Chart from The Economist showing annual egg consumption per person in Britain from 2004 to 2025. There has been a sharp increase since 2022
Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time?
www.economist.com/britain/2026...
Chart from The Economist showing reported strikes in Iran https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2026/04/08/the-war-was-steadily-spiralling-in-scope-and-destruction
Chart from The Economist showing global non-financial list companies https://www.economist.com/interactive/business/2026/04/09/a-giant-succession-wave-is-coming-for-family-businesses
Chart from The Economist showing four Democratic tribes https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/04/07/meet-the-four-democratic-tribes
Chart from The Economist showing gerrymandering in Hungary https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/04/09/even-hungarys-skewed-elections-might-not-save-viktor-orban
Lot of circles this week
A giant succession wave is coming for family businesses
www.economist.com/interactive/...
with Avantika Chilkoti 📝 and Nic Babbini 📊 @economist.com
Graphic showing the seats won in different Hungarian election scenarios. Tisza probably needs a 4.3pt lead to form a majority and a 3.3pt lead to be the largest party. Fidesz could retain its majority even if it loses the election by 2pts
Could Hungary's voting system swing the election? Fraser McIlwraith and I took a look: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Probably the holiest data collection I’ve done so far www.economist.com/culture/2026...
Chart from The Economist titled "Stepline to heaven" showing the cumulative number of saints canonised each year from 1600 to 2025
Proud of this chart title
www.economist.com/culture/2026...
The results of the referendum in the main Italian cities
gabrielepinto.github.io/referendum20...
(Great work/maps by Gabriele Pinto)
"The high turnout hinted at more widespread dissatisfaction with her government. The rejected bill did nothing to address the real problems of Italy’s courts." www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
And some differences in strikes between week one and week two:
Iran’s strikes on oil and gas facilities, and threats to ships used to transport hydrocarbons, have sent energy markets into a spin. Our charts show how prices are adjusting
Charts from The Economist showing daily scheduled v tracked flights from DBX, KWI, DOH and RUH
These flights charts are an excellent addition to our Iran war tracker, courtesy of @fteoldi.bsky.social
www.economist.com/interactive/...
What 1.4m emails reveal about Jeffrey Epstein's network.
@economist.com data-team (et Jmail) effort on America's most notorious sex offender
www.economist.com/interactive/...
The world is more equal than you think www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
The print edition of @economist.com is weekly—but there's often more than one cover. Different regions, different stories. In 2025, we published 81 in total. Here they all are—and how each one came to be: www.economist.com/interactive/...
“When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes about receiving a terminal diagnosis. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essa...
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Over the past ten years, active armed conflicts have surged. Some are still emerging, while others are already hot. Our latest piece in this year’s edition of The World Ahead, @economist.com's annual future-gazing supplement.
www.economist.com/interactive/.... ✍ @sondreus.bsky.social 🗺️ Matt McLean
Since September, the U.S. military has ramped up airstrikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific www.economist.com/interactive/...
The Netherlands’ election today is one of the biggest in the world! …in terms of the number of parties taking part, anyway. 18 to 27 parties on the ballot, depending on where you vote. My summary here (not sure this link will work, trying it out): view.e.economist.com?qs=2fc80d322...
Hurricane Melissa is one of the strongest storms ever recorded @ainsliejstone.bsky.social &✨ 📊 by @eljlees.bsky.social
www.economist.com/interactive/... via @economist.com
Russia's latest big Ukraine offensive gains next to nothing,
"At the pace of the past 30 days, seizing what remains of the four regions Mr Putin already claims would take until June 2030." @sondreus.bsky.social @economist.com | www.economist.com/interactive/...
In a region that has known little other than decades of conflict, this is an extraordinary moment: a slender but real chance of a fresh start econ.st/4oddjvz
For the first time in about 70 years, net immigration to America could be zero. Beneath the noise of tariff and budget fights, migration may well be the biggest economic story of 2025.
My latest for @economist.com: Welcome to Zero Migration America
Link: www.economist.com/finance-and...
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Maps and data tell the story of two bloody years of the Israel-Hamas war ~ www.economist.com/interactive/...
Donald Trump is trying to silence his critics. He will fail econ.st/3Kl4pNZ
