Gallery: Infographic: An Amazing Atlas of the World Wide Web

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    Dafna Aizenberg's *Atlas of the World Wide Web* visualizes data taken from the internet. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    A graphic that looks at global IP address distribution. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    More developed countries tend to be darker in color. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    China's color has darkened over time. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    Fastest internet connections around the world. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    A close-up. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    Global host distribution. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    A graphic showing communication cables around the world. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    Top Google searches are organized alphabetically. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    Top 2013 search terms in France. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    Top search terms in Vietnam. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    A visualization of popular tweeting regions around the world. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    Facebook's growth in the USA since its launch, mapped by Google's Insights for Search tool. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    E-commerce spending in 2013 and projections for 2014. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    A visualization of where all that spam came from in 2012. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    Aizenberg designed the virus-attacks visual to look like actual viruses. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    Countries that are imposing limitations on free, uncensored internet access. *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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    *Image: Dafna Aizenberg*
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