Data Update (August 19-26, 2025)
Kinetic violence drops to near-record level; but the UXO threat persists & vigilantism accounts for 66% of all non-UXO deaths. Meanwhile, ISIS is on track for most aggressive month of 2025.
While the overall level of violent deaths remained almost the same this past week compared to the last, the proportion of violence attributed to unexploded ordinance (UXO) rose significantly — with 10 of 40 (25%) deaths caused by UXOs.
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