An Eijsberg reporting on an Iceberg, you say? Worth a read! 🧊 Take a look at how European capital cities compare in size to this giant at its peak… Free to read 🔓 europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/the-wor...

Nutella is out of this world ... Jokes aside, this is my attempt to turn a funny floating jar into a lightweight story about the astronomical amount of planning that goes into a mission like this & the benefits that personal items can bring to astronauts🚀 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04...

🚨New: an average of four pubs per day have announced their closure since the start of the year in the wake of Labour tax policies. We'll be tracking these closures in our brand new pub tracker🍺: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02... 1/6

The results of the Dutch General Election are too close to call: will D66 or PVV be the biggest? Time will tell.🇳🇱 What we do know now, is that the far right is still seeing stable — if not increasing— levels of support. Two charts by me⬇️📊

Climate change has sent Europe an invoice - €738 billion in losses from extreme weather since 1980, according to the EEA. To find out what that really means, I dipped my toe into the world of climate finance💶 An essay for the @eurcorrespond.bsky.social : europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/why-eur...

This week's Dispatch brings a range of topics — U.S. politics, gender issues, the economy, conflict, and climate — as well as a chart-themed game at the end. 📊 🕹️ www.datawrapper.de/blog/data-vi...

Europe is engulfed in flames. Wildfires raging across the continent have burnt more than 1.8 million hectares as of early September – making 2025 the worst year on record.

My latest for the @eurcorrespond.bsky.social: an analysis and visualisation of data from #EFFIS ⬇️🔥 europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/a-growi... 1/5

In case you missed it yesterday: the results of the annual #ButterflyCount are in!🦋 But it's not good news for our fluttering friends😢 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09... 1/9

With the new BLS data🇺🇸announced today, it feels like a good time to share our Trump tracker once again: telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/... 1/2

No RFK Jr, America isn’t the sickest country in the world – but it’s far from the healthiest Analysis: Despite spending more on healthcare than any other nation, the United States clearly has a problem ✍️ @sneweyy.bsky.social @meikeeijsberg.bsky.social analysis www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Something did beat that Jet2 holiday www.ft.com/content/3bef...

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🔥 NEW: Is your home at risk from the UK’s rising wildfire threat? This sunny bank holiday saw many of us fire up the BBQ - but in vulnerable areas, one spark could ignite disaster. With @joepinkstone.bsky.social & Mariana Hallal telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08... A thread ⬇️ 1/7

Wildfires have torched 1m+ hectares across the EU this year – marking 2025 as the worst year on record🔥 But what about the UK? It's not immune... Check how many homes in your area are at risk with our new tool 👇 w/ @joepinkstone.bsky.social & Mariana Hallal www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...

🚨NEW: Why your nostalgia for the summer of 1976 is wrong telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08... A charts and data thread🧵⬇️ 1/13

This is such a lovely snippet of what growing up in the Netherlands is like -- made me unexpectedly homesick 🥺 www.ft.com/content/7a66...

Persbureau AFP slaat alarm over hongersnood: ‘Zonder onmiddellijke ingreep dreigen de laatste verslaggevers in Gaza om te komen’

🗞️ While protests are making headlines all over Europe, the data shows a different trend ✍️Meike Eijsberg #TheEuropeanCorrespondent 🔗https://buff.ly/kp0EZJf

🚨NEW: It’s getting hot in here … … but how much hotter than usual? If you go to the Telegraph’s homepage, you’ll find this tool⬇️ With Mariana Hallal and @benbutcher.bsky.social 1/2

I'm BEYOND excited to be part of this cohort! 🙌📗🖊️ Ready to deepen my understanding of how to report on one of the defining stories of our era. #ClimateJournalism #Reuters #Oxford

🚨NEW INVESTIGATION: Inside Israel's massive ad campaign to (almost) win Eurovision With Laura Bejder Jensen and ‪‪@hannahuld.bsky.social‬‬ for the @eurcorrespond.bsky.social europeancorrespondent.com/article?s=Ho... Let's talk through this story⬇️ 1/20

Dutch government collapses over Wilders’s migration demands www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

The latest poll, from Peil.nl, gives Wilders (PVV) a narrow lead of 1 per cent over Groenlinks-PVDA, the biggest Left-wing party and opposition, by 31 per cent to 30 per cent.

When I embarked my bus this morning, I got a news alert informing me that the Dutch government was on the brink of collapse (again..)🇳🇱 Couple hours later, it's officially fallen apart🙃 1/2

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This weekend, the Meta Ad Library turns seven, and the first ads in it, from back in 2018, will start to disappear. It would be trivial for Meta to keep a permanent archive of political ads, and they should. Here's more on that: whotargets.me/en/the-disap...

