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Explaining the news through visualizations and data analysis from the NBC News Digital Data/Graphics team.


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Can you tell which piece of audio was made by AI?

Advanced AI can now mimic any human. Take our quiz and see whether you can tell the difference.
Illustration of sound waves coming from a person and a robot
Illustration of sound waves coming from a person and a robot

Map: See which states have introduced or passed anti-DEI bills

Republican lawmakers have introduced hundreds of bills this session to quell diversity and inclusion programs at colleges, industries and the government.

Map: Where the pills for medication abortions are legal

The Supreme Court will hear a case that could upend the distribution of the abortion pill mifepristone.
A map of the U.S. with each state color-coded according to whether medication abortion can be provided by a clinician, or only a doctor, or is banned.
A map of the U.S. with each state color-coded according to whether medication abortion can be provided by a clinician, or only a doctor, or is banned.

Map: See how the largest Texas wildfire compares to where you live

What does the fire perimeter look like when overlaid on your town?

How the Israel-Hamas conflict has spread beyond the Mideast

Four months into the war, fighting has spread from Gaza to Pakistan.

Presidential approval tracker: How popular is Joe Biden?

Compare Biden’s approval rating with that of Trump, Obama, Bush and Clinton. Updated regularly.
Illustration of President Joe Biden with approval rating line graphs of previous presidents.
Illustration of President Joe Biden with approval rating line graphs of previous presidents.

‘This is not a Lahaina problem’: Once unthinkable, frequent fires are Hawaii’s new normal.

Hawaii is seeing bigger, hotter and more frequent fires than ever before. The state is struggling to catch up.
Photo illustration of a grid showing a fire mapping computer program, the Lahaina wildfire burning in 2023, and a white board with notes.
Photo illustration of a grid showing a fire mapping computer program, the Lahaina wildfire burning in 2023, and a white board with notes.

Aircraft laser strikes surge to record high in 2023

More than 13,000 strikes were counted last year, a 41% increase.
Photo illustration of a laser beam hitting a plane
Photo illustration of a laser beam hitting a plane

School Shooting Tracker: Counting school shootings since 2013

NBC News is tracking school shootings. Here’s what we found.
Illustration of children evacuating school.
Illustration of children evacuating school.

A new coronavirus variant has become dominant, but fewer people are being hospitalized this winter than last

Wastewater data compiled by the CDC shows Covid activity at a “very high” level.
Person holding masks and Covid-19 tests.
Person holding masks and Covid-19 tests.