We’re back with another round-up of interactive graphics released during the week. Some of these graphics were made by popular news portals covering major issues, others by in independent organizations and individuals exploring the multiplicity of possibilities behind the use of data visualization.

Chinese leadership contenders | The Financial Times

(image: Financial Times)

Picking Up the Pace, but Still Falling Behind | The New York Times

(image: The New York Times)

Startup Salary & Equity Compensation | Wealthfront

(Thanks to Chart Porn for sharing this one)

Inside America’s ‘swing states’ | Al Jazeera

(image: Al Jazeera)

Beer Prices at Oktoberfest | Clearly and Simply

(Seen on Tableau Viz of the Day)

England’s academies mapped | The Guardian

(image: The Guardian)

Work 2.0 | The Financial Times

(image: Financial Times)

Pin-a-Tale

(image: British Library | Google Maps)

(Seen on Google Maps Mania)

Martial Law memorabilia | ABS-CBN News

(image: Francin Cruz | ABS-CBN News)

Mapping the Canberra Wasp Menace | Canberra Times

(Another one spotted on Tabelau’s gallery; see the original here.)

99 Laws Rolling Back Gun Restrictions, 2009-2012 | MotherJones

(image: Mother Jones)

How recessions compare | The Guardian

(image: The Guardian)

Pension income by parliamentary constituency | The Financial Times

(image: Financial Times)

The water you Eat | Angela Morelli

(image: Angela Morelli)

(HT Information Aesthetics and @JanWillemTulp.)

Staying Connected to your Global Network | HCC Medical Insurance Services

(image: HCC Medical Insurance Services)

Where Do Non-Tax Payers Live? | Applied Visual Analytics

(Seen on Tableau Viz of the day; original here)

Cloud Globe | Google Chrome Experiments

(image: Cloud Globe | Google Chrome Experiments)

(We mentioned this one here)

2012 Presidential Campaign Finance Explorer | The Washington Post

(graphic: Jason Bartz, T.W. Farnam, Sisi Wei and Karen Yourish | The Washington Post)

Comparing the US Economic Crisis | Viz Candy

(One more pick from Tableau’s public gallery; original here)

And if you missed last week’s selection, here it is:

Profitable colours | Subset

(image: Subset)

Who’s Most Engaging on Facebook? | Logeeka

(Via Tableau Viz of the day. Check out the original here.

ThingWeStart

(image: Thingswestart | Google Maps)

The Social Media Atlas of Germany | FaktenKontor

(image: FaktenKontor)

Anti-Islam film protests – every verified incident | The Guardian

(image: The Guardian)

The Big Easing | The Wall Street Journal

(image: Wall Street Journal)

Motorcycle accidents in the UK | MCE Insurance

(image: MCE Insurance)

(We talked about this one here)

7 Sets Venn Diagram | Santiago Ortiz

(image: Santiago Ortiz)

BAE-EADS merger dashboard | Financial Times

(edited by Patrick Mathurin, Emily Cadman & Martin Stabe; developed by Caroline Nevitt & Steve Bernard | Financial Times)

Conflict History | Subset

(image: Conflict history)

Who’s Protesting Where | The Daily Beast

(image: The Daily Beast)

(Seen on Google Maps Mania)

US Election Predictions | Adam McCann

(Another one via Tableau Viz of the day.)

58 dangerous medicines | Le Nouvel Observateur

(image: Le Nouvel Observateur)

Campaign trail by the numbers| Financial Times

(developed by Ben Freese & Steve Bernard | Financial Times)

Life in the fast lane | CJ Pony Parts

(image: CJ Pony Parts)

World debt guide | The Economist

(image: The Economist)

Dutch Census data | NRC Handelsblad

(image: NRC Handelsblad | Google Maps)

(Again, from Google Maps Mania)

How the Benghazi Attack Unfolded | The Wall Street Journal

(image: The Wall Street Journal)

How To Keep Employees Motivated at Work | Socialcast

(image: Socialcast)

Real Madrid vs Manchester City | Marca

(image: S.Valgañón and A.Barrado | Marca)

The Anatomy of an Education-Technology Startup | Education Week

(reporter: Jason Tomassini; design and programming: Chienyi Cheri Hung and Paul Franz| Education Week)

Break Out of the Box | IBM

(image: IBM)

European Soccer Scores | L’Equipe

(image: L’Equipe)

As usual, we invite you to send us your interactive work, either by emailing us or by dropping us a message on Facebook or Twitter.