Interactives

Our latest interactive stories, trackers and special projects

Latest

Americans’ love affair with big cars is killing them

New analysis shows that the heaviest vehicles kill more people than they save in crashes

“Hell on earth”: satellite images document the siege of a Sudanese city

El-Fasher, until recently a place of refuge, is under attack


The demise of an iconic American highway

California’s Highway 1 is showing the limits of mankind’s ingenuity


Russia’s explosion of a huge Ukrainian dam had surprising effects

A year after the blast and flood, Ukrainians disagree over whether to rebuild Kakhovka


Trackers, indices and forecasts

Donald Trump v Kamala Harris: who’s ahead in the polls?

The Economist is tracking the race to be America’s next president

Our Big Mac index shows how burger prices differ across borders

Using patty-power parity to think about exchange rates


French election tracker: Marine Le Pen’s hard-right falters

See the latest results, polls and guide to the parties


Interactive UK election 2024

General-election forecast: Labour beat the Conservatives

Our seat-by-seat prediction for Britain’s Parliament


Ukraine and Russia

The truth behind Olena Zelenska’s $1.1m Cartier haul

The anatomy of a disinformation campaign

Vladivostok at dusk

Vladivostok is a window into wartime Russia

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is transforming the far-eastern city


Tracking the Ukraine war: where is the latest fighting?

Our satellite view of the conflict, updated daily


How cheap drones are transforming warfare in Ukraine

First-person view drones have achieved near mythical status on the front lines


Features

Inside a month of America’s school shootings

The hidden impacts of gun crime are devastating and poorly understood

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?


How motherhood hurts careers

A new study measures its impact on women’s employment worldwide


Large, creative AI models will transform lives and labour markets

They bring enormous promise and peril. But how do they work?


World news

Supporters raise their hands during a campaign rally for Peter Obi, presidential candidate for the Labour Party, in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. Nigerian businessman and ex-governor Obi remains the top choice to become the nations next president, according to a new poll. Photographer: Benson Ibeabuchi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Can a political underdog save Nigeria?

Peter Obi thinks he can renew Africa’s biggest economy and democracy

How to fix 30m draughty homes

And help Britain reach net-zero emissions


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


Business and finance

The world’s richest countries in 2024

Our annual ranking compares economies in three different ways