We invited readers to contribute a photograph of someone close to them who died this year. Here are some that illustrate a story from their lives.
In honor of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Wired Magazine visualizes the uncertainty around the true number of Iraqi casualties since the US military engagement began in 2003. While the US military has accurate, continuously updated numbers on casualties amongst its servicemen and women, there is considerable disagreement about the level of Iraqi casualties. Wired has provided all the data, sources, and methodologies for these and related graphs for its readers.
The decades-long neglect of pedestrian safety in the design and use of American streets is exacting a heavy toll on our lives. From 2000 to 2009, 47,700 pedestrians were killed in the United States, the equivalent of a jumbo jet full of passengers crashing roughly every month.
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