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[OC] How often do global leaders actually cross paths? Carney vs Sánchez in 2025

[OC] How often do global leaders actually cross paths? Carney vs Sánchez in 2025

This map shows where Mark Carney and Pedro Sánchez were in the same city at the same time during international trips in 2025.

Despite 61 combined visits across 43 countries, only 4 real-time overlaps occurred - just 15% of all travel events.

Sánchez recorded about 35% more international visits than Carney and covered a broader geographic range (25 countries vs. 18, across 5 vs. 4 continents).

Both leaders focused heavily on Europe (60% vs. 58% of visits), and while they shared 9 locations overall, most of these visits happened at different times and are not shown here.

The result highlights how even highly active global travel rarely aligns in time - and how diplomatic movement concentrates around a relatively small set of key locations.

Data source: Data is based on structured “international trips” records (primarily from Wikipedia).
Visualization: MapLibre GL JS, custom implementation (MapFame.com)

u/Apprehensive_Win7777 — 10 days ago

This map shows the international travel pattern of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva across his three terms in office.

Lines connect Brazil (home base) to each visited city and do not represent actual flight routes. Each destination is mapped individually, regardless of whether it was part of a larger multi-stop trip.

Cities are color-coded by visit frequency:
black = 1 visit, green = 2, blue = 3, red = more than 3 visits.

All visits are treated equally - no distinction is made between state visits, summits, or other types of diplomatic events.

The goal is to visualize overall travel patterns rather than exact travel routes.

Data source: Data is based on structured “international trips” records (primarily from Wikipedia).
Visualization: MapLibre GL JS, custom implementation (MapFame.com)

u/Apprehensive_Win7777 — 18 days ago