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Want to know how rich your neighbor is? Take a look at a satellite image.

Sebastian Schutte and Nils Weidmann - May 30, 2016

[caption id="attachment_41251" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A nighttime view of Europe in

Walter Mebane, Ken Kollman, and Allen Hicken - February 15, 2016

[caption id="attachment_35645" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Supporters cheer Turkish President Recep Tayyip

Charles Thomas - February 1, 2016

[caption id="attachment_35026" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A crashed MQ-9 Reaper drone seen

Nelli Babayan - December 22, 2015

[caption id="attachment_33874" align="aligncenter" width="908"] FILE: Egyptian women show their inked

Susanna D. Wing - November 22, 2015

[caption id="attachment_32522" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A painting showing the peace sign

Michael Tierney and Ana O'Harrow - April 5, 2015

An increasing number of unsupported, but plausible, claims assert a

Adam Lichtenheld - March 4, 2015

[caption id="attachment_22334" align="aligncenter" width="620"] An aerial view shows the Zaatari

Nils Weidmann, Jason Lyall, and Allan Dafoe - February 23, 2015

[caption id="attachment_21597" align="aligncenter" width="640"] (Al Jazeera)[/caption] The past decade has

Shawn Powers and Abbas Barzegar - February 17, 2015

[caption id="attachment_21380" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Islamic State militants hold up their

Kim Yi Dionne and Adia Benton - January 5, 2015

Last week, Chris Blattman asked in his post, “Did the