It’s real. 📊 Source: www.cfr.org/expert-brief...

One year after the political transition began, more than one million Syrians have returned home. 📊 Explore @unhcr.org latest data story, “Coming Home”, to understand what’s driving these returns. 👉 Dive into the full story: dataviz.unhcr.org/product-gall... #dataviz #UNHCR #refugees

{tinytable} 0.14.0 for #RStats makes it super easy to draw tables in html, tex, docx, typ, md & png. There are only a few functions to learn, but don't be fooled! Small 📦s can still be powerful. Check out the new gallery page for fun case studies. vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/vi...

🚀 Just released **ggbranding** (v1) – a tiny R package that lets you brand `ggplot2` charts with Font Awesome 7 icons. 📝 Blog: gnoblet.github.io/blog/ggbrand... 💻 Code: github.com/gnoblet/ggbr... #opensource #branding #package #rstats #dataviz #ggplot2

I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN. It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package. Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

Inspired by @nrennie.bsky.social excellent #TidyTuesday plot on the power of passports, I adapted the idea to look at refugee origins. This chart ranks countries of origin of refugees, asylum-seekers, and others in need of international protection, grouped by region. #RStats #ggplot2 #Refugees

Learned today about @OpenFreeMapOrg - free, high-quality vector tiles for your maps and apps! Use them in #rstats with mapgl by passing the URL to the style param, e.g.: maplibre(style = "tiles.openfreemap.or...#rstats) Styles include "positron", "bright", and "liberty" with 3D!

Just published: our new data story on efforts to protect South Sudan’s most vulnerable — including children, women, and persons with disabilities. Explore how protection monitoring and partnerships are making a difference: dataviz.unhcr.org/product-gall... #refugees #unhcr #protection

Excited to launch "ggplot2 [un]charted" with @yan-holtz.bsky.social! 🎉 An online course to master #ggplot2 with exercises, quizzes, and modules—and hands-on code running in your browser! Still WIP—sign up now for a limited discount: 👉 www.ggplot2-uncharted.com #rstats #DataViz #DataVisualization

Thing I just learned in #rstats: unz() lets you connect to a .zip and load files from inside it without actually unzipping it (great for a file I'm working with that's 30 MB zipped and 1+ GB unzipped, with multiple CSVs in it)

Géovisualisation de flux de migrants internes à la zone endémique paludéenne africaine, à partir des données du @worldpop-uos.bsky.social Réalisée avec #Arabesque dans #Neocarto #flowmap 🔗 neocarto.hypotheses.org/21980

Sudan: Two years already. Millions displaced. Needs rising. Attention fading. 📊 See the full data story: shorturl.at/wn8HU #Refugees #dataviz #unhcr

The Learning Divide Our latest data story explores the stark educational challenges facing refugees in Mauritania and Mexico. Explore the full story: dataviz.unhcr.org/product-gall... #refugees #education #unhcr #dataviz

One day, one map Far from the reality of state control #Migrations #Cartography #Walls #Deaths #Camps #Borders Source: Migreurop, 2022

Behold #rstats: My (draft) variable naming standard 😎

One more bonus update with two changes: 1. A diverging color palette centered at 4% lets us see which counties are doing great or doing poorly 2. That size legend was spaced funnily, but we can make it more compact with {legendry} #rstats www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...

For the German election we wanted to use a cartogram of German election districts but didn't find anything good, so we created our own. Here's a little nerd thread how the final algorithm worked 🤓 🧵 #gis #cartogram #election #datavis #cartography

Datawrapper (@datawrapper.de) has some cool new charts (def check them out)! One being these comparison bars. Here's one way to do it in #RStats #ggplot2 blog.datawrapper.de/comparison-c... ray.so/KDVci6B

New blog post! After archiving USAID data last week, I decided to play around with and recreate parts of the ForeignAssistance dot gov dashboard with #QuartoPub and #ObservableJS. I learned a ton about D3 projections and making pretty Javascript plots #dataskyence www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...

Selon “The New York Times”, le gouvernement de Donald Trump veut réduire les effectifs de l’Agence des États-Unis pour le développement international à moins de 300 personnes, contre plus de 10 000 actuellement. Source : www.courrierinternational.com/article/etat...

If you have used #ggplot2 in the last couple of years you owe a great deal to @teunbrand.bsky.social who is behind most of the new features and fixes. Read about his journey to become a part of the ggplot2 core team here:

📢 rredlist 📦 1.0.0 is now on #CRAN!!! - upgrade to API v4 🤖 - handles API timeouts ⌚ - progress bar for multi-page queries 🚧 - IUCN color palette scales for ggplot2 🏳️‍🌈 - research pipeline and benchmarking vignettes 📄 - new logo 🦏 Docs 👉 docs.ropensci.org/rredlist/ind... #rstats #iucn #redlist #api

Happy #Monday! Here’s something fun to get the week off to a good start! 🔮 What R package would you be based on your #zodiac sign? Let me know if these resonate! 👀✨ #rstats #rladies 🧵👇 (1/13)

🚨 After years of development, the new version of #rstats tmap (4) is now available on CRAN! 🎉 Huge thanks to author Martijn Tennekes and all contributors. 🔧 Install: `install.packages("tmap")` 📚 Vignettes: https://buff.ly/4aAYNbq 📖 Book Chapter: https://buff.ly/43TokaF #maps #tmap #rspatial

I wrote a bit about what it was like for me to join the tidyverse team to maintain ggplot2!

By compiling multiple sources of data, we reach the astonishing figure of 71,000 migrants who have died or been missing at the European border since the early 90s. A hecatomb caused by the migration policies of European countries.

