African Union backs campaign to replace Mercator map that distorts Africa's size

This is an intriguing problem. The way we create two dimensional maps distorts the sizes of some areas. Especially a continent that spans across the equator. 

And as a result, we tend to think of Africa as "small" which clearly isn't right. 

Food for thought. 

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/21/nx-s1-5508358/mercator-map-africa