Our most striking visual explainers and data stories of the year, all in one place.

Israel’s surprise attack on Iran and Iran’s deadly retaliation

Months of planning went into a covert operation that relied on cheap, short-range drones

North Korea supplied huge quantities of Russian artillery and mortar shells fired against Ukrainian forces.

The wildfires in March devastated an area larger than the Los Angeles fire and two-thirds the size of Singapore to become its largest in the country’s history, killing scores of people.

Trump’s persistent interest has focused international attention on the sparsely populated island

Un análisis con los datos clave, desde las posibles coaliciones al perfil del votante de extrema derecha

An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair

A PSA Airlines CRJ-700 collided with US military H60 helicopter in Washington DC as it was attempting to land at Washington Reagan Airport.

Negotiators reached a deal on Wednesday for a ceasefire in the Gaza war.

Cal Fire has its own fleet of aircraft operating from 14 airfields and 11 helicopter bases across the state that can reach most fires within about 20 minutes.

More than 30,000 people evacuated their homes as a wildfire ripped through the Pacific Palisades.

Inside the secret operations of Iranian company Sahara Thunder, revealed and visually reconstructed from more than 10,000 leaked emails.

Inside the secret operations of Iranian company Sahara Thunder, revealed and visually reconstructed from more than 10,000 leaked emails.

Maps and diagrams break down the final minutes of Jeju Air flight 2216 that ended in the deadliest air crash in South Korea.

The Sudanese government has suspended its participation in the global hunger-monitoring system on the eve of a report that’s expected to show famine spreading across the country, a step likely to undercut efforts to address one of the world’s largest hunger crises.

Opposition forces defeated nearly six decades of Assad family rule in Damascus

My next big project is finally taking shape

Here’s how the world’s hunger monitoring-and-response system is supposed to work – and why it’s not achieving its mission.

Here’s how the world’s hunger monitoring-and-response system is supposed to work – and why it’s not achieving its mission.

Here’s how the world’s hunger monitoring-and-response system is supposed to work – and why it’s not achieving its mission.

The best of last week’s big and small data visualizations

A pesar de las muertes de Grenfell y El Campanar, en muchos países la normativa no obliga a retirar los polímeros inflamables de las fachadas

The first combat use of Russia’s new IRBM — which Russian President Vladimir Putin called unstoppable — has drawn scrutiny from Western military experts.