Asia has been hit by over 20 earthquakes above a 2.5 magnitude in the last 24 hours, with four powerful ones in central and southeast Asia, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Even though most Americans have to sit on hours-long flights to get to it, Asia remains as popular as ever with Travel + Leisure readers—and many people, it seems, are enchanted by the unmatched ...

To read more of The Economist’s data journalism visit our Graphic Detail page. NO OTHER REGION in the world is as diverse as Asia. Its regimes range from autocratic to democratic. Some Asian countries ...