This month, they had one about the millions of people who have had to move, within their own country, for either god or man made reasons, in 2015. Some 28 million them. A graphic which serves to keep the refugees and other migrants trying to get into Europe in perspective. And to my shame, I had forgotten about many of the larger flows - even supposing they had got to me in the first place - even the more than 3 million each of India and China. Not to mention the close to a million of the Ukraine. Was it really worth all that to climb back onto the bosom of Mother Russia? And more than 2 million in the Yemen.
My print subscription gave me right to download and include it left. Not as good as the printed original but maybe it will serve to give readers the idea. And if you are really curious you can either click to enlarge or download an only slightly degraded version - down from something more than one megabyte to something more than half of one. Or both.
PS: I had trouble with the disconnect between graphic A (top) and graphic B (bottom) and the statistician in me wonders about where the numbers come from. Have they been knocked up by some enterprising journalist in need of striking copy? Does a spell of a few weeks in a tent or a village hall qualify?
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