The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look ...

The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to endorse a new world map that shows Africa's large size more accurately.

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.

Mercator maps distorted Africa for centuries. A U.N. vote asks the world to see the continent closer to its actual size. The U.S. was lone 'no' vote.

The U.S. was the only nation to oppose a new world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa and other regions.

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The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.