Which is larger? Yours, or mine? Australia or the United States of America, that is. With the bushfires in Australia out of control incinerating large swathes of the country a map was produced to visually depict how widespread the fires are. For emphasis the map was overlaid on top of America to give people an idea of the scope of the problem Australia is dealing with. Americans responded with disbelief that Australia was just as large as the USA. People were also in shock over how large an area, measured by size of US states, are currently burning. Responses on social media show how shocked and dumbfounded people were learning this.
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 08 2020, @10:14AM
https://www.euronews.com/2019/08/29/should-we-worry-more-about-the-wildfires-in-africa-or-in-the-amazon [euronews.com]
My half joking interpretation - Africa = situation normal, already fucked up ages ago. Whereas if the Amazon keeps burning it might end up looking like Africa's savannas or deserts... ;)