Image: Screenshot, South China Morning Post
The fatal turbulence that left one user dead on a Singapore Airlines flight, Donald Trump’s 34 convictions, and the Iranian president’s death in a helicopter crash are among the stories most explored by knowledge groups around the world in recent weeks. . In this edition of our Top 10 Data Journalism, which analysed the news between 20 May and 2 June, we also highlight The Economist’s view of the lack of media policy of Sudan’s “forgotten” war, a visualization by El País of the microplastics that leak out. in our waters and bodies, an examination of the 1. 5 million “hikikomori” in East Asia who have isolated themselves from society and an investigation through The Outlier on the global good fortune of African marathon runners.
Most flights, regardless of where or when they take place, exhibit symptoms of turbulence. However, news about air accidents related to turbulence in the air has increased especially this year. In the most recent incident, one user was killed and more than a hundred injured after a Singapore Airlines flight heading from London to Singapore crashed on May 21. To help readers and travelers understand this phenomenon, the South China Morning Post used data from 2023 to create a visual graph that explains what turbulence is, the reasons for severe cases, and what some of the most turbulent flight paths in the world are. It also included tips on how travelers can stay inside the plane, including in the bathroom.
While the world’s attention and news headlines have focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the war between Israel and Hamas, The Economist has examined the “forgotten” war in Sudan. Since independence in 1956, Sudan has been rocked by coups and civil strife. wars and even the secession of present-day South Sudan. However, since last year, the country has been ravaged by a bloody fighting of forces between the official Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In a special edition, The Economist presented graphs and maps showing the scale of the disaster, adding up the spaces of the two groups, the number and reasons for the estimated deaths, and the number and migration routes of Sudanese (one in 8 within the country). . the rest of the world’s displaced people are in Sudan).
For months, CNN has been investigating why more than 1. 5 million young Asians isolate themselves from society. This phenomenon is perhaps best documented in Japan, where there is even a term for it: hikikomori, or other people who decide to cut ties with But similar stories are emerging in other parts of the world, including the United States, Spain and France. In this play, we learn the stories of other people from Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. According to the report, these other people are in the prime of life and the reasons that explain this mandatory isolation may be varied, such as the rise of the web and the decrease in face-to-face interactions, as well as the Covid-19 pandemic. . Across much of Asia, governments and organizations are racing to help hikikomori reintegrate into society.
Donald Trump’s calendar for 2024 is packed: not only with election events for this third consecutive presidential race, but also with court hearings for four separate trials. In a trial that just ended for illegal hush money to support his 2016 campaign, Trump was found to be the culprit. of 34 counts: the first time in history that a former president of the United States has been convicted of a criminal case. So what does this mean for your customers in November, when the U. S. goes to the polls?According to Five Thirty Eight, very little. The site used information from various resources to show that Trump would possibly lose some support, but this drop would possibly be transitory and does not necessarily mean that this disgruntled electorate will turn to the current US president, Joe Biden.
It’s not just air incidents that have been in the news in recent weeks. On May 19, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died after the helicopter he was traveling in crashed into a mountain. The reasons for the twist of fate are still under investigation, but U. S. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program would likely have played a significant role in this story, the Financial Times noted. The newspaper explains that on his fateful trip, Raisi was aboard a US-made helicopter that is barely 30 years old. an age at which many aircraft are already retired. According to aviation data from Cirium Group, used through the FT, about 60% of Iran’s helicopter fleet is now more than four decades old, in part due to the suffering of the Middle East’s second-largest country. to download new aircraft and upgrade them.
For some time now, scientists have been concerned about the dangers of contamination of humans through microplastics. El País presented an interactive investigation on this type of invisible and invasive pollutants that “we drink, eat and breathe. “Ways for micro and nanoplastics to enter our bodies, the media showed in a visual explanation how many microplastics are in a glass of water, the presence of microplastics in tap and bottled water, and the amount of water that would have to be to ingest a gram of plastic. According to the report, in Spain alone there are 89 times more microplastics in bottled water than in tap water, a large part of which comes from the packaging itself.
Every year, the Kyrgyz public hears disturbing reports of abandoned young children being discovered in public toilets, in fields, at the doors of residential buildings and apartments, and even in garbage cans. The independent media outlet Kloop has studied crime reports in the Kyrgyz media and created a database of more than 1,000 “rejected and abandoned” young children in the country since 2010. In addition to investigating the reasons for the phenomenon, such as absence of husband or partner, infidelity or financial problems, the team also presented research that highlights that other people still prefer to put all the blame on the mother of an abandoned child. Kloop studied 115 stories in intensity and presented the stories of some.
What do the world’s largest marathons have in common?Chances are, African women are among the best. According to a study by the South African media The Outlier, 82 of the hundred fastest marathon runners in the world come from two African countries: Kenya and Ethiopia. Many of those elite runners were born in express regions of their home countries. In the report, the Rift Valley in Kenya is used as an example. There are many other people in the region who are suited to smart long-distance runners, adding maximum-intensity education at higher altitudes, running from a young age, and classic starchy nutrition. The Outlier also looked at the records set by those women, such as which record times are close to those of men’s marathons, and how this sparked a debate about which format of record counting (women’s only or for combined effects) would be fair.
In a new bankruptcy of NarcoFiles, a transnational investigation into fashionable organized crime, OCCRP and its partners Cuestión Pública and Berlingske hint at the global direction of cocaine from Colombia, the world’s largest manufacturer of the drug. According to the report, official statistics on drug shipments seizures in Colombia are hard to come by and may only be received due to the leak of more than seven million emails from the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office. With this data, the sleuths identified 1,764 seizures of Colombian cocaine between 2016 and April 2022. about three-quarters of which were conducted on small vessels, such as fishing boats or lobster trawlers. But cocaine seizures on giant ships were also proportionately gigantic, totaling about 264. 8 tons, about twice the weight of the Statue of Liberty. It also found that, in addition to Colombia, Belgium and Spain were the most common countries for seizures.
In the October 7 terror attack, Hamas captured more than two hundred people on Israeli territory, some of whom have since been declared dead or released a ceasefire in late November 2023. On the other hand, many others are still being held during the terrorist group’s hostage. Some members of Israeli families, dissatisfied with their government’s lack of efforts to secure the return of these hostages, demonstrate daily in front of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem. In this special report, Le Monde investigated the identity of those hostages and showed on a map where each of them was captured, noting that most of them are civilians and that the majority are not even Israelis, but immigrants living or have lived in the country.
A special tidbit for moviegoers like me: A few days before the announcement of the first prize at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, the Swiss online site Le Temps compiled information about all the Palme d’Or, as well as the festival’s trophies. Calls since 1955 that have conquered or divided the public and critics. For the graphs comparing public opinion to critical opinion, the media used insights from IMDb, the world’s largest collaborative knowledge base of movies and TV series, and the review site Rotten Tomatoes. respectively. Spoiler: Among the films, Pulp Fiction, awarded at Cannes in 1994, is by far the most popular film among moviegoers.
Ana Beatriz Assam is the Portuguese editor-in-chief of GIJN and a Brazilian journalist. She worked as a freelance journalist for the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo, covering mainly reports on knowledge journalism. He also works for the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism. (Abraji) as assistant coordinator of journalism courses.
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