In 2021, FiveThirtyEight’s visual reporters tell the story of the pandemic, political deadlock and the world of sports. We have been working hard to make our work easier to understand and enhance our storytelling skills. Through all this, we have remained strange. Now, we continue our tradition of celebrating the best and weirdest lists of the year. Here are some of our favorites, grouped by theme, but otherwise in no particular order. If you want to know more background information about these (weird and wonderful) charts, don’t be shy! You can click on any of them to read the story of their original operation.

politics

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Sporty

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Coronavirus disease

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science

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Tokyo Olympics

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Last but not least, please check this calendar to understand the outcome of our debate on when each season begins.

Do you like this long list of strange charts? So boy, is there anything in our file?View our list 2020 year, 2019 year, 2018, 2016, 2015 and Year 2014.