Mesmerizing maps show the biggest risks to humanity

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Earth Timelapse

New HIV infections annually, 2015 data pictured.

The world is unquestionably getting better, but there are still a raft of risks we face in the future.

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Earth TimeLapse, an interactive platform created by global security expert Robbert Muggah and Carnegie Mellon University researchers, shows those risks in a new light.

The platform uses big-data sets from a number of sources, including the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, to visualize humanity's most pressing challenges, like climate change, new cases of HIV infections, and displacement due to violence.

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