Olympic event visual explainers

With the Olympics starting on Friday, The New York Times started their coverage of events and athletes to watch. Their visual explainers are always very good in that the topic is entertaining and the results feel like a creative break, which a lot of us could probably use right about now. Check out what NYT has so far for climbing, gymnastics, hurdles, and swimming.

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Sheltering in small places

For many, sheltering in place means sheltering in relatively small places. Reuters zoomed in on the tight quarters in Tokyo, Japan. Not much room for movement.

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Shoppers fill Tokyo’s neon-lit shopping district at…



Shoppers fill Tokyo’s neon-lit shopping district at twilight, November 1964.Photograph by Winfield Parks, National Geographic