Thursday, June 7th, 2001

As part of its series on the 20th anniversary, The New York Times produced these "maps" of AIDS. Rather than show you any other article, I'm just showing you this because it's so powerful.

Make sure you see the second page (page 2 of 2). On this world atlas, each little square represents 2,500 people living with AIDS. It's staggering. Note how many African countries are bigger than the entire United States. The graph showing new cases is also stunning.

When it first comes up, it's not really legible. You can print it out clicking the printer icon or view it online using the little magnifying glass icon and scrolling around.