I thought I’d post these amazing images, which visualise data from the globe, the above graphic showing global population density. I originally found them appropriately on Ffffound! They’re based on data from the G-econ project. I just thought they were a lovely way to visualise the data, better than a spreadsheet anyway…

Here are a couple more:

Average annual rainfall:

Distance from the coast:

See more in this Flickr set.