The chart depicts the global cumulative death toll from COVID-19 over time using a logarithmic y-axis, which compresses the exponential growth into a more readable curve. The line graph, rendered as an SVG via React, pulls data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus time-series dataset. It uses D3 v5’s `scaleLog` for the y-axis, `scaleTime` for the x-axis, and `line()` to generate the path. Axis ticks are styled with gridlines, and a horizontal marker labels the 10,000-death threshold.