The Year In Graphics: Our Favorite HuffPost Visuals Of 2014

This year, the HuffPost graphics and data teams did a lot, from visualizing #BlackLivesMatter protests, to finding out how many molecules of Beyoncé's breathe you breath every day, to a major investigation of hospice care in the U.S. Below we've gathered links to our favorite pieces from 2014. Take a look at any you may have missed, and follow us for a daily dose of maps, charts and illustrations.

Crime

Chokeholds

How and where the NYPD uses the banned tactic >>

Why it took 25 minutes for one man to die of lethal injection >>

Death Penalty

Hot Cars

Why children keep dying in hot cars >>

Economy

Minimum Wage

What's changed since the last time we raised the minimum wage >>

NYC Rents

NYC is even more unaffordable than you thought >>

Cigarette Smuggling

The underground cigarette market, explained >>

Wedding Costs

How much you'll pay for a wedding depends on where you live >>

Hospice, Inc.

Interactive database shows how frequently hospices near you have been inspected >>

Pay Pals

A look at CEO salaries and boards of directors of Fortune 100 companies >>

Entertainment

Author Insults

You'll never believe which authors hated each other's work >>

Famous Jennifers

Hollywood is just one giant web of Jennifers >>

Beyoncé

How much of Beyoncé's breath do you inhale every time you breathe? >>

Movie Musicals

Things all movie musicals need to succeed >>

The Beatles

What is the U.S.'s favorite Beatles album? >>

Grammys

Proof that the Grammys love white rappers >>

Black Sitcoms

How to succeed as a black sitcom >>

Oscars

The roles women win Oscars for playing >>

Mean Girls

You need these Mean Girls charts in your life >>

Environment

Drought

Why California's drought makes your tomatoes so expensive >>

Tornadoes

The months your state is most likely to see a tornado >>

Water Use

The most water-consuming are the ones in drought >>

Health

Backpacks

How backpacks mess with kids bodies >>

Raw Milk

Unpasteurized dairy products have lead to outbreaks of food borne illness >>

Measles

Pockets of unvaccinated individuals lead to measles outbreaks >>

Breast Cancer

Why black women are more likely to die from breast cancer >>

Sleep Loss

Sleep loss can have a big impact on your health >>

Office Plants

How to pick the best plant for every office >>

Politics

Fetal Harm Laws

Laws intended to protect pregnant women are used against them >>

Moral Injury

Experts are beginning to recognize that many veterans grapple with a new condition >>

Powerful Women

The language we use to describe women in power isn't always pretty >>

Gay Marriage

Support for gay marriage is growing in Alabama >>

Domestic Violence

At least a third of all women murdered in the U.S. are killed by male partners >>

Elections

See how each state voted in the 2014 elections >>

Religion

Cardinal Diversity

There's been a major shift in Catholic diversity in the last century >>

Middle Eastern Christians

There are almost no Christians left in the place where the religion was founded >>

Amish Population

The Amish population has boomed in the last few decades >>

Sports

Olympographics

Charting the 2014 Olympics >>

Sochi 2014

See how each country fared at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi >>

Superbowl

A cold Superbowl is a different kind of game >>

March Madness

Let the Predict-o-tron fill out your March Madness bracket >>

World Cup

See match results from the 2014 World Cup in Brazil >>

Black Baseball

The number of professional black baseball players is at 1950s levels >>

World

Pisa Scores

Surprising test results for students around the world >>

Ebola

The rise of Ebola in West Africa >>

Volcanic Ash

How volcanic ash effects airplanes >>

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