We live in a golden age of data visualization. This page is gigantic due to all the images, but if it doesn't inspire you to up your data viz game -- even a few pie charts can make a difference to the clarity of your story! -- nothing will.

There are some beautiful images on that page. Thanks for sharing, Joyce.

A few favorites:

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/billion-dollar-o-gram-2013/

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/science/space/keplers-tally-of-planets.html?_r=0