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2025 was a year of heightened conflict, amid wars in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan | The Washington Post
Source: The Washington Post | 1 January 2026
Violent conflicts around the world left at least 240,000 people dead in 2025, ACLED data shows.
The high level of conflict remained steady after years of increasing. The year 2025 saw high levels of deadly violence around the world, as conflicts grew less restrained, with civilians increasingly victims of attacks by governments and non-state actors alike, according to monitoring data. Amid the tumult, peacemaking remains difficult and, in many regions, conflicts that simmered for years are spreading.
