Mislabelled, Misplaced and Misshaped

A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, with countries also misplaced and misshaped, according to The Guardian. The map, which appeared to be AI-generated, drew criticism from attendees who posted screenshots online, with Wonkette noting the outlines were wrong in all geographical ways.

The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/government-map-mislabels-african-countries : “A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online.” Not only were the countries mislabelled, they were misplaced and misshaped; as https://www.wonkette.com/p/trump-state-department-cant-find : “They’re all shaped wrong, and they’re also wrong in all the other ways of geographical wrongness.” At least the outline of Africa was okay. Not that AI is Wonkette puts it required to make a map so perfectly wrong, but it appears to have used in this case.