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How Crowded Has Mount Everest Become? Mount Everest is seeing more human traffic than at any point in the last three decades of available data, according to Visual Capitalist's Sofie Gilbert. Successful climbs are now overwhelmingly concentrated in the spring, when favorable weather can funnel hundreds of climbers toward the summit within a matter of days. Meanwhile, the workforce supporting expeditions has grown alongside the number of people attempting the mountain. The data comes from The Himalayan Database, which tracks registered expeditions across the Nepal Himalaya. It shows how the scale, timing, and composition...

Which NATO Countries Boosted Defense Spending The Most In 2025? NATO’s European members and Canada increased defense spending by 20% in 2025, the group’s biggest military buildup in the last decade. Created in partnership with Inigo, this graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Jenna Ross, shows which NATO countries increased spending the most and how much they now spend as a share of GDP. Spending Heavyweights, Ranked by Annual Increases Our analysis covers NATO countries that spent over $10 billion on defense in 2025. Belgium was the country with the biggest spending jump of 58%. Once among NATO’s lowest...