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Beautiful crescent moon tonight, with the added bonus of Venus being nearby 🌙⭐

NEW: Maps showing estimated building damage from LA fires and latest fire perimeters and evacuation areas, huge thanks to corey scher Jamon Van Den Hoek for the data. Read Christopher Grimes's account ft.com/content/940000… #dataviz

NEW: Map animation showing Russian forces advancing towards Dnipro region bypassing an anticipated heavy urban battle in Pokrovsk. Read Isobel Koshiw and Anastasia Stognei's report ft.com/content/94fb08… #dataviz #gistribe

NEW: Animation showing how the LA fires have spread over the past 7 days. Near hurricane-force winds are expected later today which firefighters fear could fan the devastating wildfires. Read Christopher Grimes and Myles McCormick's report ft.com/content/13049f… #dataviz

Lion portrait is coming along nicely, another 3.5 hours today. Hopefully I can find more time to work on it otherwise it will be Christmas before it's finished!

Another fun 4.5 hours spent on the lion portrait today. Finally finished one of the eyes which really helps give me an idea of how it's going to look when finished #pencilart #ilustration

Thought I'd share a timelapse of the second eye on my lion portrait. About 50 minutes condensed down into 45s. Gives you an idea of the process, lots of cotton bud and putty rubber action to get the smoothness and subtle highlights

NEW: This week's climate graphic looks at global glacier mass loss. ~273 gigatonnes of ice has been lost each year since 2000, enough water for the world's population for 30 years. Read Attracta Mooney's report ft.com/content/12db41… #dataviz #gistribe

NEW: The How We Made It part of our Climate Graphic: Explained weekly newsletter is now available online. Find out what goes into making the Climate Graphic of the Week on.ft.com/41v6YD9

NEW: The UK's Climate Change Committee outlines whow we need to curb emissions. EVs, heat pumps and higher air fares as 1/3 of the greenhouse gas emissions cuts needed by 2040 must come from consumers. Read @attractamooney Phil Georgiadis Rachel Millard ft.com/content/93620f…

NEW: Animation showing a collapse of the polar vortex bringing unseasonal cold to northern Europe and Eurasia. Read @attractamooney's report on the latest climate bulletin from @copernicusecmwf ft.com/content/e389bd… #dataviz

NEW: Ukrainian forces lose ground in Kursk region as they fight on without US support. Read Fabrice Deprez and Anastasia Stognei's report ft.com/content/05130a… #datviz

NEW: Russian troops have retaken the key Kursk town of Sudzha. Early in the incursion Ukraine held more than 1300sq km of territory inside Russia, but has lost significant ground in recent days. Read Polina Ivanova's report ft.com/content/f3b3d3… #dataviz #gistribe

Another masterpiece from Ian Bott

More than 15mn people in Myanmar, a quarter of the population experienced strong seismic activity during Friday's earthquake according to data from UNDP Myanmar Read Eli Meixler's report ft.com/content/7628f6… #dataviz

The Arctic region is warming up to four times faster than the rest of the planet and sea ice hit a record low for its maximum annual extent in March. Will the dwindling Arctic sea ice make northern sea routes economically viable in the future? ft.com/content/f80836… #dataviz

Want to know how I made the Arctic sea ice animation? You can now the read the ‘How we made it’ section of our Climate Graphic: Explained newsletter on FT.com ft.com/content/6d2685… #dataviz

NEW: Animation showing the locations of deep sea mining exploration areas. Read Financial Times Kenza Bryan's excellent piece with beautiful illustration from Ian Bott ft.com/content/a09e53…

Had an incredible weekend last week in Spa at the FIA World Endurance Championship. Amazing action and stunning weather. Here are a few photos from the event and a link to the rest of the photos if you're interested photos.app.goo.gl/4VjzR93aCeijLb…

Another few hours progress today