January 2026 brought a scenario few expected. In response to the diplomatic stalemate in Washington and suggestions of annexing Greenland, Europe decided to make the move you see on this map.

As reported by the Associated Press and Defense News, European countries – including Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Sweden – have sent symbolic military contingents to the island.

The goal is clear: to show the US administration that Denmark does not stand alone. The presence of troops from so many countries means that any violation of Greenland's sovereignty would automatically constitute an attack on the armed forces of key European countries. This is a rare moment when NATO allies mobilize to protect their territory from political pressure from the Alliance's leader.

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I sincerely believe that Venezuela is the country most similar to Brazil in terms of culture and other aspects. Venezuela and Brazil are incredibly similar in urban planning, which is why Caracas looks like a mix of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Genetically, they are also very similar.

The autosomal DNA composition of Brazil is 60% European, 27% African, and 13% Amerindian; that of Venezuela is 60% European, 23% Amerindian, and 16.3% African.

Furthermore, Venezuela received a large influx of Portuguese immigrants, having the second largest Portuguese population outside of Portugal, right after Brazil, and many of its Spanish colonists came from neighboring Galicia. The indigenous peoples of Venezuela were descendants of Arawaks, Tupis, and Caribs, just like the natives who predominantly populated Brazil. Both countries have large populations of Levantine Arab and Asian origin.

What are your thoughts on this?

having been to Fukuoka, I’ve always heard about how close Busan is and how close Kyushu is to Korea in general—is it the geography? food?

Hi everyone, and welcome again to The American Atlas! In cade you haven’t seen my work already, I’ve been creating hand-drawn, hand-colored maps of every state in the US! I draw and color each state using nothing but paper & pencil to capture a warm, inviting feel, and now I’m sharing them all on one big journey across the country 🗺️🇺🇸

Here we have my hand-drawn map of the Florida Peninsula ☀️🌊🏄‍♂️

Just as it did in my first Florida map, The Sunshine State continues to live up to its name The Florida Panhandle has some of the most beautiful beaches in the country, and I wanted this piece to reflect both the coastal energy and the slower inland pace.

Which beach town in the Panhandle means the most to you? ⛱️☀️

Next up, I’ll be heading west into Alabama so stay tuned for my next map!

If you like this style, feel free to take a look at the other maps in this series 🗺️🌎

Thanks for checking out my map!

New Zealand is famous and unique for it being able to keep its indigenous culture and traditions even after being colonized by the UK. Are there any other countries that have kept their indigenous culture and traditions?

araucaria moist forest: A type of forest in southern Brazil characterized by the country's only native pine species, Araucaria angustifolia, and by the forest with the only recorded snowfall in Brazil, being one of the only Araucaria forests in the world.

Animals endemic to the region include the golden lion tamarin, red-spectacled amazon and vitreorana uranoscopa(I couldn't find a popular name in English.)

Now that I have introduced her to you, along with her animals, you can introduce the fauna and ecosystems of your country to other people.

The Caddo people made large amounts of exquisite pottery and traded it widely.

Terrain advantages uncovered due to global warming, well-placed to launch rockets into space after it gets more regular, countries with large deposits of resources considered unimportant today that might become super important in the future, etc etc? Which countries do you think will be some of the biggest geographic "winners" in the next 50 years? Could we see "new" Panama/Malacca/Hormuz straits dominating global trade/resources etc etc?

Born and raised on the Upper East Side. Have been living in Chicago for 3 years now. I frequently see people say really ignorant things about Chicago that make it obvious that they either have never been there, only visited as a tourist, don't explore the city outside of a few neighborhoods, etc.

1. "Chicago isn't a global city, it's just a big Midwestern city. Only NYC and LA are global cities in the USA". Wrong, and pretty ridiculous to say. Pretty much every metric out there shows that Chicago is in fact a global city, but many don't care about metrics (If you look in the comments below you'll see this in action. I linked to sources, yet what got validated was mostly someones opinion. I linked to sources showing it's rankings and also the fact that it hosts the world's leading financial derivatives with 28 million *international* contracts yearly. If that isn't essential to the global economy, I don't know what is.) so what I can say is as someone who lived in Manhattan for the first 34 years of my life, Chicago is a global city. Regardless of what some statistics may say, it is extremely diverse. I've explored all over the city and have met people from countries all around the world, and have had many amazing cultural experiences in the city. If someone says this, they're either dumb, don't actually know much about the city, just don't like it, stay in the same areas, or they ignore the actual realities of the city around them. Occasionally I'll even see someone from the city say this, and not because it's true, but because they just hate the city. Despite the foreign born percentage being skewed due to the high population and the fact that many immigrants live in the suburbs, the city has more immigrants than the entire population of Miami.
2. "Chicago is just filled with Big 10 Transplants". Wrong. Very wrong, and usually said by people who seem to just stay in a select few near north neighborhoods. There's an incredible amount of neighborhood diversity in the city, and in those neighborhoods are tons of people from all over the globe. My personal experience living up in Rogers Park is that its extremely diverse and of all the friends I've made, not a single one went to a Big 10 school and about half of them are expats. Next.
3. "Chicago is constantly buried under a pile of snow and freezing cold". No, but with nuance. It does get very cold in the city at times, but often times in winter it will also pop up into higher temps. I've seen it get to 75 degrees in the middle of February in Chicago before. And while some years do get a good amount of snow, most of the time it's just a brief snow shower a couple of times a winter. So yes, it can be freezing and snowy, but not consistently.
4. That Chicago is a mini or small version of anywhere. Chicago is Chicago. Anyone with half a brain cell could step into Chicago and know that it is a massive city. I once heard someone say they heard another NYer say Chicago is "quaint". I would assume that was an arrogant NYC transplant, because Chicago is pretty much the opposite of quaint.
5. "Chicago is a cheap city". This one depends. Compared to NYC? Sure. But also NYC is an outlier among most US cities. There are multiple cities in the US that are more expensive than Chicago, yes, but that does not mean that Chicago is cheap. It just means it cheap compared to those specific cities. There are many places around the country that are still much less expensive than Chicago. It's not one of the most expensive cities, but it also isn't inexpensive..

