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Bubble map comparing landmass and population to measure population density. The outer bubble depicts area(sq km) and the inner bubble depicts population. The larger the inner bubble relative to the outer bubble, the higher the level of population density.
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Adjacent bubble charts comparing popular topics
An interactive exploration of how current topics across American politicians on Twitter compares to those across American news outlets on Twitter.
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Bubble chart of UK public spending by government department
Total UK government public spending, by department.
The area of the circles represents the total spend, and the colours are used to distinguish the different departments
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This infographic presents the final medal count for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in several dimensions. The central part shows the distribution of medals by continent using proportional bubbles to reflect the count. The inner circles of these bubbles are pie charts split by the type of medal. The same technique is applied in the other dimensions presented: medals by geopolitical groups (China, EU, ex soviet republics) , by sport (swimming, athletics, gymnastics) , by GDP and by population. It also contains full information of the final medal count by country and a day-by-day gold medal count (annotated bar char in the lower half). All parts of the visualisation are commented to give an overall picture of the event.
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These bubbles visualise the expectations of people to see a woman as President of the United States.
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