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13 Maps That Explain 2017
The year's biggest stories in maps—and a few of the best maps, in stories.
There’s no one right way to make sense of a tumultuous year, but at least maps offer one kind of insight: Even in a digitally connected world, geography is still, frequently, destiny. From the effects of DACA elimination, to Hurricane Harvey’s impact on Houston, to Uber’s wild year, CityLab has reported many of the year’s top stories through the lens of physical place.
As a special edition of MapLab, CityLab’s biweekly maps newsletter (sign up here), I looked at some of 2017’s big stories in maps, and some of 2017’s best maps, in stories.