Interactives
Our latest interactive stories, trackers and special projects
In addition to the 75,000-or-so words The Economist prints each week, we publish articles conceived for screens big and small. These include a look at the world through the lens of Russia’s state-controlled media, our regularly updated Big Mac index of currencies and data-rich features. Read more of our interactive journalism below.
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Latest
What evidence reveals about the Gaza hospital blast’s source
The damage points to a malfunctioning rocket, not an air strike
Western values are steadily diverging from the rest of the world’s
People’s principles were expected to align as countries got richer. What happened?
Britain’s green belt is choking the economy
The public likes, but badly misunderstands, the green belt. It’s time to rethink it
Tracking the Ukraine war: where is the latest fighting?
Our satellite view of the conflict, updated daily
Trackers, indices and forecasts
Our Big Mac index shows how burger prices are changing
In what countries is the ubiquitous meal cheapest—and dearest?
The world’s most liveable cities in 2023
An index by our sister company rates the best, and worst, cities in which to live
How popular is Joe Biden?
Weekly opinion polls from The Economist and YouGov, tracking Joe Biden's approval ratings and the issues that are most important to voters
Ukraine and Russia
Open-source intelligence is piercing the fog of war in Ukraine
Social-media posts and satellite imagery provide a torrent of data, but can overwhelm and confuse
Data from satellites reveal the vast extent of fighting in Ukraine
The scars of the war can be found far beyond the front lines
Vladimir Putin is dragging the world back to a bloodier time
His attempt to conquer Ukraine ignores the lessons of history
The Putin Show
How the war in Ukraine appears to Russians
Features
How the Blitz changed London for the better
After the war the city built back bigger, bringing unexpected gains
East Asia’s new family portrait
Households across the region look very different from previous generations. Governments are struggling to keep up
Large, creative AI models will transform lives and labour markets
They bring enormous promise and peril. But how do they work?
How intrepid Victorian surveyors mapped the length and breadth of Britain
Today’s country walkers owe much to the theodolite-lugging cartographers of the early Ordnance Survey
Graphic detail
Family separation among slaves in America was shockingly prevalent
A new dataset tracks the journeys of slaves shipped along the coast to New Orleans
Max Martin knows how to create a number-one hit
One rule for success: get to the catchy vocals as fast as possible
The Brazilian Amazon has been a net carbon emitter since 2016
Rapid deforestation outweighs carbon capture by remaining trees
Hollywood is losing the battle for China
The rise of domestic cinema counters Western cultural influence
World news
Can a political underdog save Nigeria?
Peter Obi thinks he can renew Africa’s biggest economy and democracy
The World Ahead 2023
The weather system that influences the world
As 2023 begins, the world’s most important climate system remains locked in La Niña
The Brazilian Amazon has been a net carbon emitter since 2016
Rapid deforestation outweighs carbon capture by remaining trees
Business and finance
The A to Z of economics
Economic terms, from “absolute advantage” to “zero-sum game”, explained to you in plain English
As TikTok grows, so does suspicion
The Chinese app is bringing competition—and security fears—to social media