One of the worst heatwaves in European history is underway.
Peak high temperatures forecast this week:
France: 45°C / 113°F Monday-Tuesday
London: 39°C / 102°F
Amsterdam: 34°C / 93°F
Berlin: 38°C / 100°F
Paris: 41°C / 106°F
This map shows Switzerland’s four national languages without the uninhabited high mountain areas. Suddenly the country’s linguistic geography makes more sense: German dominates the north and centre, French the west, Italian the south, and Romansh survives in pockets of the east. Source: https://t.co/Q2sC2yIBye
Declassified 1945 Venzia Giulia Italy Map Created By The CIA
This 1945 map shows the ethnic and political tensions in the disputed border region of Venezia Giulia after World War II. The area included important cities such as Trieste, Gorizia, Pola, and Fiume (now Rijeka), and both Italy and Yugoslavia claimed the territory after the war.
The map uses red and blue dots to show the distribution of Italians and Yugoslav peoples (mainly Slovenes and Croats) based on 1921 census data.
Large circles indicate major population centers, especially around Trieste and Pola, where Italians formed large urban majorities, while many rural inland areas had mostly Slavic populations. The inset at the bottom left compares proposed postwar boundaries, including Italian and Yugoslav territorial claims.
This map was likely created for Allied diplomats and occupation officials during the 1945 peace negotiations.
The ethnic mixture of the region made it extremely difficult to draw borders acceptable to both sides, and the dispute became one of the first major tensions of the early Cold War.
Eventually, Trieste became a temporary Free Territory before most of the region was divided between Italy and Yugoslavia in the 1950s.
More 1940s Declassified CIA Maps: https://t.co/hXVumnSZkX
Population
2100
🇮🇳 India: 1.509 billion
🇨🇳 China: 638.7 million
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 510.6 million
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 476.7 million
🇨🇩 DRC: 429.3 million
🇺🇸 USA: 421.0 million
🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 366.4 million
1950
🇨🇳 China: 539.2 million
🇮🇳 India: 342.6 million
🇺🇸 USA: 153.1 million
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 36.9 million
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 35.5 million
🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 17.5 million
🇨🇩 DRC: 12.2 million
Source: UN’s 2024 World Population Prospects