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In 2018, 1.1 million persons obtained lawful permanent resident status in the United States. This series of maps and visualizations brings out the states where these people who received a green card have chosen to make their home.

Each year, more than one million people around the world obtain lawful permanent resident status in the United States. This series of maps and visualizations highlights the regions and countries of birth of these people who received a green card in 2018.

According to RSF’s measures, world press freedom improved very slightly in 2019. However, the Covid-19 pandemic highlights and amplifies the multiple crises that threaten the right to free, independent, pluralistic and reliable information.

Social vulnerability refers to the capacity of people or groups to anticipate, respond and recover from the impact of external stresses to which they are exposed, such as natural or human-caused disasters, or disease outbreaks. By effectively addressing and reducing social vulnerability, we can decrease both human suffering and economic losses.