With major conflicts in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Southeast Asia, 1 in 8 people worldwide were exposed to conflict in 2024 – proving another fraught year in terms of human suffering on a mass scale. In fact, 111 countries around the world experienced some form of mass atrocity during the year.
That’s what colleagues and I at the University of Denver’s Pardee Institute confirmed when analyzing our updated global dataset on recent and ongoing mass atrocities.
