Maps & Charts
this page last updated: Tuesday 20 November 2018
One Map That Explains the Dangerous Saudi-Iranian Conflict
6 January 2016
What the map shows is that, due to a peculiar correlation of religious history and anaerobic decomposition of plankton, almost all the Persian Gulf’s fossil fuels are located underneath Shiites. This is true even in Sunni Saudi Arabia, where the major oil fields are in the Eastern Province, which has a majority Shiite population.
The US National Police Violence Map
29 September 2015
At least 242 black people have been killed by police in the U.S. in 2015. Get the facts about police violence in your community to make the case for change.
Selling England by the offshore pound
20 September 2015
Over the last year Private Eye has revealed the extent of ownership of British land by offshore companies, generally for tax avoidance and often to conceal dubious wealth. Now the Eye has created an easily searchable online map of these properties, revealing for the first time the British property interests of companies based in tax havens from Panama to Luxembourg, and from Liechtenstein to the South Pacific island of Niue. Using Land Registry data released under Freedom of Information laws, and then linking more than 100,000 land title register entries to specific addresses, the Eye has tracked all leasehold and freehold interests acquired by offshore companies between 2005 and 2014.
Minority of fatalities from terrorism in Europe due to Islamist attacks
18 January 2015
Publicly available data show that almost 80% of terrorism fatalities in EU countries between 1968 and 2013 were not caused by Islamist attacks. more »
Incarceration Nation — No Justice for All
27 June 2012
In the US, incarceration has become a huge and growing problem (and very profitable to private corporations). Since the 1970s, the incarcerated population has grown ten times more than the growth of the general population. A large amount of tax money is being spent to keep non-violent prisoners in jail. This infographic shows just how much the US uses to keep prison rates high instead of trying to keep graduation rates high.
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US Military and CIA Interventions since World War II
18 October 2011
Source: William Blum, Killing Hope (2004) and Rogue State (2005).
The State of Working America
4 September 2011
From 1947 to 1979, wages tracked steadily upward alongside gains in productivity, most workers got a bigger share of economic gains as wages grew, and household debt was a proportion of disposable income. From 1980, with the arrival of conservatives Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, wages flatlined whilst productivity increased, the top fifth of society took the largest share of economic gains whilst the lowest in society saw dramatic falls in gains, and household debt rose to unsustainable levels.
Minerals in Afghanistan
15 June 2010
A joint team from the Pentagon, US Geological Service and USAID has calculated Afghanistan's mineral deposits are worth at least $900bn.
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Tracing Human History Through Genetic Mutations
26 April 2009
By examining DNA patterns that are inherited maternally or paternally, scientists can trace human lineages back to the original branches, or sons and daughters, of a genetic Adam and an Eve.
TAPI or IPI?
17 June 2008
The proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline has a rival: the “peace pipeline” aka the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline. They both aim to supply Pakistan and India with much needed gas.
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The Proposed TAPI Pipeline
22 December 2003
Starting in the mid-1990s, Unocal and its partners planned to build a 1,000 mile gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Multan, Pakistan.
The Cheney Energy Task Force
17 July 2003
Released under the Freedom of Information Act, these documents feature a map of Iraqi oil-fields, pipelines, refineries and terminals, as well as the foreign suitors for Iraqi oil-field contracts — dated March 2001.
Iraqi oilfields and facilities
25 September 2002
Produced in 1992, this map shows oilfields, pipelines, refineries and export terminals.
Iraq's southern oilfields
25 September 2002
This map shows the oilfields situated around the Iraq-Kuwait border.
Oil and natural gas export infrastructure in Central Asia and the Caucasus
14 July 2002
This map shows gas and oil fields, and existing and proposed pipelines.
Existing and potential oil and gas export routes from the Caspian Basin
14 July 2002
Shows the routes that go east and west.
Oil and military presence in Caspian and Middle East region
14 July 2002
This map shows pipelines, US military bases, oil-producing regions and ports.
Afghanistan's precious metals
14 July 2002
Sn = tin
Au = gold
Pb/Zn = lead/zinc
Fe = iron
Cu = copper
Hg = mercury
Afghanistan's gemstones
14 July 2002
Show the locations of ruby/spinel, tourmaline, emerald, kunzite, lapis and aquamarine.
Afghanistan's major gemstone mines
14 July 2002
Shows the activity in the north eastern region — produced in 2001.
The ‘BushLaden’ Network
14 July 2002
The ties between the Bush family, the CIA, financial institutions and the bin-Laden family.
Number of corporations that control nearly all US media
14 July 2002
The number of corporations went from 50 in 1983, to only six in 2000.
The Caspian Sea's proven and estimated oil reserves
12 July 2002
Shows the figures for Russia, Kazakstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan.
Afghanistan at a Glance
7 June 2002
Recent political developments in Afghanistan.