This tutorial by Alasdair Rae shows how to create an inset globe view in QGIS, or if you’re a “proper QGIS boffin” (his words!) — azimuthal orthographic projection. Whether you consider yourself a boffin or not, it’s a great tutorial and one I’m looking forward to trying out in the near future.

Globe projections and insets in QGIS
Proper QGIS boffins may remember Hamish Campbell’s excellent post on the topic of ‘Azimuth Orthographic Projections with QGIS’ from 2014, ...