Interactives
Our latest interactive stories, trackers and special projects
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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

Solar power is going to be huge
An energy source that gets cheaper and cheaper is a wonderful thing
The truth behind Olena Zelenska’s $1.1m Cartier haul
The anatomy of a disinformation campaign
Trackers, indices and forecasts

Donald Trump v Kamala Harris: what the polls say
The Economist is tracking the contest for the White House

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
UK election 2024
General-election forecast: Labour beat the Conservatives
Our seat-by-seat prediction for Britain’s Parliament
Ukraine and Russia

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
Vladimir Putin is dragging the world back to a bloodier time
His attempt to conquer Ukraine ignores the lessons of history
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?
Graphic detail

Family separation among slaves in America was shockingly prevalent
A new dataset tracks the journeys of slaves shipped along the coast to New Orleans

Max Martin knows how to create a number-one hit
One rule for success: get to the catchy vocals as fast as possible

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
World news

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 World Ahead 2023
The weather system that influences the world
As 2023 begins, the world’s most important climate system remains locked in La Niña
The Brazilian Amazon has been a net carbon emitter since 2016
Rapid deforestation outweighs carbon capture by remaining trees
Business and finance

Investments in ports foretell the future of global commerce
It will be more high-tech—and more Asian

The war in Ukraine has reshaped the world’s fuel markets
The Gulf will be a big winner
A different way to measure the climate impact of food
Meet The Economist’s banana index