Why build a data viz standard for UNHCR? Cedric Vidonne’s team created a guide & custom ggplot theme for cohesive, branded visuals—essential for UNHCR’s data storytelling. 🎨📊 Learn more in our latest episode! https://buff.ly/3OiR4V9 #rstats

03 - #CartoHebdo - Situation humanitaire au Soudan et au Soudan du Sud Suite à la guerre civile au Soudan et aux inondations au Soudan du Sud, plus de 24 millions de personnes au Soudan et 7 millions de personnes au Soudan du Sud se retrouvent au moins en situation d'insécurité alimentaire aigüe.

UNHCR published its ggplot2 theme and color palettes in their {unhcrthemes} #RStats 📦 unhcr-dataviz.github.io/unhcrthemes/ By @cvidonne.bsky.social & @ahmadoudicko.com

🚀 {unhcrdown} is now on CRAN! 🎉 This R package adds UNHCR-branded R Markdown templates for reports, presentations, and websites. It’s tailored for UNHCR but shows how R packages can support consistent branding across organizations. 🔗 cran.r-project.org/web/packages...

🚀 {unhcrthemes} 0.6.3 is out! The latest version of our R package for creating UNHCR-styled charts is now on CRAN. 🎨📊 🔗 Check it out: cran.r-project.org/web/packages... (1/3)

My son Jack got a special shoutout in a #30DayMapChallenge review video for his work on Day 10: Pen and Paper! Check it out here at 9:10: shorturl.at/gZ7Rg Way to go, Jack! 💙

Hi folks! I know it is the weekend, but I'd like to quickly announance an update to {legendry} version 0.2.0: teunbrand.github.io/teunbrand_bl... #rstats #ggplot2

🌍 #30DayMapChallenge 2024 completed! I’m proud to share a visual summary of all 30 maps I created this year! Nearly all maps were crafted in #rstats, showcasing themes from my work with @unhcr.org and some focused on Switzerland. Full collection: shorturl.at/fgRlS #maps #gis #dataviz

Wow thanks for highlighting my work again!

🌍 #30DayMapChallenge Day 30: Final Map! Wrapping up the challenge with a tribute to Swiss cartographer Eduard Imhof’s iconic style created entirely in #rstats! A big thanks to John Nelson for his inspiring guidance on recreating Imhof's style and @drxeo.eu for making hillshade creation a breeze.

Don't miss this episode of the @rfortherestofus.com podcast with our very own @cvidonne.bsky.social. He's sharing some of the cool stuff he's doing building reproducible humanitarian data products with #rstats #quarto and other open source tools. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypf9...

🌍 #30DayMapChallenge Day 29: Overture Data A minimalist take on Geneva's building footprint, highlighting how natural features like the lake capture attention. Code: shorturl.at/l6cvQ #maps #GIS #rstats

🌍 #30DayMapChallenge Day 28: The Blue Planet A different take on today’s theme—mapping @unhcr.org global presence! This map highlights 649 UNHCR offices across 146 countries, each working tirelessly to support people forced to flee. Code: shorturl.at/vMG9m #maps #GIS #rstats #refugees

Some time ago, I created an #RStats pckg to reproduce J. Bertin's valued point maps Today, here's an application of this package, replacing the dots with silhouettes from @albertocairo.bsky.social 's WeePeople font.

🌍 #30DayMapChallenge Day 27: Micromapping Zooming in on the Mbera Refugee Camp in Mauritania, today’s map highlights essential infrastructure: health facilities, schools, and sanitation. Code: shorturl.at/GpTx9 #maps #GIS #rstats

🌍 #30DayMapChallenge Day 26: Map Projection Today’s maps explore global sea surface temperatures in January and July 2024, using the Spilhaus projection. Big thanks to github.com/rtlemos/spil... for enabling this unique projection in R! Code: shorturl.at/pKC2S #maps #GIS #rstats

🌍 #30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Heat This globe map, in orthographic projection, shows the temperature anomaly for the month of July 2024, highlighting the regions most impacted by the heat. Inspired by @drxeo.eu and @milos-makes-maps.bsky.social tutorials. Code: shorturl.at/fuBqY #maps #GIS #rstats

🌍 #30DayMapChallenge Day 24: Only circular shapes Inspired by @bjnnowak.bsky.social work, today's map visualizes displacement across Africa in 2024. Each bubble is split to contrast those displaced within a country with those who have sought refuge there. Code: shorturl.at/TZMkZ #maps #rstats

🌍 #30DayMapChallenge Day 23: Memory Today’s map captures the places I’ve lived and the locations I’ve visited on mission throughout my UN career. Code: shorturl.at/cVjvT #maps #GIS #rstats

🌍 #30DayMapChallenge Day 22: Two Colors Today’s map is a tribute to simplicity (or laziness) and symbolism—a representation of Switzerland using just red and white, reflecting the iconic Swiss flag. Code: shorturl.at/UVEVE #maps #GIS #rstats

Just in time for the #30DayMapChallenge, I received two stunning beauties: Mappemondes and Le Blanc des Cartes, both featuring the incredible work of @xemartinlaborde.bsky.social Their creativity and design are on another level—makes me feel like I'm barely scribbling in comparison.

🌍 #30DayMapChallenge Day 21: Conflict Today’s map visualizes the intensity of conflict in Ukraine, where more than 2,240 events were reported in just the first 15 days of November 2024. Code: shorturl.at/wLIBR #maps #GIS #rstats

Thrilled to see one my map for #30DayMapChallenge featured in Map of the week highlights! Huge thanks to @douggreenfield.bsky.social for including my work among such inspiring creations. Check out the full selection and explore the amazing maps from this challenge!

🌍 #30DayMapChallenge Day 20: OpenStreetMap Today’s map highlights the city of Bern, Switzerland, crafted using OpenStreetMap data. Code: shorturl.at/DkKlw #maps #OSM #GIS #rstats