Worldwide Deaths Regarding Political Conflict in 2016 and 2017

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16804 deaths 16804 15555 10703 5931 3622 2495 2309 2212 2157 2066 1455 1224 1186 1071 1067 809 738 685 623 555 514 433 393 383 308 275 246 228 204 200 190 188 175 175 161 157 155 152 136 98 94 93 92 86 85 84 83 81 77 74 74 72 68 67 58 54 43 41 40 38 38 37 35 34 32 31 30 28 27 26 25 21 19 18 17 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 9 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Afghanistan 1,228 Afghanistan Angola 37 Angola Bangladesh 43 Bangladesh Belgium 32 Belgium Bahrain 5 Bahrain Bolivia 1 Bolivia Brazil 170 Brazil Burkina Faso 54 Burkina Faso Burundi 34 Burundi Cameroon 301 Cameroon Canada 6 Canada China 14 China Ivory Coast 40 Ivory Coast Congo 11 Congo Colombia 3 Colombia Germany 12 Germany Dominican Republic 2 Dominican Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo 883 DR Congo Egypt 107 Egypt El Salvador 16 El Salvador Spain 16 Spain Ethiopia 423 Ethiopia Ethiopia 74 Ethiopia France 85 France Ghana 11 Ghana Guinea 6 Guinea Gambia 3 Gambia Great Britain 31 Great Britain Guatemala 38 Guatemala Guyana 16 Guyana Honduras 38 Honduras Indonesia 5 Indonesia India 176 India Iraq 3,398 Iraq Iran 43 Iran Japan 19 Japan Jordan 1 Jordan Kenya 86 Kenya Cambodia 1 Cambodia Libiya 180 Libiya Lebanon 8 Lebanon Sri Lanka 10 Sri Lanka Lesotho 1 Lesotho Mali 77 Mali Morocco 1 Morocco Maldives 1 Maldives Mexico 318 Mexico Myanmar 284 Myanmar Mozambique 9 Mozambique Niger 43 Niger Nigeria 2,350 Nigeria Pakistan 690 Pakistan Peru 6 Peru Philippines 170 Philippines Papua New Guinea 28 Papa New Guinea Paraguay 2 Paraguay Reunion 487 Reunion Russia 18 Russia Saudi Arabia 18 Saudi Arabia Somalia 821 Somalia South Africa 25 South Africa South Sudan 302 South Sudan South Sudan 224 Sudan Syria 16,804 Syria Chad 15 Chad Thailand 17 Thailand Tunisia 7 Tunisia Turkey 501 Turkey Tanzania 14 Tanzania Uganda 180 Uganda Ukraine 9 Ukraine Venezuela 107 Venezuela Yemen 1,150 Yemen 0 Eyewitness Account 12,860 Eyewitness Account Secondary Account 2,683 Secondary Account Secondary Account, Not Contested 16,804 Secondary Account, Not Contested 0 Campaign 19,149 Campaign Incident 13,198 Incident 0 Explosion 555 Explosion Explosives 1,317 Explosives Firearms 7,997 Firearms Heavy Weapons 17,010 Heavy Weapons Primitive Weapons 796 Primitive Weapons Suicide Bombing 3,930 Suicide Bombing Unclear/Other 742 Unclear/Other With the Syrian refugee crisis as a large issue in the Middle East, it is no surprise that Syria has the largest amount of deaths attributed to political crises. These deaths include heavy weapons usage. A lot of this data was pulled from secondary news sources, such as CNN or BBC. Firearms and suicide bombings are just a few of the violent instances Iraq faces regarding political deaths. These acts occur in common places like casinos and malls. ISIS also attacks these commonplaces and it has become harder to seek safety and refuge. In Nigeria, much of the political conflict attributes to tribe violence. This is more of an internal violence specific to the country. Since most of these instances are tribal violence, primitive weapons were also used. As of 2016, there have been human rights activists protesting the climate surrounding workers right and treatment of others. Some people are not too happy with that and some leaders have been killed as a result. Venezuela has a lot of criminal activity. Due to this, many of the deaths reported from Venezuela were due to gang on gang violence of prison riots. It is interesting to see how the different kinds of political violence differ from the separate parts of the world. This point was chosen for a stark contrast to the other countries. There was only one intance in Guyana, but it was a protest in a prison and many people were killed. However, it is important to note that they were protesting their situation of overcrowding, it was not intended to be violent. There is a stigma against Islam around all parts of the world. Although Canada only has one instance of political conflict through the dataset, this is highlighted to show that conflict is not only concentrated in the Middle East or Africa.