🚨NEW: Violence is more widespread today than it has been in decades, with armed conflict touching every major region, according to our analysis w/ Allegra Mendelson telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... 1/14

🇪🇺📘 Our data team at the @eurcorrespond.bsky.social put together a book in December last year. It's now up for an award!🏆 You can vote for us until the 31st May via this link⬇️ www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/678...

Does Britain have too many dogs?🐶 telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05... w/ Guy Kelly In my own, slightly biased opinion, the answer is "No, we can never have enough dogs." But let's explore some of the stats⬇️ 1/13

🚨NEW: Saving the planet, one lawsuit at a time🌎🧑‍⚖️ (For the @eurcorrespond.bsky.social) europeancorrespondent.com/article?s=Sa... 1/10

⛪️ Quickly read this article before it's entirely irrelevant - a run through of the makeup of the papabilli with some nifty analysis. Tldr - perception of liberalism after Francis overstated, Vatican represents a very diverse base

🇵🇰🇮🇳 The context before the clash, as provided by @meikeeijsberg.bsky.social Violent events across the border regions of Pakistan and India had been increasing significantly in the build up to last nights event. April saw four times more deaths than the previous month.

More than one year in the making, make sure to check out @the-one-and-ollie.bsky.social and Mariana's visual magnum opus and find out how your neighbourhood compares⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/money/tools/... (the most British thing you'll do today)

The latest on our #TrumpTracker: 💼US employers added 177,000 jobs in April, a slight dip in hiring from 185,000 in March. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.2 percent

NEW🚨 Today marks a 100 days of Trump as 47th President of the United States🇺🇸 He made a raft of promises about how he would repair America before re-entering the Oval Office for his second term in January. How many has he kept? We track them! ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/... 1/14

📣It's out!📣 - Who are UK journalists? - How do they work? - What do they think? Answers now in our major new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/uk-journalis... Huge, heartfelt gratitude to all 1,130 journalists who took the time to answer our substantial survey!

🌍 Nearly 100 days into Donald Trump's second term, his controversial executive actions and confrontational style have damaged America's global image 🖌️Meike Eijsberg 🔗https://buff.ly/ZnNkBrM #EuropeanCorrespondent

Are you healthy for your age?👶🧑🧓 We spoke to experts and put together five tools, each assessing a different metric of your health: weight, diet, exercise, alcohol and smoking. With Mariana Hallal and Rachel Matthews👥 So, how do you measure up? www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne... 1/13

☀️NEW: Find out how healthy the bird population is in your garden 🐦🦆🦜🦉 With @connoribbetson.bsky.social and Miles Barriball-Saw www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/ga... 1/3

🚨 NEW: The number of Russian drone strikes targeting Ukraine has surged by more than 50 per cent since US-led peace talks began in mid-February w/ @harrietbarber.bsky.social telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... 1/10

A short but sweet data story on life expectancy from me in today's @eurcorrespond.bsky.social ⬇️ www.europeancorrespondent.com/data?s=Want-...!

A little Saturday scoop you may have missed ... The number of Russian oil tankers🚢🇷🇺 passing through the English Channel has almost doubled since London sanctioned Moscow following the invasion of Ukraine🇺🇦 With Gareth Corfield & Flora Prideaux telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03... 1/6

Some spring-themed data journalism to brighten up your timeline today🌸 Are you looking to see some cherry blossom in London this weekend while avoiding tourists? telegraph.co.uk/gardening/ga... 1/3

When Donald Trump cut USAID funding, developing countries suddenly saw their civilian foreign aid and development assistance shrink. Thankfully, there are other sources such as the United Nations' Official Development Assistance program.

Happy and honoured to see my visualisation on UN aid (for the @eurcorrespond.bsky.social) in this week's @datawrapper.de's Data Vis Dispatch! www.datawrapper.de/blog/data-vi...

🚨NEW: The Channel has become the front line of the West’s economic war on Russia – one Moscow is winning ... telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03... With some AR from me on shady ships🚢 1/4

🚨NEW: In honour of #InternationalWomensDay, we put together a tool telling you exactly how big the gender pay gap is for your occupation and wider industry. w/ Mariana Hallal 1/17

Lots of charts & figures on Ukraine aid floating around today! Hidden away in the Kiel Institute dataset is a tab called "Scenario Analysis", which lists figures for three different scenarios. Bottom line: without help from the US, total aid quickly declines... 1/2

We commemorate the 3-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine today. I helped gather data and made visualisations for two stories for two publications. They all have one thing in common: 2024 was the bloodiest and most intensive year of the war yet. 🧵1/11