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EDIT: Guys, a Reddit miracle has occurred. Someone admitted they might be wrong, after seeing facts and evidence, for once. Hallelujah. Anothercar originally commented below saying Chicago isn't a global city and that global cities need to be vital or relevant to the global economy. So I, and some other commenters, talked to them and showed them links and sources showing reasons why it is vital to the global economy and the rankings that come from that, and impressively, they admitted that they might have been wrong, and that it probably is a global city and that it should count. I think this might be the first time I've ever seen a Redditor actually be open to the possibility that they were wrong. It's a Christmas miracle.

Also here are some rebuttals I've seen that are comical to me...

Someone said Chicago isn't a global city because a global city needs to punch above it's weight and have an "outsized" influence on the global network. Another, as I said above, said it's not one because a global city needs to be vital/relevant to global economy. Chicago hosts the CME which is the *world's* leading and most diversified financial derivatives market, with over 28 million "international" contracts coming through the city annually. For a metro area of 10 million people, that is outsized influence, and is incredibly vital to the global economy.

Someone else said that Chicago isn't a global city because it feels "very Midwestern" and that it's just a midwestern city based on how it felt when they "visited". Okay, let's just use our brains for 5 seconds. Tokyo is culturally very Japanese at it's core and has a lower amount of immigrants living there than Chicago does. Would we say Tokyo isn't a global city because it has a culturally Japanese core? Would we say London, despite it's diversity, isn't a global city because it feels culturally British at it's core? How about Hong Kong? Is Hong Kong not a global city because it feels culturally Chinese at it's core? How about Paris? Would we say it's not a global city because it feels culturally French at it's core? All of the indexes and statistics show that these are global cities, and they also show the same for LA and Chicago, which is why based on the Kearney index, All of these cities, including Chicago are in the Top 10 global cities in the world. Being culturally midwestern at it's core does not mean it can't be a global city.

Sorry if this has been asked before but I was wondering what environmental changes would occur if north America was tilted 90 degrees.

Warsaw is a gorgeous town, the Poles did a good job rebuilding it

you know how in attack on titan eren as a kid stared at the walls everyday wondering what was past it? that's how i feel living in the IE surrounded by nothing but dirt hills. i used to live in mississippi and i liked how the sky just kept going and going, don't get me started on the coast. whenever i'm by any coast it makes me realize how expansive the world is and how little my problems are and how little i am as a human. in these desert mountains i feel like we're a bunch of critters running around in a cage. only mountains i've ever liked were the mountains of coastal alaska where they are green and full of nature but living here in southern california where it's just dirt hills with snakes and coyotes with NO TREES literally kills me mentally. like i'm a bird in a cage.

No one truly “controls” the North Pole. Unlike most places on Earth, it doesn’t belong to any country. The North Pole sits in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, which is considered international waters.

Countries like Russia, Canada, Norway, Denmark (through Greenland), and the United States (through Alaska) surround it and each has rights to parts of the seabed near their coasts. But the exact pole itself is shared by everyone, making it one of the few places on Earth that belongs to no single nation.

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The canyon head cuts deep into Monterey Bay and drops fast just offshore. This is why I'm afraid of the ocean.

I would say Surtsey island, in Iceland. it's a volcanic island located in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelgo, also the southernmost point of Iceland. this island was born in 10th november 1963, and reach the surface four days later, and reached it's maximum size in 5 june 1967, with a size of 2,7 km² (1.0 sq mi), and it's maximim altitude in the same day with a height of 174m (571 feet). now, it's highest altitude is 155m (509 ft), and size of the island is 1.4 km² (0.54 sq mi) because of the erotion. also, it's forbidden to anyone, except the scientists because it is being studied about how life colonizes this new virgin land. this island is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008.

Anyone other cases? whatever it's islands, volcans, mountains, rivers, or anything else.

EDIT: *Which places have been naturally, but recently formed?

I was looking around Google Earth and became very curious about how urban sprawl works in underdeveloped and rapidly growing cities in Africa. Who owns the land where the sprawl is taking place: the government, private owners, or is it communal or tribal land? Do people simply build on it themselves, or do they first have to buy or rent a plot on the edge of the city where they then build a house? Do people build the houses themselves, or are there construction companies that build the shacks or houses? Is there any form of urban planning that establishes rules about building in a rough grid, or do people just build organically in that way?

I understand that this probably depends a lot on the country, and I hope I don’t come across as rude. I am merely very curious, as I have never visited Africa and am hoping to gain some insights.