From margins to mainstream: the rapid shift in French public opinion

Data visualization, 2015

Numbers cannot explain the Charlie Hebdo tragedy, but they can help provide some of the context and clarity needed to better understand complexity. The figures tell us the story of a France that has changed - and has done so rapidly in a relatively short period of time.

Carbon emissions: past, present and future

Data visualization, 2014

Who stinks the most. As the UN climate talks open in Lima to agree on a draft text for a treaty in Paris next year, here is a timeline of world’s top 20 emitters of carbon dioxide since the dawn of industrialisation. 

how the EU economies compare

Data visualization, 2011

As the euro crisis threatens to pull Europe apart, some are suggesting the answer to the Greek and possibly Spanish and Italian debt burdens is more economic and fiscal union. Click on the economic indicators below to see how they compare ...

Top paid civil servants and quango chiefs: an interactive guide

Data visualization, 2011

The Guardian's Data Blog publishes an interactive graphic that shows the costs of civil servants and quasi-non-governmental officers to the UK. Names, wages, organisations.