in the country's overall vaccination rate. The CDC said younger adults are more likely to be reluctant to get vaccinated because of concerns over vaccine safety and effectiveness.
On Sunday, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia began producing electricity from its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the $5 billion dollar project that will be the biggest hydropower plant in Africa.
Last year, we looked at how the dam could transform the region. 👇
Reuters has documented more than 850 threatening and hostile messages aimed at election officials and staff since the 2020 election. Our visual exploration of the menacing messages:
Remembering the slave trade: From 1514 to 1866, more than 12.5 million African captives were forced onto about 40,000 European ships. This month marks 400 years since the first recorded African slaves arrived in North America.
1/7 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969. Fifty years later, there are plans to go back, this time to stay.
3/3 Community trust in the vaccine is especially important when the infection rate is high. The highly-transmissible Delta variant is a growing concern for areas with low vaccination rates. It's the greatest threat to the effort to eradicate COVID-19 in the U.S., Dr. Fauci said.
The Reuters graphics team won a total of 23 awards at the Malofiej infographics competition including a gold medal in the data visualisation category as well as picking up the prestigious Miguel Urabayen Best Map award.
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Starting tomorrow, 🇪🇺 EU member states will meet to agree on the terms of a recovery fund designed to help their economies balance the deficit left by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Detailed maps show the devastation in
#palu
after the
#tsunamiindonesia
#SulawesiEarthquake
. The ground moved up to seven metres in opposite directions along a rupture stretching for dozens of kilometres.
Uganda's government has passed a law making it illegal to identify as LGBTQ. As of this month more than half of Africa’s 54 nations explicitly criminalise same-sex activity, according to data from
@ILGAWORLD
.
When patients can’t breathe on their own anymore, an invasive ventilator takes over the entire breathing process. Air and oxygen are delivered via a tube placed in the larynx or trachea.
Firefighters have been battling some of the largest fires 🔥in California’s history in recent weeks. A fleet of specially equipped firefighting aircraft have been helping fire crews on the ground. Example from Aug. 22 👇
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As Finland joined NATO and Sweden hopes to join soon, access to new territories and their infrastructure opens ways for allies to watch and contain Moscow, and a chance to treat northwest Europe as one bloc.
Read here:
Lombardy, the wealthiest and most populous region in Italy, reported its first case of coronavirus on Feb 21. A month later, Lombardy had become the single deadliest
#coronavirus
hotspot on the planet.
3/13 Inequality extends to the basics of life. One in every five Black households experienced uncertainty in getting sufficient food. Food insecurity during the
#COVID19
pandemic hit a national rate of 23% — the highest record — including nearly a third of Black households.
The social distancing of America: What location data from millions of smartphones can tell us about Americans’ changing travel habits in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic:
An in-depth look at how the ground moved after the massive
#Turkey
#earthquake
. The 300km long rupture cut through towns and villages that sat along the fault line.
Protesters have defended themselves against chemical irritants such as tear gas in multiple ways, including by using leaf blowers to push the gas away from themselves.
5/13 Black college students need to take student loans to finance their degrees more often than white students, and those taking them graduate with over $7,000 more in debt, on average.
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1/5 "Deepfakes", or hyper-realistic images of people, can be generated by computers to help build totally untraceable online identities. Here are a few of the hallmarks to detect if the person you see online is real or not.
Drowning in plastic: Visualising the world’s addiction to single-use plastic bottles. Around the world, almost 1 million are purchased every minute. The majority end up in the environment, landfill sites, or oceans around the world.
While the Israeli military began raids into the Gaza Strip on Friday with tank-backed troops, violence along Israel’s border with Lebanon and within the West Bank has also been escalating.
A year after Russian troops poured over the Ukrainian border and reached the gates of the capital Kyiv in a full-scale invasion Moscow hoped would bring swift victory, one of the most striking aspects of the war so far is that Ukraine has survived.
How well are countries across the world slowing the spread of the
#coronavirus
? Decelerating the rate of new COVID-19 cases requires dramatic measures and is the key to preventing healthcare systems from becoming overwhelmed.
7/13 Black Americans also face a higher chance of imprisonment and longer sentences for similar crimes and have a greater chance of dying from an encounter with a police officer, compared with white people.
Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in eastern Ukraine, the largest nuclear plant in Europe. As shells hit the area, a blaze broke out in a training building temporarily.
Read more. 👇
4/13 Racial disparities persist in education — from preschool to college — setting up many Black Americans for a lifetime of social and economic disadvantages. The 16 pct. point gap between Black and white students who have bachelor’s degrees has remained steady for 20 years.
With our new page you can find out how far countries have gone towards vaccinating their people, at what pace they’re going and who’s getting access to a vaccine.
Air Pollution has hit dangerous levels across New Delhi and other parts of northern India this month.
As wind speeds slow, the Himalayas tend to trap the colder, low-hanging winter air across northern India and Pakistan, with air pollution accumulating there, unable to escape.
🇮🇳India and 🇵🇰Pakistan are celebrating 75 years of independence this month.
@ReutersGraphics
compared the two countries on a dozen socio-economic indicators to see how their people's quality of life has improved and how both countries compare to the rest of the world. 🧵
After abandoning an assault on Kyiv during the early weeks of the war in Ukraine, Russia concentrated its military operation on the industrial Donbas heartland and a grinding contest of long-range artillery bombardments and missile strikes on cities.
6/6 The Academy is slowly but surely adopting the idea that diversity sells. This year’s Oscars cast is one of the most diverse in its history with Latino and Asian actors presenting.
13/13 While some progress has been made in recent decades to narrow racial disparities, wide gaps — rooted in the legacy of slavery, segregation and discrimination — have endured or grown in the years since the civil rights victories of the 1960s.
Breaking down the ageing fleet of Indonesia's
#SriwijayaAir
. The airline was thrust into the spotlight this week when a nearly 27-year old Boeing 737-500 crashed into the Java Sea
6/13 Health insurance, a solid indicator of healthcare access, has eluded Black Americans more than their white counterparts. The 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act narrowed the racial gap but progress has since stalled.
9/13 The striking gap between Black and white family wealth results from disparities across the U.S. economy as Black Americans are about twice as likely to be unemployed and have a median household income that is only 57% that of white families.
1/8 A mob of Trump supporters overran the police force that protects the U.S. Capitol yesterday, forcing their way past metal security barricades, breaking windows and scaling walls to fight their way into the Capitol. Here’s how events unfolded: