*infographics

There are at least 7,102 known languages alive in the world today. Twenty-three of these languages are a mother tongue for more than 50 million people. The 23 languages make up the native tongue of 4.1 billion people. We represent each language within black borders and then provide the numbers of native speakers (in millions) by country. The colour of these countries shows how languages have taken root in many different regions
Deep purple … the Bureau of Meteorology’s interactive weather forecasting chart has added new colours. (via http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/temperatures-off-the-charts-as-australia-turns-deep-purple-20130108-2ce33.html)
philosophers of the ancient world (via http://griffsgraphs.com/2012/07/03/graphing-every-idea-in-history/)
colours in movie posters since 1914 (via http://www.vijayp.ca/blog/2012/06/colours-in-movie-posters-since-1914/)
WhereAreTheBots-1024x654.png (via http://nearfuturelaboratory.com/pasta-and-vinegar/2012/04/16/bot-activity-on-wikipedia-entries-about-global-warming/)
7summits-Large.jpg (1250×1103) (via http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/7summits-Large.jpg)