Data visualisation helps us to understand what's happening around us. Here's five charts that have changed the world. Narrated by Adam Rutherford.

Animated by Adam Proctor and made in partnership with the @royalsociety.
Consultant for the animation: Jason Forrest, director of the Data Visualisation Lab for McKinsey and Company.

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