Environment and Energy
Highest Temperature Ever Recorded by Country, World Map
The map shades every country by its own record and labels the hottest reading on each continent, from 55C in Tunisia to 20.7C in Antarctica.
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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera is an international news network that launched from Doha, Qatar, on 1 November 1996 as the first independent news channel in the Arab world. It now has more than 70 bureaus and over 3,000 staff. Its English site publishes news, analysis, documentaries and data graphics, many made by its AJLabs team. Here you will find their world maps on record temperatures and Olympic bans.
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Sports
What Countries Are Banned From the Olympics, 1920 to 2024
Since 1920, 13 countries have been banned at least once, from Germany after both World Wars to South Africa over apartheid, Afghanistan, Kuwait and North Korea.
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