Is it just us, or did this past year feel like a decade? Crypto started the year on top as the future of finance — with star-studded Super Bowl ads and other-worldly valuations — only to falter by year’s end with widespread contagion and bankruptcies. Russia invaded Ukraine in February, setting off one of the deadliest and most destructive wars Europe has seen since World War II. China President Xi Jinping shattered decades of succession rules to consolidate his grip on the Communist Party. The US Supreme Court turned back the clock to the 1970s, throwing out 50 years of abortion protections. And Argentina won the World Cup for the first time since 1986.
That barely scratches the surface of all the newsworthy events to impact the globe in 2022. Here’s how the Bloomberg Data Visualization team covered them in maps, charts and visuals.
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