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Data Journalism Top 10: Bitcoin’s Energy Impact, LGBTQ Rights in Africa, Pensions & Lattes, Taylor Swift’s Big Tour

This week’s data journalism roundup highlights a New York Times investigation into the energy and environmental impacts of bitcoin mining, Reuters’ look at anti-homosexuality laws across the African continent, mapping of Switzerland’s residential density, and a visualization of Lionel Messi’s decorated football career.

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Data Journalism Top 10: Elon Musk’s Tweets, Chart-Topping Hits, China’s COVID Toll (by Obit)

This week’s Top 10 in data journalism looks at Elon Musk’s Tweets, tracking COVID in China via official obituaries, Kontinentalist’s piece on rubber’s history in colonial Malaya, El Confidencial’s analysis of immigration in Spain, The Economist’s look into the secret of creating chart-topping hits, and more.