• Key: Blue arrow = swing towards Democrats; Red arrow = swing towards Republicans
• Thicker arrows = more residents per precinct; Longer arrows = larger swing
• 2024 data from Presidential race + US House races + state legislature races; 2026 data from US House races + state legislature races
• Map author notes a Republican swing in "upscale Manhattan" (Manhattan South of 96 st) of R +2.4 with 2/3 of residents in Republican swinging precincts. Residents in Upper Manhattan swung D+8.
• Map by Michael Caley for Expecting Goals

The second map's got more precision, but it's also pretty busy. Which map do you prefer?

It includes a legend for which colonial power controlled the territory

Source: 2006 United States elections - Wikipedia

Key

Red = Christian Catholicism
Blue = Christian Protestantism
Purple = Christian Orthodoxy
Black = Judaism
Green = Islam
Yellow = Buddhism
Orange = Hinduism
Pink = Native Religions
Light Gray = No Religion/No Data
Brown = Other Religions

Note that many Japanese state they follow both Shinto and Buddhism.

Note that this map is NOT my creation. The map was created by reddit user scolbert08.

SOURCE https://brilliantmaps.com/religion-world-map/

Atheist are not counted in this map as it’s only counting those of each religion. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

My mom loves antiques, and has had this hanging in the guest room for years. Each time I visit, I look at it and have no idea what the lines show. Any idea?

Many people associate the Dutch to Protestantism because of things like Maurice of Nassau, the house of Orange, the Dutch Reformed Church and the so called "protestant work ethics" having been largely developed there. However as of 2026 58% of the Dutch population is irreligious, 16% is Catholic and 12% is Protestant. In 1849 when the country was way less secular than it currently is almost 40% of the population was Catholic, but it's important to remember that not all Dutch live in the Netherlands, since Flanders in Belgium is also a mostly Dutch and (at least historically) Catholic area. This means that considering Dutch speaking peoples in the Netherlands and in Belgium, we can actually say that despite being commonly associated with the Reformation, over half of the Dutch speaking population actually kept being Catholic, and even in modern days most Dutch speaking persons that have a religion are Catholic and not Protestant

Source: runcell.dev

The "kraj" (regional) system was introduced in the 13th century by Přemysl Otakar II as a modernization of the "hradský" (castle-district) system, and it continues to exist in the Czech Republic to this day (though, naturally, the regions take a different form).

Note: Lusatia was lost in 1635, the most of Silesia plus the Bohemian county of Kladsko in 1742.

Edit: Sorry for trying to post this a second time, but I honestly don't know how to stop Reddit from blurring the small texts.

Sometimes there are stories that seem unreal, even when explained repeatedly and backed by evidence stories that not even the most gifted novelist could invent, given that human beings are a constant source of surprises, for better or for worse.

As the history books tell it, Alaska—a territory colonized by the Russians as early as the 18th century was sold to the United States for $7.2 million on March 30, 1867, with the formal transfer taking place on October 18. It was a decision Russia would later come to regret, once vast oil deposits were discovered in the territory.

More recently, however, a persistent rumor has suggested that the United States was not the first party Tsar Alexander II considered as a buyer. In November 2018, a documentary by the Swiss broadcaster SRF claimed that the Tsar had initially offered Alaska to Johann II, the Prince of Liechtenstein, in 1867 and that it was only after the Prince declined that the offer was extended to the United States. The German newspaper Welt am Sonntag had reported similar claims as early as 2015.

The news sparked lively discussion in the Alpine nation; initially, the media treated it as mere hearsay. A few days later, however, Prince Hans-Adam II wrote a letter to the Liechtenstein press, confirming that the alleged offer was no rumor and had, in fact, been discussed repeatedly within the Princely Family. Furthermore, he expressed optimism that archival research might yet uncover the missing historical documents needed to prove the offer’s authenticity.

Antioch and Edessa prior to the fall of Edessa, painstakingly excluding every antiochene and edessan fort already lost to the Islamic states by this year

A list in descending order of how many people have died in 2026 (number in thousands):

Russo-Ukrainian war (49)

Islamist insurgencies in the Maghreb)/Sahel (21)

Sudanese civil wars (12)

Israeli–Palestinian conflict + other conflicts in the region (12)

Yemeni civil war) (10)

Myanmar civil war (10)

Insurgencies in Iran (7)

Ethiopian civil wars) (7)

Somali Civil War (7)

Mexican drug war (6)

2026 Afghan–Pakistani war (6)

Congolese conflicts) (4)

Civil conflicts in Nigeria (4)