Comprising four major writing systems, Earth’s denizens have formulated incredibly complex, unique and efficient means of communicating with one another.

While many consider the American bison to be one of North America’s most salient natural symbols, its presence is certainly dwindling. Once found all the way from modern-day Idaho to the hills of North Carolina, today’s American bison is confined to regions a fraction of the size as those in the early 19th century

Source: Reporters Without Borders

Unfortunately, the countries cloaked in an oppressive black aren’t surprising. In China, for example, criticism of the Communist Party is considered taboo and therefore most outward expressions of displeasure are censored by the government. So widespread is this censorship that Reporters Without Borders gave China the “sorry distinction of leading the free world in repression of the Internet”.