El País wisely uses animated transitions

Spain's El País recently got a new graphics director and stepped up its visualization game by strengthening its graphics desk with some other new hires. The results are showing already. Their latest data-driven piece is an analysis of the European countries currently governed by multi-parti coalitions. The designers wisely used a restrained color palette and elegant and smooth animated transitions to connect each section of the story to the following one.

The print version of this piece also looks quite great: