War, Conflict, and News Media

What about those other wars?

While Russia destroys Ukraine and kills its people, other wars plague countries and people around the world

Destruction in a church during a war. Photo by Austrian National Library on Unsplash.

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” — Albert Einstein

Russia has taken Ukraine by storm with its invasion of Ukraine. While it destroys the country’s infrastructure and buildings, kills innocents, and upends the lives of millions, it has taken western news outlets by storm, too. But what about the other wars around the world?

Battles Worldwide

The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) documents battles and other conflicts that rage worldwide. In addition to the deaths in the still-young Russia-Ukraine war, it reports these numbers of battle-related fatalities, by country, between January 1, 2021, and March 4, 2022:

• Afghanistan — 32,263
• Brazil — 3,024
• The Democratic Republic of the Congo — 3,541
• Ethiopia-5,669
• Iraq — 1,617