Are things getting better or worse? Plus: updated projections of world population, country-by-country, and a US politics roundup

This special edition of The Crunch brings you all the UK election statistics, graphs and our beloved cartograms

We look at the best charts from the past fortnight, including a beautiful visualisation of Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1

We look at some of the best charts from the past fortnight, including the cost of building nuclear reactors in Australia

We look at four of the best charts from the past fortnight, including one that demonstrates the power of nostalgia

Everyone says they’re ‘middle class’, but we can show you how your household compares with the rest of Australia

We examine the rates of domestic and family violence suffered by Indigenous people, compared with the rest of Australia

Plus: EVs are booming but electric bikes are really cutting emissions

Our data team picks four of the best charts from the past fortnight, including a look at how millennials have been ripped off

We look at four of the best charts from the past fortnight, including why the number of preventive police searches has surged

We look at four of the best charts from the past fortnight, including how billboards target poorer UK neighbourhoods

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The five best charts from the fortnight including booming rooftop solar data and torrential rain in Australia

The best of this year’s visualisations from the Guardian and beyond

This week’s data newsletter also looks at the effect of record immigration on Australia and the use of text on Vogue magazine covers

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